PhD Advisors at University of Chicago 芝加哥大学 US
Quick answer: University of Chicago in the US has 2740 faculty profiles in phd-match’s database, of which 21 currently show active PhD hiring signals (as of 2026-10-19). phd-match covers 174 universities across the US, the UK, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Canada, and Singapore, not just one country.
Research-focused faculty at University of Chicago, listed for PhD / Master's applicants. Find professors whose research matches your interests, and check hiring signals before you reach out.
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⭐ Currently Hiring PhD Students (21)
Professors at University of Chicago with active hiring signals for PhD students — reach out if your research matches.
Thomas Talhelm
Associate Professor of Behavioral Science · Booth School of Business
⭐ Professor Talhelm reviews PhD student applications every year. Students interested in culture, politics, or social ecology should apply.
Culture, rice and wheat agriculture, collectivism, individualism, social ecology
Amie Wilkinson
Professor · The University of Chicago
⭐ I have funds available to support exploration into this topic on undergraduate through postdoctoral level.
My research lies in the area of smooth dynamical systems and is concerned with the interplay between dynamics and other structures in pure mathematics – geometric, statistical, topological and algebraic.
Carl Veller, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolution · The University of Chicago
⭐ Our lab is actively growing—if you're interested in joining as a graduate student or postdoc, or doing undergraduate research, get in touch!
evolutionary theory and population genetics, introgression and speciation, selfish genetic elements, the evolution of recombination, the impact of selection and demography on the genetic architecture of complex traits
Chenhao Tan
Associate Professor · UChicago Data Science Institute
⭐ For all students who are interested in working with me, please check out this page. For official positions, as of fall 2025, you can apply to work with me through the UChicago Computer Science PhD program, the UChicago Data Science PhD program, the Data Science Institute Postdoctoral program (If you…
language and social dynamics, human-centered machine learning, multi-community engagement, computational social science, natural language processing, artificial intelligence
Chibueze Amanchukwu
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering · The University of Chicago
⭐ The Amanchukwu Lab is actively recruiting graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and undergraduates to join us on the quest for designing and understanding next generation electrolytes for batteries and catalysis. You can expect to push boundaries in chemical synthesis, in-situ characterization t…
Energy, Electrochemistry, Batteries, Polymers, Electrolytes
Edwin Kite
Associate Professor · College of Physical Sciences
⭐ I am not recruiting graduate students for the current cycle (Fall 2026 start).
Mars' near future. I lead a collaboration working on methods for warming Mars using engineered aerosol, in collaboration with the Mohseni nanophotonics group at Northwestern, the Ramirez planetary habitability group at UCF, and the Boies aerosols group at Stanford. Research roadm…
Haifeng Xu
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Data Science · University of Chicago
⭐ Interested in joining our research lab? Please read this.
computational economics, machine learning, multi-agent systems, algorithms
Karen Livescu
Professor, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago · University of Chicago
⭐ TTIC is recruiting students to our PhD program, as well as additional faculty, including in speech and language-related areas
speech and language processing, as well as related aspects of machine learning
Lin Chen
Professor of Biostatistics · The University of Chicago
⭐ We have several postdoctoral openings. Please email me if interested.
Statistical genomics
'Big' omics data analysis
Multivariate analysis
Missing Data analysis
Mixed-effects models
Luca Grandi
Professor · Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, and the College
⭐ If you are a graduate or undergraduate student check with the PI if we have an open position.
Dark matter search with noble liquid technology, XENON1T, XENONnT, DarkSide-50, noble liquid R&D
Mark Mimee
Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and in the Department of Microbiology · University of Chicago
⭐ Positions are available for graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and visiting scholars.
Synthetic Biology, Microbiome, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Antimicrobials, Biosensors
Matthew Stephens
Professor of Human Genetics · The University of Chicago
⭐ If you think you might be interested in joining us, send me an email to enquire about opportunities.
My lab works on a wide variety of problems at the interface of Statistics and Genetics. We often tackle problems where novel statistical methods are required, or can learn something new compared with existing approaches. Thus, much of our research involves developing new statisti…
Nipam Patel, PhD
Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy; Professor of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology · The University of Chicago
⭐ If you are interested in joining (we highly value our undergraduates), check out our opportunities page.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Pedram Hassanzadeh
Energy Systems Engineering Institute at Lehigh University, graduate and undergraduate engineering and sciences · University of Chicago
⭐ Postdoctoral Scholar/Research Scientist - AI Weather Forecasting Across Scales
extreme weather, scientific ML, climate change, fluid dynamics
Pedro Lopes
Associate Professor of Computer Science · University of Chicago
⭐ submit your interest here to apply for Pedro’s lab (any level, e.g., Postdoc, PhD, Master/Predoc, Undergraduate, Intern/Highschool, Visiting students)
Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Augmented + Reality (AR/VR), Wearable Computing, Haptics, Neuroscience, Ecological Computing, Robotics
Philippe Guyot-Sionnest
Professor · University of Chicago
⭐ Postdoc position available: June 2026 start date. Contact pgs@uchicago.edu. Qualifications: The candidate must have a recent PhD in experimental Physics, Physical Chemistry, or Materials, and a strong interest in the development of mid-infrared detector and light sources using colloidal quantum dots…
Physics and chemistry share tremendous potential at the nanoscale. This is where chemistry excels and where physics predicts that many properties can be tuned. For example, quantum states, charging, spin, phonons, and plasmons show large effects at the nm scale, which can be inve…
Tian Zhong
Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering · The University of Chicago
⭐ Positions are available for students and postdocs.
Quantum Photonics, Quantum Information, Quantum Networking, Solid-State Quantum Technologies
Tobin Sosnick
Professor · The University of Chicago
⭐ Join! - http://sosnick.uchicago.edu/applynow.html
The Sosnick Group strives to characterize the general principles that guide protein folding and dynamics. We combine multiple experimental and computational approaches to characterize the behavior of proteins in diverse contexts
Woowon Kang
Professor · University of Chicago
⭐ We have an opening for postdoc position in our group. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply.
fractional quantum Hall effect, topological quantum computation, non-Abelian anyons, quantum interferometers
Zewdi Tsegai, PhD
Assistant Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy · The University of Chicago
⭐ Please email me if you are interested in working in my lab, applications are welcome from potential undergraduate interns, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
I am a palaeoanthropologist, and my research is primarily focused on understanding the evolution of bipedalism and reconstructing locomotion among early fossil human relatives (hominins). My lab uses analysis of skeletal morphology in combination with biomechanical studies to exp…
James Evans
Max Palevsky Professor of Sociology; Director, Knowledge Lab · University of Chicago
⭐ Knowledge Lab has collaborative, granting and employment opportunities, as well as ongoing seminars.
My research focuses on the collective system of thinking and knowing, ranging from the distribution of attention and intuition, the origin of ideas and shared habits of reasoning to processes of agreement (and dispute), accumulation of certainty (and doubt), and the texture—novel…
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Andrew Childs
Professor · Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
⭐ <a href="students/prospective.html">Information for prospective students and postdocs</a>
My research aims to better understand the power of quantum systems to process information. I am especially interested in quantum algorithms, including topics such as quantum simulation, quantum query complexity, quantum walk, and quantum algorithms for algebraic problems.
Agathe Pernoud
Assistant Professor of Economics · Booth School of Business
Microeconomics
Anil Kashyap
Stevens Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Finance · Booth School of Business
Banking; business cycles; corporate finance; monetary policy.
Anthony Lee Zhang
Associate Professor of Finance · Booth School of Business
household finance, industrial organization, real estate, and web3/defi
Ayelet Fishbach
Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing · Booth School of Business
Self-control, motivation, decision making.
Beidi Hu
Assistant Professor of Marketing · Booth School of Business
consumer behavior, judgment and decision-making, how consumers and marketers make decisions under uncertainty
Brent Neiman
Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Economics · Booth School of Business
International macroeconomics, trade, and finance.
Dan Adelman
Charles I. Clough, Jr. Professor of Operations Management · Booth School of Business
Healthcare Data Analytics; Performance Measurement and Benchmarking; Policy Analysis with OR in Energy and Healthcare Systems; Approximate Dynamic Programming; Revenue Management and Pricing Optimization; Supply Chain Management; Inventory, Production, and Logistics.
Emanuele Colonnelli
Joseph L. Gidwitz Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship · Booth School of Business
Finance, Entrepreneurship
Emir Kamenica
Richard O. Ryan Professor of Economics · Booth School of Business
Information Economics
Evan Munro
Assistant Professor of Econometrics and Statistics · Booth School of Business
Evan Munro’s research interests are in econometrics and causal inference, with a focus on designing experiments, estimating treatment effects, and formulating optimal policy in markets and other strategic environments. His work combines tools from machine learning, statistics and…
George M. Constantinides
Leo Melamed Professor of Finance · Booth School of Business
Asset pricing theory and tests; the equity premium puzzle; transaction costs; derivatives; term structure of interest rates.
Giovanni Compiani
Associate Professor of Marketing · Booth School of Business
industrial organization and quantitative marketing
Guenter J. Hitsch
Kilts Family Professor of Marketing · Booth School of Business
Quantitative marketing and industrial organization; empirical models of consumer choice and competition; economics and marketing of new products; economics of dating and marriage markets.
Jacob Conway
Assistant Professor of Economics · Booth School of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Jeffrey R. Russell
Alper Family Professor of Econometrics and Statistics · Booth School of Business
Econometrics; time series; empirical finance; analysis of high-frequency financial data.
John C. Heaton
Myron S. Scholes Distinguished Service Professor of Finance and Anthony Pritzker Family Foundation - Family Office Initiative Director · Booth School of Business
Asset pricing; portfolio allocation; time series econometrics.
Joshua Conrad Jackson
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science · Booth School of Business
Cultural evolution, emotion, moral psychology, religion, social psychology changes with societal changes, globalization, public policy, political polarization, social media algorithms
Kristin Donnelly
Assistant Professor of Marketing · Booth School of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Lars Hansen
David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor The University of Chicago Departments of Economics, Statistics and the Booth School of Business · Booth School of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Lars Stole
David W. Johnson Professor of Economics · Booth School of Business
Economics of contracts and organizations; industrial organization; informational economics; current research focuses on price discrimination and competitive contracting.
Luigi Zingales
Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance · Booth School of Business
Corporate governance, the effect of trust and culture, political economy, digital platforms
Marianne Bertrand
Chris P. Dialynas Distinguished Service Professor of Economics · Booth School of Business
Labor economics; corporate and household finance; development economics.
Pascal Noel
Singh Family Professor of Finance · Booth School of Business
household finance, public finance, macroeconomics, real estate, labor, and behavioral economics
Rad Niazadeh
Associate Professor of Operations Management · Booth School of Business
Online algorithms and optimization in markets and platforms; Algorithmic mechanism design and game theory; Online learning theory and applications in operations management; Algorithmic aspects of machine learning and data science in management
Raghuram G. Rajan
Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance · Booth School of Business
Corporate finance; theory of organizations; financial intermediation and regulation.
Randall S. Kroszner
Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics · Booth School of Business
International and domestic banking and financial institutions and their regulation; conflicts of interest in financial services firms; international financial crises; the Great Depression; monetary economics; corporate governance; debt restructuring and bankruptcy; corporate gove…
Rebecca Dizon-Ross
Associate Professor of Economics · Booth School of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Robert W. Vishny
Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Finance · Booth School of Business
Behavioral and institutional finance; corporate governance around the world; political economy.
Sanjay K. Dhar
James M. Kilts, Jr. Professor of Marketing · Booth School of Business
Advertising strategy; brand management; consumer promotion evaluation and planning (bonus buys versus in-store coupons, package coupons, free-standing insert (FSI) coupons, cross-ruff coupons); e-commerce strategy; marketing strategy; new product development, management and strat…
Sid Kankanala
Assistant Professor of Econometrics and Statistics · Booth School of Business
Econometrics, economic models with endogenous variables and latent unobservables
Stefan Nagel
Fama Family Distinguished Service Professor of Finance · Booth School of Business
Asset pricing, investor behavior, formation of investor expectations, personal experiences in shaping expectations, models of investor learning, machine learning techniques for investment strategies
Stephanie Smith
Assistant Professor of Marketing · Booth School of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Steven Neil Kaplan
Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance and Kessenich E.P. Faculty Director at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation · Booth School of Business
Private equity; venture capital; corporate governance; boards of directors; mergers and acquisitions; corporate finance.
Yueran Ma
Carhart Family Professor of Finance · Booth School of Business
empirical studies at the intersection of finance and macroeconomics
AE Stevenson
Assistant Professor in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies · Division of the Arts & Humanities
Black feminist studies; Black studies; social media studies; horror; Black women's filmmaking history
AITHA, AKSHAY
Assistant Professor · University of Texas at Austin
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aalok Kacha, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care; Associate Professor of Surgery · The University of Chicago
Anesthesia
Aaron Dinner
Professor of Chemistry · The James Franck Institute
Cellular Dynamics, Computational Biology, Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Rare Event Algorithms
Aaron Dinner
Professor of Chemistry · Division of the Biological Sciences
Topics: Cellular Dynamics, Computational Biology, Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Rare Event Algorithms
Aaron Elmore
Energy Systems Engineering Institute at Lehigh University, graduate and undergraduate engineering and sciences · University of Chicago
Cloud Computing, Databases, Distributed Systems
Aaron Esser-Kahn
Professor of Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering · The University of Chicago
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aaron Fox
Professor
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aaron Fox, PhD
Professor of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences
Professor of Neuroscience Institute · Division of the Biological Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aaron J. Elmore
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science · The College
Building data systems that address the growing data deluge. This includes building a resource-efficent database system (CrocodileDB), new compression techniques for databases (DenseStore and EdgeTSD), bringing git-like functionality to Databases (Datahub, Decible, and OrpheusDB),…
Aaron Potechin
Associate Professor of Computer Science · University of Chicago
Complexity Theory; discrete mathematics; computational complexity theory; sum of squares hierarchy; semidefinite programs; combinatorial optimization problems
Aaron S. Chou
CASE Senior Scientist · The University of Chicago
Chou’s research focuses on developing quantum computing and sensing techniques to study fundamental physics. Current topics include 1) detecting axion dark matter using Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger multiqubit entangled states; 2) developing superconducting qubit-based signal proce…
Aaron Schein
Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science · University of Chicago
Bayesian statistics, causal inference, and machine learning for applied problems in political science, economics, and genetics, among other fields.
Aaron Tugendhaft
Robert Aird Chair of Humanities · Deep Springs College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aarti Venkat, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
oncology, specifically i) developing bioinformatics and machine learning methods for improving cancer diagnosis and prognosis, and ii) building data meshes, systems that researchers can use to perform federated search and learning
Aashish Clerk
Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering · The University of Chicago
Theoretical Quantum Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Optics, Engineered Quantum Systems, Quantum Information
Abbe Kordik, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology · The University of Chicago
Contraception, Gynecology, Obstetrics, Pregnancy, Quality Improvement
Abdul Khan, MD RPVI
Assistant Professor of Radiology · The University of Chicago
Biliary Tract Disease, Cementoplasty, Cholangiocarcinoma, Intrahepatic, Cholelithiasis, Cryoablation, Embolization, Therapeutic, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Knee Osteoarthritis, Kyphoplasty, Liver Cancer, Adult, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Portal Hypertension, Radiofrequency Catheter Abl…
Abdullah Pratt, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
Abdullah Pratt, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and an emergency medicine physician affiliated with the University of Chicago Medical Center. His work focuses on health equity, particularly addressing the impact o…
Abhinav Sidana, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery · The University of Chicago
Kidney Cancer, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urologic Surgery, MRI Guided Focal Laser Ablation, Prostate Cancer, Urologic Cancers
Abid Khan, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery · The University of Chicago
Critical Care Surgery, Emergency General Surgery
Abigail Vieregg
Professor · Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, and the College
Prof. Vieregg builds radio and millimeter wave experiments and use them for neutrino astrophysics and cosmology with the cosmic microwave background. Vieregg is the PI of PUEO and RNO-G, which are balloon-borne and ground-based radio detectors for ultra-high energy neutrinos. S…
Abimbola Adelakun
Associate Professor of Global Christianity and the Tandean Rustandy Scholar · Divinity School
History of Christianity, Religion, Literature and Visual Culture, Religions in the Americas, Global Christianity, Religion and Performance, Pentecostalism, Theater and Religion
Abraham Eastman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Adult Psychiatry · The University of Chicago
Abraham Eastman, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Adult Psychiatry at the University of Chicago, affiliated with the Biological Sciences Division and UChicago Medicine. His research interests focus on addiction, smoking cessation, alcohol reduction, and digital health, with an e…
Ada Palmer
Associate Professor of Early Modern European History and the College · University of Chicago
Early modern Europe; the Renaissance, with a focus on Italy; the Reformation; longue-durée intellectual and cultural history; postclassical reception of classical philosophy; Renaissance humanism; history of the book, printing, and reading; censorship and information control espe…
Ada Weinstock, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell, Immunometabolism, Macrophages, Resolution of Inflammation, Weight cycling, Weight Loss
Adam A. Davidson
Assistant Professor of Law · Law School
Criminal law and procedure, constitutional law, the intersection of race and law, reforming or abolishing police, prisons, and the prison industrial complex
Adam Avrushin
Deputy Director · The University of Chicago
Adam Avrushin is the Deputy Director of the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights at the University of Chicago. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago's Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, as well as a JD and MSW from Case Western Reserve University. H…
Adam Chilton
Dean, Howard G. Krane Professor of Law · Law School
empirical law and economics
Adam Christopher Martersteck, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Institute · The University of Chicago
Aging, Healthy, Alzheimer Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Biomarkers, Cognitive Aging, Computational Modeling, Patient-Specific, Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Imaging, Magnetic Resonance, Machine Learning, MRI Scan…
Adam Cifu, MD
Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
Chronic Disease Management, Diabetes Prevention, Hypertension
Adam DuVall, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics · Division of the Biological Sciences
Acute Leukemia, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Care, Cancer Predisposition Syndromes, Cellular Therapy, Lymphoma, Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant
Adam Fales
Teaching Fellow · Division of the Arts & Humanities
Nineteenth-Century US Fiction, Black Studies, Legal Studies, Histories of Gender and Sexuality, Disciplinary History
Adam Green
Associate Professor of History and the College · Division of the Social Sciences
modern US history; African American history; urban history; comparative racial politics; and cultural economy
Adam Shaw
Senior Instructional Professor of Computer Science · University of Chicago
Databases, Programming Languages
Adam Vohra, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
Cardiac Catheterization, Cardiac CT Angiography, Coronary Artery Disease
Adam Zelizer
Assistant Professor · Harris School of Public Policy
legislative politics, causal inference, how legislators make decisions, expertise acquisition from policy research, influence through deliberation, effects of individual decision-making processes on policy outcomes, legislative processes that lead to more informed, effective, and…
Adekunle Odunsi, MD
AbbVie Foundation Distinguished Service Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Professor of Medicine; Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics; Dean for Oncology · The University of Chicago
Cervical Cancer, Clinical Trials for Gynecologic Malignancies, Endometrial Cancer, Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia GTN, Gynecologic Cancers, Immunotherapy, Ovarian Cancer, Uterine Cancer, Vaginal Cancer, Vulvar Cancer
Aden Kumler
Associate Professor of Art History, Romance Languages and Literatures, and the College · The University of Chicago
Western Medieval Art and Architecture
Adena Rosenblatt Hartstein, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics · The University of Chicago
Adena Rosenblatt Hartstein, MD PhD is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago, affiliated with the University of Chicago Medicine and Comer Children's Hospital. Her clinical interests include acne, actinic keratoses, c…
Adil Javed, MD PhD
Professor of Neurology · The University of Chicago
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis, CADASIL, Connective Tissue Diseases, Demyelinating Disease, Lupus, MOG Antibody Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis MS, Neuromyelitis Optica NMO, Neurosarcoidosis, Optic neuritis, Sjogrens Syndrome, Transverse myelitis, White Matt…
Aditya Juloori, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiation and Cellular Oncology · Division of the Biological Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adom Getachew
Professor; Interim Chair, Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity · University of Chicago
History of political thought, International law, Theories of empire and race, Black political thought and post-colonial political theory
Adrian D. S. Johns
Allan Grant Maclear Distinguished Service Professor · Division of the Social Sciences
the history of science; British history; history of intellectual property; and history of the book and other media
Adriana Segura Olson, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
Asynchronous Learning, Curriculum, Emergency Medicine, Graduate Medical Education
Adriana Z. Robertson
Donald N. Pritzker Professor of Business Law · Law School
Her research interests lie at the intersection of law and finance, including securities law, capital markets regulation, corporate finance, and business law.
Adrien Desmoulin
Research Engineer · The University of Chicago
Adrien Desmoulin is a Research Engineer at the University of Chicago, where he works within the Department of the Geophysical Sciences. His professional background encompasses electronic and test engineering, as well as software and hardware test development. He has participated …
Adrienne Brown
Professor · The University of Chicago
Critical Race Studies | Cultural Studies | Historicism (Old and New) | African American Literature | Twentieth-Century American Literature | Contemporary Literature | Literature and the Arts | The Novel | Urban Studies
Agnes Callard
Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies (2025-26) · Division of the Arts & Humanities
Ancient Philosophy and Ethics
Agnes Lugo-Ortiz
Associate Professor of Latin American Literature · The University of Chicago
Nineteenth-century Latin American literatures and Caribbean cultural histories
Agnes Malinowska
Loubat Professor of American Archaeology · Division of the Arts & Humanities
American literature and culture from the late nineteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on histories of gender and sexuality as they intersect with race and class. Women’s cultural production and feminist political struggle around biological and social reproduction, mot…
Agneska Bloch
Pozen Doctoral Fellow · Pozen Family Center for Human Rights
Agneska Bloch is a PhD Candidate in Political Theory at the University of Chicago and a 2025–2026 Pozen Doctoral Fellow at the university's Pozen Family Center for Human Rights. She also serves as an Editorial Assistant for the American Political Science Review. Her research inte…
Ahmed El Shamsy
Professor of Islamic Thought · The University of Chicago
Intellectual history of Islam, evolution of classical Islamic disciplines and scholarly culture, orality and literacy, history of the book, theory and practice of Islamic law, interplay of Islam with other religious and philosophical traditions.
Ahmed Hamimi, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology · The University of Chicago
Ahmed Hamimi, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of Chicago. His research interests include the use of proton MR spectroscopy to measure white and brown adipose tissue in healthy humans, with a focus on diagnostic radiology.
Aidan Kaplan
Assistant Instructional Professor · Division of the Arts & Humanities
linguistic variation in Arabic, Aḥmad Fāris al-Shidyāq, translanguaging pedagogy, translation
Aiman Altaqi
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics · The University of Chicago
Aiman Altaqi is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago and is affiliated with UChicago Medicine and Comer Children's. His professional interests center on neurodevelopmental care, as evidenced by his engagement in exc…
Aiyah Jandali, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology · The University of Chicago
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ajay A Wagh, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Bronchoscopy, Complex Airway and Pleural Diseases
Akash Patnaik, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
Akash Patnaik, MD, PhD, MMSc, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago, where he is affiliated with the Section of Hematology/Oncology and the Comprehensive Cancer Center. He directs the Laboratory for Prostate Cancer Immuno-Oncology & Developmental Ther…
Akhil Mathew
Professor · University of Chicago
My primary research interests include algebraic topology (especially in the form of stable homotopy theory) and algebraic K-theory. I have a growing interest in p-adic arithmetic geometry and its interactions with the above subjects.
Akram Bakkour
Assistant Professor of Psychology · Division of the Social Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alan L. Kolata
Bernard E. and Ellen C. Sunny Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Anthropology; Committee on Southern Asian Studies; Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization · University of Chicago
Archaeology and ethnohistory; preindustrial urbanism; development of agricultural systems; human environment interactions; anthropology of development; Andes, Mesoamerica, Southeast Asia.
Alan Zarychta
Associate Professor · University of Chicago
Alan Zarychta's research focuses on the politics of social services in Central and South America, especially in the areas of public health and environmental policy. Most broadly, he investigates the sources and effects of institutional reforms aiming to improve local service deli…
Alberuni Zamah, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology · The University of Chicago
Granulosa Cell, In Vitro Fertilization, Oocyte Developmental Competence, Oocyte Maturation, Ovarian Reserve, Receptor Biology
Alejandra C Lastra, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine · Pritzker School of Medicine
COPD, Hypoventilation, Morbid Obesity, Neuromuscular Disease, Neurostimulators, Implantable, Non-Invasive Ventilation, Sleep Disordered Breathing
Alejandra Casar Berazaluce
Assistant Professor of Surgery · The University of Chicago
Alejandra Casar Berazaluce, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Chicago, where she is affiliated with the Biological Sciences Division and UChicago Medicine. Her clinical and research work is based at the University of Chicago Medical Center, includi…
Alejandro A Palma, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
Trauma Care
Alex Cusumano
Assistant Professor · The University of Chicago
Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, Computational Chemistry
Alex Eskin
Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor · The University of Chicago
Most recently, I have been doing research in the theory of dynamical systems. I am mostly interested in applications to geometry and number theory.
Alex Kale
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Data Science · University of Chicago
Human Computer Interaction, Data Visualization
Alex Lois
Assistant Professor of Surgery · The University of Chicago
Achalasia, Bariatric Surgery, Esophagus, Esophagus, Barrett's, Esophagus, Nutcracker, Gallbladder, GERD, Hernia Repairs, Hernia, Hiatus, Hernias, Inguinal, Reflux, Gastroesophageal, Small Intestine, Stomach, Ventral Hernias
Alexander A. Razborov
Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics; Adjoint Professor, Toyota Technological Institute · University of Chicago
Discrete Mathematics, Theoretical Computer Science, Theory
Alexander Beilinson
David and Mary Winton Green University Professor · The University of Chicago
Arithmetic algebraic geometry, geometric Langlands program.
Alexander Cowan
Assistant Professor of Musicology · Division of the Arts & Humanities
music & race, capitalism, history of science, 20th century music, Blues
Alexander Fouirnaies
Associate Professor · Harris School of Public Policy
Alexander Fouirnaies is an associate professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. His research focuses on the political economy of elections, with published work on topics such as legislative committee service and the influence of newspapers on political…
Alexander J. Ruthenburg, PhD
Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology · The University of Chicago
Biochemistry, Chromatin, Chromatin Associated RNA, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Epigenetic Process, Epigenetics, Epigenomics, Genomics, Nucleosomes, Regulation of Gene Expression, Transcriptional Activation
Alexander Lee Chang
Assistant Professor of Adult Psychiatry · The University of Chicago
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alexander MacNeil
PhD Candidate · University of Chicago
Anthropology of design; sense, attention, and spectacle; technical systems and mediation; futures and temporal politics; capitalism; political rationalities and governance; Osaka, Japan.
Alexander Muir, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ben May Department of Cancer Research · The University of Chicago
Cancer Metabolism, Cancer of the Lung, Cancer of the Pancreas, Cellular Proliferation, Mass Spectrometry, Metabolism, Metabolomics
Alexander Razborov
Andrew McLeish Distinguished Service Professor · The University of Chicago
During my career I have been working on various topics in logic, TCS and combinatorics, including combinatorial group theory, circuit complexity, quantum computing and communication complexity. These are the two projects that are currently the most active.
1. Continuous Combinat…
Alexander T Pearson, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
Artificial Intelligence, Education, Graduate Medical, Head and Neck Cancer, Mathematical Model, Models, Biologic, Neural Network Models, Salivary Gland Cancers, Statistical Models, Therapies, Combined Modality, Tumor Cell Lines, Tumor Immune Escape
Alexander Torgovitsky
Professor in Economics and the College · Division of the Social Sciences
microeconometrics, applied econometrics, causal inference
Alexander V. Chervonsky, MD PhD
Professor of Pathology · The University of Chicago
Alexander V. Chervonsky, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Pathology and Medicine at the University of Chicago, where he is also affiliated with the Committees on Immunology and Microbiology. His research focuses on the role of the microbiota in immune function, including work on microb…
Alexandra Locking
Assistant Professor
My work focuses on the eleventh and twelfth centuries in medieval Europe. I’m interested in how religious beliefs and medieval ideas of gender influenced the way people thought about power and rulership in a Christian society. I’m working on my first book, which studies how relig…
Alexandra M. Dumitrescu, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
Thyroid Diseases, inherited genetic mutations causing thyroid diseases
Alexis Becker
Associate Professor · School of Humanities and Sciences
Old and Middle English literature; medieval British multilingualism; political ecology; climate and literature; labor; history of reading and the book; literacy; history of English
Alexis Chema
Assistant Professor · The University of Chicago
Gender and Sexuality | Eighteenth-Century British Literature | Romantic Literature | Victorian Literature | History of Ideas | History of the Book| Literary History | Literature and Philosophy | Literature and the Arts | Visual Culture and Iconography
Alexis Rolando Chavez
PhD Candidate · University of Chicago
Critical race theory, anthropology of religion, France.
Alexis Warren, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science · Pritzker School of Medicine
Alexis Warren, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Her faculty profile is listed within the university's Biological Sciences Division, and she practices ophthalmology in Chicago, Illinois.
Alfredo Garcia
Associate Professor
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alfredo J Garcia, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
Adult Neurogenesis, Hypoxia, Sleep Apnea, Synaptic plasticity
Ali Mansour, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery · The University of Chicago
Intracranial Hemorrhage, Neuroimaging, Penetrating Brain Injuries, Status Epilepticus, Stroke, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Traumatic Brain Injuries
Ali Rada Eltatawy
Assistant Professor of Neurology · The University of Chicago
Intracerebral Hemorrhage ICH, Stroke, Subdural Hematoma SDH, Traumatic Brain Injury TBI
Alice Gabrielle Cheng, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine · Pritzker School of Medicine
Esophageal Motility Disorders, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Motility Disorders
Alice Yao
Professor of Anthropology and of the Social Sciences in the College · University of Chicago
Archaeology; complex societies; imperialism; cross cultural interactions; China, mainland Southeast Asia
Alida M. Bouris, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor; Co-Director, The Chicago Center for HIV Elimination · University of Chicago
Children and Adolescents, Family, Gender, Health, Intervention Programs, Mental Health, Prevention, Race, Ethnicity, and Culture, Social Work, Substance Abuse, Urban
Alireza Doostdar
Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and the Anthropology of Religion; also in the College · Divinity School
Agency and Subjectivity, Anthropology, Class and Society, Colonial and Post Colonial Studies, Comparative Religion, Contemporary, Cultural Studies, Diaspora Communities, Ethics and Politics, Intellectual History, Islam, Magic and the Occult, Media Studies, Modern, Music, Mysticis…
Alisha Bouzaher
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics · The University of Chicago
Analgosedation/Delirium, Point of care ultrasound, Post intensive care syndrome, Video laryngoscopy
Alison Baulos
Executive Director · Booth School of Business
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alison James
Professor of French Literature, and the College · The University of Chicago
My research and teaching focus on twentieth and twenty-first century literature, with a particular interest in representations of everyday life, chance and contingency in literature, documentary narrative, and theories of fictionality. These concerns are united by an enduring fas…
Alison L. LaCroix
Robert Newton Reid Professor of Law, Associate Member of the Department of History · University of Chicago
US legal history specializing in constitutional law, federalism, and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century legal thought.
Alison Tothy, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics · The University of Chicago
Injury Prevention, Quality and Outcome Improvement
Aliya Husain, MD
Professor of Pathology · The University of Chicago
Heart and Lung Transplant, Interstitial Lung Disease, Malignant Mesothelioma
Allie Dakroub, MD MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine · Division of the Biological Sciences
Gay and bisexual mens health, HIV Prevention and Treatment, LGBTQ Health, Pediatric Primary Care, Womens Health
Allison Dalton, MD
Associate Professor SOM of Anesthesia and Critical Care · Division of the Biological Sciences
Anesthesia
Allison Foster
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics · Division of the Biological Sciences
Child Development, Newborn and Infant Care, Pediatric Primary Care
Allison H. Bartlett, MD
Professor of Pediatrics · Division of the Biological Sciences
Infection Control, Infection Prevention, Influenza, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement
Allison Ostdiek, DVM PhD
Associate Professor of · Division of the Biological Sciences
Allison Ostdiek, DVM, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago, where she also serves as a clinical veterinarian in the Department of Surgery. Her work focuses on veterinary medicine with an emphasis on research, a field she …
Allison Squires
Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering · The James Franck Institute
The Squires Group's research centers on sensing, imaging, and manipulating nanoscale processes in biophysics and other complex systems. We engineer new windows and handles for the nanoscale that allow us to directly interact with molecules and particles one at a time, so that we …
Aloni Cohen
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science · University of Chicago
Cryptography, Privacy, Law, Policy
Aly Khan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine; Assistant Professor of Pathology; Committee on Immunology · The University of Chicago
Computational Biology, Genomics, Machine Learning, Precision Medicine, Systems Immunology
Alyse Bedell, PhD
Assistant Professor of Adult Psychiatry · The University of Chicago
Behavioral Medicine, Chronic Disease Symptom Management, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, GI Psychology, Psychogastroenterology, Psychological Training, Sexual Health
Alyssa Bujnak
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology · The University of Chicago
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alyssa L Kinford
Kenneth J. Winston - Caltech Directory · Pritzker School of Medicine
Alyssa L. Kinford is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago. Her faculty profile indicates a focus on medical research and clinical practice within the University of Chicago Medicine system.
Amanda Borucki
Transcriber for Kremer · University of Chicago
Amanda Borucki is affiliated with the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago, where she serves as a transcriber for Kremer. Her professional profile is based at the university's Chicago campus.
Amanda Kube Jotte
Energy Systems Engineering Institute at Lehigh University, graduate and undergraduate engineering and sciences · University of Chicago
fair, accountable, and transparent use of AI for social good; best practices for teaching data science; data science ethics; curriculum and program development for data science
Amanda Lanzillo
Assistant Professor · The University of Chicago
Religious history, labor history, and the history of technology
Amanda Walborn
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care · Division of the Biological Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amanda Woodward
William S. Gray Professor of Psychology and Dean of the Division of Social Sciences · University of Chicago
Social cognition in infants and young children; infants' sensitivity to interpersonal social structure; effects of cultural and community contexts in shaping children's social learning strategies; neural processes involved in early social-cognitive development.
Amber Elaine Johnson, MD MS MBA FACC FAHA
Assistant Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
Preventive Cardiology, health equity, social determinants of health, mobile health technology, equitable implementation of novel cardiac interventions
Amber Pincavage, MD
Professor of Medicine · Pritzker School of Medicine
Health disparities and care of undeserved populations, Womens Health
Ameera Haamid, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
EMS operations, event medicine, prehospital research, health equity and EMS
Amelia Kellar, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics · The University of Chicago
Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Intestinal Ultrasound, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease IBD, Pediatric Intestinal Ultrasound
Amelia Nelson
Clinical Associate of Anesthesia and Critical Care
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ami Desai, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics · The University of Chicago
Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Care, Cancer Risk and Prevention, Developmental Therapeutics, Neuroblastoma, Sarcomas, Solid Tumors, Solid Tumors in Children
Amir Jina
Assistant Professor · The University of Chicago
environmental and development economics, role of the environment and environmental change in shaping how societies develop
Amittha Wickrema, MS PhD
Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
Amittha Wickrema, MS PhD, is a Professor of Medicine and a member of the Committee on Cancer Biology at the University of Chicago. His research interests include clinical cell manufacturing, with work focused on the enrichment of CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes.
Amy Anderson
Executive Assistant for E4E and JPE, Bursztyn · University of Chicago
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amy Dahlstrom
Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics · The University of Chicago
Morphology, Syntax, Information Structure : Indigenous Languages of the Americas (Meskwaki (Fox) & Cree)
Amy Hanson
Associate Professor of Pediatrics · The University of Chicago
Amy Hanson is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago, affiliated with UChicago Medicine and Comer Children's Hospital. Her faculty profile highlights her role within the academic medical community, with a focus on ped…
Amy Herbert
Assistant Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy · The University of Chicago
Amy Herbert is an Assistant Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy in the Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago. Her research interests center on developmental biology, with a focus on regeneration and stem cell biology, as well as integrative biology. Sh…
Amy K. Siston, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience · The University of Chicago
Psycho-social Oncology, Sexual Health
Amy Nussbaum
Assistant Instructional Professor · Committee on Data Science
latent variables—those that cannot be measured directly, like happiness or stress. Specifically, she studies the assessment of personality traits.
Amy S Weinmann, PhD
Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amy Xu, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine · The University of Chicago
Acne, Actinic Keratoses, Autoimmune Diseases, Connective Tissue Diseases, Cutaneous Lupus, Cutaneous Side-Effects From Chemotherapy, Dermatomyositis, Eczema and Atopic Dermatitis, Hidradenitis Suppurativa, Infections of the Skin, Inpatient Consultative Dermatology, Mole Surveilla…
Ana Paula Werneck Capuano, MS PhD
Professor of Neurology · Division of the Biological Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anand Ashwin Patel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine · Pritzker School of Medicine
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases
Anand Venkatkrishnan
Assistant Professor of the History of Religion in South Asia; also in the College · The University of Chicago
History of Religions
Anastasia Giannakidou
Frank J. McLoraine Professor of Linguistics; Director, Center for Hellenic Studies; Co-Director, Center for Gesture, Sign, and Language · The University of Chicago
Meaning, Subjectivity, Truth and Veridicality; Syntax and Syntax-Semantics Interface; Linguistic Variation; Hellenic Studies; Meaning and Gesture/Body; Bilingualism
Andrea Berkemeyer
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics · The University of Chicago
Abdominal Pain, Celiac Disease in Children, Chronic Constipation, Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children, Pediatric Feeding Problems, Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease GERD, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease IBD
Andrea C. King, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience · The University of Chicago
Identifying risk factors, biological vulnerability, and co-morbidities in substance use disorders.
Examining efficacy of behavioral and pharmacological treatments for nicotine, alcohol, and other addictive disorders.
Targeting treatments for minority and underserved smokers.
Andrea Loberg, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology · The University of Chicago
Labor and Delivery (Hyde Park), Labor and Delivery Hyde Park, Pregnancy and Childbirth
Andrea Nath Shogan, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery · The University of Chicago
Airway Disorders, Allergic Rhinitis, Breathing Disorders, Congenital Neck Masses, Ear Infections, Hearing Loss, Hyperparathyroidism, Menieres Disease, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Pediatric Aerodigestive Conditions, Recurrent Ear Infections, Sinusitis, Swallowing Disorders
Andrea Olivas, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology · The University of Chicago
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
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