PhD Advisors at University of Maryland, College Park 马里兰大学帕克分校 US
Quick answer: University of Maryland, College Park in the US has 715 faculty profiles in phd-match’s database, of which 17 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 Maryland, College Park, 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 (17)
Professors at University of Maryland, College Park with active hiring signals for PhD students — reach out if your research matches.
Cixin Wang
Associate Professor, School Psychology · College of Education
⭐ I will be accepting Ph.D. students for mentorship in the 2019-2020 academic year. Applicants with an interest in school based mental health services, peer relationships, bullying prevention, parenting practice, working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students, and bridging the gap b…
Bullying and bullying prevention, school-based mental health services and prevention of mental health problems, mental health literacy, help seeking among culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students, parenting practice and family involvement
Donald Milton
Distinguished University Professor · School of Public Health
⭐ Dr. Milton is accepting PhD students for the Fall 2025 application cycle.
Airborne infection transmission, influenza, respiratory infection, occupational and environmental asthma, bioaerosols, occupational and environmental epidemiology
Gulnoza Yakubova
Associate Professor, Special Education · College of Education
⭐ I am currently accepting new Ph.D. students.
autism, technology, mathematics, functional living skills, parent-implemented and culturally adapted interventions
Hannah Zierden
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
⭐ We are currently looking to hire undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdocs. Please email Dr. Zierden if you'd like to learn more about our ongoing research projects.
The Zierden Lab focuses on rationally engineering next generation therapies aimed at preventing preterm birth, fostering healthy fetal programming, and improving maternal outcomes, with the ultimate goal of promoting human health throughout the lifespan.
Heather K. Amato
Assistant Professor, Global Environmental & Occupational Health · School of Public Health
⭐ Dr. Amato is not accepting new PhD students at this time.
Environmental Epidemiology, One Health, WASH, Antibiotic Resistance
Jennifer D. Stowell
Assistant Professor · School of Public Health
⭐ Dr. Stowell is accepting new PhD students for 2026.
Extreme weather events, natural disasters, wildfires, air pollution, compound hazard, climate epidemiology, environmental health, global health
Jesse Moody
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
⭐ He is actively recruiting motivated students to join his lab.
RF and microwave circuit design
Millimeter-wave and sub-THz devices and systems
Ultra-low-power and energy-efficient integrated circuits
Nonlinear circuits and backscatter communications
Advanced frequency generation and amplification techniques
Antennas, arrays, and electromagne…
Jimena Cosso
Assistant Professor · College of Education
⭐ Dr. Cosso is reviewing applications for students to start in Fall 2025; please email her with inquiries.
Latine family math environment, early mathematics skills, Latine family-school interactions, dual language learners school readiness skills, cultural and linguistic relevant measures
Kelli Cummings
Associate Professor, Special Education · College of Education
⭐ I will be accepting a Ph.D. student for mentorship for Fall 2026. Applicants with an interest in reading, early intervention, multitiered systems of support, and developing intensive interventions are especially encouraged to apply. Applications for the doctoral program are due December 1 for best c…
Language and Literacy, Second language/Bilingual literacy development, early childhood special education, multitiered systems of support (MTSS) School improvement, Social justice in schools implementation science, learning disabilities, intersectionality, special education teache…
Kerry H. Alexander
Assistant Professor · College of Education
⭐ I am interested in working with graduate students (PhD and Master's) who have taught or are teaching in public elementary school settings. My current research directly engages with schools, literacy instruction, and preservice and early-career teacher education in the local UMD area. I study the eve…
Sociocultural dimensions of early literacy theory and practice across contexts; critical literacy, multimodality, sociomateriality, and elementary writing instruction; coaching and mentoring; literacy teacher education
Mia Smith-Bynum
Professor and Chair, Family Science · School of Public Health
⭐ Dr. Smith-Bynum will not be taking doctoral students for the entering 2025-2026 graduate class.
Parenting; Racial Socialization; Adolescent Development; Mental Health; Black Families
Paul Turner
Associate Professor, Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health · School of Public Health
⭐ Dr. Turner is accepting PhD students for the Fall 2025 application cycle.
Food and Chemical Toxicology; Mycotoxins, Aflatoxins, Fumonisins and Deoxynivalenol; Children and Infant Health; Global Health; Intervention and Mitigation
Rabiatu Barrie
Assistant Professor, Family Science Department · School of Public Health
⭐ Dr. Barrie is accepting doctoral students for the 25’-26’ school year
African American youth identity development; gendered racial socialization of African American boys; Black masculinity; trauma; traumatic stress in Black boys; community violence; community-based gun violence; intervention science.
Stephen Gibson
Debra McGivney | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · College of Education
⭐ Dr. Gibson is reviewing applications for students to start in Fall 2026; please email him with inquiries.
Fatherhood; Racial socialization; Racialized experiences; Racial Identity; Parental contributions to children's mental health and developmental outcomes
Yonghwi Kwon
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
⭐ I am looking for motivated students, if you are interested in, please see this page.
Software Security
Systems Security (CPS Security, Autonomous Vehicle Security)
Cyber Forensics/Reverse-engineering (Disassembly, Decompilation)
Binary Analysis (Malware analysis, Binary patching)
You Zhou
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
⭐ The You Zhou Research Group is hiring! Researchers with an interest and experience in correlated electronic systems, low-dimensional materials, nanophotonics and surface science are strongly encouraged to apply. If interested, please send your CV and a brief description of research interest to youzh…
Materials synthesis
2D materials and heterostructures
Transition metal oxides
Electronic and optical materials and devices
Zhambyl Shaikhanov
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
⭐ I am recruiting motivated and hardworking graduate students interested in working in the areas of next-generation wireless systems, including sensing, security, and networking, to join my group. If you are interested, feel free to contact me.
Physical and Cross-Layer Wireless Security
Millimeter-wave and Terahertz Networking and Sensing
Intelligent Surfaces and Devices for Next-Generation Wireless
Wireless Mobile Systems and Robotics Networks
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A. Yavuz Oruc
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Abba B. Gumel
Distinguished University Professor & The Michael and Eugenia Brin Endowed E-Nnovate Chair in Mathematics · University of Maryland
My research work focuses on using mathematical approaches (modeling, rigorous analysis, and data analytics) to gain insight and provide understanding on the transmission dynamics of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases of public health significance. Specifically, I design…
Abhijit Dasgupta
Jeong H. Kim Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Mechanics of electronic packaging materials and “smart” composite materials
Research focused on nanomechanics, micromechanics, damage mechanics and computational mechanics
Abhinav Shrivastava
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Computer Vision and Machine Perception; AI and Robotics; Machine Learning and Data Science
Abid S. Jamil
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Abolhassan Jawahery
Distinguished University Professor and Gus T. Zorn Professor · University of Maryland
Flavor Physics and CP Violation, High Energy Physics
Adam Porter
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Programming languages, software engineering, software environments, empirically based software analysis methods, software metrics
Adelai Straus Anstine
CYC Teacher · Center for Young Children
Adelai Straus Anstine is a CYC Teacher at the University of Maryland, affiliated with the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology and the Center for Young Children within the UMD College of Education.
Aditi N. Ringwala
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Addiction Medicine, Internal Medicine, Primary Care, Harm Reduction
Adrian Papamarcou
Associate Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Statistical communications
Agis Iliadis
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Elemental and Compound Semiconductor Materials and Devices
Wide Band-Gap Semiconductors
Ohmic and Schottky Metallization Systems
Light Emitting Processes
Epitaxial Growth
Ahmet H. Aydilek
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Geotechnical engineering
Geoenvironmental engineering
Akua Asa-Awuku
Professor
Associate Dean · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Investigating the formation, composition, and measurement of anthropogenic and biogenic aerosol to explore the impacts on climate and health.
Alan Ricks
Kea Distinguished Professor · School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Alan Ricks, AIA, Int FRIBA, is the founding principal and co-executive director of MASS Design Group and joined the University of Maryland as the Architecture Program’s 2025-26 Kea Professor. His work focuses on architecture, planning, and preservation through his leadership at M…
Aleah D. Roberts
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Aleah D. Roberts, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Her academic profile is affiliated with the institution's medical school faculty.
Alejandra Urioste
UMSOM Assistant · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Transplantation, Immunology, Genomics.
Alexander (Sasha) Philippov
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Recent focus of Philippov's research group has been on: (i) developing models of coherent radio emission produced during pair production lightnings and relativistic magnetic reconnection occurring in magnetospheres of neutron stars, in application to rotation-powered pulsars and …
Alexander Barg
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Coding theory, information theory, combinatorics, geometry, cryptography, and applied problems in communications, storage, and data protection. Current topics include channel models and error correction for memories and storage; private distribution estimation.
Alexander Estes
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
My research interests include discrete optimization, statistics, and data science, often with applications to air traffic management.
Alexander Xu
Assistant Professor · College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences; Institute for Physical Science and Technology
Cancer
Immunotherapy
Spatial Omics
Bioinformatics
Predictive Biomarkers
Nanotechnology
Single Cell Analysis
Alexandra Bozena
Faculty Assistant · A. James Clark School of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ali Haghani
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Transportation network modeling
Freight transportation and logistics
Emergency response
Dynamic fleet management
Container transportation
Mass transit operations
Ali Tohidi
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Fire and Fluid Dynamics
Wildfire Behavior and Impacts Modeling
Data-Driven and Scientific Machine Learning
High-Performance Scientific Computing
Alicia Kollár
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Research Area:
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Condensed Matter Experiment
Notable Publications:
A. J. Kollár, M. Fitzpatrick, A. A. Houck, Hyperbolic Lattices in Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics, arXiv:1802.09549.
V. D. Vaidya, Y. Guo, R. M. Kroeze, K. E. Ballantine, A…
Alireza Khaligh
Director, Institute for Systems Research (ISR)
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Modeling, analysis, design, and control of power electronic converters for electrified transportation and renewable energy systems; energy harvesting; plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, electric vehicles, Smart Grid technologies, and miniaturized power electronic interfaces for mi…
Alisa Morss Clyne
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Dr. Clyne's Vascular Kinetics Laboratory conducts research at the interface of engineering, biochemistry, and vascular biology. In their prior work, the group largely focused on how an altered glucose environment (e.g., in diabetes) impaired endothelial cell response to shear str…
Alison B. Flatau
Department Chair
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Active flow control, sensor and actuator design, magnetostrictive materials, material characterization, smart fabrics and textiles, vibrations and acoustics
Alison J Hurst
CYC Teacher · College of Education
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alison J. Scott
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Dentistry
dentistry, microbial pathogenesis, dynamic lipid response during inflammation
Aliza R. Grossberg
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Allan Doctor
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Allen Winkelmann
Associate Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Research in low speed separated flows
Allison Reilly
Pedro E. Wasmer Professor in Engineering
Associate Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Hazard risk assessments
Decision-making
Infrastructure system performance and protection
Amanda Bailey
ADVANCE Professor, English · College of Arts and Humanities
Early Modern Studies
Amanda Mauri, PhD
Assistant Professor · School of Public Health
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amelia (Amy) C Laakso
CYC Teacher · College of Education
Amelia (Amy) C. Laakso is a faculty member in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland's College of Education. She holds a B.S. in Early Childhood Education and an M.Ed. in Reading Instruction from the University of Maryland a…
Amelia Arria
Professor
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amir Riaz
Associate Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
DNS of multiphase flow. Boiling heat transfer. Microchannel and cold plate heat transfer. PCM energy storage. Carbon capture and sequestration. Enhanced oil recovery. Elastic FSI. Perturbation analysis.
Amir Sapkota
Professor and Chair, Epidemiology · School of Public Health
Climate Change and Health; Extreme Events and Hospitalization; Changes in Plant Phenology and Allergic Diseases; Climate Justice; Climate Change and Health Disparities
Amit P. Singh
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amr Baz
Minta Martin Professor, Keystone Professor, Director, Smart Materials and Structures Research Center, Distinguished Scholar and Teacher · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Active and passive control of vibration and noise
Active constrained layer damping
Magnetic composites
Active acoustic metamaterials
Amy A. Morgan
Assistant Professor, Family Science · School of Public Health
Licensed clinical therapist; Relationships expert; Family relationships after separation and reunification experiences, especially through parental incarceration and foster care/adoption; Family systems and fathering; Family resilience; Mental health policy
Amy B. Lewin
Associate Professor, Family Science · School of Public Health
Community-led research; Program evaluation; Adolescent mental health; Adolescent sexual and reproductive health; Immigrant youth and families
Amy J. Karlsson
Associate Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Protein and peptide engineering, structure-function relationships, drug delivery, therapeutic design, diagnostics, fungal disease.
Amy J. Plotkin
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Dr. Amy J. Plotkin is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and serves as Director of the Pathology Biorepository Shared Service at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is a pathologist affiliated with the Univer…
Amy R. Sapkota
MPower Professor & Chair, Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health · School of Public Health
Water Quality; Water Reuse, Food and Health; Environmental Microbiology; Exposure Assessment; Environmental Microbial Genomics; Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Ana Taboada Barber
Professor · College of Education
Motivation and Literacy, Reading Comprehension and Differentiated Instruction, Cognitive and Motivational Reading Development of Children from Diverse Language Backgrounds or Emergent Bilinguals, Reading Comprehension of Children with Literacy Related Learning Difficulties
Andrea Marie Frisch
Professor, French · University of Maryland
Early Modern Studies
Historiography
Print Culture
Andressa Carmo Pena Martinez
Assistant Professor, Architecture · School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Parametric Design
Algorithmic Design
Digital Fabrication
Artificial Intelligence
Andrew Brantlinger
Associate Professor · College of Education
Secondary mathematics education, urban schooling, alternative certification, critical pedagogy, and the sociology of education.
Andrew Elby
Cenk Cavusoglu | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · College of Education
Science education, especially student & teacher epistemologies.
Physics and engineering education.
Elementary and middle school teacher professional development.
Andrew Harris
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
The main goal of Andrew Harris' research is understanding the energetics and physical conditions within galaxies and their nuclei. Part of this effort involves developing instrumentation for submillimeter observations over wide bandwidths on the SOFIA and Caltech Submillimeter ob…
Andrew Schonebaum
Associate Professor, EALC Program Head, Chinese · University of Maryland
Chinese
Literary Studies
Andriy Samokhin
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Andriy Samokhin is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. His academic profile is linked to Kharkiv National University in Ukraine, and his professional interests include scientific research and drug discovery.
Ang Li
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
My research interests lie in the intersection of machine learning and edge computing, with a focus on building large-scale networked and trustworthy intelligent systems to solve practical problems in a collaborative, scalable, secure, and ubiquitous manner.
Federated Learning
Di…
Angela Glotfelter
Energy Systems Engineering Institute at Lehigh University, graduate and undergraduate engineering and sciences
Language, Writing and Rhetoric
Anika Alam
Assistant Director · College of Education
Anika Alam is the Assistant Director at the Center for Educational Data Science and Innovation (EDSI) at the University of Maryland, College Park. She holds a Ph.D. in Education Policy from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was an AERA-NSF Dissertation Fellow. Her work fo…
Ankur Srivastava
Director, Semiconductor Initiative and Innovation
Professor
Former Director, Institute for Systems Research (2019-2024)
Former Associate Dean, Graduate Programs (2018-2019) · A. James Clark School of Engineering
High performance, low power and secure electronic systems and applications such as computer vision, data and storage centers and sensor networks
Anne Rong
Graduate Assistant, English · College of Arts and Humanities
Asian American literature, visual culture, and identity making; poetic inscrutabilities of drone warfare; organizing AAPI zine workshops
Anthony Ghanem
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Pediatric rhinology, Chronic Rhinosinusistis, Sinonasal Tumors, Anterior Skull Base Tumors, Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma, Endoscopic Surgery
Anubhav Datta
Alfred Gessow Chair Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
High-speed tiltrotors
Rotorcraft 3-D structural dynamics & aeromechanics
Electric-VTOL
Mars Helicopters
Ariel H. Bierbaum
Associate Professor, Urban Studies & Planning · School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aris Christou
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Radiation effects in microelectronics, radiation hard design methodologies and physics of failure of compound semiconductors in space applications. Materials degradation, radiation induced defects in metals, corrosion and high pressure induced transformations in steels and iron a…
Arissa M. Torrie
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Orthopaedic Trauma, Regional Anesthesiology, Trauma Anesthesiology, Acute Pain in Orthopaedic Trauma, Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Armand Makowski
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Traffic characterization and modeling in communication networks (e.g., TCP modeling and web caching); resource allocation issues in wireless networks; queueing systems and asymptotic methods for performance evaluation in communication networks; stochastic systems and adpative alg…
Arnaud Trouvé
Professor and Chair · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Fire modeling, including Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and zone modeling; Direct numerical simulation (DNS) and large eddy simulation (LES) of turbulent reacting flows; High-performance (parallel) scientific computing; Cyber-infrastructure; Application of data assimilation t…
Artem Chernikov
Professor and Michael Brin Endowed Chair in Mathematics · University of Maryland
Model theory, more specifically Shelah's classification (stability, simplicity, NIP, NTP2, ...) and its applications to algebra, geometry, combinatorics and computer science.
Ashutosh Giri
Associate Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Faster operating speeds and continued miniaturization in modern optoelectronic devices have introduced significant challenges in thermal management and heat dissipation. As device dimensions shrink, heat generation arising from complex interactions among multiple energy carriers …
Attoh-Okine, Nii O.
Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Railway Track Analysis
Resilience Engineering and CyberResilience
Theory of Pavement Design
Graphical Models/Belief Functions
Blockchain/Smart Contracts
Digital Twins
Topological Data Analysis
Audrey M. Huang
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
science communications, science writing, marketing
August Ogunnowo
Research Fellow · University of Maryland School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Avik Dutt
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Quantum Engineering
Photonics
Quantum Science and Technology
Nonlinear Optics
Analog and Digital Quantum Simulation
Topological physics
Awilda Rodriguez
Associate Professor · College of Education
Awilda Rodriguez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her academic profile is affiliated with the university's College of Education, and she holds a Ph.D. from the Universit…
Bahar Asgari
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bao Yang
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Micro/nanoscale thermal transport and energy conversion
Thermal science and its applications in electrical engineering, optical engineering, and material science
Micro/nano devices
MEMS
Nanotechnology
Barbara Juarez
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Our research goal is to understand how regulators of neuron activity contribute to neural circuit function in healthy and disease states. To do this, we combine viral-based, cell-type specific CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technologies with cutting-edge approaches that measure and man…
Beatrice Hammett
Faculty Assistant · College of Education
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Behtash Babadi
Associate Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Statistical and adaptive signal processing, neural signal processing, machine learning, systems neuroscience
Benjamin Kedem
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Time series analysis, space-time statistical problems, and combination of information from several sources. In particular, he has worked on higher order crossings, contraction mapping in spectral analysis, the Rice formula, the threshold method, partial likelihood and spatial pre…
Bernadette Daly
CYC Teacher · College of Education
Bernadette Daly is affiliated with the University of Maryland, located in College Park, Maryland, where she holds the title of CYC Teacher. Her professional profile is primarily documented through LinkedIn, which lists her academic affiliation and position. No specific research i…
Beth A. Carella
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bethea AnnaLouise Kleykamp
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
tobacco and nicotine, opioid use disorder, addiction medicine, older adults
Bilal M. Ayyub
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Measurement science for resilience and sustainability
Design and adaptation to a changing climate
Civilian and defense infrastructure resilience, risk and reliability
Global catastrophic risks
Autonomous systems and control
Big data and offset technology prediction
Bing Guo
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Bing Guo is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, affiliated with the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health. Their research focuses on genomics, particularly the population genetics and importation patterns of malaria parasites, as we…
Binod M. Manandhar
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
During his postdoctoral training, Dr. Manandhar specialized in treatment planning optimization and multi-institutional patient data analysis in radiation oncology. His work involved replacing conventional brachytherapy applicators with IMBT-driven Direction Modulated Brachytherap…
Birthe Kjellerup
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Diversity and activity of microbial biofilms in complex microbial systems such as sediment, stormwater, soil, groundwater, and the human body
Biodegradation and bioremediation of persistent organic pollutants incl. polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Chlorinated solvents (PCR/TCE) …
Bongtae Han
Professor
Keystone Professor
Director, Laboratory for Optomechanics and Micro/nano Semiconductor/Photonics Systems · A. James Clark School of Engineering
• Advanced characterizations of semiconductor packaging materials
• Reliability analysis of semiconductor packaging, including solder joints
• Adhesion analysis of critical interfaces in photonic and semiconductor devices
• Advanced uncertainty propagation analysis for small e…
Boris D. Lushniak
Professor and Dean, School of Public Health · School of Public Health
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bradley A. Maron
Melvin Sharoky, MD Professor of Medicine; Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bradley Boekeloo
Professor, Behavioral and Community Health · School of Public Health
HIV; Substance Use; Sexually Transmitted Infections; Youth; LGBTQ
Bradley Hatfield
Professor, Kinesiology · School of Public Health
Exercise and Brain Aging; Human Performance; Brain; Psychophysiology; Sport management
Brandy Espinola
Director, Climate Resilience and Sustainability Program, Environmental Finance Center · School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brian Kelly
Associate Dean for Development and Faculty Affairs; Professor · School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Campus history and planning; En plein air drawing and watercolors; Beginning design
Brian R. Herb
Faculty Member · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Brian R. Herb is a Research Associate in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. His research focuses on topics in biology and DNA methylation, and he has contributed to multi-omic analyses of genetic risk loci. He holds a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins…
Brian Richardson
Professor of English and Comparative Literature · College of Arts and Humanities
Comparative Literature, Modernist, Post-1900 British and Irish
Brian Weiss
Associate Research Engineer (ARLIS) · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Advanced Warfighter Technologies; Decision-making; First Response and Law Enforcement Robotic Systems; Manufacturing Robotic Systems; Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Prognostics; Systems Engineering; Test & Evaluation/Verification & Validation; Unmanned Autonomous Ground Vehicles
Calin Belta
Brendan Iribe Endowed Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
In control theory, complicated dynamics such as systems of (nonlinear) differential equations are mostly controlled to achieve stability and to optimize a cost. In the area of formal methods in computer science, simple systems such as finite state transition graphs modeling compu…
Campbell F. Scribner
Associate Professor of Education Policy · College of Education
Educational Policy and School Reform, History of Education, Philosophy of Education, Civic Education, Educational Law<br />
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Affiliate Faculty: School of Public Policy, Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM)
Carla Della Gatta
Associate Professor, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies · University of Maryland
Theatre History
Carlos A. Rios Ocampo
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Photonic materials
Phase-change materials
Nanoscale light-matter interactions
Photonic integrated circuits
Photonic (neuromorphic) computing
Carol Espy-Wilson
Distinguished University Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Integration of engineering, linguistics, speech science and machine learning to study speech communication and develop robust speech technologies. Digital signal process, speech science, speech enhancement and segregation, noise robust automatic speech recognition, assistive tech…
Carrie Chard
Assistant Director, Colvin Institute · School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Cecelia L. Bergeria
Faculty Member · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Cecelia L. Bergeria is a faculty member at the University of Maryland, with affiliations including Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of Zurich. Her research interests are in the academic medical and health sciences fields.
Cecilia R Fowler
CYC Teacher · College of Education
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Cecilia Shelton
Assistant Professor, English
African American/African Diaspora
Language, Writing and Rhetoric
Textual and Digital Studies
Cha-Min Tang
Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Chad Infante
Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature · University of Maryland
African American/African Diaspora, Caribbean, Comparative Literature, LGBTQ Studies
Chang, Gang-Len
Professor and A. James Clark Chair · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Network traffic control
Freeway traffic management and operations
Real-time traffic simulation
Dynamic urban systems
Chantel Alexander
Faculty Assistant · College of Education
Chantel Alexander is a Faculty Assistant in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland's College of Education. Her professional profile is affiliated with the University of Maryland, where she is listed in the college's director…
Chen Zhang
Associate Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Membrane science, transport in nanoporous materials, advanced hollow fiber membranes, reaction engineering.
Cheng Gong
Associate Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
2D materials and devices
2D magnetism and spintronics
Energy-efficient nanoelectronics
Quantum phenomena
Cheng, Lin
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Scientific Artificial Intelligence
Additive Manufacturing
Data-driven Modeling and Design
Generative AI for smart structure and materials design
Multsicale and Multiphysics Modeling
Computational Mechanics
Multifunctional/Robotic Materials Development
In-situ Manufacturing Proces…
Chengri Ding
Professor, Urban Studies & Planning Program · School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Urban economics and urban policy
Land policy and management
Policy and planning analysis
Quantitative research methods in planning
International (China) studies
Cher M. Dallal
Associate Professor, Epidemiology · School of Public Health
Cancer epidemiology; Population-based study design and analysis; Obesity, physical activity and sedentary behavior; Measurement of hormones and lifestyle factors; Metabolomics
Cheryl Knott
Professor, Behavioral and Community Health · School of Public Health
Implementation Science; Cancer Control; Behavioral Interventions; Social Epidemiology
Chloe Johnson
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Rotorcraft
Experimental Aerodynamics
Aeroacoustics
Aeromechanics
Fluid-Structure Interaction
Novel Measurement Techniques
Chris Eng
Assistant Professor, English · University of Maryland
American
Asian American Studies
LGBTQ Studies
Modern and Contemporary
Postmodern and Contemporary
Women's Literature and Feminist Theory
Christi Parsons
Director, Capital News Service D.C. Bureau · Philip Merrill College of Journalism
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Christina A. Stennett
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
molecular epidemiology, biostatistics, socioeconomic status, aging, microbiota, fracture healing outcomes
Christina Walter
Associate Professor, English · College of Arts and Humanities
Film Studies and Cultural Studies
LGBTQ Studies
Literary Theory
Literature and Science
Modernist
Poetics
Post-1900 British and Irish
Postmodern and Contemporary
Transatlantic Studies
Victorian
Women's Literature and Feminist Theory
Christina Yang
Faculty Assistant · College of Education
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Christine A. Brantner
Associate Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Christine A. Brantner, PhD, is an Associate Professor with primary appointments at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where she also serves in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. She is the Director of the …
Christoph Brehm
Associate Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
His current research focuses on developing fundamental numerical methods to apply to large-scale flow problems—including multi-physics effects—as well as the extraction and understanding of the relevant physics. His most recent research efforts focused on simulating and analyzing…
Christoph Brocker
Faculty Assistant · A. James Clark School of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Christoph Mergerson
Assistant Professor · Philip Merrill College of Journalism
weather and environmental journalism, trust in news and the well-being of journalists, evolution of broadcast meteorology in the post-broadcast era, societal implications of broadcast and digital meteorology, history of women in television meteorology in the Space Age
Christopher Cadou
Professor, Keystone Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Research interests include combustion (micro and conventional scales), laser diagnostics (conventional and micro), compact power systems, and fuel cells.
Christopher Hanson
Associate Professor · Philip Merrill College of Journalism
journalism ethics, the role of master narratives and stereotypes in shaping news content, and media-military relations
Christopher Metzler
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Research Areas: Computer Vision and Machine Perception, AI and Robotics, Machine Learning and Data Science
Interest Areas: Computational Imaging, machine learning, Statistical Signal Processing
Christopher Monroe
College Park Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Research Area:
Atomic, Molecular & Optical
Research Projects:
Experimental quantum information science
Quantum computing and quantum siumulations with trapped atomic ions
Quantum networks with atoms and photons
Microfabricated atom trap structures
Centers & Institutes: Joint Quan…
Chunyan Yang
Associate Professor · College of Education
risk and resilience, bullying and school violence, school-wide social and emotional learning (school-wide SEL), educator well-being, and youth development
Cinzia Cirillo
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Discrete choice analysis
Advanced demand modeling
Large-scale model systems
Value of time studies
Claudia Galindo
Russell Wang | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · College of Education
Equity, Latinx Education, School-Family-Community Partnerships, Urban Education Reform
Colby S. Bere
Faculty Assistant · College of Education
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Colleen O'Neal
Associate Professor, School Psychology · College of Education
Emotions and stress as risk and resilience processes among underserved, U.S. minority students, school-based promotion of emotional health and prevention of mental health problems, prevention among international refugee students and teachers.
Costello III, Donald "Bucket"
Director of Test and Evaluation of Autonomous Systems
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Certification and Development of Autonomous Systems for Practical Use, Uncrewed Aerial Refueling, Uncrewed Carrier Aviation
Autonomous Systems, Autonomous Functionality Certification, Test and Evaluation, Naval Aviation, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aeronautical …
Craig S. Fryer
Associate Professor, Behavioral and Community Health · School of Public Health
Health Inequities; Youth and Young Adult Populations; Black Men's Health; Tobacco and Marijuana Co-Use; Mixed Methods Research Designs
Cunxi Yu
Assistant Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Design automation, Machine Learning, Computer Systems, Optical Computing
Cynthia Baur
Endowed Chair and Director, Horowitz Center for Health Literacy; professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health · School of Public Health
Health Literacy; Health and Risk Communication; Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Digital Health; Community Health
Dan K. Kunaprayoon
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Dana Dachman-Soled
Associate Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Cryptography, Security, Complexity Theory
Dana Priest
Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism; Professor · Philip Merrill College of Journalism
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Dana Stewart
Faculty Assistant · College of Education
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Daniel Abadi
Professor, Darnell-Kanal Professor of Computer Science · University of Maryland
Databases and Big Data, Systems, Networking, and Architecture
Daniel Butts
Associate Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Sensory computation and neural coding, natural vision and the role of eye movements, network modulation of sensory processing, statistical modeling of neural data, activity-dependent development and synaptic plasticity
Daniel Chazan
Professor & Director · College of Education
mathematics teaching as a societal endeavor, student-centered mathematics teaching, representations of teaching, technology-supported, practice-based teacher education, history of mathematics, history of the mathematics curriculum in the US
Daniel Gottesman
Professor · University of Maryland
Algorithms and Theory, Quantum Computing
Daniel L. Cavanaugh
Assistant Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Daniel L. Cavanaugh, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics and Neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. His clinical focus includes spine surgery and interventional spine and musculoskeletal medicine. He earned his medical degree from the University of …
Daniel Lathrop
Professor of Physics and Geology · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Magnetorotational instability
Turbulent dissipation
Magnetoturbulence and dynamos
Strongly nonlinear surface waves
Ingassing in breaking waves
Chaotic light-scattering
Daniel Trielli
Assistant Professor of Media and Democracy · Philip Merrill College of Journalism
algorithmic curation, journalism, political information, Google, news, audiences, data journalism, computational journalism, media literacy, algorithmic accountability
Danielle Burns
Faculty Assistant · College of Education
Danielle Burns is a Faculty Assistant in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland's College of Education. Her professional profile is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park.
Danielle Marie Miller
CYC Teacher · College of Education
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Das Sarma, Sankar
Distinguished University Professor, Director & Richard E. Prange Chair · University of Maryland
Condensed Matter Theory, Quantum Science and Technology
David A. Brinker
Loubat Professor of American Archaeology · University of Maryland School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
David Akin
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Space systems and operations; space human factors; telerobotics; space simulation; and space applications of artificial intelligence. Projects include NASA’s astrobiology project (ASTEP), a morphing upper torso, the Ranger satellite servicing system, an advanced research/simulati…
David Bigio
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Polymer processing with a focus on mixing dynamics and controls
Quality improvement of corporate practices through Lean Six Sigma (BlackBelt)
David Blazar
Associate Professor of Education Policy · College of Education
education policy, educator diversity, teacher effectiveness, teaching, professional development, economics of education, causal inference
David Carroll Simon
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature · University of Maryland
Comparative Literature
Early Modern Studies
LGBTQ Studies
Literary Theory
Literature and Science
Poetics
Women's Literature and Feminist Theory
David Jacobs
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Problem of recognizing objects in images
Recognition of objects under varying lighting conditions and poses
Modeling the non-rigid deformation of objects and use of these models to match images
Image clustering and structure-from-motion
Intersection between vision and user interf…
David L. Andrews
Professor, Kinesiology · School of Public Health
Physical Cultural Studies; Sociology of Sport; Cultural Studies; Sport and Social/Cultural Theory; Sport and Politics
David Levin
Associate Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Cybersecurity
Cryptography
Systems and Networking
David Lovell
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Geometric methods of transportation facility design; sensors in civil engineering applications; vehicle technology; traffic engineering, operations and control; air traffic management; data compression
David Weintrop
Assistant Professor · College of Education
Computational Thinking & Computational Literacy, Computer Science Education, Broadening Participation in Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Data Science Education, Educational Technology, Design of Learning Environments
Dawn Jourdan
Dean, School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation · School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Land use law
Participatory planning
Historic preservation Regulation
DeNeen Brown
Professor · Philip Merrill College of Journalism
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Deb Niemeier
Clark Distinguished Chair Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Deborah Barfield Berry
Director, Capital News Service Annapolis Bureau · Philip Merrill College of Journalism
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Deborah Nelson
Professor of Investigative Journalism · Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Investigative journalism, Science journalism, News reporting, writing and editing, Media and the law: Freedom of information, First Amendment
Delida Sanchez
Associate Professor · College of Education
Dr. Sanchez’s scholarship focuses on the effects of racism and health disparities on mental and behavioral health outcomes of diverse Black and Latinx adolescent and emerging adult populations. Central to her work is identifying and incorporating cultural-specific protective cons…
Dennis Kivlighan
Professor, Counseling Psychology · College of Education
Process and outcome in counseling and psychotherapy groups; The therapy relationship: Working alliance, Real Relationship and Transference-Countertransference; Actor-Partner Interdependence Model applied to groups; Dyadic methods for analyzing the therapeutic relationship; Longit…
Deok-Oh Woo
Assistant Professor, Architecture · School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Building technology, Affordable buildings, Human comfort, Neural mechanism, Building control systems
Derek A. Paley
Willis H. Young Jr. Professor of Aerospace Engineering Education · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Dynamics, estimation, and control: Cooperative control of autonomous vehicles
Mobile sensor networks: Adaptive sampling of spatiotemporal processes
Biocomplexity and bioinspiration: Quantitative modeling of animal groups and behavior
Diaz-Mercado, Yancy
Associate Professor · University of Maryland
Dr. Diaz is interested in the control and coordination of multi-agent systems using control theory, optimization, and graph theory. In particular, he is interested in developing theoretically-sound, scalable control solutions that enable effective control of large-scale networked…
Dinesh Manocha
Distinguished University Professor, Paul Chrisman Iribe Professor of Computer Science · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, graphics visualization, virtual reality, augmented reality, autonomous driving, high performance and scientific computing
Dirk Mayer
Professor, Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Magnetic resonance imaging, spectroscopy, hyperpolarization, probe development, acquisition and reconstruction methods, kinetic modeling, metabolism, cancer, traumatic brain injury, liver and cardiac disease
Don DeVoe
Professor of Mechanical Engineering · A. James Clark School of Engineering
MEMS and microsystems technology
Microfluidic systems
Additive manufacturing at the micro/nano scales
Disposable diagnostics
Scalable nanomedicine development
Don Woodbury
Director, Innovation and Partnerships; Director, Joint Research Laboratories · A. James Clark School of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Donald Bolger
Associate Professor · College of Education
how the brain learns to read, sources of reading skill and impairment, how children learn the meaning of words, the impact of stress on learning and development
Donald W. Linebaugh
Professor, Historic Preservation · School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
the archaeology of early urban centers; the history of archaeology and historic preservation; historic landscapes and cultural environment; plantation culture in the Chesapeake; industry and craft/trade sites; ethnic studies of Pennsylvania German culture in the Valley of Virgini…
Donald Yeung
Professor · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Computer architecture, multicore processors, emerging memory technologies. Performance evaluation of computer systems. Interaction between architectures, compilers, and operating systems.
Donna L. Wiseman
Professor · College of Education
Literacy development and instruction, school-university partnerships, teacher professional development, diversity in today's classrooms, and equitable access to education.
Donna M. Neale
Associate Professor · University of Maryland School of Medicine
Hypertensive disorders, diabetes, cervical insufficiency, complex congenital heart disease during pregnancy
Doug Lombardi
Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Graduate Studies · College of Education
Scientific thinking, reasoning and evaluations in classroom contexts
Critical thinking and collective agency in response to science denial and disinformation
Drake, Jr., James F.
Professor, Department of Physics and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology, Computer, Math, and Natural Sciences · A. James Clark School of Engineering
Professor Drake's research interest is broad, ranging from laboratory magnetic confinement fusion experiments to space plasmas. In magnetospheric physics, his research has focused on the mechanisms by which energy stored in global magnetic fields is transferred to energetic parti…
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