PhD Advisors at Tufts University 塔夫茨大学
Research-focused faculty at Tufts 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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Aaron Embry
Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences · School of Medicine
Neurologic Rehabilitation; Stroke Rehabilitation; Gait & Posture; Equity, Belonging, Justice, Inclusion; Parkinson's Disease; Physical Therapy
Aaron Mendez
Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology and Microbiology · School of Medicine
Our lab studies the mechanism by which viruses maximize their replicative output. A strategy that many viruses use to maximize replicative output is the formation of replication compartments. The establishment of replication compartments is critical for the production of infectio…
Abani Patra
Professor, Computer Science · School of Engineering
computational sciences, data driven modeling
Abhineet Sheoran
PhD Student · Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Immunology and pathogenesis of human/zoonotic infectious agents; Immunotherapy for hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) that can develop following infection with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli; Vaccine development for cryptosporidiosis and leptospirosis
Abiy Tasissa
Assistant Professor, Mathematics; Assistant Professor, Computer Science · School of Arts and Sciences
High-Dimensional data analysis: Matrix completion, compressive sensing, and structured sparse recovery.
Mathematical foundations of AI: Interpretable machine learning, dictionary learning, and geometry-aware representations.
Applied optimization: Distance geometry, large-scale ke…
Adam Kamradt-Scott
Associate Professor of One Health Diplomacy · The Fletcher School
One Health
Global Health Security
International Law
Biotechnology
Space Law
Adam Lowenstein
Assistant Professor, Basic & Clinical Translational Sciences · School of Dental Medicine
Pediatric dentistry
Clinical research
Translational research
Canine oral health
Dental materials
Blood concentrates
Implant dentistry
Adam Storeygard
Professor, Economics · School of Arts and Sciences
Development and Growth, Urban Economics
Addy Alt-Holland
Professor, Basic & Clinical Translational Sciences · School of Dental Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adela Hruby
Assistant Professor, Secondary Faculty · School of Medicine
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Adriana Zavala
Professor, History of Art and Architecture · School of Arts and Sciences
Modern and Contemporary U.S. Latinx and Mexican art; Latin American art; Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora
Aerielle Allen
Assistant Professor, Psychology; Assistant Professor, Community Health · School of Arts and Sciences
Social Processes, Intergroup Relations, Psychology of Racism and Social Equity
Agustina Anson Fernandez
Assistant Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences; Assistant Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences · Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ahmed Alhassani
Assistant Professor, Periodontology · School of Dental Medicine
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Ahmed Awad
Externship Site Preceptor, Public Health and Community Service · School of Dental Medicine
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Aidee Herman
Associate Professor, Periodontology · School of Dental Medicine
Periodontology
Implantology
Aikaterini Papathanasiou
Professor, Comprehensive Care · School of Dental Medicine
Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry
Aimee Shen
Technical Director · School of Medicine
Clostridium difficile causes ~500,000 infections each year and is the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and gastroenteritis-associated death in the United States. We study how C. difficile forms infectious spores and how these spores germinate upon sensing specific …
Akram Da'darah
Affiliated Faculty · Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
Host-parasite interaction
Drug Discovery and Development: For parasitic diseases
Immune regulation by helminth parasites
Vaccine development: mRNA, DNA and recombinant subunit vaccines
Alan Epstein
Assistant Professor, Comprehensive Care · School of Dental Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alan Finkelstein Shapiro
Associate Professor, Economics · School of Arts and Sciences
Macroeconomics, Macro-Labor, Macro-Climate, International Macroeconomics, Macro Development
Alastair Cribb
Dean, Henry and Lois Foster Professor, Professor · Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary and comparative clinical pharmacology
Comparative molecular toxicology
Comparative pharmacogenetics
Idiosyncratic adverse drug reactions
Drug classes of particular interest include NSAIDs, anti-epileptic drugs, and antimicrobials
Albert Kang
Clinical Associate, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery · School of Dental Medicine
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Alberto Malacarne
Associate Professor, Diagnostic Sciences - Craniofacial Pain · School of Dental Medicine
Orofacial pain
Non-odontogenic tooth pain
Relationship between orofacial pain and primary headaches
Temporomandibular disorders
Alberto Sarmiento
Assistant Professor, Comprehensive Care · School of Dental Medicine
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Alessandra Campana
Associate Professor, Music · School of Arts and Sciences
Opera: staging, visuality, theatricality, performance and spectatorship.
Film and Media Studies: sound and music editing; aesthetics and politics of synchronization; aurality of silent film; suture; Foley; Renoir, Ophuls, Visconti and Fellini; music video and animation
Alex Blanchette
Associate Professor, Anthropology · School of Arts and Sciences
Capitalism; Labor; Environment; Animals; Agriculture; Ethnography; Ordinary life
Alex Bonhomme
Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alex Miele
Assistant Professor, Comprehensive Care · School of Dental Medicine
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Alexander Poltorak
Professor, Immunology · School of Medicine
We are interested in cell death and inflammatory responses as two critical components of the host immune defense against pathogens. We use forward genetic analysis in the wild-derived strains of mice to investigate regulatory mechanisms of cell death and inflammation. Our recent …
Alexei Bygrave
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience · School of Medicine
Our research is focused on understanding the molecular basis of synapse function, with a focus on cell type-specific mechanisms. In particular, we are interested in the molecular mechanisms supporting function of glutamatergic synapses received by GABAergic inhibitory interneuron…
Alexei Degterev
Professor, Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology · School of Medicine
My lab focuses on the investigation of the molecular mechanisms, physiologic and pathophysiological roles of regulated cell death. Regulated cell death comes in many forms from apoptosis to a rapidly expanding spectrum of non-apoptotic necrosis-like cell death mechanisms. These p…
Alexis Wright
Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences · School of Medicine
Research interests are in the area of physical therapy clinical research with a focus in the area of orthopaedic physical therapy, diagnostic accuracy in the physical therapy examination, and treatment effectiveness. I have a secondary focus on research related to the area of phy…
Alfredo Hernandez
James P. Basilion | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · School of Arts and Sciences
Enzymology of DNA replication, mitochondrial DNA expression and maintenance, nucleic acid biochemistry, and non-canonical DNA structures.
Ali Muftu
Professor, Prosthodontics · School of Dental Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alice H. Lichtenstein
Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine · Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Dr. Lichtenstein's past and current work includes addressing issues related to trans fatty acids, soy protein and isoflavones, sterol/stanol esters, novel vegetable oils differing in fatty acid profile and glycemic index, primarily in postmenopausal females and older males. Addit…
Alice Mello
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Professor Emeritus of Modern Latin American History and Professor Emeritus of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies · Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Storytelling with Data through interactive dashboards & Experiential Learning.
Project-based curriculum in DA & DS for Public High Schools.
Women in STEM.
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Alice Sullivan
Assistant Professor, History of Art and Architecture · School of Arts and Sciences
Medieval art, architecture, and visual culture in Europe and the Byzantine-Slavic cultural spheres; image theory; historiography; patronage; monasticism; cross-cultural interactions; light in sacred spaces; Dracula
Alice Tang
Assistant Professor of Engineering - Professor Hixon's research focuses on tissue engineering/regenerative medicine strategies to improve treatment and… · School of Medicine
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Alireza Ashrafi
PhD Student · School of Dental Medicine
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Alisha Rankin
Adjunct Professor · School of Arts and Sciences
Early Modern Europe, the History of Science and Medicine, Women's History, the History of the Body and Sexuality
Alison Babeu
Digital Librarian · School of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Allen Shaughnessy
Professor, Family Medicine; Professor, Public Health and Community Medicine · School of Medicine
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Allie Balter-Kennedy
Assistant Professor, Earth and Climate Sciences · School of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alnoor Ebrahim
Professor of Management · The Fletcher School
• Social impact measurement
• Accountability & Governance
• Leadership & Strategy for social change
• Managing NGOs and Social Enterprises
Alysha Walter
Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences · School of Medicine
physical therapy management of individuals with cardiovascular, pulmonary, and acute care conditions and needs
Amahl Bishara
Professor, Anthropology · School of Arts and Sciences
Media, journalism, the Middle East, expressivity, human rights, knowledge production, democracy, ethnography of place
My research revolves around expression, space, media, and settler colonialism. I am currently working on two book projects. The first, tentatively entitled "Perm…
Amalia Katsampoula
Assistant Professor, Prosthodontics · School of Dental Medicine
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Amanda Martinot
Associate Professor · Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
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Amanjot Sarao
Externship Site Preceptor, Public Health and Community Service · School of Dental Medicine
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Amit Sachdeo
Associate Professor, Prosthodontics · School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Sachdeo's research interests predominantly lie in looking at intra-oral biofilm formation and development in the edentulous population. He is interested in studying the influence of bulk fluid, different surfaces, location and genetic background of individuals on the growth, …
Amy Goldstein
Director · School of Arts and Sciences
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Amy Lee
Dean of Admissions and Associate Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine; Associate Professor, Family Medicine · School of Medicine
Research interests focus on medical education and advanced communication skills.
Amy Lischko
Professor of the Practice, Community Health · School of Arts and Sciences
State health policy, consumer engagement in health care choices, Medicaid policy, health policy synthesis
Amy Schlessman
Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences · School of Medicine
Research agenda includes pediatric health promotion and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Amy Yee
Professor, Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology · School of Medicine
A. HBP1, Breast Cancer and Tumor Suppression. We are investigating new molecular mechanisms of tumor suppression to design new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in breast cancer. We combine investigations in signaling pathways and in transcriptional regulation with directed c…
Amy Yee, Ph.D.
Professor, Secondary Faculty · Tufts University, School of Medicine, Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology
HBP1, Breast Cancer and Tumor Suppression. We are investigating new molecular mechanisms of tumor suppression to design new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in breast cancer. We combine investigations in signaling pathways and in transcriptional regulation with directed clin…
Ana Fernandes
Affiliated Faculty · School of Engineering
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Ana Perez Pernalete
Assistant Professor, Comprehensive Care · School of Dental Medicine
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Ana Soto
Professor, Immunology · School of Medicine
This laboratory is studying the role of sex steroids in the control of cell proliferation, mammary gland morphogenesis, and carcinogenesis & neoplasia. Over the years, research in this lab has sprouted in many different directions that include endocrine disruption & fetal origins…
Anastasia Foufas
Assistant Professor, Public Health and Community Service · School of Dental Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anastasios Angelopoulos
Professor · College of Engineering and Applied Science
Inorganic nanoparticle synthesis and assembly for electronics, fuel cells and batteries, as well as polymer membrane catalysts for next-generation optical sensors and the separation of toxic agents.
Andrea Varela-Stokes
Professor, Department of Comparative Pathobiology · Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Tick-borne diseases with an emphasis on host-tick-Rickettsia interactions using a guinea pig model.
Andrew Camilli
Professor, Molecular Biology and Microbiology · School of Medicine
The long-term goals of my laboratory are to increase our understanding of the life cycles of mucosal pathogens, to develop ways to treat or prevent infections by them, and to help train the next generation of biomedical researchers and teachers. We use two model pathogens in our …
Andrew Izsak
Professor, Education; Professor, Mathematics · School of Arts and Sciences
The psychology of mathematical thinking, teachers' and students' understanding and use of inscriptions, multiplicative reasoning, applications of psychometric modeling for assessment and research in mathematics education.
Andrew Kemp
Associate Professor, Earth and Climate Sciences · School of Arts and Sciences
Coastal Processes and Climate Change
Andrew Locke
Externship Site Preceptor, Public Health and Community Service; Clinical Associate, Comprehensive Care · School of Dental Medicine
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Andrew McClellan
Professor, History of Art and Architecture · School of Arts and Sciences
History of museums, exhibitions, and collecting; history of art history; Early Modern European art and theory
Andrew S. Greenberg
Professor · Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Dr. Greenberg's research focuses on obesity, regulation of adipocyte metabolism, insulin resistance, and systemic regulation.
Andrew Stout
Assistant Professor · School of Engineering
Cellular agriculture and cultivated meat
Angela Gisselman
Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Angela Russo
Externship Site Preceptor, Public Health and Community Service · School of Dental Medicine
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Angelina Gualdoni
Professor of the Practice · School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
Painting
Anil Saigal
Professor, Mechanical Engineering · School of Engineering
materials engineering, materials science, manufacturing processes, quality control
Anjuli Fahlberg
Associate Professor, Sociology · School of Arts and Sciences
Social movements; violence and conflict; urban poverty and politics; Latin America; participatory action research
Ankit Bhardwaj
PhD Student · School of Engineering
low-latency and highly scalable datacenter systems
Anna Sajina
Professor, Physics & Astronomy · School of Arts and Sciences
Extragalactic astrophysics
How did galaxies and their central black holes co-evolve from the Big Bang to the present? Despite much progress through large scale galaxy surveys as well as ever more sophisticated numerical simulations, we are still hampered by the fact that much of…
Anna Van Alstyne
Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences · School of Medicine
1. Leadership in healthcare.
2. Clinical faculty development in DPT programs.
Anna Zink
Assistant Professor, Community Health · School of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anthony Falone
Externship Site Preceptor, Public Health and Community Service · School of Dental Medicine
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Anthony Paolucci
Clinical Associate, Comprehensive Care · School of Dental Medicine
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Anthony Russo
Clinical Associate, Public Health and Community Service · School of Dental Medicine
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Aram Hur
Associate Professor of Political Science · Tufts University
Comparative politics, nationalism, democracy, mixed-methods causal inference, Korea and Asia politics
Ariel Goldberg
Associate Professor, Psychology · School of Arts and Sciences
Psychology of Language, Linguistics
Arifa Bakerywala
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Dentistry · School of Dental Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Arim Choi Perrachione
Senior Research Assistant · School of Arts and Sciences
Neural mechanisms of language comprehension, effect of psychiatric disorders on language
Armelle deLaforcade
Kye N. Coolley · Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
hematologic changes in veterinary trauma and in critical illness; development of protocols for anticoagulant use in the veterinary setting; monitoring anticoagulation therapy; severe trauma in dogs and cats.
Arnold Weiss
Clinical Associate, Public Health and Community Service · School of Dental Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Arthur Schwartz
Assistant Professor, Periodontology · School of Dental Medicine
Periodontology
Arthur Utz
Professor, Chemistry · School of Arts and Sciences
Physical and Surface Chemistry. The Utz group studies how molecules react on surfaces. Reactions at the gas-surface interface are highly dynamical events. Large-scale atomic and vibrational motions transform reactants into products on sub-ps and Å scales. The experiments probe ul…
Aruna Ramesh
Professor, Diagnostic Sciences - Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology · School of Dental Medicine
Radiology; maxillofacial radiology
Aseema Mohanty
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy · School of Engineering
nanophotonics, optical beam shaping, neuroengineering, chip-scale imaging and microscopy, quantum information systems
Ashley Mullaney
Clinical Associate, Comprehensive Care · School of Dental Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Athar Chishti
Professor, Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology · School of Medicine
Our laboratory is conducting research on the assembly and regulation of the mammalian cytoskeleton with a focus on diseases that afflict red blood cells and platelets, such as malaria, babesiosis, sickle cell disease, and thrombosis. Malaria is one of the most common infectious d…
Athena Eyster
Assistant Professor, Earth and Climate Sciences · School of Arts and Sciences
Temporal & Geographic Controls on Evolution of Earth Environments: global vs regional patterns of climate and oxygen variations, atmospheric and marine oxygenation, supercontinent dynamics, natural geologic hydrogen, energy and critical mineral resources
Athena Papas
Professor, Basic & Clinical Translational Sciences; Dr. Erling Johansen, D'49, Endowed Professorship in Dental Research, Diagnosis& Health Promo-Dental; Distinguished Professor, Diagnostic Sciences - Oral Medicine · School of Dental Medicine
Sjogren's syndrome; geriatric dentistry; rheumatology
Audre Elias
Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Austin Napier
Professor, Physics & Astronomy · School of Arts and Sciences
Experimental Particle Physics, Electromagnetic Theory, Computational Physics.
High Energy Physics: studies of heavy quarks, new particle searches, tests of the Standard Model. Computational Physics: data analysis, simulation, electromagnetism.
Aviva Must
Professor, Public Health and Community Medicine · School of Medicine
My research focuses on the epidemiology of obesity across the lifespan with a particular interest in physical and psychosocial health consequences during adolescence. Current projects explore bidirectional associations of child mental health with obesity, and effects of early obe…