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Research-focused faculty at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 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 Muñoz
Associate Professor, Acting · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aaron S Benjamin
Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Human learning, memory, and decision-making
Abbas Aminmansour
Associate Professor · College of Fine and Applied Arts
Design of steel and reinforced concrete structures as well as tall buildings
Abdussalam Alawini
Teaching Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Scientific Data Management
Data Provenance
Database Systems
Computer Science Education
Abhishek K. Umrawal
Teaching Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Artificial Intelligence (AI): Generative AI, Causal AI, and Trustworthy AI
Machine Learning (ML): Statistical Learning and Reinforcement Learning
Theory and Algorithms: Combinatorial Optimization, Approximation Algorithms, and Game Theory
Applications: Social Networks, Product Re…
Adam Gregory Dolezal
Director of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor, Entomology · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Ecology; Entomology - Research - Behavior, physiology, and genomics of social insects
Adam Kruse
Associate Professor of Music Education · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adam Rusch
Teaching Assistant Professor · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Intersections of technology, information, and society; online communities; blockchain networks; decentralized governance; and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs).
Adam Steel
Assistant Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Cognitive Neuroscience
Ahmed Elbanna
ADJ PROF · The Grainger College of Engineering
Modeling Epidemics, Friction and fracture, Mechanical metamaterials., Mechanics and physics of networked and biological materials, Mechanics and physics of earthquakes and granular matter
Aida Talić
Assistant Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Syntax, Comparative Syntax, Phonology, Syntax-Prosody Interface, Morphology
Akima Brackeen
Assistant Professor · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alec LaBau
Teaching Assistant Professor, Sound Design · College of Fine and Applied Arts
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Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · The Grainger College of Engineering
Microgrids
Grid Data Analytics
Reliability Analysis
Alejandro Lapunzina
Suzanne & William Allen Professor of Architecture · College of Fine and Applied Arts
Le Corbusier in the Americas; The Poetics of Immensity
Aleksandre Maskharashvili
Assistant Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
My field of research is computational linguistics. I am interested in designing computational and mathematical apparatus that is behind the natural language. I am using synergies of formal, grammar-based approaches and neural network-based ones to study problems in syntax, semant…
Aleksei Aksimentiev
Assistant Professor of Black Studies · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, Computational Biology and Genomics, Synthetic Biology, Systems Biology
Alex Damarjian
Teaching Associate Professor and Program Director, MS Game Development Program · School of Information Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alex Mironenko
Assistant Professor · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Minimally Empirical, Quantum-Based Reactive Interatomic Potentials
Computational Heterogeneous Catalysis
Molecular Simulations of Catalyst Environments
Computational Modeling of Electroseparations
Structure-Property Relationships of Low-Dimensional Materials
Microkinetic Modeling
Alex Vakakis
Donald Biggar Willett Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Applied Physics, Computation and Applied Math, Dynamics & Controls, Energy, Manufacturing, Security and Defense, Solid Mechanics and Materials, Transportation
Alexa Kuenstler
Assistant Professor · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Investigates responsive polymeric systems and additive manufacturing of soft materials.
Alexander Schwing
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · The Grainger College of Engineering
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Alexander Stolyar
Professor of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering · The Grainger College of Engineering
Stochastic Modeling of Communication, Information and Service Systems: cloud data systems, communication networks, call/contact centers and other service systems; dynamic resource allocation, scheduling and congestion control, distributed algorithms, large scale systems
Stochasti…
Alexandra Barbier
Assistant Professor · College of Fine and Applied Arts
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Alexandra Harmon-Threatt
Director of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor, Entomology · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Pollination Ecology, Conservation, and Restoration. Harmon-Threatt is a pollination ecologist with broad interests in understanding the patterns and processes that govern plant-pollinator interactions for conservation. Pollinators play a vital role in plant reproduction, food pro…
Alexandra Pfefferle
DIRECTOR, ILLINOIS IN VIENNA PROGRAMS · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Globalization, Migration & Transcultural Exchange, Newer Austrian and German Literature/Film
Alexandre Gonçalves
Assistant Professor of Journalism · College of Media
Alexandre Gonçalves studies the role of social media in the rise of new social movements. He is also interested in the use of computational methods to understand media ecosystems.
Alexandre Tartakovsky
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Inference abd parameter estimation
Multiscale modeling
Uncertainty quantification
Physics-informed machine learning
Pore-scale multiphase flow and reactive transport
Subsurface flow and transport
Alexey Bezryadin
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Experimental condensed matter, nanometer scale mesoscopic physics, molecular electronics, quantum phase transitions in one-dimensional superconductors, DNA electronics, quantum information, qubits, topological insulators.
Ali Ansari
Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Cancer, Curriculum Mapping and Course Design, Accessibility/Universal Design, Active Learning, Game Based Learning
Alicia Klees
Research Scientist · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Thunderstorm Dynamics and Hazards
Alina Nazmeeva
Assistant Professor · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alireza Talebpour
Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Quantum Computing, Human-Automated Vehicle Interactions, Artificial Intelligence in Transportation, Traffic Flow Theory
Alison M Anders
Associate Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
I study interactions between climate, erosion and tectonics with a focus on orographic precipitation and anthropogenic influences on landscape evolution. Active areas of research include: 1) measurement and modeling of climatological precipitation patterns at scales from 1km – 10…
Alison M Bell
Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Proximate causes and ultimate consequences of individual differences in behavior
Allen Renear
Professor and Special Advisor for Strategic Initiatives · School of Information Sciences
Development of formal ontologies for scientific and cultural objects and the application of those ontologies in information system design, scientific publishing, and data curation in the sciences and humanities.
Allison Moody
Teaching Associate Professor, Voice & Speech · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Allyson Purpura
Senior Curator & Curator of Global African Art, Krannert Art Museum · College of Fine and Applied Arts
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Alonza Lawrence
Assistant Professor of Voice · College of Fine and Applied Arts
Classical Voice, Musical Theater, Opera and Afrocentric Voice and Piano Performance (Gospel, R&B, Soul, Pop, etc.)
Amanda Ciafone
Associate Professor of Media & Cinema Studies · College of Media
Amanda Ciafone is a cultural historian of capitalism, especially interested in culture industries and the role of the media in constructing meaning around economic and social relations. Her research and teaching is at the nexus of various fields including cultural history and cul…
Amber Dewey Schultz
Teaching Assistant Professor, Theatre Studies · College of Fine and Applied Arts
experience design, human-centered design, performance, games, immersive design, playable theatre, psychology, immersive performance, game design, audience interaction
Amit Kramer
Debra McGivney | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University
Relationship between work, family and health
Family-friendly policies in organizations and their effect on employee and employer’s outcomes
Diversity and identity outcomes in teams and organizations
Amy Gilreath
Artist in Residence / Trumpet · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amy L. Powell
Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Krannert Art Museum · College of Fine and Applied Arts
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Amy Marshall-Colon
Associate Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Integrative modeling to investigate the multi-scale regulation of crop response to genetic and environmental perturbations. A critical problem facing crop science today is determining and predicting the effects of environmental stress on important plant traits. Nitrogen use effic…
Amy Wagoner Johnson
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences · The Grainger College of Engineering
Women's reproductive health
Biomechanics
Biomaterials
Ana P. Barros
Donald Biggar Willett Chair of Engineering, Department Head, Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Development and application of information technology and AI s a research tool and in the operation of complex engineering systems.
Computational environmental fluid mechanics and nonlinear dynamics;
Remote sensing of the environment using microwave and infrared sensors; long-ra…
Andre Schleife
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Materials are real-world realizations of quantum mechanics and a platform for novel states that emerge depending on relative coupling of charge, spin, and lattice degrees of freedom, and external excitations. My group (http://schleife.matse.illinois.edu) uses advanced computation…
Andrea Solya
Professor and Director of Choral Activities · College of Fine and Applied Arts
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Andrea Stevens
Associate Professor · College of Fine and Applied Arts
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Andrei Kuzminov
Professor of Microbiology; Director of Graduate Studies, Microbiology · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
DNA Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Microbial Physiology
Andrew Anderson
Assistant Professor of Double Bass · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew G. Alleyne
Ralph & Catherine Fisher Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew Greenlee
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning · College of Fine and Applied Arts
Housing policy, community development, social equity in planning, low-income housing policy, federal low-income housing support programs, governance of poverty and inequality, residential mobility, neighborhood change, forced displacement, urban renewal, eviction, climate change.
Andrew Leakey
Professor, Plant Biology · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Integrative plant physiology, genetics and genomics; plant water use efficiency, photosynthesis and carbon metabolism; crop responses to elevated CO2, drought, temperature and ozone; crop sustainability and responses to global environmental change
Andrew M Smith
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Targeted therapeutics
Molecular diagnostics
Cancer biology
Macrophage biology
Live-cell imaging
Single-molecule imaging
Quantum dots
Nanomaterials
Andrew Major
Assistant Professor of Choral Music · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew Nicholas Miller
Principal Mycologist · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Systematics of the higher fungi (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota) using molecular and morphological data, particularly in how their phylogenetic relationships relate to current classifications; Evolution of morphological characters in members of the Ascomycota; Biodiversity and cons…
Andrew R Stillwell
Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Power Electronics, Alternative and Renewable Energy Systems, Transportation Electrification, Wide Bandgap Power Devices, Design Optimization, Power Converter Design Optimization, Pulsed Power Design
Andrew S Belmont
Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Research Topics
Chromatin Structure, Imaging, Regulation of Gene Expression
Andrew Singer
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Signal Processing, Communication Systems, Machine Learning algorithms and systems, Sonar/Lidar/Optical Signal Processing, financial modeling and algorthms, optical communications, wireline/wireless communications, underwater acoustic communications sensing and localization, decis…
Andrew Suarez
Jeffrey S. Elowe Professor, Entomology and Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Ant ecology and behavior; biological invasions
Andrew Weaver
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR · School of Labor and Employment Relations
Labor Economics
Industry Skill Demands
Workforce/Employment Policy
Consumer Credit
Andy Nelson
ADJ RES PROF · The Grainger College of Engineering
Environmental Engineering and Science
Angad Mehta
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, and T. M. Balthazor Faculty Scholar · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Key areas of focus: (i) directed evolution to combat emerging pathogens, (ii) directed endosymbiosis (an engineered, symbiotic cell within a host cell) to engineer artificial photosynthetic life forms for photosynthetic biosynthesis and evolutionary studies, and (iii) engineering…
Angela Aguayo
Associate Professor of Media & Cinema Studies · College of Media
Angela's scholarly research and production practice reflect an interdisciplinary focus on documentary, media studies, rhetoric, critical and cultural studies. She is focused on the possibilities for documentary to engage the process of social change, with the specific attention t…
Angela Di Fulvio
Associate Professor and Donald Biggar Willett Faculty Scholar · The Grainger College of Engineering
Neutron detection, spectroscopy, dosimetry, and imaging.
Radiation protection of the patient in radiation therapy.
Instrumentation for Homeland Security, Nuclear nonproliferation, and verification.
Radiation protection of the patient and neutron production in proton and ion-thera…
Angela Kou
Emeritus Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
Scanning probe microscopy of quantum materials, Topological materials, Hybrid superconducting circuits, Quantum information with superconducting qubits
Angela Pinholster
Assistant Professor, Theatre Studies · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Angeliki Tzanetou
Associate Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Greek drama, Greek political theory, gender and religion
Anke Pinkert
Professor, Department Head · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Memory studies with a focus on post-Holocaust and postcommunist Germany AND theories and practice of the Humanities. Paying particular attention to the aftermath of two turning points in modern German and European history, “1945” and “1989,” her scholarship examines aesthetic and…
Ann Sychterz
Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Optimized sensor placement for civil structures
Structural dynamics
Form-finding methods
Machine learning and robotics for civil structures
Damage mitigation and risk assessment in large-scale structures
Adaptive and deployable structures
Ann Yeung
Professor of Harp · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anna Hunt
Assistant Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
modern German literature, the Holocaust, the Frankfurt School, and critical theory
Anna Marie Sokac
Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Cytoskeleton, Development, Genetics, Imaging, Membrane Biology, Regulation of Gene Expression, Reproductive Biology, RNA Biology
Anna Mendoza
Assistant Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Literacy and Second Language Learning for Adults (LESLLA)
Bi/multilingualism in K-12/compulsory education in international contexts
Use of students' other languages in English-medium instruction (EMI), Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), sheltered instruction, etc.
Cl…
Anne Burkus-Chasson
Associate Professor of Art History · College of Fine and Applied Arts
Painting and woodblock-printed books of the late Ming (1520–1644); literary and visual strategies of self-representation; relationship between words and pictorial images; optics and the nature of seeing; materiality of illustrated foliated books.
Anthony Jacobi
Department Head, Richard W. Kritzer Distinguished Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Heat transfer and fluid mechanics with end-use energy applications
Antonia Statt
Alumni Professors · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
Our lab’s research focuses on understanding fundamental phenomena in soft matter systems, motivated by challenges in energy, environment, and technology. We are particularly interested in crystallization and aggregation of polymers and colloidal systems, and non-equilibrium effec…
Antony Augoustakis
Professor; Associate Dean for Humanities and Interdisciplinary Programs, LAS · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Latin imperial epic, Roman drama and historiography, women in antiquity, and gender theory
April Novak
Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Multiphysics methods and applications
Multiscale thermal-hydraulics
Monte Carlo transport methods
Reactor design and analysis
High performance computing
Arend van der Zande
Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Applied Physics, Chemistry, Energy, Manufacturing, Security and Defense, Solid Mechanics and Materials
Ariana Traill
Professor; Department Head · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Greek and Roman Comedy, Women in Antiquity, Reception of Ancient Comedy
Arif Masud
John and Eileen Blumenschein Professor in CEE; Robert H. Dodds Faculty Scholar; Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
The Computational Mechanics Lab of Professor Arif Masud is focused on the development of New Classes of Stabilized and Variational Multiscale Methods for a wide range of problems in fluid and solid/structural mechanics, biofluid dynamics, nonlinear material modeling in additive m…
Arijit Banerjee
Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
Electromechanical Energy Conversion Systems
Power Electronics
Electrical Machines and Drives
Robotic Actuators
Electric Propulsion Systems
Renewable Energy
Arindam Banerjee
Founder Professor in Engineering · The Grainger College of Engineering
Artificial Intelligence, Data and Information Systems
Arjun Athreya
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Arne J Pearlstein
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Professor Pearlstein conducts computational and analytical studies of incompressible flow, with applications to materials processing-including directional solidification of alloys and electronic materials, electrodeposition and electrophoresis-and other mass transfer processes. H…
Aron Barbey
Associate Professor of the Practice of Social Science · The Grainger College of Engineering
Our research investigates the principles of brain organization that underlie executive control, reasoning and decision making. Through a combination of human behavioral, computational modeling, functional neuroimaging (fMRI) and neuropsychological patient data, we seek to uncover…
Ashish Sharma
Climate and Urban Sustainability Lead at DPI; Faculty; Director CLEETS Global Center · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
<ul><li><strong>Regional climate modeling:</strong> Land/ocean/lake-atmosphere interactions, lake breeze, UHI effect, land data assimilation, hydrometeorological extremes</li><li><strong>Microscale modeling:</strong> Climate modeling at hyper-local scales (~m scales)</l…
Ashleigh Wright
Teaching Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ashlynn Stillwell
Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Energy, water, and carbon policy analysis / technoeconomic analysis and life-cycle assessment
Green stormwater infrastructure
Electricity and water resources
Urban/rural water and energy sustainability
Asma Hatoum-Aslan
Associate Professor of Microbiology · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Research Topics
Genetics, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Microbial Physiology, Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions, Regulation of Gene Expression, RNA Biology, Virology
Disease Research Interests
Infectious Diseases
Athol J Kemball
Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
The exponential growth in contemporary advanced computing capability has profoundly influenced approaches to leading-edge scientific questions in data-and compute-intensive science and engineering. For example, the power of current extreme-scale computer systems allows telescopes…
Atul Jain
Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
<ul><li>Impacts of changes in land cover and land management on terrestrial ecosystems</li><li>Impacts of weather extremes on agriculture and food supply</li><li>Changes in arctic and boreal ecosystems</li><li><div>N<sub>2</sub>O and CH<sub>4</sub> emissions from terrestrial ecos…
Augustus Wood
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR · School of Labor and Employment Relations
Augustus is a scholar of African American History of the Urban South with an interdisciplinary focus on political economy, intra-racial class struggle, working class social movements, and gentrification in modern urban regions. He also centralizes the role of labor struggles in a…
Auinash Kalsotra
Phillip A. Sharp Endowed Professor of Biochemistry · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Research Topics
Development, Genetics, Genomics, Metabolic Regulation, Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions, Regulation of Gene Expression, RNA Biology
Disease Research Interests
Cancer, Drug Discovery, Heart Disease, Stroke, and Thrombosis, Metabolic Disorders/Diabetes, Trauma, …