PhD Advisors at Rice University 莱斯大学
Research-focused faculty at Rice 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 1662 professors at Rice University.
A. Kyle Jones
Associate Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
My research at the University of Florida involved the design and construction of a tomographic newborn phantom from tissue-equivalent materials designed to mimic pediatric soft, bone, and lung tissues. The phantom was constructed using CT images of a newborn cadaver. Average orga…
Abdallah Mohamed
Assistant Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
image registration, segmentation, quality assurance, radiation planning margin assessment for radiotherapy planning purposes, radiotherapy-associated toxicity, patterns of failures analysis, and clinical outcomes' assessment, as well as imaging biomarker development
Abdel Razzaq Takriti
Associate Professor of History and Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair in Arab Studies
Modern Arab History; Global Anticolonial History; British Imperial History
Abdullah Osman
Assistant Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center at Houston
My research interest focuses on exploiting vulnerability associated with targeting the DNA damage repair and replication stress responses for the treatment of high risk head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) harboring oncogenic TP53 mutations and HPV infection. Recently, m…
Abhinav Jain
Associate Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
My research interest is focused on understanding the factors (proteins or non-coding RNAs) that control epigenetic regulation of gene expression during development and disease. The highly intricate epigenetic machinery that interfaces with chromatin to control precise gene expres…
Adam Melancon
Assistant Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Proton therapy
Biologically image-guided adaptive radiotherapy (BIGART)
Aditya Mohite
William M. Rice Trustee Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Professor, Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Chemistry · George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing
Dr. Mohite is interested in understanding and controlling photo-physical processes occurring at the interfaces created with layered 2D materials, organic and inorganic materials for thin film light to energy conversion technologies such as photovoltaics, photo-catalysis, etc. He …
Adrian Lenardic
Professor, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
geodynamics, geophysics, planetary
Ajay Kalra
Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Marketing · Rice University
Consumer quality assessments, Salesforce management, Promotional strategies
Akane Sano
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering · Rice University
Dr. Sano's research focuses on machine learning, digital health, mobile health, affective computing, ubiquitous computing, behavioral science, adaptive systems, artificial intelligence, human/computer interaction, intelligent systems, biomedical health informatics, digital phenot…
Akihiko Urayama
Assistant Professor · McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
Brain function is maintained in a well-controlled environment which is separated from the systemic milieu. The mechanisms that regulate the unique environment of the brain are collectively referred as the blood-brain barrier (BBB) which separates the brain parenchymal environment…
Alan Crane
Associate Professor of Finance · Jones Graduate School of Business
Empirical corporate finance, Institutional Investors, Governance
Alan Levander
Carey Croneis Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
seismology, geophysics, structural seismology, seismic imaging and forward modeling, energy and the environment
Alan Reid
Mathematics Department Chair, Edgar Odell Lovett Professor of Mathematics · Rice University
Hyperbolic manifolds, discrete groups, low dimensional topology with a particular interest in connections to number theory and moduli spaces
Alanna Morrison
Professor & Chair · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health at Houston
My research program focuses on elucidating the genetic basis of complex disease. The primary area of investigation is the genetic etiology of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in the United States and represents …
Alastair Thompson
Co-Director, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Section Chief, Breast Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine Co-PI of CITEC · Baylor College of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Albert Koong
Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Albert Pope
G.S. Wortham Professor of Architecture · Rice University
His current research addresses the urban implications of climate change. He is actively working on the formulation of new models of density in light of the extraordinary demands soon to be placed on the global urban environment.
Alda Tam
Professor · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, MD Anderson Cancer Center
My current research interests involve the use of imaging to determine treatment endpoints following thermal ablation in lung, evaluating synergies between ablation and immunotherapy, and comparing outcomes between surgical lung resection and thermal ablation.
Alejandro Aballay
Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
Alejandro Aballay's lab has a broad research program encompassing genetics, functional genomics and neurobiological approaches to study mechanisms involved in the control of immune responses against microbial pathogens. Immune activation needs to be fine-tuned since deficient or …
Alemayehu Gorfe
Professor · McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
A major interest of our lab is to understand the thermodynamic principles of specificity in cell signaling and molecular transport by means of computational and theoretical techniques. The advent of petaflop computational resources and the fast-paced progress in coarse-grained mo…
Alessandro Grattoni
Professor of Nanomedicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alessandro Piazza
Associate Professor of Strategic Management · Jones Graduate School of Business
Strategy and Environment
Alexander Butler
Jesse H. Jones Professor of Finance · Jones Graduate School of Business
Research papers are available at SSRN.
Alexander Lazar
Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Studies in our group currently address soft tissue sarcoma biology with particular interest in the early genetic changes associated with tumorigenesis. Soft tissue sarcomas are a large family of malignancies showing various patterns of mesenchymal differentiation. Precursor (in s…
Alexander Regier
William Faulkner Professor of English, Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Chair, Department of English and Creative Writing · Rice University
Aesthetics; Anglo-German relations; philosophy and poetics, visual culture, sports studies, and animal studies
Alexandra Kieffer
Associate Professor of Musicology · Rice University
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alexandra Ward, MD
Assistant Professor, Louis A. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · McGovern Medical School
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alexandre Reuben
Assistant Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Dr. Reuben's research focus is in enhancing the immune response against lung tumors. It has long been known that tumors harbor mutations, and that these mutations could make tumors resistant to the immune response and to various therapeutic modalities. However, the recent discove…
Alexis Bavencoffe
Assistant Professor · McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
We are studying new cellular targets to treat chronic pain, with an emphasis on patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). After SCI or chemotherapy, primary nociceptors can switch from an electrically quiet into a hyperactive st…
Ali Azhdarinia
Associate Professor · McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
My research is at the interface of chemistry and biology and is focused on the development of targeted agents for the visualization and treatment of disease. Using novel chemistry platforms, my laboratory produces contrast agents with radioactive and near-infrared fluorescent (NI…
Alida Metcalf
Harris Masterson, Jr. Professor of History · Rice University
Rio de Janeiro; Colonial Brazil; Atlantic World
Alireza Akhbardeh
Professor · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
biomedical engineering and sciences, signal and image processing, Bioinformatics, computer vision, artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, and biomedical modalities development, biosensing/wearables, and medical device development
Alisha Small
Baker Institute Scholar for Economic Growth · Baker Institute for Public Policy
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aloke Sarkar
Assistant Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center at Houston
Mitochondrial damage has been associated with several diseases, including cancer. Dysfunctional mitochondria (DyM) are eliminated via a unique process called mitochondrial autophagy (mitophagy). Understanding mechanisms of exclusion of damaged mitochondria is therefore key for di…
Alyssa (Allie) Sinclair
Assistant Professor, Psychological Sciences · Rice University
Cognitive Neuroscience, Learning and Memory, Belief Updating, Behavior Change, Affect, Information Consumption
Aman Buzdar
Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
My research interests have been defining and improving the short- and long-term benefits of systemic adjuvant therapies for breast cancer. My colleagues and I demonstrated that fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide (FAC) chemotherapy before surgery is effective in reduc…
Amanda Marciel
William Marsh Rice Trustee Assistant Professor · Rice University
Dr. Marciel’s research group explores the influence of monomer chemistry and sequence on the behavior of charged polymers in solutions and at interfaces to design stimuli-responsive materials for applications ranging from separations to regenerative tissue engineering. Her interd…
Amanda Nash
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering · Rice University
Immunoengineering, cell communication, drug delivery, molecular diagnostics, and extracellular vesicles
Amir Jazaeri
Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
The objective of Dr. Jazaeri’s research program is to develop more effective immunotherapy treatments for patients with gynecologic cancers. This is achieved through a number of investigator initiated translation-rich clinical trials aimed at understanding immunologic barriers to…
Amit Pazgal
Friedkin Professor of Management – Operations Management · Jones Graduate School of Business
Optimal Pricing Mechanisms, Competitive Marketing Strategies, Internet Institutions and Competition, Process Improvement
Amna Ansari
Professor in the Practice · School of Architecture
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amy K. Garcia, PhD, NCSP
Assistant Professor · McGovern Medical School
Improving assessment methods for autism in adulthood; Understanding the experiences of late-diagnosed autistic adults
Amy Moreno
Assistant Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
The Moreno Lab aims to advance precision oncology by applying informatics to data management, visualization, and analysis along with simultaneous development and rigorous validation of clinically applicable advanced (machine learning/AI-based) computational modeling of treatment-…
Amy Ninetto
Senior Scientific Editor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center at Houston
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ana Franco
Associate Professor of Art History
Ana M. Franco’s research and teaching center on twentieth century Latin American art, with a focus on abstract art from Colombia and the Southern Cone. Her scholarship explores how abstraction operated as a site of aesthetic and political negotiation, especially in relation to th…
Anastasios Kyrillidis
Noah Harding Associate Professor, Computer Science · Rice University
Optimization for machine learning, Convex and non-convex algorithms and analysis. Large-scale optimization, Any problem that includes a math-driven criterion, and requires an efficient method for its solution.
Anastasiya Zavyalova
Associate Dean for Degree Programs, Associate Professor of Strategic Management · Jones Graduate School of Business
Organizational wrongdoing, Organizational reputation management, Organizational identification
Anatoly B. Kolomeisky
Professor of Chemistry | Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Professor of Physics and Astronomy · Rice University
Theoretical Biophysics & Statistical Mechanics of Complex Systems
Andre Izidoro
Assistant Professor, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Accretion of terrestrial planets, Planetary dynamics and evolution, Solar system formation, Exoplanets
Andrea Isella
Professor, Physics and Astronomy · Rice University
Galactic Astronomy and Astrophysics. Formation of stars and planets. High angular resolution observations. Radio astronomy.
Andrea N. Taylor, PhD
Assistant Professor · McGovern Medical School
ADHD/ADD, Adult General Psychiatry, Anxiety/OCD, Behavioral Medicine/Health Psychology, Depression
Andrea Rummel
Assistant Professor of BioSciences · Rice University
comparative physiology, environmental adaptation, muscle physiology, biomechanics
Andrea Stavoe
Assistant Professor · McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
The Stavoe lab is interested in elucidating and understanding the molecular mechanisms of neuronal homeostasis during aging. Specifically, we are examining how the autophagy pathway is regulated in neurons during aging. Autophagy is a homeostatic degradative mechanism that is esp…
Andrea Viale
Associate Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
My lab has strong interest in translational medicine. The research program is focused on studying pancreatic cancer, a deadly disease characterized by a silent onset and a very poor prognosis. Although mainly focused on a single disease, our interests are broad and span over thre…
Andrew Colopy
Associate Professor · Rice University
Andrew Colopy’s research, teaching, and practice examine the interrelationship of the building envelope, material, and information technology in the theory and practice of architecture. He pursues this practice-based research through his firm, Cobalt Office, where he examines mat…
Andrew Dunbar
Assistant Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center at Houston
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
The Dunbar lab seeks to explore the mechanisms driving clonal evolution in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs), a rare form of chronic blood cancer. Left untreated, MPNs are lethal—occurring as a result of progressive bone marrow failure due to severe scarring (“myelofibrosis”) o…
Andrew Futreal
Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew Hoffman
Assistant Professor, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew J. Schaefer
Noah Harding Chair and Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research · Rice University
Andrew Schaefer’s research interests are in the broad area of operations research and industrial engineering. This includes mixed-integer programming, stochastic optimization and large-scale optimization.
Andrew Kraebel
Associate Professor of English
Middle English poetry and prose, medieval Latin poetry and prose, medieval literary theory and criticism, the study of the Bible and classical Latin poetry in the Middle Ages, medieval mysticism, manuscripts studies, intellectual history, textual history and theory.
Andrew Long
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy · Rice University
theoretical particle physics, early universe cosmology, dark matter, baryogenesis, neutrinos, topological defects, axions, particle astrophysics
Andrew Pickering
Associate Professor · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
The Pickering lab is interested in biological questions about the aging process with the goal of development of treatments to allow people to stay healthy and active for longer. Our lab utilizes a number of model systems to answer these questions including fruit flies, mice and c…
Andrew Pountain
Assistant Professor · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
My lab uses experimental and computational techniques to understand the systems biology of gene regulation in microbes and microbial pathogens. We use advanced transcriptional technologies, particularly bacterial single cell RNA sequencing, to dissect the factors shaping transcri…
Andrew Shepherd
Assistant Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Our research program focuses on the neuroimmunology of chronic pain – how crosstalk between the immune system and the nervous system drives persistent pain and how we might target these mechanisms to reduce the burden of chronic pain. We have projects focusing on the dysregulatio…
Andrew Sikora
Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
Andrew Sikora is a head and neck cancer surgeon and tumor immunologist with a passion for improving patient outcomes through translational research. His research focuses on the immunobiology of head and neck cancer and other HPV-related tumors; and understanding and reversing mec…
Andrew Song
Assistant Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center at Houston
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
The research group is dedicated to building next-generation AI tools for computational pathology, grounded in rigorous principles of statistical inference, with the overarching goal of deciphering multi-scale oncologic complexity. The lab's research will focus on developing state…
Andrey Tsvetkov
Associate Professor · McGovern Medical School
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
G-quadruplexes in the brain
DNA and RNA sequences containing four stretches of guanines are able to form tetra-stranded stable structures called the G-quadruplex (G4-DNA and G4-RNA). Although G4-DNA and G4-RNA have been studied in vitro for years, it is now clear that these struc…
Angel Glover, PhD
Assistant Professor · McGovern Medical School
Psychological Assessment, Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Community Based Interventions, Cultural Specific Coping, STI and HIV Prevention
Angel Martí
· Rice University
Our research group is interested in the design and synthesis of multifunctional molecular constructs for the treatment and diagnosis of amyloid forming diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease, in addition to the development of sensors and the in vivo and in vitro det…
Angela Ting
Associate Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center at Houston
The major focus of the Ting lab is epigenetic gene regulation. We are particularly passionate about DNA methylation, which is important for both normal development and disease states. In cancers, aberrant promoter CpG island hypermethylation leads to gene inactivation and can acc…
Anil Korkut
Associate Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
The Korkut laboratory uses a basic science approach to have a major impact on cancer care. Dr. Korkut is an expert in computational biology, network pharmacology and cancer systems biology. His research interests span a wide range of major problems in cancer biology such as resi…
Anil Sood
Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
My research focuses on mechanisms of cancer invasion and metastasis in ovarian and other cancers. Specifically, my research is focused in three main areas: 1) effect of neuroendocrine stress hormones on ovarian cancer growth and progression; 2) development of novel anti-vascular …
Anilkumar Pillai
Professor · McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
My research involves both animal and human subjects. The central theme of my translational neuroscience research has two components: (1) development and investigation of animal models of depression that focus on the mechanism(s) of chronic stress-induced neurobehavioral changes, …
Anilkumar Pillai, PhD
Faculty · McGovern Medical School
Chronic stress and inflammation; Neurotrophins in schizophrenia
Anisha L. Thomas, PhD
Assistant Professor · McGovern Medical School
Suicide risk and prevention
Anjali Chauhan
Assistant Professor · McGovern Medical School at UT Health Science Center Houston
My research focuses on investigating molecular mechanisms and testing pharmacological therapies in translationally relevant stroke models and vascular dementia. As a basic science researcher, I am keenly interested in understanding the mechanisms of secondary neuroinflammation th…
Ankit Patel
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine; Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering · Rice University
Probabilistic Theories of Deep Learning from first principles; Neurally-inspired learning and computation; Medical Imaging Diagnosis; Reverse-engineering neocortex; Deep Learning for Particle Physics, Data Science, Neuroengineering, Systems
Ann Klopp
Associate Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
The goal of by lab research is to investigate microenvironmental effects in gynecologic cancer that impact response to treatment. We have two primary projects. One is focused on ovarian cancer and how obesity promotes growth of ovarian cancers. We are currently focusing on adip…
Anna Konovalova
Associate Professor · McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
Bacterial Cell Envelope Homeostasis. My research program is focused on how Gram-negative bacteria build and maintain the integrity of their cell envelope, the hallmark of which is the outer membrane (OM). The OM is an essential organelle and a major factor of intrinsic antibiotic…
Anna Lee
Assistant Professor · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center at Houston
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
Improving the therapeutic ratio in the re-irradiation setting, the psychosocial impact of radiation therapy in patients and gender equity in the medical field. Specifically, I am looking at clinical outcomes of patients who receive re-irradiation with protons and SBRT and am in d…
Anna Rhodes
Associate Professor · Rice University
Education, Housing, Poverty and Inequality
Anne C. Klein
Professor of Religion
Tibetan Buddhist and Indian epistemology. Tibetan texts and language
Anne-Marie Krachler
Associate Professor · McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
We take a highly interdisciplinary approach to study information exchange at the bacteria-host interface. The main questions driving this work are “How do bacteria perceive the host and react to switch on colonization and virulence mechanisms? And how, in turn, does the biophysic…
Anshumali Shrivastava
Professor of Computer Science, of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and of Statistics · Rice University
Large scale machine learning, randomized algorithms for big data, graphs and social networks mining
Anthony K. Brandt
Professor & Chair, Composition & Music Theory · Shepherd School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anthony Pinn
Agnes Cullen Arnold Distinguished Professor of the Humanities · Rice University
Liberation theologies, Religion and Popular culture (e.g., hip hop), Humanism, Constructive theology, African American religious traditions, African American religious thought
Anthony Várilly-Alvarado
Professor, Mathematics · Rice University
Algebraic Geometry, Number Theory
Anthony Wright
Professor · McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Animal and human learning, memory, and decision processes
Antonios Mikos
PhD Student · Rice University
Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Nanotechnology, Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Engineering.
Anuj Shukla, MD
Assistant Professor · McGovern Medical School
Autism, Alzheimer's, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Aradhana Venkatesan
Associate Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
My research aims are to develop novel imaging biomarkers that may be used for risk stratification, adaptive therapy planning, and surrogate endpoint use in cancer clinical trials and to optimize image guided therapies for cancer. The objective of these efforts is to enable ration…
Aria Vaishnavi
Assistant Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
The Vaishnavi lab’s broad research interests focus on improving our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that drive initiation, maintenance, and progression of lung adenocarcinoma and to use those findings to identify innovative, clinically-relevant therapeutic approaches. W…
Arjun Bhattacharya
Assistant Professor · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center at Houston
Dr. Arjun Bhattacharya develops and applies computational tools to understand the biological mechanisms contributing to breast cancer risk, outcomes, and related phenotypes in multi-ancestry populations. Additionally, he studies how genetic regulation during the gestational windo…
Arlei Lopes da Silva
Debra McGivney | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · Rice University
Data science, network science, machine learning, graphs algorithms