PhD Advisors at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 伊利诺伊大学香槟分校 US
Quick answer: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the US has 1064 faculty profiles in phd-match’s database, of which 55 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 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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⭐ Currently Hiring PhD Students (55)
Professors at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with active hiring signals for PhD students — reach out if your research matches.
Antonia Statt
Alumni Professors · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ We are always looking for motivated, excited graduate students! If you are at UIUC, please send a short description of your research interests and background to us, and some times to meet. For applying to grad school at UIUC, please find all relevant information on our department webpage. If you are…
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…
Arijit Banerjee
Energy Systems Engineering Institute at Lehigh University, graduate and undergraduate engineering and sciences · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ I am looking for students passionate about electrical machines, power electronics, control of power-electronic-based drives, and robotic actuators. Please apply through the department. Students with a mechanical engineering degree are also strongly encouraged to apply.
Electromechanical Energy Conversion Systems
Power Electronics
Electrical Machines and Drives
Robotic Actuators
Electric Propulsion Systems
Renewable Energy
Brenda Straka
Assistant Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
⭐ For prospective students: Dr. Straka will be reviewing PhD and MSPS applications for the 2026-27 admissions cycle.
In one line of research, Dr. Straka explores the ways historically marginalized and underrepresented groups (e.g., Multiracial, Latine, Native American people, first-generation students) experience exclusion and negotiate their group-based identities. In a second line of research…
Brian Bailey
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ I almost always have undergraduate research opportunities available in my research group. Please contact me for further information.
Interactive Computing
Can Bayram
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ Our group does not have an opening for a postdoctoral research scientist. Exceptions can be made for OUTSTANDING candidates who have extensive SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION expertise in a CLEANROOM environment. We also encourage SELF-, GOVERMENT- and COMPANY-funded candidates to apply. Postdoctor…
Efficient energy management and conversion for lighting, communications, information technology, transportation, and appliances; Electromagnetics and Optics; Energy storage conversion, management, and control; Gallium nitride power semiconductors; Microcavity lasers and nanophoto…
Catharine Edith Ann Fairbairn
Associate Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
⭐ I do expect to be reviewing doctoral applications in the 2024-2025 admissions cycle. Although there are a variety of opportunities for graduate engagement in my lab, I expect to have particular opportunities for students interested in technology-linked research methods development--specifically, wea…
Addiction
Alcohol
Social processes
D. A. Briley
Associate Head, Diversity and Inclusion, Associate Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
⭐ Dr. Briley does not plan to accept graduate students for the 2026 Fall term.
Individual Differences
Personality Development
Identity Development
Socioecological Contexts of Development
Quantitative Methods
Dallas Trinkle
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ Please contact me about current postdoctoral positions. I am looking to hire motivated, interested students. Please read a note for prospective students and then contact me.
Computational materials science: atomistics, electronic structure; Mechanical behavior: plasticity and phase transformation at atomistic scale; Defect properties: point defects, dislocations, interfaces; Transport: interstitial diffusion, vacancy-mediated diffusion; Theory of dif…
Daniel J Simons
Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
⭐ I might be accepting new students in the Master of Science in Psychological Science program for Fall of 2026 if they are a good fit for my laboratory. I will not be accepting new PhD students for Fall of 2026. I don't currently have any openings for new undergraduate research assistants in my lab (I…
Visual cognition, attention, perception, memory, research methods and practices, statistics, change blindness, inattentional blindness, metacognition & intuition
Joining my laboratory: I might be accepting new students in the Master of Science in Psychological Science program fo…
Deming Chen
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ We are recruiting. If you are passionate about research, inspired for innovation and impact, determined to pursue a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, and your research interests match one or more topics as listed in the "RESEARCH INTERESTS" section below, please contact Prof. Chen directly through emai…
Hardware security
GPU optimization and GPU computing
IoT and data analytics
Hardware/software co-design for SoC
System-level and high-level synthesis
Cloud computing
AI, machine learning and hardware acceleration
Reconfigurable computing and FPGAs
Dominik Mischkowski
Assistant Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
⭐ Dr. Mischkowski is currently accepting new graduate students!
Physical and emotional pain are unfortunate, yet inevitable, parts of many people’s lives. Such pain can cause significant suffering and often interferes with people’s professional and social functioning. As PI of the Social Neuroscience and Pain (SNaP) lab at the University of I…
Elyse Rosenbaum
Melvin and Anne Louise Hassebrock Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ Research opportunities exist for students with interests in device physics, circuit design and machine learning. Students must have good communication skills and an electrical engineering background.
Circuits
Eric Kuo
Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ I won't be accepting any new graduate students for the 2025-2026 Academic Year.
Socio-Emotional Dynamics of Collaboration
Causal reasoning
Mathematical reasoning in physics
The impacts of motivation on physics learning
Applying learning theories to design physics instruction and assessment
Gaurav Bahl
Associate Professor in MechSE · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ PhD oriented Electrical Engineering graduate students with a strong background in experimental optics are encouraged to contact Prof. Bahl with a complete CV.
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Grani Adiwena Hanasusanto
Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ Prospective students: I am unable to accept any RAs or TAs. If you are interested in working with me as a PhD student, please apply here and mention my name in the Faculty Interest field.
Grani Adiwena Hanasusanto is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include addressing challenges in renewable energy integra…
Houtan Jebelli
Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ The Robotics, Automation, and Intelligent Sensing (RAISe) Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites top UIUC undergraduate students, passionate about the future of construction and robotics, to join our pioneering research team. Under the guidance of Dr. Jebelli, our lab spearheads …
Advanced Robotic Systems for Operational Excellence in Construction Projects
Advancing Robotics and Automation Engineering Pedagogy through the Strategic Integration of Cutting-Edge Immersive Technologies.
Next-Generation Wearable Sensor Technologies for Predictive Analytics in H…
Hyunseok Kim
Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ We welcome highly motivated students with a passion for tackling challenging questions to make a real impact in the field of semiconductor devices, materials, and integrated platforms. Interested students are encouraged to directly contact Prof. Hyunseok Kim (hyunseok@illinois.edu) with a CV.
Low-dimensional materials and thin films for microelectronics and photonics
3D heterogeneous integration technology
Jaime Lane Derringer
Associate Professor and Assistant Head, Information & Communication · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
⭐ I am not accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026.
Individual differences
Measurement
Gender and sexuality
Behavior genetics
My dual expertise in genetic methods and psychological assessment has led to the development of a research program organized around understanding how people, for all the fundamental similarities across mem…
Jaki Noronha-Hostler
Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ Currently seeking graduate students on a wide range of topics in nuclear theory
Nuclear theory: Relativistic heavy-ion collisions, relativistic fluids (viscous), Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics, Neutron Stars, Phase Transitions, Hadronic Interactions, Computational Physics, Nuclear astrophysics, Neutron Stars
James Allison
Adj/PTVisiting Prof/PTLecturer · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
⭐ The ESDL is not currently taking on new PhD or MS thesis students.
Intelligent Structure Design and Vibration Control
Aircraft electrification
Automotive Design (Vehicle Electrification, Hybrid Powertrains, Active Suspension Systems)
Electro-Thermal System Design Optimization
Robotics and Automation
Spacecraft Design and Control
Topology Optimiz…
Jessica Anne Krogstad
Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ We are always looking for talented and dedicated undergraduate researchers to participate in our research, but the best time to start is in the fall semester. Successful students are often characterized as having excellent time management skills, good communication skills, the ability to learn indep…
Our group focuses on understanding materials in nonequilibrium configurations and the evolution thereof, so as to generate and optimize unique functionality for operation in dynamic and extreme environments. Today, continued advancement in transportation, communication, energy co…
Jessica L Montag
Associate Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
⭐ Summer 2026 Research Assistants for Learning and Language Lab
Cognition & Cognitive Development
Language Production and Comprehension
Language Development
Compilation and Analysis of Naturalistic Language Corpora (Speech, Text, Child-Directed Speech)
Jong Yeon Lee
Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ Post-docs in quantum information/condensed matter theory are encouraged to get in touch via email to discuss potential openings.
We currently have positions available for graduate students.
Numerical Simulations (e.g. DMRG, QMC, tensor-networks)
Topological phases and critical phenomena
Coherent control of quantum simulator platforms
Quantum information and non-equilibrium dynamics
Joseph Trujillo-Falcón
Assistant Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
⭐ Please visit the following page to learn about graduate school recruitment plans: https://publish.illinois.edu/alertaslab/openings/
Climate Variability and Change, Extratropical Cyclones and Winter Storms, Precipitation and Hydrometeorological Processes, Thunderstorm Dynamics and Hazards, Tropical Meteorology and Hurricanes, Weather and Climate Risk
Josh Long
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ We have openings for graduate students on all of the experiments described above. Contact Prof. Long directly (email preferred) for details. We can support seven undergraduates in our group and all positions are currently filled (fall 2025). However, 1-2 positions usually open up per academic term a…
My research concentrates on experimental tests of fundamental symmetries and searches for macroscopic forces beyond gravity and electromagnetism ("5th forces") at submillimeter length scales, using nuclear and other techniques. Short-range 5th forces, Spin-coupled forces, NSR, an…
Karin A Dahmen
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ Professor Dahmen regularly has new projects for interested undergraduate and graduate students. Please contact her at dahmen@illinois.edu if you are interested in joining the group.
Condensed Matter Physics
Katy Huff
Blue Waters Associate Professor and Director, Advanced Reactor Fuel Cycles Laboratory · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
⭐ Post-Doctoral Research Opportunities: http://arfc.npre.illinois.edu/positions/postdoc/
Graduate Research Opportunities: http://arfc.npre.illinois.edu/positions/grad/
Undergraduate Research Opportunities: http://arfc.npre.illinois.edu/positions/ugrad/
Molten Salt Reactors, High-Temperature Gas Reactors, Micro-Reactors, Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactors
Scientific computing education
Repository system performance modeling
Open & reproducible scientific computing
Computational methods for optimization and prediction…
Kejie Fang
Associate Professor in ECE · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ We welcome highly motivated students to join our group. Our research intersects with several fields of science and engineering including quantum optics, nanophotonics, and NEMS, and offers rich opportunities for graduate researchers to be trained in device physics, fabrication, and measurements. Inc…
Quantum photonics, Nonlinear photonics, Optomechanics, Nanophotonics
Kevin Wise
Professor of Advertising · College of Media
⭐ Current/Prospective Students: Collaborating with students on research is one of my great joys. Please feel free to email me anytime if you’re interested in learning more about research and/or working in a media research lab.
If you’re not currently at the University of Illinois but interested in co…
My research explores the psychology underlying interactive media use. In other words, how do different attributes of medium, message, person, and situation influence the processes and outcomes of media use? I primarily address this question through experiments that measure physio…
Ling Jian Meng
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ We are currently recruiting a post-doctoral research associate to join the Radiation Detection and Imaging Group.
Biomedical imaging; Radiation detection and measurement; Emerging X-ray imaging techniques; Health Physics; Image processing and statistical performance assessment; Instrumentation for emission tomography (PET and SPECT); Nanomaterial-mediated radiation therapy; X-ray and gamma r…
Lu Chen
Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ Now, we are actively recruiting highly motivated postdocs with a background in experimental condensed matter physics to join our research group. Postdocs who are interested in our research are encouraged to get in touch via email.
Now, we are actively recruiting highly motivated graduate students to…
Electrical transport and thermoelectric measurements down to ~mK and 100 T
Torque magnetometry and torque diffential magnetometry measurements down to ~mK and 100 T
Thermal conductivity and thermal Hall conductivity measurements down to ~mK and 14 T
Material synthesis: single cry…
Martin Ostoja-Starzewski
Professor · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
⭐ I have numerous problems and topics of potential interest to a broad range of students.
Helices, Helically-Wound Cables; Bioenegineering: Traumatic brain injury modeling, electrosurgery modeling; Mechanical and electromagnetic waves: stochastic propagation, scattering, tunneling effects, shielding; Spontaneous violations of entropy inequality; Continuum mechanics an…
Nathan R Todd
Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
⭐ Dr. Todd will be considering graduate students as a primary research advisor for the Fall 2026.
<ul><li>Sexual and Gender Minority Health Equity</li><li>Sexual and Gender Minority Religion and Spirituality</li><li>Religious Settings, Religious Environment, and Structural Stigma</li><li>Diversity Education and Social Justice Engagement</li><li>Intersectionality</li><li>Ecolo…
Nicole Riemer
Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
⭐ I am always looking for new graduate students to join my group. Please contact me for questions about potential projects or about the application process at our department.
Atmospheric Chemistry And Aerosols, Climate Variability and Change, Cloud Physics and Radiative Processes
Ning Luo
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ I am looking for motivated and energetic Ph.D. students. Candidates are expected to have a solid background in Computer Science. No prior experience in cryptography or formal methods is required. However, candidates must be brave and eager to learn new things. The highest standard is required for re…
Trustworthy Machine Learning, Applied Cryptography, Formal methods and Automated Reasoning, Security and Privacy
Nishant Garg
Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ I'm actively looking for multiple graduate students (MS & Ph.D.) to join my research group. If you're interested, please apply online and mention your interest to work with me in your formal application.
Construction Materials, Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability, Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Systems
Pengjie Wang
Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ Post-docs in experimental condensed matter physics are encouraged to get in touch via email to discuss potential openings. We currently have two positions available for graduate students. Please feel free to contact me for opportunities. Wang Lab works on experiments on 2D quantum materials and devi…
Quantum Phase Transition, Topological Quantum Physics, Strongly Correlated Quantum Physics
Qing Cao
Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ We are always looking for the best and most qualified potential graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to join the group. Interested applicants, please contact Professor Cao (qingcao2@illinois.edu) with your CV and research interests.
The Cao group seeks to exploit new materials and processing techniques to develop novel electronic and optoelectronic devices and systems exhibiting enhanced performance and functionality with more custom form factors. More specifically, we work on developing 1) nanoelectronic de…
Rakesh Kumar
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ I am always looking for motivated and exceptional undergraduate students to join my group. Email rakeshk@illinois.edu if you want to do research in computer architecture. See our research/publications pages (http://passat.crhc.uiuc.edu) for a sampling of our research. Please attach your CV as well.
Low power and complexity-effective designs
CAD/architecture interactions
Computer Architecture
Roman Makhnenko
Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ Graduate Research Opportunities: - coupled THM behavior of claystones in nuclear waste disposal - use of machine learning for geophysical data processing and modeling
Rock-fluid interaction: poroelasticity, thermo-poro-visco-elasticity, plasticity, permeability
Fracturing of rock: size effect, process zone, hydraulic fracturing, failure criteria, induced seismicity
Geo-energy applications: deep CO2 and H2 storage, nuclear waste storage, gas sh…
Samy Meroueh
Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
⭐ I am looking for students interested in using cryo-EM, X-ray crystallography, and structure-based computational methods to explore the mechanism of action of these compounds and to guide the design of new and improved molecular degraders. Students will also have the opportunity to screen large libra…
Molecular Glue and Heterobifunctional Transcription Factors Degraders in Inflammation and Cancer
Saugata Ghose
Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ I am looking for motivated graduate students who are interested in joining me at Illinois, so if that sounds like you, please contact me!
Data-centric computer architectures and systems
Processing-in-memory (PIM)
Memory and storage systems
Computing platforms for smart cities, autonomous vehicles, robotics, and genomics
Shaloo Rakheja
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ If you are interested in conducting your doctoral research in my group, please email me with a copy of your CV, research statement, and a short slide deck with an overview of your prior research experience and future goals. Please note that I will not be responding to inquiries that are outside of m…
Compact Modeling of wide bandgap and ultrawide bandgap semiconductor devices for high-frequency and high-power applications
Modeling and simulation of spin-based devices for low-power non-volatile memory and brain-inspired computing
Modeling of reconfigurable devices using van de…
Stephen Boppart
Professor · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
⭐ The Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has an immediate opening for a post-doctoral research associate in the area of nonlinear optical imaging systems for biomedical application…
Nonlinear Optical Microscopy
Medical Device Engineering
Optical Diagnostics of Cancer
Medical Engineering
Image-Guided Surgery
Optical Coherence Tomography
Lasers in Medicine and Biology
Optical Biomedical Imaging
Neurophotonics
Primary Care Imaging (ear, eye, skin, oral)
Imagi…
Steven Lumetta
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ If the MRI is funded, there are three positions for people to develop the instrument, and I intend to find postdocs to fill those positions. The intent is to use the MRI as a catalyst for interdisciplinary research efforts around computational genomics, so these postdocs will be able to help with th…
computational genomics, smartphone-based bioassays, optical network architecture, computer architecture, cluster computing, parallel computing, user-level communication, validation and reliability
Taylor L Hughes
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ I have graduate student positions open for one, or possibly two students.
My research interests are focused in three main areas: 1. Topological insulators/Superconductors 2. Using quantum information/entanglement techniques to characterize quantum condensed matter systems. 3. Mesoscopic transport in low-dimensional materials or heterostructures Other i…
Thomas Richard Kwapil
Director of Clinical Training, Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
⭐ Note that I am recruiting graduate students for admission in fall 2025
Schizotypy and schizophrenia spectrum
Bipolar spectrum psychopathology
Experience Sampling Methodology
Timothy D Stark
Ralph B. Peck Professor of Civil Engineering; Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ I always have research openings for highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students interested in various aspects of geotechnical and geoenvironmental enigneering.
Performance of Compacted Structural Fills and Slopes; Behavior and Improvement of Confined Dredged Material; Geothermal Energy Systems; Earth and Tailings Dams, Levees, Floodwalls, Landfills, and Other Earth Structures; Liquefaction and Post-Liquefaction Strength of Cohesionless …
Vidya Madhavan
Professor, Donald Biggar Willett Professor in Engineering, Department Head · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ We currently have openings in our group for motivated students. Please send me email if you are interested in learning more about our projects.
Unconventional superconductors, topological superconductors, correlated oxides, topological crystalline insulators, transition metal dichalcogenides
Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM), Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE)
MBE growth of WTe2, Bi2Se3, SnTe, NbSe2, TiSe2, …
Violeta Rodriguez Palacios
Assistant Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
⭐ Dr. Rodriguez is accepting applications for graduate students to join her lab as a primary research advisor beginning Fall 2025. She will be considering applicants to both the Ph.D. program in Clinical-Community Psychology and the M.S. program in Psychological Science.
<ul><li>Health Equity </li><li>Parenting</li><li>Family Dynamics</li><li>Psychometrics and Measurement</li><li>Developmental Psychopathology</li><li>Artificial Intelligence</li><li>Natural Language Processing</li><li>Human–AI Interaction</li></ul>
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Neil and Carol Ruzic Faculty Scholar, Associate Professor, Associate Head of Graduate Programs · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ We consider undergraduate students from all departments at the University of Illinois. Students will be involved in a research project under the guidance of graduate student. Undergraduates will typically volunteer or work for credit, however exceptional students will have the opportunity to apply f…
Development of integrated quantitative imaging approaches to monitor individualized programs for disease prevention
In vivo mapping of biological processes using PET/SPECT/CT molecular imaging with targeted imaging agents
PET, SPECT, X-ray CT, molecular imaging, image analysis, m…
Wolfgang Pfaff
Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ Our lab is always on the lookout for talented postdocs, and we currently have openings (as of Sept 2025). Please see our group website for details, and contact me by email to apply.
We will consider accepting one (or possibly two) new graduate students to join our lab as early as Spring 2026 if ther…
Quantum networks and distributed quantum computing
Open quantum systems
Quantum optics
Superconducting quantum circuits
Quantum information processing
Yingjie Zhang
Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ We are always looking for motivated graduate students, postdocs, and undergrads to join us.
Molecular Imaging and Spectroscopy; Renewable Energy; Surfaces and Interfaces; Electrochemistry and catalysis; Nanomaterials; Cell Biology
Yingying Li
Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ I am actively looking for self-motivated Ph.D. students and Postdocs with a strong background in mathematics and interests in applications of smart grids or general networks and multi-agent systems. Students with a strong background in mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics, and/or operation r…
Intersection of control theory, learning theory, and optimization theory
Learning-enabled control
Online learning, reinforcement learning
Multi-agent/network decision making
Applications in smart grids and smart cities.
Zhen Peng
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
⭐ Prof. Peng is currently looking for outstanding post-doctoral researchers joining his research group. Prof. Peng is currently looking for graduate students joining his research group.
Classical electromagnetism with scalable algorithms: extreme-scale electromagnetic computation; computational electrodynamics with machine intelligence
Statistical electromagnetics for complex environments: physics-oriented statistical wave analysis integrating order and chaos; e…
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Benjamin L Hankin
Fred and Ruby Kanfer Endowed Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
⭐ <p>Please note: Dr. Hankin is open to accepting or interviewing applicants for Ph.D. program in clinical-community psychology this year, 2025-2026.</p>
<ul><li>Developmental psychopathology</li></ul>
Aaron Muñoz
Associate Professor, Acting · College of Fine and Applied Arts
Aaron Muñoz is an Associate Professor of Acting in the Department of Theatre within the College of Fine & Applied Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He has held a faculty position in acting at Illinois since spring 2019.
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
Akima Brackeen is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she also directs Exhibit A, a design practice focused on investigating the social and political dimensions of the built environment. Her work as an educator, designer, a…
Alec LaBau
Teaching Assistant Professor, Sound Design · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
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
Alexandra Barbier is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include dance and performance, as evidenced by her involvement in Dance at Illinois Downtown and faculty concerts.
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
Allison Moody is a Teaching Associate Professor of Voice & Speech at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her professional profile, including her academic role and location, is documented through her university affiliation.
Allyson Purpura
Senior Curator & Curator of Global African Art, Krannert Art Museum · College of Fine and Applied Arts
Allyson Purpura is Senior Curator and Curator of Global African Art at the Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her work focuses on global African art within the context of the museum and the university's College of Fine and Applied Arts.
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
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
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
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrea Stevens
Associate Professor · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
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 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
Energy Systems Engineering Institute at Lehigh University, graduate and undergraduate engineering and sciences · 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
Ann Yeung is a Professor of Harp at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she is affiliated with the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Her work includes collaborations with interdisciplinary technology centers, such as the National Center for Supercomputing Ap…
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
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…
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, …
Avinash Gupta
Teaching Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Human Extended Reality Interaction (HXRI)
Axel Hoffmann
Professor in MatSE · The Grainger College of Engineering
Chirality Induced Spin Selectivity
Magnetization Dynamics
Magnetic Heterostructures
Electronic Materials
Nanoscale Science and Technology
Spin wave engineering
Magnetization dynamics
Spin transport
B F Spencer, Jr
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
structural health monitoring, structural control, cyberinfrastructure applications, stochastic fatigue, stochastic computational mechanics, and natural hazard mitigation
Ban S. Haidar
Teaching Assistant Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Clinical-Community
Baron G Peters
William H. and Janet G. Lycan Professor · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Barrington L. Coleman
Andrei Maiseyeu | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Barry Bradlyn
Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
symmetry protected topological semimetals, geometric response in condensed matter, Quantum Hall effect, topological insulators
Bassem O Andrawes
Professor and Chair · The Grainger College of Engineering
Structural Applications of Smart and Advanced Materials, Earthquake Engineering, Bridge Engineering, Structural Retrofitting, Analysis of Railroad Track Systems
Behrouz Touri
Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Decision and Control
Ben Roidl-Ward
Assistant Professor of Bassoon · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Benedek Kurdi
PhD Candidate · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
As an experimental psychologist, my research seeks to understand how humans adaptively respond to new information and how learning unfolding in individual minds is modulated by constraints present in the broader environment. I examine learning primarily in the context of basic so…
Benita S. Katzenellenbogen
Swanlund Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Swanlund Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Research Topics
Cell-Cell Interactions, Endocrinology, Genomics, Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions, Receptor Biochemistry, Regulation of Gene Expression, Reproductive Biology, Signal Transduction
Disease Research Interests
Cancer, Reproductive Diseases, Infertility, and Menopa…
Benjamin A. Bross
Assistant Professor · College of Fine and Applied Arts
placemaking, spatial production processes, architecture, urbanism, material culture, phenomenology, essentialism philosophy
Benjamin D. Auerbach
Assistant Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Learning and Memory, Neurobiology, Optogenetics, Sensory Processing
Benjamin Hooberman
Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Searching for physics beyond the standard model at the Large Hadron Collider
Leveraging machine learning techniques to enable scientific discoveries
Supersymmetry and dark matter
Cosmic ray muon imaging ("muography") and detector development
Upgrades to the ATLAS tracking and tri…
Benjamin Michael Miller
Assistant Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
My research is mostly focused on thinking about democratic citizenship and the role that citizens should play in the preserving and improving democratic well-functioning. In democratic theory and philosphy, I am most interested in identifying which skills and value commitments ci…
Bernhard Scully
Professor of Horn · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Beth Marie Stadtmueller
Associate Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Host-Pathogen Interactions, Molecular Immunology, Protein Dynamics, Protein Structure, Virology
Disease Research Interests: Infectious Diseases
Bill King
Ralph A. Andersen Endowed Chair; Faculty at Carle Illinois College of Medicine · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mechanics of Materials, Chemistry, Security and Defense, Solid Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Thermo and Heat Transfer, Energy, Applied Physics, Health and Bio, Design and Manufacturing, Microsystems and Nanotechnology, Additive manufacturing, Heat Transfer and Thermal Management, C…
Bill King
Ralph A. Anderson Endowed Chair · The Grainger College of Engineering
Bill King is the Ralph A. Anderson Endowed Chair in the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on advanced manufacturing, including additive manufacturing of large metal parts, manufacturing data and digitization, and …
Bin Hu
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · The Grainger College of Engineering
Machine Learning
Control
Binbin Li
ADJ ASST PROF · The Grainger College of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Blake Everett Johnson
Teaching Associate Professor; Director, Undergraduate Instructional Laboratories · The Grainger College of Engineering
Entrepreneurial Mindset Learning
Service Learning
Fluid Mechanics
Professional Identity Development
Engineering Education
Bo Zhang
Associate Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Personnel selection (e.g., applicant faking, forced-choice measurement)
Personality (e.g., personality assessment, relationships of Big 5 with stress, health, and workplace outcomes)
Research methods (e.g., IRT, SEM, bifactor models, longitudinal analysis)
Boxuan Zhao
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
RNA Biology, Chemical Biology, Epigenetics and Epitranscriptomics, Single-cell Multi-omics, Neurobiology
Brad Sutton
Founder Professor in Bioengineering · The Grainger College of Engineering
Biomedical imaging, Diffusion weighted imaging, Dynamic imaging, Functional MRI, Image reconstruction, Instrumentation, Magnetic susceptibility, MRI, Neural engineering (general), Neuromuscular coupling, Systems modeling approaches to understand brain function
Brant Murray
Teaching Associate Professor, Chair of Lighting Design & Technology · College of Fine and Applied Arts
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brendan A Harley
Robert W. Schaefer Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Extracellular Matrix Analogs, Cell and Tissue Engineering
Brent W Roberts
Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Personality Development
Personality Assessment
Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Skills
Conscientiousness
Narcissism
Brett Ashley Kaplan
Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Holocaust art and literature
Jewish American literature
race and ethnicity in contemporary visual and performance art
Brett Kaufman
Associate Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
I study the peoples, states, and empires of the Middle East and North Africa from the Bronze Age to today. I fuse archaeological evidence with historical texts and Semitic inscriptions ranging from the Old Testament to the Greek and Roman Classics to Viking sources to provide ins…
Brian C. Freeman
Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Research Topics
Chromatin Structure, Genome Organization, Genomics, Protein Homeostasis, Proteomics, Regulation of Gene Expression
Disease Research Interests
Aging Related Diseases, Cancer, Metabolic Disorders/Diabetes
Brian F Allan
Acting Head and Professor, Entomology; Undergraduate Program Director, SIB · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Ecology of infectious diseases
Brian is broadly interested in the ecology of infectious diseases, particularly diseases transmitted via the bite of an infected arthropod (e.g., ticks, mosquitoes). Much of Brian's research focuses upon the consequences of human-mediated global ch…
Brian Fields
Professor in Astronomy · The Grainger College of Engineering
Astrophysics / Relativity / Cosmology
Brian Leeds DeMarco
Professor and IQUIST Director, Bardeen Faculty Scholar · The Grainger College of Engineering
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Brian T Cunningham
Donald Biggar Willett Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Sensor design and instrumentation; Finite Difference Time Domain Analysis; Nanofabrication; Photonic Crystals; Optical Biosensors
Brian Walters
Associate Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Latin Literature, Cicero and the Late Republic, Classical Reception
Bridget Sweet-Manternach
Professor of Music Education · College of Fine and Applied Arts
middle level choral music education, [assigned at birth] female and male adolescent voice change, musician health and wellness, intersections of LGBTQ+ topics and the music classroom, as well as intersections of motherhood and academia
Brighten Godfrey
Professor of Computer Science · The Grainger College of Engineering
Algorithmic and theoretical aspects of networks
Software-defined networks
Data center network architectures
Microservices and cloud computing
Network verification
Low latency networking
Machine learning for networked systems
Design and analysis of networked systems
Brooke White
Director, Professor of Studio Art · College of Fine and Applied Arts
Photography, Studio Art
Bruce Damon
Director of Clinical Imaging Research Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute Carle Foundation Hospital · The Grainger College of Engineering
Biomedical imaging - MRI; MRI; Physiological systems
Bruce W Fouke
Ralph E. Grim Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
The Fouke laboratory research group focuses on the cross-disciplinary intersection of geology and molecular biology (Geobiology, Astrobiology), and medicine (GeoBioMed) with emphasis on the emergence and survival of Life within the context of dynamic Earth processes. Results have…
Bryan Dunne
Teaching Assistant Professor · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bryan K Clark
Associate Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics
Bumsoo Han
Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Cellular and Molecular Transport
Mechanobiology and Biomechanics
Microfluidics and Microphysiological Systems
Pancreatic Cancer
Blood-Brain Interface
Bumsoo Lee
Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning · College of Fine and Applied Arts
His research interest is in the spatial organization of urban areas and sustainable transportation systems. He investigates how technological development and demographic dynamics are reshaping urban structure, how land use and transportation interact, and how smart growth policie…
C. Armando Duarte
Nathan M. Newmark Distinguished Professor in CEE, CEE Excellence Faculty Scholar, Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
Multiscale and Multiphysics Problems, Three-dimensional linear and non-linear computational fracture mechanics
C. Ricardo Constante-Amores
Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
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