PhD Advisors at Northwestern University 西北大学
Research-focused faculty at Northwestern University, listed for PhD / Master's applicants. Find professors whose research matches your interests, and check hiring signals before you reach out.
Showing the first 100 faculty of 984 professors at Northwestern University.
Aaron Godwin
Assistant Professor of Instruction & Academic Advisor · School of Communication
Musical Theater, Opera, Queer theory, Voice
Aaron I. Packman
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and (by courtesy) Mechanical Engineering and Chemical and Biological Engineering · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
My research focuses on water, sediments, and microorganisms, particularly the intersection of physical transport processes with biological and biogeochemical processes. I seek to understand the role of environmental interfaces in water system dynamics, including the surface-groun…
Abbe Walker
Assistant Professor of Instruction of Classics · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
ancient religions, transitional and marginal women in antiquity, and particularly the role of women in early Christian asceticism
Abi Adams
Professor · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adam L. Hoeflich
Professor of Practice · Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Legal Ethics, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Mass Torts
Adam Unsworth
Professor · Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adrian Rodriguez-Contreras
Director of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor · School of Communication
Audio-Visual Integration, Auditory Processing, Hearing, Infant Health, Neuroscience, Neurovascular function
Aggelos K. Katsaggelos
Joseph Cummings Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and (by courtesy) Computer Science and Radiology · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Multimedia Signal Processing, Multimedia Communications, Computational Imaging, Computer Vision, Medical and Biological Signal Processing, DNA Signal Processing, Scientific Studies in the Arts.
Al Luhaibi, Abdulwahab
Assistant Professor
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alan V. Sahakian
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and (by courtesy) Biomedical Engineering · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Cardiac electrophysiology, in particular the mechanisms, monitoring and automatic diagnosis and treatment of the atrial cardiac arrhythmias. Irreversible electroporation methods for ablating cancerous tumors including non-resectable liver and pancreatic cancer. RF ablation for es…
Alana Arenas
Assistant Professor of Instruction · School of Communication
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alessandro Rotta Loria
Louis Berger Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
<p><em>Subsurface innovation via science and engineering</em>. My work lies at the intersection of Mechanics, Energy, and Electrochemistry, focusing on the subsurface. By harnessing theoretical, computational, and experimental studies, I address temporal problems lasting from sec…
Alex Lee
Howard Friedman ’64 JD Professor of Law · Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Administrative Law, Securities Regulation, Law and Economics, Economic Regulation
Alex Mincek
Associate Professor · Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alexander Coppock
Associate Professor of Political Science; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Alexander Coppock's current work assesses the generalizability of empirical research findings through meta-reanalysis.
Alexander Gemignani
Associate Professor of Instruction · School of Communication
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alok Choudhary
Harold Washington Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alvin B. Tillery, Jr.
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
American Politics, Black Political Thought, Social Movements, Presidential Leadership, American Political Development
Amanda Dehnert
Associate Professor · School of Communication
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amanda Petford-Long
Argonne Distinguished Fellow, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Lab; Professor of Materials Science and Engineering · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
The research in my group concentrates on understanding the behavior of magnetic, ferroelecctric and multiferroic oxide nanostructures, and in particular on determining the role that interfaces play in controlling this behavior. We are correlating the ferroic and transport propert…
Amanda Stathopoulos
William Patterson Junior Professor; Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dr. Stathopoulos’ research pushes the boundaries of human-centered sustainable mobility, bringing critical attention to the behavioral, social, and experiential dimensions that shape transportation systems. Her work uncovers how the lifestyles, values, mental models, and shifting…
Amy Stanley
Orrington Lunt Professor of History, and Director of Nicholas D. Chabraja Center for Historical Studies · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Geographic Field(s): Asian History; Global History
Thematic Field(s): Urban History; Gender and Sexuality History
Principal Research Interest(s): Early modern and modern Japan
Ana Arjona
Associate Professor · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
The dynamics and legacies of organized violence, especially civil wars and organized crime, local governance, state building, and the foundations of political order.
Andrew Boyce
Associate Professor; Director, MFA in Stage Design · School of Communication
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew M. Koppelman
John Paul Stevens Professor of Law · Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Conflicts of Law, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Law and Religion
Andrew Megill
Professor · Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew Papachristos
The John G. Searle Professor and Chair of Sociology; Faculty Fellow, The Institute for Policy Research; Director, Northwestern Neighborhood and Network Initiative (N3); Associate Professor (by courtesy), Human Development and Social Policy · School of Education and Social Policy
Social networks, urban neighborhoods, gun violence, street gangs, and policing.
Andrew Rivers
Professor of Instruction · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew Roberts
Professor · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
The quality of democracy, representation, elections, political institutions, biography & politics
Andrew Talle
Associate Professor · Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Angela Dixon
Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences · School of Education and Social Policy
Health Disparities, Bereavement, Mortality, Stratification and Inequality, Discrimination, Colorism
Angela G. Ray
Associate Professor · School of Communication
Media analysis, Memory, Public Persuasion and Opinion, Rhetorical History
Angela M. Barragán
Assistant Professor of Instruction · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ann Gunter
Chair of the Department of Classics; Professor of Art History, Classics, and in the Humanities · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Ann C. Gunter's work addresses the visual and material culture of the ancient Near East and its Eastern Mediterranean neighbors. Her primary research interests include artistic and cultural interaction between the Mediterranean and the Near East; the relationship between material…
Anna D. Shapiro
Professor, Marjorie Hoffman Hagan, Class of 1934 · School of Communication
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anna Parkinson
Scott P. Bruder | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
twentieth and twenty-first century German-language literature and film, psychoanalytic and critical theory, modern South African literature and film, memory studies, forensic anthropology, literature of migration, gender and queer theory, literary theory, genocide studies, and me…
Annelise Riles
Professor of Law · Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
International Human Rights, Conflicts of Law, International Law, Feminist Legal Theory, Global Financial Regulation, Legal Anthropology
Anthony S. Chen
Associate Professor · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Research Interest(s): American Political Development
Program Area(s): American Politics
Regional Specialization(s): United States
Subfield Specialties: American Political Development; Comparative Historical Analysis; Political Parties; Race, Ethnicity and Politics
Antonio Terrone
Associate Professor of Instruction · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
East Asian cultures, politics, and religions; politics, policies and religion in modern and contemporary China and its borderlands; religious culture, literature, violence, and ethno-religious politics (Tibetans and Uyghurs)
Arantzazu Alarcon-Fleming
Professor of Instruction · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ari Glogower
Professor of Law · Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Tax Policy, Corporate and Partnership Taxation, Federal Income Taxation, Tax Compliance, Taxation and Constitutional Law, Taxation and Economic Inequality
Ariel Rogers
Associate Professor · School of Communication
Cinema-Film, Digital Media, Media analysis, Television
Arthur Butz
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Digital signal processing. The present emphasis is a return to my earlier focus on space-filling curves (diverse applications).
Arthur Prindle
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and (by courtesy) Biomedical Engineering · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
We are interested in understanding how molecular and cellular interactions give rise to collective behaviors in microbial communities. We use synthetic biology, quantitative microscopy, and microfluidics to directly investigate the molecular mechanisms behind how cells communicat…
Ashish Koul
Assistant Professor · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Geographic Field(s): Asian History
Thematic Field(s): Political and Policy History; Religious History
Principal Research Interest(s): 19th and 20th century South Asia
Ashty Karim
Professor · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
The Karim Lab develops molecules, systems, and processes to enable global sustainability. Climate change is the defining challenge of our time, calling for urgent innovations in sustainability that are useful across geographies and economies and can operate at scale. Developing i…
Aymar Jean Christian
Professor; Director, Master of Science in Leadership for Creative Enterprises; Margaret Walker Chair · School of Communication
Black studies, Cinema-Film, Digital Media, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Media production, Queer theory, Social Media, Television
Bahador Bahmani
Intern · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Research Areas: Computational Engineering, AI and Design, Advanced Manufacturing
Barbara Butts
Associate Professor of Instruction · School of Communication
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Barnor Hesse
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor of Black Studies, Political Science, and Sociology · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
Black Political Thought
Political Theory
Black Critical Theory
Critical Race Studies
Black Affect Studies
Decolonial Studies
Black Conceptual Methodologies
Barry Wimpfheimer
Associate Professor of Law (Courtesy)
Associate Professor of Religious Studies · Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Beau River
Coach, MS in Learning and Organizational Change · School of Education and Social Policy
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Benjamin F. Jones
PhD Student · Kellogg School of Management
Economic growth; development economics; technology; science; innovation; and entrepreneurship.
Bernard Black
Nicholas D. Chabraja Professor · Northwestern University
Law and Finance, International Corporate Governance, Health Law and Policy, Corporate and Securities Law, Medical Malpractice, Empirical Methods for Causal Inference
Beth Andrews
Assistant Professor · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bharath Chandrasekaran
Department Chair; Ralph and Jean Sundin Endowed Professor · School of Communication
Auditory Processing, Language Learning and Processing, Neuroscience, Scientific Collaboration
Bihter Esener
College Fellow · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Seljuk-period bronze mirrors in medieval Anatolia; cross-cultural material culture; medievalism in popular culture; digital tools and games in art history
Bill Heyck
Professor · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Modern British history, Liberal politicians, Victorian intellectuals, freelance writers, redbrick universities, W. B. Yeats, E. P. Thompson, analytic philosophy, history of golf, four nations history, history from below, Victorian crisis of faith, conflict in Northern Ireland, en…
Bimbola Akinbola
Assistant Professor; Interim Director of Undergraduate Studies · School of Communication
Art History, Art Theory and Practice, Black studies, Diaspora Studies, Feminist theory, Queer theory, Visual cultures
Bo Zhang
Assistant Professor of Instruction · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Applying geospatial technologies to study physical environment change; development and application of Markov chain geostatistics; spatiotemporal patterns of aerosol particles; transit accessibility; transportation network analysis.
Bonnie Martin-Harris
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs; Alice Gabrielle Twight Professor · School of Communication
Communication Skills, Data Science, Swallowing Disorders, Voice
Branden Ghena
Assistant Professor of Instruction · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
My research covers several systems areas including networking and operating systems, but my specialty is embedded systems. It is the kind of field where you debug software with an oscilloscope. Particularly, I work on resource-constrained embedded hardware, software, and networki…
Brannon Ingram
Associate Professor of Religious Studies · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Islamic studies, Islam in South Asia, global South Asian diasporas, Sufism, Islamic law, politics in the modern era, Deoband movement, Muslim revivalist movements, category of religion, colonialism, political Islam
Brenna Argall
Professor of Computer Science · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
As need increases, access decreases. Often the more severe a person's motor impairment, the less able they are to operate the very machines created to assist them. My lab endows assistive machines with customized robotics autonomy and intelligence to address this confound. Robots…
Brett Neveu
Assistant Professor · School of Communication
Gaming, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Television
Brian J. Reiser
Orrington Lunt Professor of Learning Sciences · School of Education and Social Policy
The design of learning environments and curriculum materials for science that support authentic practices including explanation, argumentation, and designing investigations. His research examines the cognitive and social interaction aspects of scientific inquiry, principles for s…
Brian Libgober
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Law · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Program Area(s):
Methods; American Politics
Regional Specialization(s):
United States
Subfield Specialties:
American Political Economy; Law and Politics
Brianna Borger
Assistant Professor of Instruction · School of Communication
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bruce Ankenman
Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
As a design engineer in the automotive parts industry, Bruce Ankenman found that an engineer's job depends on the ability to efficiently collect and analyze data. Since many engineers have limited access to statistical methods, his research has centered around developing simple-t…
Bruce Sherin
Professor, Learning Sciences · School of Education and Social Policy
Conceptual change in science; computational linguistics applied to natural language data; programming environments for learning; external representations in science and mathematics.
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy
PhD Student · School of Education and Social Policy
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Caitlin Body
Assistant Professor of Instruction · School of Communication
Performing Arts, Stage Managing
Casey Ankeny
Professor of Instruction of Biomedical Engineering · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Casey J. Ankeny, PhD is an associate professor of instruction and the director of the MS Program in Biomedical Engineering, and assistant dean of The Graduate School master’s programs at Northwestern Engineering. She is investigating cyber-based student engagement strategies in f…
Catherine S. Carrigan
Assistant Professor of Instruction/Undergraduate Academic Advisor for Radio, Television and Film and Theatre · School of Communication
Academic Advising, Career Development
Chad Mirkin
George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, and (by courtesy) Chemical and Biological Engineering and Biomedical Engineering · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Fundamental and applied nanoscience, nanomaterials, nanobiotechnology, nanomedicine, nanolithography
Chamille Lescott
Assistant Professor of Instruction of Biomedical Engineering · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Chang-Han Rhee
Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Applied and Theoretical Probability, Stochastic Simulation, Experimental Design, Theoretical Foundation of Artificial Intelligence
Cheng Sun
Professor of Mechanical Engineering · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Sun’s primary research interests are in the fields of Emerging applications of nano-electronics, nanophotonics, nano-electromechanical systems and nano-biomedical systems necessitate developments of viable nano-manufacturing technologies. His research group is engaged in developi…
Chika Okafor
Assistant Professor of Law · Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Law and Economics
Chloe Thurston
PhD Student · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Research Interest(s):
American Political Development; Social Policy; Historical Analysis
Program Area(s):
American Politics
Regional Specialization(s):
United States
Subfield Specialties:
American Political Development; American Political Economy; Comparative Historic…
Chris Abani
Board of Trustees Professor of English · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Chris Wolverton
Frank C. Engelhart Professor of Materials Science and Engineering · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
My group's research is centered on computational materials science, and specifically first-principles quantum mechanical simulation tools. These computational tools have advanced to the point now where materials may be "synthesized virtually", with their properties predicted on a…
Chrissy Martin
Assistant Professor of Instruction · School of Communication
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Christina C Nguyen
Assistant Professor of Instruction · School of Communication
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Christine Helmer
Professor · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Christian theology from historical, systematic, and constructive perspectives; German intellectual history; theology of Martin Luther; philosophy and theology of Friedrich Schleiermacher; Luther Renaissance; biblical reception; theology's conversation with the modern study of rel…
Christopher Guzman
Professor · Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Christopher Riesbeck
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences; Associate Professor, Computer Science · School of Education and Social Policy
Natural-language understanding, case-based reasoning, authorable learning-by-doing environments, critiquing tools for education.
Christopher Schuh
Dean, John G. Searle Professor of Materials Science and Engineering · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Schuh's research is focused on structural materials including metals and ceramics, in which he seeks to control disorder in material microstructures for the purpose of optimizing mechanical properties. His research group uses experiments, analytical theory, and computer simulatio…
Claudia Haase
Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy · School of Education and Social Policy
Life-span development, emotion, relationships (e.g., couples, parent-child relationships, friendships), well-being, health.
Claudio Benzecry
Professor · School of Communication
culture, arts, knowledge and globalization
Claus-Peter Richter
Affiliated Faculty · School of Communication
Development and improvement of cochlear implant electrodes and the micromechanics of the mammalian cochlea. Stimulation of auditory neurons with optical radiation to measure the impedances of cochlear structures and possible current paths for the electrically stimulated cochlea. …
Clayton Brown
Professor of Instruction; Director of Undergraduate Studies · School of Communication
Cinema-Film, Directing, Documentary, Space Travel
Clifford Zimmerman
Professor of Practice · Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Legal Writing, Legal Research
Clinton William Francis
Professor of Law · Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Bankruptcy, Commercial Law, E-Commerce, Legal History, Intellectual Property, Property Law, Payment Systems
Colin Hisey
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Our lab explores biomedical micro- and nanotechnology, with a strong focus on extracellular vesicles (EVs). EVs are micro- and nanoscale lipid-enclosed particles that contain diverse molecular cargo and circulate in all bodily fluids as a form of intercellular communication. Howe…
Corey Byrnes
Associate Professor of Chinese Culture · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
environmental humanities; 19th-21st century Sinophone literature, film, and visual culture; animal studies; landscape and spatial studies
Courtney Lynam Scherr
Associate Chair; Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies · School of Communication
Health Communication, Risk Communication
Cristina Lafont
PhD Student · Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Normative questions in political philosophy concerning democracy and citizen participation, global governance, human rights, religion and politics
Cynthia Coburn
PhD Student · School of Education and Social Policy
Relationship between research and policy; Relationship between instructional policy and teachers’ classroom practices in urban schools.
Cécile Chazot
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering · McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
The Sustainable Polymer Innovation Laboratory (SPIn lab) at Northwestern University, led by Professor Cécile Chazot, seeks to develop sustainable manufacturing and recycling of polymers and composites. Our focus areas include fiber-based materials, biopolymers, large-scale proces…