PhD Advisors at Cornell University 康奈尔大学
Research-focused faculty at Cornell 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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A Dam Seok
Teaching Associate · College of Arts and Sciences
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Aaron Benanav
Assistant Professor, Global Development Section · College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Automation, artificial intelligence, and the future of work; Unemployment, underemployment, and informality; Histories of social and economic development
Aaron Sachs
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
American cultural, Intellectual and environmental history
Aaron Sexton
Assistant Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Horticulture Section · College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Urban ecosystems
Biodiversity patterns and processes
Human-nature relationships
Aaron Wagner
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
Theory of Computing
Abe Davis
Assistant Professor of Computer Science · Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
Graphics, Human Interaction, Vision
Abigail Crites
Assistant Professor & Fred Young Faculty Fellow · College of Arts and Sciences
Observational cosmology, astronomical instrumentation, [CII] intensity mapping, epoch of reionization, cosmic microwave background.
Adam Anderson
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
I am interested in the role of the emotions in all human faculties, from shaping the very first stages of perception to rendering judgments on what is moral. Considering both psychological and neural levels of analysis, a guiding principle in my work is understanding the function…
Adam Clark Arcadi
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Chimpanzee social behavior, Primate behavioral ecology and conservation, Human evolution
Adam Dearing
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
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Adam Harris
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Industrial organization
Transportation economics
Economics of artificial intelligence
Adam J. Bogdanove
Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section · College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
Bacterial blight and bacterial leaf streak of rice
Transcription activator-like (TAL) effector proteins
Genome editing and custom gene regulation
Adam J. Hoffman
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
In my research, I investigate three primary questions as they pertain to adolescent development. How do social identities develop and change over time? Adolescence is considered to be a time of great change and development of social identities in the lives of adolescence. This li…
Adam Keith Anderson
examination of the psychology and neuroscience of emotion and its influence on attention, memory and cognition
Adam Seth Levine
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
He studies how and when ordinary people participate in public life. A vibrant democracy involves people being active in the public square — advocating for their concerns, working together to understand and solve problems, and so on. Yet that often does not happen.
Why not? What …
Adam T. Smith
Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Science · College of Arts and Sciences
The central preoccupation of my research and writing is the role that the material world plays in our political lives. Our social worlds, from the ancient past to the modern present, are forged upon a dense thicket of objects, from the spaces and places we move through to the ple…
Adhy Kim
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
transnational Asian American studies, Comparative empire studies, Environmental humanities, Speculative fiction
Aditya Vashistha
Assistant Professor · Cornell University
AI Auditing + Accountability, Human Centered Natural Language Processing, Human-AI interaction, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Human Interaction, Accessibility
Adrian Lewis
Professor of Operations Research and Information Engineering · Cornell University
Variational analysis and nonsmooth optimization
Adrian Sampson
Associate Professor of Computer Science · Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
Architecture, Programming Languages
Adriana Reyes
Dawn Taylor | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
Adriana Reyes’ research focus is on family demography and health disparities across the life course. Her work aims to understand how family ties provide social capital to help individuals navigate the life course, and how these family ties perpetuate inequalities across race and …
Adrienne H.K. Roeder
James A Perkins Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Plant cell biology
Agnel Sfeir
Professor · Weill Cornell Medicine
The Sfeir lab studies how cells coordinate various DNA repair pathways and quality control mechanisms to ensure the stability of nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. DNA is inherently unstable, yet genomes are remarkably stable. Sophisticated DNA damage surveillance and repair path…
Ahmed El Alaoui
Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science · Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
High-dimensional Statistics, Machine Learning, Stochastic Processes, Theory of Computing
Ahren Sadoff
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
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Alan Hanash
Assistant Professor · Weill Cornell Medicine
We are interested in learning fundamental principles that underly interactions between the immune system and tissues. We are particularly interested in understanding how the immune system can physiologically shape the function of tissue stem cells and how the immune system can pa…
Alan Mathios
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
A major focus of his research is on the effect of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory policies on consumer and firm behavior. His research has focused on the impact of the regulation of health claims in food advertising and direct to consumer advertising of pharmaceutic…
Alan Taylor
Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Horticulture Section, Cornell AgriTech · College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Seed science and technology
Seed quality
Coatings, treatments and biostimulants
Aleda Roth
Distinguished Professor, Supply Chain Management · Clemson University, College of Business and Behavioral Science
manufacturing and service operations strategy; how businesses can best deploy their operations, global supply chains, and technology strategies for an effective triple bottom line: competitive advantage, sustainability and public well-being; business performance and policy impact…
Aleksandr Golovnev
Associate Professor of Computer Science · Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
computational complexity, algorithms, pseudorandomness, learning theory, and cryptography
Alessandra Pernis
Professor · Weill Cornell Medicine
The Pernis lab studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms that become dysregulated in autoimmunity.
Alex Betts
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Research Area: Arithmetic Geometry, especially arithmetic fundamental groups and Chabauty—Kim theory
Alex Carter
Senior Director of Insights and Advisory · Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures
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Alex Conway
Postdoctoral Researcher, Tulane University · Cornell Tech and the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
Data structures, algorithms, operating systems, databases
Alex Gilvarry
Associate Professor of the Practice · College of Arts and Sciences
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Alex Hanson
Professor of Economics · College of Arts and Sciences
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics, Applied Economics, and Policy Analysis
Alex Kamphorst
Career Development Associate · College of Arts and Sciences
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Alex Kentsis
Professor · Weill Cornell Medicine
Our studies in cancer biology and pediatric oncology are focused on cellular plasticity, a phenomenon that relates both to the fundamental mechanisms of cancer pathogenesis and to the development of improved rational therapies. Detailed information about our research is available…
Alex Kwan
Department Technology Manager · Cornell Engineering
Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, Biophysics
Alex M. Susskind
Professor, Food & Beverage Management, Senior Director of Programs, Nolan School Director of the Food and Beverage Institute · Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures
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Alex Nading
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
I am a medical and environmental anthropologist. My research, mostly focused on Nicaragua, has examined transnational campaigns against dengue fever, bacterial disease, and chronic kidney disease, as well as grassroots movements to address these issues. In all my work, I use ethn…
Alex Townsend
Associate Professor, Stephen H. Weiss Junior Fellow · College of Arts and Sciences
Numerical analysis, scientific computing, and deep learning
Alexa Sadie Maille
Director, New York State 4-H; Extension Associate · College of Human Ecology
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Alexander G. Kuo
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
comparative political economy, Western European politics, business and labor history, and political behavior
Alexander G. Ophir
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
A central goal of my research is to understand the proximate control of social behavior and the ultimate consequences of these behaviors. Research in my lab utilizes classic field and laboratory techniques in combination with modern molecular tools to examine the roles of specifi…
Alexander Galkin
Associate Professor · Weill Cornell Medicine
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Alexander Gitlin
Assistant Member · Sloan Kettering Institute
The Gitlin Lab studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying inflammatory cell signaling in health and disease. Innate immune cells are tasked with integrating diverse molecular signals from both host and pathogen to produce appropriately commensurate inflammatory resp…
Alexander Hayes
Jennifer and Albert Sohn Professor, Director, Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, Director of the Spacecraft Planetary Image Facility · College of Arts and Sciences
Hayes uses spacecraft-based remote sensing to study the properties of planetary surfaces, their interactions with the interior, and if present, atmosphere.Recently, he has focused on studying the coupling of surface, subsurface, and atmospheric processes on Titan, Mars, and Comet…
Alexander Livingston
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
American and African-American Political Thought, Democratic Theory, Civil Disobedience, Social Movements, Religion and Politics
Alexander Ritov
· Weill Cornell Medicine
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Alexander Rudensky
Professor/Chair · Weill Cornell Medicine
The Rudensky lab is focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms governing the differentiation and function of CD4 T lymphocytes and their role in immunity and tolerance. The overall goals of the Rudensky laboratory research are to understand the basic mechanisms of immunore…
Alexander S Flecker
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Food webs, tropical stream ecosystems, ecosystem engineers, ecological stoichiometry, ecosystem subsidies, eco-evolutionary interactions, fishes, biogeochemistry, biodiversity and ecosystem function
Alexander Vladimirsky
Professor of Mathematics · College of Arts and Sciences
Numerical methods, dynamical systems, nonlinear PDEs, control theory
Alexandra Blackman
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Relationship between political regimes and religious institutions
Role of religious identities in the political sphere
Politics of the Middle East including:
gender
political party development
the evolution of authoritarian institutions
the role of foreign and transnational force…
Alexandra Kleeman
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Creative Writing, Literary Theory, Ecological Writing, Experimental Poetics, Speculative Fiction
Alexandra Silva
Professor of Computer Science · Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
Programming Languages, Security, Software Engineering, Theory of Computing
Alexandra Werth
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
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Alexandre Miaule
· College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Alexandros Pertsinidis
Professor · Weill Cornell Medicine
Single-molecule imaging, Molecular and Structural Biophysics
Alexei Aravin
Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics · College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Non-coding RNA, chromatin, genome defense and jumping genes
Alexei Tchistyi
Professor · SC Johnson College of Business
Real Estate, Finance, Applied Economics
Alexios Mantzarlis
Director of the Security, Trust, and Safety Initiative (SETS) · Cornell Tech
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Alice Nadeau
· College of Arts and Sciences
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Alicia Latham
Assistant Professor · Weill Cornell Medicine
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Alisha Gaines
Extension Associate · College of Human Ecology
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Alison G Power
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Agroecology, disease ecology, plant-insect interactions, plant viruses, insect vectors, international agriculture, ecosystem services, food security
Alissa Burns-Medero
Program Assistant · College of Human Ecology
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Allen Knutson
Professor of Mathematics · Cornell University
Algebraic geometry and algebraic combinatorics
Allen R. Carlson
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
International Relations, Chinese Foreign Policy, Asian Security
Allison Koenecke
Assistant Professor of Information Science · Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
Computational social science, algorithmic fairness, causal inference, public health
Alvin Mushlin
Professor · Weill Cornell Medicine
outcomes and comparative effectiveness research, diagnostic tests and procedures, efficacy and cost-effectiveness of interventions, quality of medical care, evidence-based medicine, decision analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis
Aman Banerji
Ph.D. Candidate · College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
'Global' cities & land markets
Amanda Agan
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Amanda Agan’s research lies at the intersections of economics, law, and public policy with a focus on the economics of crime and labor market discrimination. Her work tries studies the consequences and determinants of criminal legal involvement and how various policies can change…
Amanda Al-Masri
· Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures
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Amanda Purington Drake
Director, ACT for Youth · College of Human Ecology
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Amanda Weiss
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
She studies the conditions under which we can make valid inferences about causal effects, in both observational and experimental settings. Her work focuses on difference-in-differences, survey experimental methodology, and research ethics. Substantively, she is interested in Amer…
Amanda Y Agan
intersections of economics, law, and public policy with a focus on the economics of crime and labor market discrimination
Ambre Dromgoole
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
music, religion, race, gender, performance, popular culture
Amelia Moore
Associate Professor · College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Environmental justice for coastal and island communities; ethical research methods for transdisciplinary research in service of marginalized populations; accountable transformation of STEM education, research, and institutions; intersectional ecologies; environmental anthropology…
Amiel Bize
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Economic Anthropology, Science and Technology Studies, Value, Capitalism, Margins, Risk and Insurance
Amilcar Velez
Provost New Faculty Fellow · College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amira Abdel-Rahman
Assistant Professor (July 2026) · Cornell Engineering
Architectural technology, Structures in architecture, Sustainability, Computational design, Material programming, Metamaterial, Programmable matter, Robotics, Swarm robotics
Amy Kuceyeski
Professor · Weill Cornell Medicine
The Computational Connectomics (CoCo) Laboratory focuses on using quantitative methods applied to MRI-based measures of brain anatomy and physiology to understand the mysteries of the human brain, including in health and disease/disorder.
Current Projects:
- Brain-behavior mappi…
Amy R. Krosch
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
My research examines the social and economic factors that amplify discrimination, and the basic social cognitive and perceptual process through which our goals and motivations influence our behavior toward others. I take a multilevel approach to research, integrating ideas and m…
An-Yi Pan
PhD Student · College of Arts and Sciences
Chinese Painting, Chinese Sculpture, Japanese Art in General, Cross-Cultural Analysis of East Asian Art, Sinological Interpretation of Chinese Art, Buddhist Theology and Art, Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art
Ana Howie
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
visual and material cultures of early modern Europe, particularly Italy and the Low Countries, cultures of dressing, European imperialism, colonialism, and cosmopolitanism, artisanal practices of making, object materialities, global networks of artistic exchange, and early modern…
Ananda Cohen-Aponte
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
visual culture of pre-Hispanic and colonial Latin America, racial formation, cross-cultural exchange, historicity, coloniality, contemporary Latinx art, Andean visual and material culture, anti-colonial uprisings, Indigenous and Afrodescendant resistance, art history, migration, …
Anant Menon
Professor · Weill Cornell Medicine
We study how lipids are trafficked inside cells, across and between membrane bilayers. This is a basic problem in molecular cell biology, important for understanding the biogenesis of cell membranes and the homeostatic control of their lipid content, as well as protein glycosylat…
Anders Ryd
Miriam Novotny | Weatherhead School at Case Western Reserve University · College of Arts and Sciences
My research focuses on exploring the energy frontier in high energy physics using the CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Since the start of data taking in 2010 the LHC has recorded a large data sample that has allowed the discovery of the Higgs boson. In 201…
Andre Kessler
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Chemical ecology, plant-animal interactions, plant resistance, herbivory, plant behavioral ecology, insect herbivory, plant-pollinator interactions, plant secondary metabolism
Andre Leclair
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Quantum field theory for condensed matter, mathematical physics, cold atoms, topological insulators, integrable systems, theory of zeta functions.
Andrea Bachner
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Catalan, Chinese, Comparative and World Literature, Comparative Media Studies, Critical Studies of Race, Gender, and Sexuality, French, German, Italian, Literary Theory and Translation Studies, Portuguese, Spanish, Transregional and Postcolonial Studies
Andrea Lodi
Andrew H. and Ann R. Tisch Professor · Cornell Tech
mixed-integer linear and nonlinear programming and data science
Andrea Schietinger
Associate Professor · Weill Cornell Medicine
Lymphocyte Biology, Tumor Immunology
Andrea Turnbull
Extension Associate · College of Human Ecology
Currently involved in implementing a TCI Fidelity Review with agencies. The review tool is based on previous research conducted on the TCI-SAFE project. The use of the filelity tool, surveys and site visits help improve implementation of TCI within agencies. Participate in bi-mon…
Andreas Malikopoulos
Professor · Cornell University
Dr. Malikopoulos' research interests are grounded at the intersection of learning and control to enable systems—whether vehicles, robots, or large-scale infrastructures—to operate autonomously and achieve near-optimal performance while safely adapting to and interacting with dyna…
Andrei Marmor
Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Philosophy and Law · College of Arts and Sciences
philosophy of law, moral, social and political philosophy, and philosophy of language
Andres Leschziner
Professor · Weill Cornell Medicine
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