PhD Advisors at Case Western Reserve University 凯斯西储大学 US
Quick answer: Case Western Reserve University in the US has 692 faculty profiles in phd-match’s database, of which 18 currently show active PhD hiring signals (as of 2026-10-19). phd-match covers 174 universities across the US, the UK, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Canada, and Singapore, not just one country.
Research-focused faculty at Case Western Reserve University, listed for PhD / Master's applicants. Find professors whose research matches your interests, and check hiring signals before you reach out.
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⭐ Currently Hiring PhD Students (18)
Professors at Case Western Reserve University with active hiring signals for PhD students — reach out if your research matches.
Angela Dixon
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ The highly interdisciplinary research group is seeking talented undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral researchers with varied expertise in biology, engineering, and other relevant areas.
Angela Dixon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University. A bioengineer, her research focuses on developing chemical sensors inspired by the human and insect olfactory systems. She was the first faculty member recruited through the un…
Beverly Z. Saylor
Armington Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ I am always looking for curious and capable students (undergraduate and graduate) with backgrounds and interests in science, math or engineering to join my research program. Please contact me to discuss current opportunities.
My research examines sedimentary rocks and sediments as records of environmental change and as vessels that contain and react with fluids. I use sedimentary and stratigraphic analysis, mapping, geochemical properties, and relative and absolute dating to investigate how climate, t…
Fu-Sen Liang
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ We welcome applications for postdoctoral associates, graduate students, and undergraduate students. Potential graduate and undergraduate students should email fxl240@case.edu for more information. Postdoctoral applicants should send inquires and CV to fxl240@case.edu.
Chemical Biology, Biochemistry, Organic, Pharmaceutical
Fulai Jin
Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
⭐ The Jin lab is actively seeking highly motivated students and postdocs with either experimental or computational (or both) lab experiences. Please contact Dr. Jin via fxj45@case.edu to discuss possible positions or projects.
In the 3D space, mammalian genome is folded and packed in a highly organized fashion. Besides the well-known chromatin relaxation and compaction associated with "open" and "closed" chromatin, DNA also form long-range loops which allow contacts between various cis-regulatory eleme…
Helen Long
Assistant Professor | Communication Development · College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ Dr. Long is accepting PhD students and interviewing undergraduate and graduate research assistants.
Early identification and intervention of speech and communication abilities and needs in young children with neurodevelopmental disabilities, especially those with motor conditions like cerebral palsy; improving clinician's ability to identify communication needs early; supportin…
James A. Van Orman
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ I am always interested in working with students who are curious about the internal evolution of planets (and a wide range of other topics!). Please contact me (email usually works best) to discuss current opportunities.
My group studies planetary interiors (including our own) using a combination of experiments and modeling, constrained by observations. Recent and current research topics include the role of volatiles in the formation and evolution of the Moon; the chemical evolution of planetary …
Jean Burns
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ The Burns lab is accepting students. Please contact Jean with an questions about the lab.
The Burns lab primarily studies how phylogenetic history, dispersal ecology, and population demography interact to influence species distributions and community assembly. Invasive species are a useful model system for understanding mechanisms driving community assembly, because i…
Jesse Berezovsky
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ The Berezovsky research group is searching for interested and motivated graduate and undergraduate students to design, build, and carry out experiments in the areas outlined above. If you are interested, please contact Prof. Berezovsky — I look forward to hearing from you!
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics; Spin coherence in nanostructures; Optical spectroscopy; Spin-photon interactions; Photonic resonators; Quantum measurement of spins in semiconductors.
Jiri Safar
Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
⭐ Safar Laboratory at the Department of Pathology offers graduate training in a wide range of projects in advanced neurobiology and neuroscience. The graduate program has a strong emphasis on cellular and molecular mechanisms of human neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Frontotemporal deme…
My areas of research include protein misfolding, structure-function correlations, amyloid immunochemistry, age-related neurodegeneration, transgenic mice therapeutics, translational medicine, prion diseases, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Lydia Kisley
Ambrose Swasey Associate Professor of Physics · College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ We welcome graduate and undergraduate scientists and engineers excited about interdisciplinary research to join our group. Please find more information about joining on the [group webpage](https://www.kisleylab.science/join-us).
Microscopy, experimental biophysics, soft condensed matter physics, interfacial/surface science, nanoscience, physical chemistry/chemical physics, signal processing, image analysis
Nami Tajima, PhD
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
⭐ The Tajima lab is currently seeing a postdoctoral fellow. Specialty in electrophysiology, cryo-EM, cellular biology, neuroscience, or biochemistry/biophysics is desirable. This position offers a significant opportunity for learning molecular and cellular biology and career growth in academia. To app…
Synaptic transmission is an essential cellular event underlying learning and memory. Neuroreceptors, transporters, and ion channels mediate synaptic transmission, and their dysfunction is frequently implicated in brain diseases.
Changes in receptor expression, number, subunit co…
Ralph P. Harvey
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ Unfortunately, I am unlikely to support, mentor or advise any graduate students in the near future. CWRU undergraduates interested in Senior Capstone research are welcome to contact me.
Most of my research involves the geochemical study of planetary materials (meteorites, mars rocks, and micrometeorites), but I am very broadly trained and my interests are diverse. Below is a list of research I'm involved in. The most active ones right now are in italics.
- *Exp…
Sandra Russ
Distinguished University Professor and Louis D. Beaumont University Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences · College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ I may accept a new graduate student during the upcoming academic year.
My research has focused on understanding how pretend play is involved in child development and in child psychotherapy. I have worked with my students to develop a measure of pretend play that assesses both cognitive and affective processes. We have also carried-out a number of st…
Shane M. Parker
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ We welcome applications for postdoctoral associates, graduate students, and undergraduate students. Potential graduate and undergraduate students should email shane.parker@case.edu for more information. Postdoctoral applicants should send inquires and CV to shane.parker@case.edu.
Computational Chemistry, Photochemistry, Spectroscopy
Shulei Zhang
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ Students (both undergraduates and graduates) and postdocs with passions in the research field of condensed matter theory are encouraged to join our group. Please contact Prof. Shulei Zhang if interested.
We study a variety of problems in theoretical condensed matter physics, ranging from magnetism to topological matter. Modern magnetism is dedicated to understanding magnetic properties that originate from the spin degree of freedom of electrons and its interaction with electromag…
Steven A. Hauck, II
Professor and Chair · College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ I am always looking for curious and capable students (undergraduate and graduate) with backgrounds and interests in science, math or engineering to join my research program. Current research topics include studying the structure and evolution of deep planetary interiors and their connection to surfa…
I study the evolution of interiors and surfaces of planetary bodies, including the Earth. Principally this involves computational studies of the mechanics of lithospheres, heat transport and dynamics of mantles of solid planets and satellites, and the cooling and crystallization …
Thomas S. McCormick
Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
⭐ Fellowship Job Opportunity
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Immunological basis of psoriasis
Dermatology
Immunology
Autoimmune disease
Skin cancer
Xuan Gao
Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor of Physics · College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ We are looking for talented and motivated students (both undergraduates and graduates) and postdocs to help solve important issues in condensed matter physics and nanoscience. If you are interested in current research opportunities in Gao's group, please contact Prof. Xuan Gao.
Experimental condensed matter physics; Nanoscale electronic transport; Two-dimensional electrons in semiconductor, oxide hetero-interfaces or graphene-like atomically thin crystals; Topological insulators; Electron correlation effects in transport; Thermoelectric and photovoltaic…
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Aaron Burberry
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Neurodegenerative disease, microbiome, immunity, stem cell biology
Aaron Proweller
Associate Professor · School of Medicine
Dr. Aaron Proweller is a clinical cardiologist and basic scientist with a research interest in fundamental molecular mechanisms governing vascular wall homeostasis.
Aaron Weinberg
Professor · Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr. Weinberg's research focuses on innate immune responses of mucosal epithelium to bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Throughout his research career, Dr. Weinberg has combined his clinical background with cutting-edge molecular and cellular biological approaches to research oral dise…
Abdel Halloway
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Abdel Halloway is an Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University. His research applies evolutionary game theory to study eco-evolutionary dynamics, with a focus on how rapid eco-evolutionary processes structure mutualistic interactions and communities.
Abdul-Nasah Soale
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Sufficient Dimension Reduction
Causal Inference
Network Analysis
Abhinav Acharya
Elmer Lincoln Lindseth Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering · Case School of Engineering
Biomaterials for immunometabolism and immune engineering. Immune engineering is a field that brings together the areas of engineering and immunology to harness the power of the immune system and resolve different diseases. Immunometabolism is a field that is at the interface of i…
Abhinendra Singh
Energy Systems Engineering Institute at Lehigh University, graduate and undergraduate engineering and sciences · Case School of Engineering
Abhinendra Singh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at the Case School of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University. His research focuses on the behavior of dense suspensions of fine particles, which are significant in biologi…
Abhishek Ray
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
<ul>
<li>Cerebrovascular surgery</li>
<li>Neuroendovascular surgery</li>
<li>Endoscopic skull base surgery</li>
<li>Pituitary tumors</li>
<li>Brain tumors</li>
<li>Minimally invasive spine surgery</li>
<li>Brain and spine trauma</li>
</ul>
Abidemi Bolu Ajiboye
Robert & Brenda Aiken Professor of Biomedical Engineering · Neural Engineering Center
Development and control of brain-computer-interface (BCI) technologies for restoring function to individuals who have experienced severely debilitating injuries to the nervous system, such as spinal cord injury and stroke. Understanding the neuroscience underlying how cortical an…
Abigail Raffner (formerly Basson)
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine; Assistant Professor, Digestive Health Research Institute · School of Medicine
Nutrigenomics
Adam Burgener
Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
The overarching interest of my lab’s research program has been to understand mechanisms of susceptibility to disease by working with human cohorts. A focus area is the role of the microbiome and mucosal immunity in the susceptibility to infectious disease and cancer. Our labor…
Aditi Parikh
Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Aditi Parikh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She is a clinical geneticist affiliated with University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, where she specializes in medical genetics and pedi…
Afshin Dowlati
Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
My expertise lies in both the biology and clinical management of thoracic malignancies. From a clinical standpoint, I have led the thoracic program at Case Western Reserve University since 2000. My research is focused on the translational aspects of target validation and drug dev…
Agata A. Exner
Henry Willson Payne Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Image-guided drug delivery
Ultrasound contrast agents
Interventional Oncology
Nanomedicine
Cancer detection and therapy
Molecular imaging
Agustin Gonzalez-Vicente, PhD
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
Innate Immune Activation and Podocyte Injury in Diabetic Kidney Disease:
The number of individuals with diabetes is expected to exceed 690 million worldwide in the next 20 years. Diabetic kidney disease (DKD), defined as the coexistence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and diabete…
Akram Shalaby
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Akram Shalaby is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He is also affiliated with University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, where he works as a GI/Liver pathologist. His research interests include gastroi…
Alan Levine
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Pharmacology; Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Intestinal Host Defense: Toggling between immune tolerance and immune protection. The intestinal mucosa is the largest lymphoid organ, as assessed by the quantity of antibody produced, the number of resident leukocytes, and its surface area exposure to the environment (greater th…
Alan Tartakoff
Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Our research program concerns both basic cell biology and disease-oriented investigations:
Dynamic Spatial Relations in Eukaryotic Cells
As an outgrowth of former studies of transport along the secretory path, mitochondrial inheritance, the causes of aneuploidy and export from …
Alanna E. Cooper
Abba Hillel Silver Chair of Jewish Studies; Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies · College of Arts and Sciences
Cultural anthropology, Judaism as a lived religion, social upheaval and religious expression, sacred objects, synagogue downsizing and dissolution, Bukharan Jews, global diaspora, Jewish-Muslim relations
Albert Colman
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Stable isotope biogeochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, oceanography, paleoclimate
Aleksandar Cuic
Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Immigration Clinic, Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center, School of Law · Case Western Reserve University
Aleksandar Cuic is a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence and director of the Immigration Clinic at the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law. His work focuses on immigration law, including deportation proceedings, removal defense, a…
Alessandra Nascimento
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Alessandra Nascimento, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where she also serves as Division Chief of Anatomic Pathology. Her leadership encompasses the division's surgical pathology, autopsy patholog…
Alex Y.C. Huang
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Our laboratory is interested in applying this and other classical immunological techniques to study various aspects of anti-tumor immune responses, immune-host-pathogen interaction, T cell-mediated memory immunity, and chemokine - receptor biology. Ongoing projects include: 1. In…
Alexander MacRae Jamieson
Professor · Case Western Reserve University
1. Laser Light Scattering from Polymers in Solution and Bulk States.
2. Rheology of Polymer and Surfactant Solutions.
3. Positron Annihilation Lifetime Studies of Free Volume in Polymer Materials.
4. Thermodynamics and Mechanical Properties of Polymer Blends.
5. Viscoelastic Prop…
Alexander Miron
Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Alexander graduated from Duke University with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. After obtaining his PhD in microbiology and immunology from Duke University Medical School he did his postdoctoral training in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Genetics at Duke Un…
Alexander P. Lamis
Associate Professor of Political Science · College of Arts and Sciences
U.S. elections and political party system change, the American presidency, public opinion, judicial politics, and comparative constitutional law.
Ali Z. Syed
Associate Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dental Medicine · School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Syed is Associate Professor in the Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences and Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologist at the CWRU School of Dental Medicine, and provides radiographic readings and interpretations for 2D and 3D (CBCT) imaging. In addition t…
Alia Hdeib, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Neurosurgical Oncology, Spinal Neurosurgery
Allison Kraus
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
The Kraus lab studies the protein seeds, i.e. self-propagating misfolded proteins, of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Parkinson’s, and prion diseases. This includes understanding what makes a misfolded protein transmissible, an…
Alp Sehirlioglu
Department Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Case School of Engineering; Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Case School of Engineering · Case School of Engineering
Alp Sehirlioglu is a Professor and Department Chair of Materials Science and Engineering at the Case School of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University. His research interests include thermoelectric materials and effects, as well as the processing and properties of ceramic ma…
Alvin H. Schmaier
Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Dr. Schmaier’s major investigative work is on the vascular biology of the plasma kallikrein/kinin (KKS) and rennin angiotensin (RAS) systems. The Schmaier laboratory recognized that the endothelial cell enzyme prolylcarboxypeptidase activates plasma prekallikrein when bound to hi…
Ameya Nayate
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Ameya Nayate is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where he is affiliated with the CWRU Center for Imaging Research. His academic work is situated within the field of radiology, and he has co-authored resea…
Amit Gupta
Professor of African and African American Studies ,Professor of Religion
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Amit Gupta
Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
As a cardiothoracic imager and a clinical researcher, I am very much invested in projects targeted towards improving diagnosis and management of lung cancers. My recent research work is related to dual-energy CT technology and exploring its clinical application clinical applicati…
Amy Hise
Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Most human fungal infections are caused by Candida spp, the most common being C. albicans which colonizes approximately half of healthy adults. Pathological overgrowth can occur with perturbations to the commensal microbiota or host immunity and is normally limited to mucosal sur…
Amy Przeworski
Elizabeth and Raymond Armington Associate Professor | Anxiety Disorders, Family Functioning | Associate Director of Clinical Training (DCT) · College of Arts and Sciences
Our laboratory focuses on the maintenance and treatments of anxiety disorders across the lifespan. Maintenance factors of interest in our lab include cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal factors. Our laboratory primarily (a) conducts laboratory based studies which examine fam…
Ana G. Hernandez Reynoso
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering · CWRU Center for Imaging Research, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
The focus of my research involves the development and application of neural interfaces for therapeutic applications, including interventions to implantable microelectrode array technologies for in vivo recording and stimulation of neural function. I have developed an interdiscipl…
Ananya Dasgupta
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
colonialism, nationalism, religion and modernity in South Asia (with special emphasis on Islam), cultural histories of capitalism and popular resistance, and subaltern studies
Anastasia Dimitropoulos
Professor and Interim Chair, Psychological Sciences | Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Director, Schubert Center · College of Arts and Sciences
My work focuses on examining behavior and cognition of individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders. One of the goals in my lab is to better understand why people who have the same genetic developmental disorder have many of the same behavioral characteristics, why some characte…
Andre Mickel
Chair and Professor, Department of Endodontics · School of Dental Medicine
Andre Mickel, DDS, MSD
Andre Paes Batista da Silva
Associate Professor, Department of Periodontics, School of Dental Medicine · School of Dental Medicine
Andre Paes Batista da Silva is an Associate Professor in the Department of Periodontics at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine. His research interests include periodontics, with work on topics such as the use of lasers in graduate periodontology programs…
Andrea Rager
Associate Professor of Art History · College of Arts and Sciences
19th- and early 20th-century British and European art, with a particular focus on the work of painter and decorative artist Edward Burne-Jones. Her research interests include Pre-Raphaelitism, Aestheticism, and the Arts & Crafts Movement in 19th-century Britain, the history of ph…
Andrea Romani
Associate Professor · School of Medicine
Regulation of magnesium homeostasis and transport in mammalian cells
Magnesium is the fourth most abundant cation within the human body but the second within the cell after potassium. Under resting conditions, cellular magnesium ions (Mg<sup>2+</sup>) are abundantly compartmenta…
Andrei Maiseyeu
Andrei Maiseyeu | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University
Andrei Maiseyeu is a faculty member in Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, where he serves as an Assistant Professor. His research focuses on inflammation and adipose tissue, with a particular interest in cholesterol metabolism and macrophage function. He h…
Andrei Maiseyeu
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case School of Engineering · School of Medicine
Prior to my training at The Ohio State University and Bruker BioSpin Corp., I had 10 years of experience in small molecule synthesis, new reagents development, and large-scale production of drug-like compounds. Since turning my focus to molecular imaging and cardiovascular diseas…
Andres A. Pinto
Chair and Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dental Medicine · School of Dental Medicine
Orofacial Pain
Pediatric Oral Medicine
Andrew Cornwell
Associate Professor
Dr. Andrew Cornwell is an Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University, where he serves as Associate Director of the Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership (CCTRP) in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. His work focuses on fostering collaborations between…
Andrew Dacks
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Sensory neuroscience, neuronal plasticity, comparative neurobiology
Andrew E. Sloan, MD
Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Brain tumors
Convection Enhanced Delivery (CED)
Gamma Knife and Cyberknife Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Image Guided Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
Skull Base Surgery
Stereotactic Surgery
Tumor Vaccines (Immunotherapy)
Andrew Rollins
Leonard Case Jr. Professor of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering · School of Medicine
Biomedical optics
Optical imaging
Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
Image analysis
Cancer imaging
Cardiac imaging
Angela Ciccia
Professor & Associate Interim Chair, Graduate Program Director (SLP program) | Neurogenic Communication Disorders | Department Representative for Communication Sciences majors & minors · College of Arts and Sciences
Angela Hein Ciccia, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences. Dr. Ciccia's research focuses on factors that impact childrens’ ability to recovery/develop in the presence of a diagnosis of an acquired (i.e., new onset) and/or developmental neurogen…
Angelina Herin
Associate Professor / Managing Director · College of Arts and Sciences
Costume Design
Anirban Mondal
Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies · College of Arts and Sciences
Bayesian Inference, Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods, Spatial Statistics, Inverse Problems, Uncertainty Quantification, Data Mining
Anirban Sen Gupta
Wallace R. Persons Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering · School of Medicine
Our principal research focus is on Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine. It encompasses mechanistic understanding of biological and pathological phenomena at the cellular, sub-cellular and biomolecular levels, and utilizing this knowledge to create bioinspired therapeutic and diagnosti…
Ann Harris
Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Dr. Harris's research career has been devoted to human molecular genetics, with a particular interest in the molecular genetics of epithelial diseases including cystic fibrosis (CF) and aspects of epithelial cell biology relevant to cancer. Over many years her team focused on elu…
Anna Bruchez
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
The Bruchez lab uses unbiased forward genetic screening in human and other mammalian cells to identify novel cellular pathways that affect virus infection. The lab studies emerging viral pathogens, focusing on RNA viruses such as Ebolavirus and Coronaviruses. These high-throughpu…
Anna C. Samia
Rudolph and Susan Rense Professor of Chemistry and Department of Chemistry Chair · College of Arts and Sciences
Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials & Energy, Bio-Inorganic Chemistry, Functional Nanomaterials, Nanotheranostics
Anna Mitchell
Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Professor Mitchell studies the genes that encode the chains of the type V collagen protein (COL5A1 and COL5A2) and the connective tissue disorder that results from mutations within them, classical Ehlers Danlos syndrome. This disorder is characterized by joint hypermobility, skin…
Anthony Jack
Associate Professor and Elmer G. Beamer-Hubert H. Schneider Chair in Ethics · College of Arts and Sciences
I have a PhD in experimental psychology and extensive training in philosophy and neuroscience. I started out doing largely theoretical work on consciousness, but then got interested by the emerging field of brain imaging. I use fMRI to study attention, consciousness and social pr…
Anthony Wynshaw-Boris
Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine; James H. Jewell MD ’34 Professor of Genetics, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Dr. Wynshaw-Boris’s laboratory has published more than 180 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals, and numerous review articles. His laboratory continues to use mouse and iPSC models to shed light on mechanisms of neurogenetic diseases with the goal of providing novel ther…
Anuj Abhishek
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Statistical and Numerical methods for Inverse Problems
Integral geometry
Microlocal analysis
Aparna Harbhajanka
Associate Professor
Aparna Harbhajanka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and she practices as a pathologist at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. Her research interests include breast pathology, with published …
Ari Blitz
Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Ari Blitz is a Professor in the Department of Radiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, affiliated with the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. His research focuses on advanced imaging and anatomical mapping, including work on the human vagal complex and nerv…
Arin Connell
Professor | Etiology of Depression & Anxiety | Director of Clinical Training (DCT) · College of Arts and Sciences
I am a Professor and Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. I earned by B.S. at Pennsylvania State University, and my M.A & Ph.D. – Emory University. I completed by Predoctoral Internship at Medical University…
Armando Vergara-Martel
Research Assistant · Case Western Reserve University
Peer-Reviewed Publications...
Arthur H. Heuer
Energy Systems Engineering Institute at Lehigh University, graduate and undergraduate engineering and sciences · Case Western Reserve University
Paraequilibrium Carburization of Stainless Steels; Oxidation-induced Stresses in Ni-base Alloys
Ashish Mishra, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology · School of Medicine
Director for Clinical Informatics, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine
Ashleigh Schaffer
Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
It has long been assumed that ubiquitously expressed proteins, like those that regulate RNA transcription and translation, function in a conserved manner across tissues and between species. Thus, severe, damaging mutations would lead to systemic phenotypes and cause lethality in …
Barbara E. Mann
Stephen H. Hoffman Professor of Modern Hebrew · College of Arts and Sciences
Space, memory and identity
Behnam Malakooti
Professor · Case School of Engineering
Production, Operations, Risk Prediction, decision making and Optimization
Ben Mauk
Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism and Media Writing · College of Arts and Sciences
Ben Mauk is a writer and filmmaker. Before joining Case Western, he worked as a freelance journalist in Berlin, Germany for over a decade, reporting on migration, nationalism, and the politics of borders and peripheries. His writing appears in The New York Times Magazine, The New…
Benjamin Clayton
Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
The goal of my research program is to define the molecular mechanisms that regulate how glial cells take on harmful or beneficial cell states in health and disease. I am particularly interested in how astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell in the brain, become reactive in respo…
Benjamin Helton
Assistant Professor, Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences · College of Arts and Sciences
arts education policy, music assessment, and music cognition
Benjamin O. Murphy
Assistant Professor of Art History, Interim Director of Graduate Studies · College of Arts and Sciences
Contemporary art
Berkley Gryder
Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Nuclear organization and gene regulation in 3D; Chemistry targeting transcription in cancer; Phase separation and nuclear condensate formation; Cancers we aim to cure
Bianca Guedes Ribeiro
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Bianca Guedes Ribeiro is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and a pediatric radiologist at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. Her research interests include pediatric imaging, with a focus on imp…
Bingcheng Wang
John A. and Josephine B. Wootton Endowed Chair of Research and Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
The highly successful research program in the Wang laboratory focuses on the structure, signaling, functions and therapeutic targeting of Eph family receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) in cancer. The 14 members of Eph kinases are by far the largest subfamily of RTKs in mammal. They i…
Bob Kirsch
Professor, Biomedical Engineering · Case School of Engineering
Robert Kirsch is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, where he previously served as department chair and holds the Allen H. and Constance T. Ford Professorship. His research focuses on the mechanics and control of human movement, with the goal…
Brian A. Cobb
Michael E. Lamm Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
The Cobb lab is broadly focused on immune regulation and the role that host carbohydrates (glycans) play in related mechanisms. As such, we work at the interface of glycobiology and immunology.
The lab can be roughly broken into two areas of research:
1. Antibody (IgG) effector …
Brian Appleby
Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
prion diseases (e.g., Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease), frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and young-onset dementias
Brian Clites
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor in Catholic Studies II; Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Brian Clites is an expert on clergy sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. He is finishing his first book, Surviving Soul Murder, which focuses on the theology and lived experiences of clergy abuse survivors. Examined through the history of three generations of Catholic vic…
Brian Gran
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
My research, teaching, and service concentrate on how we use rights to improve well-being and promote societal resilience. My research program investigates what institutions and structures facilitate, and obstruct, agency when it comes to using rights to improve outcomes, reduce …
Brian Rothstein, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
<ul>
<li>Skull Base Surgery</li>
<li>Spinal Deformity</li>
<li>Spina Bifida</li>
<li>Pediatric Brain Tumors</li>
<li>Hydrocephalus</li>
</ul>
Bridget M. Haas
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Her research examines immigration policies and institutions as key determinants of health and mental health. She is particularly interested in how U.S. immigration policies produce suffering and distress for migrants in ways that are often routinized and rendered invisible. Dr. H…
Burcu Gurkan
Kent H. Smith Professor II, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case School of Engineering · Case School of Engineering
Our research program is built on developing experimental approaches to understand the physical, electrochemical and transport properties of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents, and applying these fundamentals to electrochemical processes, separations, and sensors. Our work h…
Caren Beilin
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Caren Beilin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Case Western Reserve University. She is a writer and author of works including the novel *Sea, Poison* (2025) and *Revenge of the Scapegoat*, which won the Vermont Book Award for Fiction. Her writing explores …
Carey Shive
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Drivers of immune activation and inflammation in HIV disease
It is clear that ongoing immune activation and inflammation are associated with poor disease prognosis in HIV infection. Specifically, elevated plasma levels of IL-6 are a strong predictor of morbid outcomes in HIV infe…
Carlo De Salvo
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Carlo De Salvo, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. His research focuses on immunology and pathology, with particular interests in host-mycobiome interactions, IL-33-dependent inflammatory responses …
Carlos E. Crespo-Hernández
Professor and Associate Dean for Research · College of Arts and Sciences
Analytical, Biophysical, Environmental, Organic Synthesis, Physical, and Quantum Chemistry, Photochemistry, Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Time-Resolved Electronic Spectroscopy, Chemical Dynamics and Kinetics, Small-Molecule Therapeutics, Cell Viability, Cell Bioimaging, Photodynamic Th…
Carlos Subauste
Professor, Medicine and Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
The Subauste Lab conducts translational studies aimed at developing novel approaches to treat infections based on manipulation of host cell signaling (host-derived therapies) and developing new strategies to treat inflammatory/autoimmune disorders based on selective blockade of n…
Cassi Pittman Claytor
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Her research focuses on middle-class Blacks' financial lives. Using qualitative methods her work uncovers how contemporary processes of social exclusion and inequality function to disadvantage even those racial minorities who have access to economic and cultural capital. Currentl…
Cassi Pittman Claytor
associate professor of sociology · Case Western Reserve University
Cassi Pittman Claytor is an associate professor of sociology at Case Western Reserve University, where she also serves as the Climo Junior Professor of Sociology and co-director of the African and African American Studies Minor. Her research interests focus on race, consumer beha…
Catherine A. Demko
Associate Professor, Department of Community Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine · School of Dental Medicine
Oral Cancer Screening
Health Promotion in Dental Practice
Practice Change and Quality Improvement in Practice-Based Research Networks
Cenk Cavusoglu
Cenk Cavusoglu | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · Case Western Reserve University
Develops next-generation medical robotic systems for surgery and image-guided interventions.
Cenk Cavusoglu
Nord Professor of Engineering, Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, Case School of Engineering · Case School of Engineering
Robotics, Human-Machine Interfaces, and Systems/Control Theory, with emphasis on:
Medical Robotics
Haptics
Virtual Environments
Surgical Simulation
Modeling and Simulation of Biological Systems
Chaitra Badve
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Developing accurate diagnostic techniques and discovering effective therapy options are the key thrust areas in brain tumor research. Development of non-invasive imaging biomarkers is essential for accurate diagnosis of tumors, accurate detection of recurrence and monitoring of t…
Changyong (Chase) Cao
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering; Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Case School of Engineering · Case School of Engineering
<ul>
<li>Soft (active) Materials, Smart materials & structures, Metamaterials, Bioinspired materials, Multifunctional composites, Programmable materials</li>
<li>Soft robotics, Sensors & actuators, Biomedical devices, 3D & 4D printing of multifunctional materials and machines</li…
Charles Kent Smith
Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Charles Kent Smith is a professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. His name is associated with an endowed professorship in medical student education in family medicine, held by faculty who teach medic…
Chen Zhao
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Zhao lab is focusing on seeking in-depth understanding of the mechanisms of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell (HSPC) self-renewal, the interactions of HSPCs and bone marrow microenvironment, and how these become dysregulated to cause leukemia/lymphoma. Specifically, we are focus…
Cheryl Cameron
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Dr. Cheryl Cameron completed her Ph.D. in virology in the laboratory of Dr. Grant McFadden at Western University, computationally identifying novel viral immunomodulatory proteins such as the CD47 and CD200 homologues encoded by myxomavirus, a close relative of smallpox. She went…
Chin-Tai Kim
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
The possibility and nature of philosophical anthropology, foundations of knowledge and morality, and the possibility of constituting objectivity and universality for cognitive claims and value judgments. The topics of his published works include Plato, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Bre…
Ching-Hsuan Wu
Section Head of Chinese, Eirik Børve Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics · College of Arts and Sciences
teacher education, advanced language learning, pedagogical technology, and program administration
Chris A. Flask
Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRI Physics and Pulse Sequence Design
Lung imaging: cystic fibrosis
Kidney imaging: polycystic kidney disease, sickle cell disease, diabetic nephropathy
Liver imaging: inflammation and fibrosis
Chris Haufe
Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Professor of the Humanities and Chair of Philosophy · College of Arts and Sciences
History and Philosophy of Science
Chris Longenecker
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine; Founding Faculty Co-Lead, Global Health Pathway, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
I am a non-invasive cardiologist and leading expert on the cardiovascular complications of HIV infection in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy. I graduated medical school from The Ohio State University and then completed internal medicine training at the University of …
Chris Mihos
Worcester R. and Cornelia B. Warner Professor of Astronomy · College of Arts and Sciences
Professor Chris Mihos uses observational data from ground- and space-based telescopes combined with state-of-the-art computer modeling to study the evolution of galaxies and galaxy clusters.
Christian A. Zorman
Interim Dean, F. Alex Nason Professor I · Case School of Engineering
Development of emerging materials and nonconventional processing/fabrication techniques for micro and nanosystems, with a focus on applications in aerospace and human health
Christina Farr
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Our research focuses on host-microbe interactions that influence human reproductive health and disease. We are particularly interested in reproductive mucosal immunology, sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy and preterm birth, and the microbiome. Our laboratory employs a sy…
Christine Schmotzer
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Laboratory Medicine Quality and Patient Safety
Pediatric Laboratory Medicine
Laboratory Medicine Education (Residents, Medical Students, General Public)
Christopher Cullis
Francis Hobart Herrick Professor of Biology · College of Arts and Sciences
I focus on plant genomics in two contexts. One is with a view to understanding how planta modify their genomes in response through stress environments, while the second is using genomics to domesticate a wild legume that grows in the arid regions of southern Africa to provide an …
Christopher Hubert
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine · Case School of Engineering and School of Medicine
Brain tumors can be among the most lethal cancers known, and are now the most frequent cause of cancer death in adolescents and young adults. Advanced brain tumors are driven by cancer stem cells and have extreme cellular diversity, with different independent tumor cell populatio…
Christopher L. King
Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Schistosomiasis
filariasis
malaria
immunoparasitology
immunologic response to prenatal parasite exposure
vaccine development
Christopher Pulliam
Christopher Pulliam | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University
Christopher Pulliam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where he also serves as the Principal Investigator of the Pulliam Lab. His research interests lie at the intersection of biomedical eng…
Christos Papachristou
Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, Case School of Engineering · Case School of Engineering
Embedded System Design, Design Automation, Fault Tolerant and Secure System Design, VLSI CAD, Logic and High Level Synthesis, Reconfigurable Systems/FPGAs. Software and Hardware design for internet devices. Quantum Computer Architectures.
Claire Michael
Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Dr. Claire Michael, MBBCH
Claudia Mizutani
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
My lab is currently investigating how specific gene expression patterns arise and how they evolve to produce different tissues and life forms. Nature has been experimenting with gene networks for several million years to modify gene expression, cell fates and cell sizes, time of …
Claudio Fiocchi
Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Inflammation and Immunity, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Our research is focused on the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The approach we adopted is the investigation of immune events occurring in the bowel of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis patients, as well as animal models of IBD. Our studies include the ident…
Clemens Burda
Chemical Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Photoscience, Nanoscience, Photomedicine, Materials Science, Physical Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Bio- and Energy Applications.
Colin McLarty
Truman P. Handy Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Logic, Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophy of Science, Contemporary French Philosophy
Colleen Croniger
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
My research focuses on the development of liver injury and disease as a consequence of obesity or alcohol consumption. We are focused on the role of the macrophage in the development of alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). We have developed a m…
Corbin Covault
Professor and Chair Department of Physics · College of Arts and Sciences
High Energy Astro Particle Physics, Experimental Particle Astrophysics, Gamma-ray Astronomy, Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays, The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory, The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory, Spectral CT Imaging with Quantum Dot X-ray Detectors, Astronomy Instrume…
Corey Smith, PhD
Professor · School of Medicine
Neurotransmitter release evoked by sympathetic activation.
Varied sympathetic activity is translated into differential hormonal profiles under the sympatho-adrenal stress response. Our lab studies multiple components of this vital physiological response system. We study the syna…
Craig Hodges
Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a systemic disease affecting many parts of the body including pulmonary, gastrointestinal, pancreatic, immune, endocrine and reproductive systems. With this in mind, we are interested in determining the extent to which specific cell types contribute to CF…
Cyrus Taylor
Albert A. Michelson Professor in Physics · College of Arts and Sciences
Climate Change; Theoretical and Experimental Particle Physics; Technology Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship
Dale A. Baur
Professor and Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Medicine · School of Dental Medicine
<ul>
<li>Ischemic Skin Flaps</li>
<li>Surgical Anatomic Landmarks</li>
<li>Parotid Gland</li>
<li>Wound Healing </li>
</ul>
Dale Dannefer
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Dale Dannefer is a Professor and Chair of Sociology at Case Western Reserve University, where he also serves as the Selah Chamberlain Professor of Sociology. His research focuses on the life course, social dynamics, and inequality, particularly the concept of cumulative dis/advan…
Damaris Punales-Alpizar
Professor of Hispanic Studies and Department Chair · College of Arts and Sciences
Cuban and Caribbean Narrative and Culture, Contemporary Latin American Literature, Transatlantic Studies, Cold War Studies in Latin America, Translation Studies
Dan Thompson
IT Engineer, University Technology, School of Dental Medicine · Case Western Reserve University
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Daniel A. Scherson
Frank Hovorka Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Ernest B. Yeager Center for Electrochemical Sciences · College of Arts and Sciences
Analytical Chemistry, Materials, Physical Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Photochemistry. Physical Electrochemistry and In situ Spectroscopy. The physicochemical properties of electrode materials and particularly their reactivity toward specific electron-transfer processes, can be m…
Daniel Goldmark
Professor, Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences · College of Arts and Sciences
Daniel Goldmark is a Professor in the Department of Music within the College of Arts and Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, where he also serves as Director of the Center for Popular Music Studies. His research focuses on American popular music, film and cartoon music, …
Daniel Grosser, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Daniel Grosser, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. His academic profile is affiliated with the university's pathology department, where he holds a primary faculty position.
Daniel Herzka
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
High Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Quantitative Cardiovascular MRI
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF)
Daniel J. Tisch
Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Dr. Daniel Tisch has over two decades of experience as an epidemiologist, biostatistician, and data core director in field studies of infectious diseases in the USA, South Pacific, and Africa. He has been active in the development of education and training in epidemiology, biosta…
Daniel Lacks
C. Benson Branch Professor of Chemical Engineering · Case School of Engineering
properties of materials, with applications ranging from the environment to industry
Daniela Calvetti
James Wood Williamson Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Large Scale Scientific Computing
Computational Inverse Problems
Uncertainty Quantification
Predictive Mathematical Models for:
Neuroscience
Metabolism
Cellular Physiology
Danny Manor
Professor, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
One major goal of my group is to obtain mechanistic understanding of growth factor signaling, and the implications of these findings to aberrant cell functions in the setting of different diseases. Specifically, we are studying mitogenic signaling pathways that are regulated by s…
David Buchner
Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Our lab investigates the mechanisms that drive metabolic disease, integrating molecular studies of adipocyte biology and nuclear receptor signaling with systems genetics of complex traits. We focus on how gene regulation, sex differences, and gene-gene interactions shape obesity,…
David Cavallo
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Dr. Cavallo is an educator and behavioral scientist who studies the use of emerging communications technologies to reduce obesity-related mortality and morbidity. He has expertise in the areas of technology development and the design, implementation and analysis of behavioral int…
David D. Rolf, II
Professor, Department of Periodontics, School of Dental Medicine · School of Dental Medicine
Professor, Department of Periodontics, School of Dental Medicine
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Dental Medicine
David Gerdes
Alumni Professors · College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. David Gerdes is the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and is a professor of Physics at CWRU. He received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Carleton College (where he also competed in track and cross country), a Master of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics …
David Gurarie
Professor, Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences · School of Medicine
Mathematical biology infectious diseases modeling and epidemiology,
geophysical fluid dynamics: turbulence, transport, chemistry,
differential equations, spectral geometry, harmonic analysis on Lie groups
Dr. Gurarie also holds an adjunct position in the Center for Global Health …
David J. Rothenberg
Professor, Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences · College of Arts and Sciences
Musicology
David Jordan
Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
nuclear imaging and instrumentation, radiopharmaceutical therapy, medical physics workforce and practice models, magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography
David Kang
Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Dr. Kang’s research focuses on the molecular pathways underlying aberrant proteinopathy and neurotoxicity in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Related Dementias (ADRDs), including Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)-Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) spectrum disorders and Lewy body disord…
David L. Wilson
Robert J. Herbold Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology · School of Medicine
I am the Robert Herbold Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Case Western Reserve University. My research focuses on biomedical image analysis including quantification and visualization of disease in clinical and preclinical models. Tools used include image registra…
David Singer
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Geometry
Dynamical Systems
Variational Problems
David T. Lodowski
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
We are interested in utilizing X-ray and electron microscopic technologies to study macromolecular complexes that underlie the activation of G protein-coupled receptors and G proteins. We also utilize Mass spectroscopy and other biophysical techniques to further understand the en…
David Wald, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Our research efforts are centered around the identification and development of novel therapeutic strategies for cancer with a particular focus on Acute myeloid leukemia (AML). AML is one of the most common forms of leukemia in adults and despite advances in treatment the median s…
David Zidar
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
The Zidar Laboratory studies the mechansisms whereby dysregulation of immunohematologic homeostasis leads to cardiovascular disease, and vice versa. Current research is informed by pragmatic population-level observations, and focuses on the role of prevalent sterile (e.g. neuro-e…
Dawn Taylor
Dawn Taylor | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University
Dr. Dawn Taylor is a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, where she also holds an appointment as an Associate Professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute and Cleveland Clinic College of Medicine. Additional…
Dayne Ashman
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Dayne Ashman, MBBS, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Affiliated with the university's anatomic pathology division, his faculty profile is listed within the department's pathology faculty directory.
Debra McGivney
Debra McGivney | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University
Debra McGivney is a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. Her research focuses on medical imaging, particularly magnetic resonance fingerprinting, including work on SVD compression and Bayesian estimation of relaxation para…
Debra McGivney
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering · CWRU Center for Imaging Research, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting
Computational Inverse Problems
Mathematical Modeling
Dr. McGivney's research interests are in mathematical modeling of biomedical applications, particularly in medical imaging. She also has experience in solutions to in…
Deepa Patil, MD
Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
My primary areas of clinical expertise include Gastrointestinal, Liver, Pancreas and Transplant Pathology. My research focuses on investigating histologic and molecular aspects of Barrett's esophagus and Barrett's-related neoplasia, idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and…
Deepak Sarma
Professor; Inaugural Distinguished Scholar in the Public Humanities · College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Deepak Sarma, professor of Indian religions and philosophy and the Inaugural Distinguished Scholar in the Public Humanities at Case Western Reserve University, is the author of Classical Indian Philosophy: A Reader (2011), Hinduism: A Reader (2008), Epistemologies and the Lim…
Deepak Sarma
Professor; Inaugural Distinguished Scholar in the Public Humanities · College of Arts and Sciences
Indian philosophy, psychedelics, Cultural Theory, philosophy, post-colonial studies, museology, the Grateful Dead, "Hinduism," contemporary Hinduism, bioethics, Madhva Vedanta
Deepak Sarma
Professor; Inaugural Distinguished Scholar in the Public Humanities · College of Arts and Sciences
psychedelics, Cultural Theory, philosophy, post-colonial studies, museology, the Grateful Dead, "Hinduism," contemporary Hinduism, bioethics, and Madhva Vedanta
Desiree LaBeaud
Professor, Pediatrics, Stanford University · School of Medicine
Arthropod-borne viruses are emerging and re-emerging infections that are spreading throughout the world. Our laboratory investigates the epidemiology of arboviral infections, focusing on the burden of disease and the long-term complications on human health. In particular, Dr. LaB…
Diana Ramirez-Bergeron
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
The vascular system is responsible for the delivery of nutrients and oxygen to all our bodies and is the first organ system to develop. Vessels form through two mechanisms:
1. Vasculogenesis imparts the generation of endothelial progenitors and the de novo formation of vessels
2.…
Divita Mathur
Frank Hovorka Assistant Professor of Chemistry · College of Arts and Sciences
Biochemistry, medicinal, structural DNA nanotechnology, spectroscopy, nanotechnology, inorganic nanomaterials, nucleic acids, gene delivery
Dominique Durand
Professor, Biomedical Engineering · Case School of Engineering
Neural engineering, computational neuroscience, neural interfacing, neurophysiology and control of epilepsy, non-linear dynamics of neural systems, neural prostheses and neuromodutation
Donald D. Anthony, Jr.
Professor, School of Medicine · Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
I am an established researcher in the field of cellular immune function during chronic viral infection since 1999. I hold National funding for the study of dendritic cell and NK cell subsets, for the study of pathways underlying chronic immune activation during Hepatitis C infect…
Donald Feke
Energy Systems Engineering Institute at Lehigh University, graduate and undergraduate engineering and sciences · Case School of Engineering
Research interests include particle science and processing, colloidal phenomena, dispersive mixing, and acoustic separation and materials processing methods. Our research focuses on the physical behavior and processing characteristics of multiphase (particle-liquid or fluid-liqui…
Donna Plecha, MD, FSBI
Chair, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine; Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center; Theodore J. Castele Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine; Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research · School of Medicine
Breast cancer
Breast imaging
Diagnostic radiology
Digital breast tomosynthesis
PET/MRI
Breast ultrasound elastography
Douglas Brubaker
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Center for Global Health and Diseases, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
The Brubaker Lab takes an integrated computational and experimental systems biology approach to understand mechanisms of host-microbiome interactions and immune cell biology, primarily, but not exclusively, in conditions with implications for female reproductive health. Areas of …
Drew Adams
Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
The Adams Lab works at the interface of chemistry and biology, first using synthesis and high-throughput screening to identify new bioactive small molecules, and then using chemical biology techniques to characterize the cellular mechanisms of leading hits. Our specialized expert…
Dustin Tyler
Professor · Case Western Reserve University
The purpose of our research is to improve human neurologic health and function through the integration of engineered devices into living systems. The research goal is to advance the field of Neural Engineering in three specific areas:
* Clinical implementation of neural prosthes…
Edward R. D'Alessandro
Assistant Professor, Department of Comprehensive Care, School of Dental Medicine · School of Dental Medicine
Edward R. D'Alessandro, DDS, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Comprehensive Care at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine. His faculty profile is listed within the university's dental school directory.
Efstathios (Stathis) Karathanasis
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering · School of Medicine
Cancer nanotechnology
Immunotherapy
Pediatric nanomedicine
Molecular imaging
The Cancer Nanotechnology Laboratory integrates nanotechnology with oncology, immunotherapy and imaging. The overarching goal is to generate fundamental understanding of the processes pertinent to the …
Elaine A. Borawski
Angela Bowen Williamson Professor of Community Nutrition · School of Medicine
Community-based, health behavior interventions (obesity and diet modification, physical activity, tobacco prevention, HIV/pregnancy prevention); survey methodology; population health measurement and surveillance; outcome-based community evaluations; community-based participatory …
Elena Furman
Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics, School of Dental Medicine · School of Dental Medicine
Elena Furman, DMD, MSD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Periodontics at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine. Her professional profile includes a record of publications, as listed on the Ohio Innovation Exchange.
Eli E. Bar
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine · School of Medicine
Glioblastoma is the most common and lethal of brain tumors claiming the lives of over 12,000 people each year in the U.S. alone. Median survival following diagnosis is approximately 15 months with maximal surgical resection, radiation, and temozolomide chemotherapy (standard of c…
Elias Ali
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Case School of Engineering · Case School of Engineering
Structural Fire Engineering, Blast and extreme loading on structures, thin-walled structures, multi-functional composite materials.
Elina Gertsman
Distinguished University Professor, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Medieval Art · College of Arts and Sciences
Medieval art; issues of memory, perception, and multi-sensory reception; medium, play, and animation; medieval image theory; semiotics of media and polyfunctionality of objects; performance/performativity; late medieval macabre; materiality and somaticism; and medieval concepts o…
Elisabeth Werner
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Convex geometry, analysis, probability
Applications of the above to approximation theory, mathematical physics, quantum information theory
Eliza Ladd Schwarz
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Acting, Devising, Movement
Elizabeth Bolman
Loubat Professor of American Archaeology · College of Arts and Sciences
Egyptian Christian monuments (ca. 5thc. - 14th c.), Byzantine depictions of the Galaktotrophousa (nursing Virgin Mary), Reconsideration of generative centers of cultural production in Byzantium
Elizabeth Short
Professor | Developmental Psychology | Director of the Developmental Masters and Early Intervention Program · College of Arts and Sciences
I am currently the principal investigator of the ALERT Lab (Attention, Learning, and Emotion Regulation Team). My primary research focus has been on understanding the processes underlying the cognitive, social, and emotional development of preschool and school-aged children. Spec…
Ellen Van Oosten
Professor
Ellen Van Oosten, PhD, received her MBA and PhD from Case Western Reserve University and her BS in electrical engineering from the University of Dayton. Van Oosten worked in engineering for many years before transitioning to academia. She joined the Weatherhead School of Manageme…
Elliot Gardner
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Elliot Gardner is an Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University. His research focuses on the evolution of flowering plants, the systematics of the mulberry family, and the flora of tropical Asia. He also serves as an Associate Editor for the journal TAXON.
Elliot Posner
Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science · College of Arts and Sciences
Elliot Posner is a political economist whose research asks new and classic questions about market formation, international cooperation and interdependence, supranational political actors and regulation. He has written about the internal sources of the European Union’s external in…
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