PhD Advisors at University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill 北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校 US
Quick answer: University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill in the US has 1350 faculty profiles in phd-match’s database, of which 19 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 North Carolina--Chapel Hill, 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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Professors at University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill with active hiring signals for PhD students — reach out if your research matches.
Ashok Krishnamurthy
Professor; MADS Lead Faculty · School of Data and Information Sciences
⭐ Accepting PhD Students
data analytics with applications in health care and social science, high-end computing for modeling and simulation, advanced computational tools to improve industrial productivity through virtual product and process development, digital processing to extract information from imag…
Charles M. Perou, PhD
Professor · School of Medicine
⭐ I am actively seeking new graduate students, medical fellows, and postdoctoral fellows, and have opportunities available for both experimentalists and computational scientists.
Breast cancer is a prevalent disease with known clinical and molecular diversity. To address these challenges, my research team uses a multidisciplinary approach based upon genomics, genetics, cancer biology, bioinformatics, epidemiology, and clinical research to improve the outc…
Daniel Schrider, PhD
Associate Professor, Genetics · School of Medicine
⭐ The Schrider Lab looking to grow. If you have interest in joining then please don't hesitate to contact me.
Develop and apply computational tools to make evolutionary inferences from population genetic data
Elizabeth Havice
Professor of Geography, Bowman and Gordan Gray Distinguished Professor of Geography · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
⭐ Prospective students: feel free to write me to inquire about graduate school in our department. Be sure to include your CV and a short summary of your interests and how they relate to my research program.
agrarian studies, coastal and marine governance, commodity studies, corporate power, environmental politics, global value chain analysis, international development, natural resources, political economy, political ecology, property, resource geography, science studies
Huaxiu Yao
Assistant Professor · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
⭐ We will recruit 3 Ph.D. students for Fall 2027 and multiple interns or visiting students all year. Please read THIS for detailed recruitment information.
My research focuses on both the theoretical and applied aspects of building generalizable and adaptive agentic foundation models. Additionally, I am keen on utilizing these models to facilitate applications in biomedicine/healthcare, education, and robotics. Currently, my primary…
Iain Carmichael
Assistant Professor · School of Data and Information Sciences
⭐ Accepting PhD Students
Computational pathology, deep learning for medical imaging, multimodal data analysis, natural language processing for clinical notes, high resolution tissue imaging data (e.g. digital pathology, spatial transcriptomics, multiplex immunoflorecence), precision medicine/translationa…
Jun Li
Associate Professor · School of Data and Information Sciences
⭐ Accepting PhD Students
Cancer bioinformatics, functional genomics, proteomics, and AI-driven precision oncology
Maliheh Ghajargar
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
⭐ My research lab (plantai) is hiring highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students to work on several research projects. Topics include multi-species storytelling, more-than-human-geographies, and human-environment-AI interaction! If you are interested please email an updated CV/portfolio with…
human-environment interaction, sustainability, and human-AI interaction
Mingyu Ding
Assistant Professor · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
⭐ I’m leading the Intelligent Dexterous Embodied AI Lab at UNC (IDEAL@UNC). My research interests lie at the intersection of robotics, embodied AI, and computer vision. I am actively seeking self-motivated students for PhD and intern positions. If you’re interested, please fill out this form and email…
robotics, embodied AI, and computer vision
Neil S. Gaikwad
Assistant Professor · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
⭐ Accepting PhD Students
AI ethics; human-AI value alignment for societal decision-making; human-computer interaction; computational sustainability; AI policy and governance
Praneeth Chakravarthula
Assistant Professor · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
⭐ If you are interested in a PhD, postdoc, internship or a visiting position, please contact me with your resume.
optics, perception, graphics, optimization, and machine learning
Sishuai Gong
Finance Assistant · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
⭐ I am looking for Ph.D. students and research interns! If you’re interested, please email me your CV and transcripts.
My research focuses on system reliability and security. In particular, I develop interdisciplinary techniques that draw on machine learning, software engineering, and computer architecture to understand and tackle the challenges of building complex, large-scale software systems.
Tianlong Chen
Assistant Professor, CS@UNC at Chapel Hill · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
⭐ I am looking for highly motivated students, in terms of RA/TA/externship/internship/visiting students. Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to contact me by email, together with resume and transcripts.
efficient and reliable machine learning, large language model agents, multimodal learning, and AI for Biomedical Science
Virginie Papadopoulou, PhD
Research Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
⭐ Currently, our lab can support MD/PhD students or undergraduate or MD students through hourly paid research assistant positions.
Biomedical Engineering, Drug Delivery, Imaging, Other, Physiology, Translational Medicine
Wai Tong (Louis) Fan
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
⭐ Accepting PhD Students
Probability theory and applications, stochastic modeling in population genetics, genomics, phylogenetics and atmospheric sciences
Xiaoming Liu
Anil K. and Nandita Jain Endowed Professor of Engineering; MSU Foundation Professor
⭐ There are one immediate opening for post-doc and one opening available for Ph.D. student starting Fall 2019. The ideal applicant is self-motivated and has strong skills in both mathematics and programming. The post-doc candidate is expected to have a strong publication record in the computer vision …
Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image and Video Processing, Machine Learning, Human Computer Interface, Medical Image Analysis, Multimedia Retrieval.
Yifei Lou
Professor · School of Data and Information Sciences
⭐ Accepting PhD Students
Image processing, sparse signal recovery, numerical analysis, optimization algorithms
Zhongzheng (Jason) Ren
Assistant Professor (starting Fall 2026) · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
⭐ I am looking for motivated students at all levels to join my lab. For UW students: I'm seeking motivated undergrad and MS students for research. Topics are generally flexible, with a slight preference for visual generation, 3D vision, and VLMs. Feel free to reach out with your CV and transcripts.
computer vision, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. I am particularly interested in multimodal generation and understanding, with a focus on how AI systems comprehend and engage with complex real-world environments.
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Weitong Zhang
Assistant Professor · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
⭐ <strong><span style="color:red">I’m actively seeking for highly motivated student to work with me:</span></strong>
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<li><strong>Prospective interns, Current UNC undergrad / grad students / Postdocs</strong>: Please fill out <a href="https://forms.gle/S7om5QRCjaTzMWuD9">this form</a> (feel free t…
My research focuses on reinforcement learning, with applications to modern machine learning models (incl. LLMs, diffusion models) and a deeper understanding of the foundations of exploration . My research goal is to develop and understand reinforcement learning and other machine …
Aaron Shapiro
Assistant Professor of Technology Studies · College of Arts and Sciences
I’m trained in anthropology, communications, and urban studies, and I try to bring these different traditions to my research and writing. My first book (Design, Control, Predict: Logistical Governance in the Smart City) is about the frictions of new urban technologies – the ways …
Abelardo DeAnda, MD
Professor · School of Medicine
Adult Cardiac Surgery, Valve replacement/repair, Aortic surgery including aortic dissections, Bloodless cardiac surgery, Connective tissue disorders
Abhinav Gupta
Assistant Professor of Finance · Kenan-Flagler Business School
Corporate finance, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Labor and finance, Private equity
Adam Akerman, PhD
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Cell Biology, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
Adam Akerman, PhD
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
Diagnostic and therapeutic development in cardiovascular pathology, health disparities and scalable inventions and therapeutics
Adam Cohn
Assistant Professor, JMA and Sonja van der Horst Fellow in Jewish Studies · College of Arts and Sciences
Hispanic Jewish Studies, Spanish Civil War literature, the work of Federico García Lorca, Sephardi Studies, literary translation
Adam D. Pfefferle, PhD
Assistant Professor, Genetics; Director, LCCC Translational Genomics Lab (TGL) · School of Medicine
Keywords: Assay Development, Cancer Biology, DNA Sequencing, RNA Sequencing, Single-Cell Sequencing, Spatial Transcriptomics, Translational Genomics, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH
Professor of Family Medicine · School of Medicine
Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Apps-Devices, Behavior, Bioethics, Clinical Trials, Electronic Medicine, Global Health, Health Equity, Health Services, Medical Education, Population-based, Quality and Patient Safety, Social Medicine, Translational Medicine
Adam Hollowell
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adam O'Fallon Price
Teaching Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Creative Writing | Narrative Theory | The English Language | The Novel
Adele Elise Williams
Teaching Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Aesthetics | American Literature from 1900 to the present | Contemporary American Literature | Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature | Creative Writing | Critical Race Studies | Critical Theory and Cultural Studies | Feminist Historiography | Feminist Theory And Gender & S…
Adesola Akinkuotu, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery · School of Medicine
Health literacy, surgical outcomes in pediatric patients, congenital anomalies, fetal interventions
Adesola Akinkuotu, MD, MPH
Recent Faculty Awards · School of Medicine
Minimally invasive surgery, thoracic surgery, congenital anomalies, and prenatal counseling
Adeyemi "Yemi" Ogunleye, MD, SM
Associate Professor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery · School of Medicine
Microvascular Surgery and Complex Oncologic Reconstruction, Hand Surgery, Flap neurotization, Surgical treatment of Lymphedema, Neuroma and Nerve Surgery
Adi Nester
Assistant Professor and Levine-Sklut Fellow in Jewish Studies · College of Arts and Sciences
My research and teaching interests focus on the interrelations of music, literature, and philosophy in the German and German-Jewish traditions. I am especially interested in the ways in which aesthetics and aesthetic theories inform our understanding of concepts like identity and…
Adriana Beltran, PhD
Associate Professor · School of Medicine
Genome engineering, stem cells, reprogramming, iPSCs, cell fate and differentiation, organoids, breast cancer organoids
Afroz Taj
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
South Asian media, film industry and television, origins of the Urdu-Hindi musical theater, transition from Parsi theater to early sound films, aesthetics of cinema, filmmaking techniques and technologies, history of Bollywood, impact of Shama magazine on South Asian popular cult…
Aimee Dickey, PA
PA · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Al Duncan
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
cognition; philosophy and literature; dramatic fragments; the reception, translation, and transformation of classical works (especially in South Africa), and connections between performance and pedagogy.
Alaina Garland
Teaching Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alan Jones
Professor of Surgery,Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine · School of Medicine
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Genetics, Pharmacology
Alan Nelson
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Alan Nelson is a Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests span philosophy of social science, particularly macroeconomics, as well as 17th-century philosophy, with a focus on figures such as Spinoza. He also serves on the editorial board…
Albert Bowers, PhD
Professor; Division Vice Chair, Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry · School of Medicine
Biochemistry, Chemical Biology, Drug Discovery, Pharmacology, Translational Medicine
Albert Hinn, MD
Professor of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology · School of Medicine
Epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology, intraoperative monitoring.
Albert S. Baldwin, PhD
William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor · School of Medicine
Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine
Alex Rubinsteyn
Assistant Professor, Computational Medicine and Genetics · School of Medicine
Key Words: genomics; machine learning; neoantigens; cancer vaccines; personalized medicine
Alex Worsnip
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Alex’s primary research interests are in epistemology and in the theory of normativity (construed broadly to include both metaethics and theories of reasons and rationality). He also has interests in related parts of philosophy of language and mind, first-order moral and politica…
Alexander H. Toledo, MD
Professor · School of Medicine
Solid Organ Transplant, Pediatric Transplant, Living-Related Organ Donation, Immunology
Alexander Tropsha, PhD
K.H. Lee Distinguished Professor · School of Medicine
Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Molecular Medicine, Structural Biology, Toxicology
Alexandrea Ravenelle
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Work, Organizations and Occupations, Social Stratification, Economy and Society, Qualitative Research, Entrepreneurship
Ali Mohammad Nezhad
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Optimization, Computational Complexity, Real Algebraic Geometry, and Applied Topology
Alice Ammerman
Mildred Kaufman Distinguished Professor · Gillings School of Global Public Health
Aging, Behavior Science, Cancer, Diabetes, Health Equity, Health Services and Systems Strengthening, Heart Disease and Stroke, Implementation Science, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Obesity, Oral Health, Public Health Studies (Design, Conduct and Analysis)
Alicia Shade
Teaching Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alisa S. Wolberg, PhD
Professor, Vice Chair for Basic Science Research · School of Medicine
Blood (patho)biology and its role in hemostasis, thrombosis, inflammation, and related diseases, including cancer-associated thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, liver failure, COVID-19, oral contraceptive-induced thrombosis, hemophilia, and other diseases
Alison Stuebe, MD
Professor · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Allen Hurlbert
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
In the Hurlbert Lab we ask questions about the structure of ecological communities, and the processes that are responsible for determining the patterns of diversity, composition, turnover and relative abundance both within local assemblages and across the globe. Our work spans ve…
Allison Binkley
Director of Career, Alumni, and Employer Engagement, MPA Program · School of Government
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Allison Lazard
Professor · Hussman School of Journalism and Media
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amanda Brinson
Assistant Professor and PNP Program Director · School of Nursing
general pediatric primary health care with special emphasis on routine well visits, newborn and infant health, breastfeeding, asthma and respiratory health, allergies, school health, immunizations and adolescent health
Amanda C. Sawyer
Associate Professor · Gillings School of Global Public Health
Aging, Teaching and Learning Methods
Amanda Cobb-Greetham
John Shelton Reed Distinguished Professor in Native Southern Studies · College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amanda L. Thompson
Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair in Public Policy, Department of Anthropology; Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Human growth and development, nutrition, infant and young child feeding, water and food insecurity, dual burden of disease, early life determinants of body composition and obesity, global health research
Amanda Marie Martínez
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Amanda Marie Martínez is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she is affiliated with the Department of American Studies. Her research focuses on the history of the country music industry, particularly its marketing practices from the ea…
Amanda Reid
Associate Professor · Hussman School of Journalism and Media
freedom of expression, intellectual property, privacy, technological governance, branding, trademark law, symbols, semiotics
Amarjit Budhiraja
Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
large deviations, stochastic control, stochastic differential games, stochastic networks, stochastic partial differential equations, random graphs, stochastic numerics, nonlinear filtering
Amarjit S. Budhiraja
Professor · School of Data and Information Sciences
Probability, Stochastic Analysis, and Large Deviations
Amir H. Khandani, MD, Dr med
Professor of Radiology and Division Chief of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics · School of Medicine
Cancer Biology, Clinical Informatics, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, Health Services, Imaging, Medical Education, Molecular Medicine, Quality and Patient Safety
Amol Yadav, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
Rehabilitation Engineering
Neural engineering
Neuroscience
Amy Oldenburg
Professor · School of Medicine
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) of upper airways, airway epithelium, nose; airway wall elastography, biofluid viscoelasticity
OCT of 3D models of breast cancer and environmental exposures
Ultrasound of pre-clinical models for thrombosis or similar using magnetomotive contrast
Ana María Silva Campo
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Silva Campo specializes in the era of Spanish colonial rule in the region that is now Colombia.
Her first book,The Inquisition’s Gambit: Making Wealth and Race in Cartagena de Indias(University of Pennsylvania Press, forthcoming 2026), examines how religious persecution beca…
Ana Vinea
Assistant Professor & Jordan Family Fellow · College of Arts and Sciences
medicine, occult practices, religion, and popular culture
Anahit C. Mehrabyan, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology · School of Medicine
Clinical Interests - Hereditary diseases of the muscle, autoimmune disease of the muscle, autoimmune diseases of neuromuscular junction. Research interests - hereditary and autoimmune disease of muscle.
Andrea Bozoki, MD
Professor of Neurology Division Chief for Memory and Cognitive Disorders Outreach and Engagement Core Leader for the Duke/UNC Alzheimer's Disease Research Center · School of Medicine
Imaging and fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease and Related Disorders.
Clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease and Related Disorders.
Andrea Knittel
PhD Candidate · School of Medicine
Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Aging/Geriatrics, Behavior, Criminal Justice, HIV/AIDS, Women's Health
Andrea Kurasz, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neuropsychology · School of Medicine
Andrea Kurasz, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. Her research interests focus on neuropsychological assessment and related clinical and cognitive topics.
Andrea Markl Corse, MD
Professor of Neurology · School of Medicine
Andrea Markl Corse, MD, is a Professor of Neurology at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. Her research interests focus on neuromuscular disorders, including the clinical evaluation and treatment of conditions affecting the peripheral nervous system.
Andrew B. Nobel
Distinguished Professor
Machine Learning, Computational Genomics, and Data Mining
Andrew Boysen
Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship · Kenan-Flagler Business School
Competitive strategy, Innovation, Strategy, Technology
Andrew Chin
Paul B. Eaton Distinguished Professor of Law · School of Law
Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Biotechnology and the Law, Computer Law, Contracts, Disability Law, Economics and the Law, Election Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Internet Law, Legal Education, Media Law, Patent Law, Philosophy and the Law, Privacy Law, Psycho…
Andrew Edmonds, PhD
Associate Professor · Gillings School of Global Public Health
Infectious disease epidemiology, observational cohort data, advanced methods, HIV, health insurance, area-level factors, clinical and programmatic indicators among HIV-exposed infants.
Andrew Hessick
Judge John J. Parker Distinguished Professor of Law and Interim Dean · School of Law
Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Common Law, Constitutional Law, Courts, Evidence, Federal Courts, Federalism, Judges, Jurisdiction, Legal Remedies, Remedies
Andrew L. Lee, PhD
Professor of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy · School of Medicine
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Computational Biology, Structural Biology
Andrew Olshan
Barbara Sorenson Hulka Distinguished Professor in Cancer Epidemiology · Gillings School of Global Public Health
Cancer and reproductive, perinatal and pediatric epidemiology, including examination of environmental, social, and genetic risk factors; research in cancer outcomes and survivorship
Andrew Rubner
Assistant Professor, starting July 1, 2026 · College of Arts and Sciences
His main interests lie in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of cognitive science, but I also have teaching and research interests in the philosophy of biology, general philosophy of science and the philosophy of language. My current work focuses on the nature of represent…
Andrew Schneider, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Surgery · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew Walker
Assistant Professor of History · College of Arts and Sciences
Andrew Walker is a historian of slavery, emancipation, nation-building, and racial formations in the Atlantic World, with a focus on Haiti and the Greater Caribbean in the nineteenth-century.
His current book project, Haitian Santo Domingo: From Emancipation to Separation, uses …
Andrey Smirnov
William R. Kenan, Jr. Scholar, Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Enumerative geometry, mathematical physics, representation theory, combinatorics and number theory
Andy Bechtel
Associate Professor · Hussman School of Journalism and Media
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Angela Smith, MD, MS
Professor of Urology · School of Medicine
Bladder cancer, patient-reported outcomes, patient engagement in research, health services
Angela Smith, MD, MS, FACS
Principal Investigator · School of Medicine
Clinical Trials, Comparative Effectiveness, Health Services, Prostate Cancer, Surgery
Angela Stuesse
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Global capitalism, citizenship, racism, labor, the methodologies and politics of research, Latin and Latinx America
Angela Velez
Teaching Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Contemporary American Literature | Creative Writing | Depictions Of The Child | Latina / Latino Literature | The Novel | Women Writers
Anil Shivdasani
Wells Fargo Distinguished Professor of Finance · Kenan-Flagler Business School
Anil Shivdasani is the Wells Fargo Distinguished Professor of Finance at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests include corporate governance, with a focus on board effectiveness and monitoring. He has also served on …
Anissa I. Vines, MS, PhD
James P. Basilion | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · Gillings School of Global Public Health
Dr. Vines's research centers on achieving health equity with a particular focus on the Black/African American community. She examines psychosocial determinants of health and their influence on outcomes uterine fibroids, cancer disparities, and cardiometabolic conditions. Dr. Vine…
Anita Crescenzi
Assistant Professor · School of Data and Information Sciences
impact of time constraints and time pressure on the process and outcomes of exploratory information-seeking; information search in support of decision-making; metacognitive regulation in information search; designing and evaluating search systems provide better support for learni…
Anita R. Brown-Graham
Gladys Hall Coates Distinguished Professor of Public Law and Government ; Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives; Director, ncIMPACT Initiative · School of Government
Citizen Participation and Civic Involvement, Community Collaborations, Councils of Government, Cross-Organizational Collaboration, Interlocal and Regional Cooperation (Legal), Interlocal and Regional Cooperation (Non-Legal), ncIMPACT Initiative, Public Policy, Strategic Planning …
Anita Walden, MS
Associate Professor, Genetics · School of Medicine
Keywords: Clinical Trials and Research Informatics, Community-Based Research, Connected Health, Real-World Data, Digital Health, Interoperability, Data Standards Methodology, Interoperability, Data Integration, Data Analytics, Team Science
Anna Kahkoska
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
Aging/Geriatrics, Diabetes, Health Equity, Health Services, Implementation Science, Population-based, Translational Medicine
Anna Kucharska-Newton, PhD
Associate Professor · Gillings School of Global Public Health
1. Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease
2. Epidemiology of aging
3. Social determinants of cardiovascular health
Research Interest: Heart Disease and Stroke
Anna S. Agbe-Davies
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
African Diaspora, Classification and Typology, Pragmatism, Plastic, Museums and Heritage
Anne Thessen
Associate Professor, Genetics · School of Medicine
In my research program, I use semantic technology and knowledge graphs to combine and analyze heterogeneous data at scale for the purpose of understanding the environmental component of disease. We have all heard the paradigm “genes and environments equals phenotypes”; yet, the i…
Anthony Hackney, PhD, DSc
Professor · Gillings School of Global Public Health
endocrine and metabolic responses to physical stress (e.g., exercise); human endocrine and metabolic adaptations associated with chronic cold exposure; how reproductive steroid hormones are modulated by the stress of physical exercise
Anthony S. Zannas, MD, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry; Associate Professor, Genetics · School of Medicine
A particular focus of our lab is how epigenetic changes contribute to stress-related somatic and behavioral phenotypes. Epigenetic changes are a set of chemical modifications that influence how genes work without altering the genetic code itself. Because these changes can result …
Antonia Decker, PA-C
Physician Assistant in Urogynecology · School of Medicine
Quality of Life, Women's Health
Antwain K. Hunter
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Antwain K. Hunter is a historian of slavery and freedom in North America, with a current focus on the Carolinas. His first book,A Precarious Balance: Firearms, Race, and Community in North Carolina, 1715-1865, explores the legal and community dynamics of free and enslaved Black p…
Apoorv Dhir, MD
Urologic Oncology Fellow · School of Medicine
Apoorv Dhir, MD, is a Urologic Oncology Fellow at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. His research interests include improving shared decision-making for patients with small renal masses, as well as endourology and stone management. He has been recognized as a 2025–2026…
Arti Pandya, MD, MBA
Associate Professor and Division Chief, Pediatric Genetics & Metabolism; Associate Professor, Genetics · School of Medicine
Hearing loss; birth defects; and inborn errors of metabolism. Ethical impact of new discoveries in genetic hearing loss on deaf persons and their families.
Arunima Bhattacharya
Bill Guthridge Fellow, Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Geometric analysis, nonlinear partial differential equations
Arvind Malhotra
The H. Allen Andrew Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship · Kenan-Flagler Business School
Crowdsourcing, Innovation, Knowledge management, Social media, Strategy, Technology, Virtual teams
Ashley Leak Bryant
Senior Associate Dean for Strategy and Global Affairs and Frances Hill Fox Distinguished Term Professor · School of Nursing
Palliative and supportive care interventions; Patient reported symptoms and outcomes; Quality of life in blood cancers; Survivorship
Ashley Weiner MD, PhD
MD, PhD · School of Medicine
Streamlining Clinical Operations in Radiation Oncology, Process Development in Radiation Oncology, Medical Education, Lung cancer, Gynecologic Cancer
Assani, Idris
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Ergodic theory, probability, harmonic analysis, operator theory
Atif Tahir Sheikh, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology · School of Medicine
Clinical Interests - Management of refractory epilepsy through epilepsy surgery, including pre-surgical work up, intracranial EEG monitoring, and targeted treatment options. Procedures and Research Interests - Epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, electroencephalography (EEG) in the EMU an…
Audra Noble Rankin
Associate Professor and Director, DNP Program · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Healthcare Communication, Nursing Education, Pediatric Nursing, Social Determinants of Health
Audrey Bryk-Lee
Instructional Designer · School of Nursing
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Audrey Pettifor, PhD
Mark Griswold | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · Gillings School of Global Public Health
HIV prevention and care interventions among adolescents and young adults globally; HIV testing; HIV treatment cascade; implementation science; structural interventions; gender inequity; schooling and socio-economic status; emotional well-being; COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy; cash tr…
Austin Hepperla, PhD
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
epigenetics, transcriptomics, genomics, bioinformatics, high-throughout sequencing, disease biology, molecular biology
Avi Santo
Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication · College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Santo's research interests converge around the intersections of children's media and play culture, consumer culture, brand culture, and fandom. His research has been characterized by four major scholarly endeavors: 1) research on the pre-history of transmedia storytelling and…
Aymeric Bellon
Assistant Professor of Finance · Kenan-Flagler Business School
The research interests of Aymeric Bellon are in corporate finance, bankruptcy and financial intermediation, with topics primarily in environmental, energy and climate finance.
Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD
Sarah Graham Kenan Professor · School of Medicine
Our lab works on three interrelated subjects: (1) DNA Repair Enzymology and Genomics; (2) Mammalian Circadian Clock; (3) Control of DNA Repair by the Circadian Clock.
Baiming Zou
Assistant Professor · School of Nursing
Baiming Zou, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, with a joint appointment at the UNC School of Nursing. His research focuses on biostatistics and machine learning applications in clinical and health re…
Barbara A. Fedders
Reef C. Ivey II Excellence Fund Term Scholar, Associate Professor of Law, Director of Clinical Programs, and Director of the Youth Justice Clinic · School of Law
Criminal Justice Policy, Criminal Justice Politics, Juvenile Law, Law and Society, Public Interest Law
Barbara Entwisle
Kenan Distinguished Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Social Demography, Migration, Life Course, Quantitative Methods, Population and Environment
Barbara Friedman
Associate Professor · Hussman School of Journalism and Media
gender, race, sexuality and class in historical and contemporary media; media representations of sex trafficking; journalism history
Barry Bayus
Roy O. Rodwell Distinguished Professor of Marketing · Kenan-Flagler Business School
Innovation, new product development, design thinking, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding new product ideas, creation and evolution of innovative products and services, marketing strategies for startups in a new market
Barry M. Popkin, PhD
W. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor · Gillings School of Global Public Health
Health Equity, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Obesity, Public Health Studies (Design, Conduct and Analysis)
Bart D. Ehrman
James A. Gray Distinguished Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
New Testament Studies; Early Christian Apocrypha; Apostolic Fathers; Historical Jesus; History of Early Christianity
Becky Salomon
Assistant Professor · School of Nursing
health equity, maternal/child health, biobehavioral methods, intervention science
Ben Bolling
Teaching Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Aesthetics | African American Literature | Contemporary American Literature | Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature | Creative Writing | Critical Race Studies | Critical Theory and Cultural Studies | Digital Humanities | Digital Rhetorics | Drama | Environmental Studies | …
Ben Seeger
Assistant Professor
Stochastic analysis, in particular, the effects that noise has on models coming from the physical or social sciences. Most recently, the theory and applications of mean field games and other interacting agent models.
Benjamin Cho, MD
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
My focus is in general surgical and autopsy neuropathology and in neuropathology education. I am particularly interested in diseases that pertain to both neuropathology and hematopathology, including primary CNS lymphomas, lymphomatoid granulomatosis, and intravascular lymphoma.
Benjamin E. Haithcock, MD
Professor of Surgery and Anesthesiology · School of Medicine
Thoracic oncology including cancer of lung and esophagus, heart and lung transplantation, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, lung and esophageal surgery, cardiac surgery including ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation, lung cancer (CALGB trial of lobectomy versus subloba…
Benjamin Musachio
Assistant Professor · School of Civic Life and Leadership
Russian literature, reception studies, history of Russian-language émigré culture
Benjamin S. Arbuckle
Associate Chair, Department of Anthropology; Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Archaeology of Southwest Asia, Anatolian prehistory, animal domestication, ontologies of hunting, Neolithic archaeology, human-animal interactions, Posthumanism, Archaeological Science, Epistemology, ANT, moral economies
Benjamin Waterhouse
Professor; Faculty Director, Office of Distinguished Scholarships; Associate Chair, Department of History · College of Arts and Sciences
Benjamin Waterhouse is a historian of modern America. His scholarly research focuses on the culture and politics of business in the United States, especially since the mid-twentieth century. He supervises graduate students in fields related to business history, labor history, eco…
Benjamín Romero Salado
Teaching Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
20th-century Spanish literature and visual studies, with a focus on the intersection of the writer-artist figure, the interplay between words and images, and the history of collage and self-portraiture
Bergeton, Uffe
Energy Systems Engineering Institute at Lehigh University, graduate and undergraduate engineering and sciences · College of Arts and Sciences
I am a historian of early China with a focus on pre-Qin (i.e. pre-221 BCE) society and thought. As I did research in formal linguistics before embarking on a career in early Chinese studies, linguistic theories and methodologies continue to inform my approach to the study of the …
Bernard E. Weissman
Professor · School of Medicine
Weissman's research focuses upon the role of aberrant chromatin remodeling in cancer development. Specifically, his laboratory has concentrated upon loss of activity of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex in the development of non-small cell lung carcinoma, a cancer strongly…
Bethany Davis
Assistant Professor · School of Nursing
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bethany DiPrete, PhD
Assistant Professor · Gillings School of Global Public Health
Infectious disease dynamics
SARS-CoV-2
Cholera
Surveillance
Bharathi Zvara
Associate Professor · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
biopsychosocial processes linking childhood maltreatment and trauma to health and development within and across generations; associations between parents' early adverse experiences and later adult mental health, parenting and caregiving behaviors, stress physiology, and children'…
Bill Gentry
Professor · Gillings School of Global Public Health
Academic program coordination, leadership education, Disaster Management / Response, Public Health Preparedness, Public Health / Disaster Exercise Facilitation, Hospital Preparedness, Veterinary/Animal Disaster Preparedness, One Health/One Medicine Activities, EMS Administration …
Bill Marzluff, PhD
William Rand Kenan Professor · School of Medicine
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Developmental Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology
Blaimont, Pauline
Teaching Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Blake Rushing, PhD
Assistant Professor · Gillings School of Global Public Health
- Cancer metabolism
- Multi-omics and precision oncology/medicine
- Chronic, age-related disease mechanisms related to metabolism
- Mechanisms of nutrient metabolism
Blossom Damania
Chief Scientific Officer, UNC Health; Vice Dean for Research, UNC School of Medicine · School of Medicine
As one of the world’s leading virology investigators, Damania’s research focuses on the pathogenesis of oncogenic viruses.
Bob Duronio, PhD
Loubat Professor of American Archaeology · School of Medicine
Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics
Boris Reidel, PhD
Research Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
Pulmonary, Toxicology, Virology
Boyce Griffith, PhD
Professor · School of Medicine
Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Computational Biology, Imaging, Physiology, Quantitative Biology
Brad Figler, MD, FACS
Professor of Urology & Plastic Surgery · School of Medicine
Dr. Figler’s research interests include clinical outcomes and innovative techniques in genitourinary reconstruction, access to urologic surgery and strategies to address barriers.
Brad Hemminger
Associate Professor · School of Medicine
bioinformatics, scholarly communications, digital libraries, user interface design, annotation, virtual environments, medical informatics, databases and datamining.,bioinformatics, scholarly communications, digital libraries, user interface design, annotation, virtual environment…
Bradford Powell, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Genetics; Assistant Professor, Medicine-Hematology · School of Medicine
Keywords: Bioinformatics, Clinical Genetics, Data Modeling, Data Science, Implementation of Genome-scale Sequencing
My research group focuses on the application of data science to the implementation of genome-scale sequencing in the clinical setting. From a very high-level view,…
Bradley Gaynes
Professor of Psychiatry and Epidemiology · School of Medicine
Behavior, Clinical Trials, Comparative Effectiveness, Implementation Science, Population-based
Bradley V. Vaughn, MD
Professor of Neurology · School of Medicine
Clinical and research interests - sleep disorders, epilepsy, nocturnal events, interaction of sleep and epilepsy, sleep physiology and sleep disorders in neurological disorders
Brandi Apple
BSN Program Director & Associate Professor · School of Nursing
well-being of nurses and ergonomic safety
Brandon Waters, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology; Interim Director, EMU Medical Center · School of Medicine
Pathologic neuronal networks in epilepsy. Psychiatric & neuropsychological comorbidities in epilepsy. Outcomes in epilepsy surgery, including neuropsychological. Epileptogenesis.
Brent J. Small
PhD Candidate · School of Nursing
Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment (CRCI), longitudinal data analysis, multilevel models, growth mixture modeling, mediation analysis, structural equation modeling
Brett Whalen
Zachary Smith Distinguished Term Professor, Lead Editor, Journal of Church History · College of Arts and Sciences
Brett Edward Whalen works on Christian intellectual and cultural history during the European Middle Ages, including topics such as the crusades, apocalyptic thought, pilgrimage, and the history of the papacy. His past books include Dominion of God: Christendom and Apocalypse in t…
Brian Boyd
William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Education · School of Education
Autism spectrum conditions, Community-partnered participatory research, Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices, Outcome measurement, Racial / ethnic disparities
Brian Hsu
Associate Professor
several areas of formal syntax and phonology. Broadly, I study the sources of word-order variation, and the mental representation of optionality and exceptionality. My recent work has examined the syntax of functional projections and movement (in particular, head movement and hea…
Brian Kuhlman
Oliver Smithies investigator, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics · School of Medicine
Biophysics, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Structural Biology
Brian R. Billman
Associate Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Andean prehistory; Heritage preservation; Community-based archaeology and heritage preservation; Service-learning; Rural economic development; Prehistoric political economies; Origins of states and empires; Causes and consequences of warfare; Origins of social stratification; Pre…
Brianna Lombardi, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Research Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work · School of Medicine
Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Health Equity, Mental illness, Other
Brittany Bromell
Assistant Professor of Public Law and Government · School of Government
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
Senior Grant Writer for Education and Practice · School of Nursing
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brooke Matson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
Diabetes, Gastrointestinal Biology, Metabolism, Neurobiology, Obesity
Brooke Nezami, PhD
Assistant Professor · Gillings School of Global Public Health
Dr. Brooke Nezami is a behavioral scientist with expertise in the design, implementation, and evaluation of behavioral weight control interventions. Her research focuses on using technology to increase adherence and improve dietary behaviors and physical activity among young adul…
Bruno Estigarribia
Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Hispanic linguist who studies the structure of Paraguayan Guarani and of Spanish (in particular Argentinian Spanish), and in the contact of both these languages.
Burç Köstem
Assistant Professor of Media and Technology Studies · College of Arts and Sciences
Cultural Politics, Infrastructure, Political Ecology, Critiques of Political Economy, Affect
C.A. Tuggle
John H. Stembler Jr. Distinguished Professor · Hussman School of Journalism and Media
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
C.D.C. Reeve
Delta Kappa Epsilon Distinguished Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
I work primarily in ancient Greek philosophy, especially Plato and Aristotle.
Caela O'Connell
Assistant Professor, Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program; Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Human-environment relationships; socio-ecological interdependencies; risk; crisis; change; anthropologies of water, economics, disaster, and engagement; interdisciplinary and mixed research methodologies; food and agricultural studies; rural and agrarian communities; the Caribbea…
Caleb Griffin
Associate Professor of Law · School of Law
Business Organizations Law, Contracts, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Secured Transactions, Technology and the Law
Cam Enarson, MD, MBA
Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology · School of Medicine
Cam Enarson, MD, MBA, is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. His academic profile includes recognition for excellence in teaching, notably through a Teaching Recognition Award from the International Anesthesia Research …
Camelia Kuhnen
Boyd White Harris Jr. Distinguished Professor of Finance and Research Director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise · Kenan-Flagler Business School
household finance, labor and finance, neuroeconomics
Camille Goldmon
Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
My research interests are twentieth-century United States history, Southern history, and agrarianism. I study the social and cultural history of African American farmers in the US South from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century, as well as histories of agrarian and rural …
Can Chen
Assistant Professor · School of Data and Information Sciences
control theory, network science, tensor algebra, numerical analysis, data science, machine learning, deep learning, hypergraph learning, data analysis, computational biology
Caprice C. Greenberg, MD, MPH
Chair, Department of Surgery; Colin G. Thomas, Jr., MD Distinguished Professor · School of Medicine
Breast cancer
Health services research
Quality of care
Patient safety
Performance improvement
Caprice C. Greenberg, MD, MPH
Chair, Department of Surgery; Colin G. Thomas, Jr., MD Distinguished Professor · School of Medicine
Caprice C. Greenberg, MD, MPH, is the Colin G. Thomas, Jr., MD Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on surgical oncology, with particular interests in measuring quality of care and …
Cara Nine
Senior Research Associate · College of Arts and Sciences
Cara Nine is a Senior Research Associate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests include political philosophy, with a focus on topics such as sovereignty, territorial rights, and related issues like NIMBYism and political memory.
Carissa Byrne Hessick
Anne Shea Ransdell and William Garland "Buck" Ransdell, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law · School of Law
Common Law, Criminal Justice Policy, Criminal Justice Politics, Criminal Law
Carl William Kenney
Assistant Professor · Hussman School of Journalism and Media
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Carlina Duan
Assistant Professor / Walker Percy Fellow · College of Arts and Sciences
Aesthetics | Asian American Literature | Contemporary American Literature | Creative Writing | Literature and History | Pedagogy | Poetry and Poetics | Post-Colonial Literature and Theory | Social Justice | Visual Culture and Arts | Women Writers
Carlos David, MD
Professor · School of Medicine
Skull Base Surgery, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
Carmen Samuel-Hodge, RD, PhD
Adj/PTVisiting Prof/PTLecturer · Gillings School of Global Public Health
Behavior Science, Diabetes, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Obesity, Public Health Studies (Design, Conduct and Analysis)
Carmina G. Valle, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor · School of Medicine
mHealth, Digital Health Interventions, Physical Activity, Cancer Survivorship, Apps-Devices, Behavior, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Obesity, Other
Carole Blair
Lei Zhu | Case School of Engineering | School of Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · College of Arts and Sciences
Professor Blair's research focuses on the rhetorical and cultural significance of U.S. commemorative places and artworks. She teaches related courses on visual and material rhetorics, rhetoric and memory, and rhetorics of place, as well as on contemporary rhetorical theory and cr…
Caroline A. Thompson, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor · School of Medicine
Health Equity, Health Informatics, Health Services, Population-based
Caroline Chandler, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor · Gillings School of Global Public Health
Child maltreatment prevention, social-emotional health and development, participatory research.
Caroline Moosmueller
J. Burton Linker Fellow, Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Geometric data analysis, computational optimal transport, numerical analysis and approximation theory, applications in biology and medicine
Caroline Osborne
Associate Professor of Law and Director of the UNC Law Library · School of Law
Art Law, Copyright Law, Legal Research, Property Law and Real Estate
Caroline Sibley
Teaching Assistant Professor · College of Arts and Sciences
Second Language Acquisition, DLI (Dual Language Immersion), K-12 Arabic Language Programming, Curriculum Development, Project Based Learning, Content & Language Integrated Learning
Carolyn Crump, PhD
Associate Professor · Gillings School of Global Public Health
Environmental effects on health
Health behavior
Health disparities
Health policy
Injury prevention
Obesity prevention
Physical activity
Public health leadership
Public health practice
Carrie Floyd
Assistant Professor of Law, and Director of the Civil Clinic · School of Law
Access to Justice, Banking and Finance Law, Civil Law, Client Counseling, Consumer Protection Law, Housing Law, Interviewing and Client Counseling, Litigations, Poverty Law, Property Law and Real Estate, Public Interest Law
Carrie Palmer
Assistant Dean, MSN & DNP Programs & Professor · School of Nursing
Carrie Palmer is an Assistant Dean for the MSN and DNP Programs and a Professor at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill School of Nursing. Her work is situated within the school’s focus on high-quality nursing education, research, and practice.
Casey Calhoun
Assistant Professor · School of Education
Interpersonal Stress, Stress Neurobiology, Depression and Suicide, Coping Behaviors, Peer Relations, Mental Health Technology
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