PhD Advisors at University of Rochester 罗切斯特大学
Research-focused faculty at University of Rochester, listed for PhD / Master's applicants. Find professors whose research matches your interests, and check hiring signals before you reach out.
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Aaron Acello
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing · School of Nursing
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aaron W. Hughes
Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Judaic Studies and Dean's Professor of Humanities; Professor of Religion · School of Arts & Sciences
Jewish Studies; Islam; Method and Theory of Religion
Aaron White
Associate Professor of Linguistics; Associate Professor of Computer Science · Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Semantics
Abdulbasit Kassim
Assistant Professor · School of Arts & Sciences
Histories and Cultures of Muslim Societies
Islamic History and Civilization
Islamic Thought
African and African Diaspora Islamic Intellectual Traditions
Arabic and Ajami Literature of Africa
Adam Frank
Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy; Professor of Physics and Astronomy; LLE Distinguished Scientist · School of Arts & Sciences
theoretical astrophysics and plasma physics
Adam Purtee
Associate Professor of Computer Science (Instruction) · Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Natural language understanding, Knowledge representation, Commonsense reasoning, Machine Learning, Numerical programming
Adam Sefkow
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Assistant Professor of Physics; Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) Senior Scientist · School of Arts & Sciences
Inertial confinement fusion; magneto-inertial fusion; high energy density physics; laser-plasma interaction; computational physics; magnetohydrodynamics; particle-in-cell simulations
Adam Snyder
Roger H. French | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · School of Arts & Sciences
Micro- and macro-scale mechanisms of visual attention
Agnes E. Thorarinsdottir
Assistant Professor of Chemistry · School of Arts & Sciences
Inorganic chemistry, Materials chemistry, Electrochemistry, Stimuli-responsive molecules and materials, Catalysis, Clean energy
Agnes Mondragon-Celis
Assistant Professor of Anthropology · School of Arts & Sciences
Knowledge production and circulation; Drug warfare and organized crime; Political authority; US imperialism in Latin America; Affect and performative politics; Militarization; Feminism in the Global South; Mexico
Alan Chow
Affiliated Faculty · Eastman School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alanna Simone Radlo-Dzur
Assistant Professor of Art History · School of Arts & Sciences
Native American and Indigenous studies
Histories and materialities of the book, printing, writing, and mark-making
Storytelling, performance, and ethnohistory
Mesoamerican art and cultural studies
The sensorium and phenomenology
Museum studies and critique
Alden Snell
Associate Professor of Music Teaching & Learning · Eastman School of Music
teacher musicianship, generative creativity, and music teacher professional development
Alex Iosevich
Professor of Mathematics · School of Arts & Sciences
Classical Analysis and Fourier Integral Operators
Geometric Combinatorics and Geometric Measure Theory
Additive and Analytic Number Theory
Convex Geometry and Probability Theory
Alex Priest
Assistant Professor · Simon Business School
Real Estate, Corporate Finance, Structured Finance Products, Asset Pricing, Conflicts of Interest
Alexander A. Shestopalov
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering · Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Surface Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Surface Patterning, Nanostructured Materials, Interfacial Thermodynamics
Alexander Kobrin
Professor of Piano · Eastman School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alexandr Kopytov
Assistant Professor · Simon Business School
Financial intermediation, socially responsible investing and macroeconomics
Alexandra E. Paton
Assistant Professor · School of Arts & Sciences
Biocatalysis, Total synthesis, Data science, Natural products
Alexis Stein
Associate Professor of Instruction · School of Arts & Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ali Goli
Assistant Professor · Simon Business School
Digital marketing, advertising, marketing and public policy, customer loyalty, and behavioral economics
Alice C. Quillen
Professor of Physics and Astronomy · School of Arts & Sciences
theoretical astrophysics and observational astronomy
Alison J. Frontier
James P. Basilion | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · School of Arts & Sciences
Synthetic organic chemistry, synthesis of bioactive natural products, pericyclic reactions, asymmetric catalysis, cationic cascades
Alison Peterman
Associate Professor of Philosophy · School of Arts & Sciences
Early Modern Philosophy
History of Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Perception
Alison d'Amato
Associate Professor of Vocal Coaching · Eastman School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Allen Topolski
Professor of Art · School of Arts & Sciences
Studio production that incorporates found materials and a variety of processes to explore nostalgia and memory in technologies of domesticity and convenience.
Allison J. Lopatkin
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering · Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Systems and Synthetic Biology, Computational Biology, Engineered Microbial Communities, Metabolic Engineering, Mathematical Modeling, Machine Learning, Horizontal Gene transfer, Antibiotic Resistance
Amanda Larracuente
Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor of Biology; Professor of Biology; Associate Chair · School of Arts & Sciences
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
What do transposable elements, satellite DNAs and meiotic drive systems have in common? They are all selfish DNAs and can spread in genomes and populations without offering any benefit, and many times even causing harm, to their hosts. Our lab integrates genomic, cytological and …
Amanda Tucker
Associate Professor of Instruction · School of Arts & Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amy L. Lerner
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering · Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Orthopaedic bio-mechanics, cornea mechanics, cartilage mechanics, medical image- based finite element modeling, knee biomechanics
Amy Vierhile
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing · School of Nursing
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrea Barrett
Assistant Professor (Clinical), Co-Chair Educational Leadership · Warner School of Education & Human Development
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrea Pickel
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Assistant Professor, Materials Science; Assistant Professor, Institute of Optics; Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) · Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Nanoscale heat transfer; Luminescence nanothermometry; Single-nanoparticle and super-resolution imaging and spectroscopy; High-temperature thermal metrology; Electrothermal measurements
Andrei Seluanov
Dean’s Professor, Professor of Biology · School of Arts & Sciences
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
Molecular and cell biology; Tumor suppressor mechanisms in log-lived rodents the Naked Mole-Rat and Eastern Grey Squirrel; Mammalian Sirt proteins in regulation of stress response during aging; Anti-cancer mechanisms in whales
Andrew Cohen
Associate Professor of Psychology and Pediatrics · School of Arts & Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew Elliot
Clinical Instructor · School of Arts & Sciences
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
The primary focus of Dr. Elliot's research is approach and avoidance motivation. Professor Elliot examines the antecedents, consequences, and development of achievement motivation and social motivation. He conducts basic, applied, and cross-cultural research in educational and sp…
Andrew Harley
Associate Professor of Collaborative Piano · Eastman School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew McCandless
Professor of Trumpet · Eastman School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrew N. Jordan
Professor of Physics (Research) · School of Arts & Sciences
theoretical condensed-matter physics
Andrew Read-McFarland
Assistant Professor of Computer Science (Instruction) · Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Angela Crema
Assistant Professor of Economics · School of Arts & Sciences
Economics of education
Labor economics
Empirical industrial organization
Anne E. Luebke
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering · Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Role of cochlear outer hair cells in hearing and hearing loss, at both the molecular and systems levels
Anne Harrow
Associate Professor of Flute & Piccolo · Eastman School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anne Merideth
Professor of Instruction, Religion · School of Arts & Sciences
New Testament
History and Literature of Early Christianity
Anne S. Meyer
Associate Professor · School of Arts & Sciences
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
Synthetic biology, 3D printing of bacteria, Engineering of bacteria to produce biomaterials, Survival strategies of bacteria, Organization of bacterial DNA
Anson Kahng
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science · Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Computational social choice, Democracy and computer science, Economics and computation, Artificial intelligence, Theoretical computer science, Algorithmic game theory
Anthony Dean Griffey
Professor of Voice · Eastman School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Antonino Di Piazza
Professor of Physics · School of Arts & Sciences
Quantum electrodynamics in the presence of strong background electromagnetic; Properties of the quantum vacuum; Classical and quantum radiation reaction; Laser-matter interaction at high laser intensities; Quantum electrodynamics at finite temperature; Quantum electrodynamics in …
Anu Ahmed
Assistant Professor of Anthropology · School of Arts & Sciences
Medical anthropology, Psychological anthropology, Madness and mental illness, Gendered and sexual violence, Ethics, morality, and subjectivity, Family intimacy, South Asia
Aran Garcia-Bellido
Professor of Physics · School of Arts & Sciences
experimental elementary-particle physics
Arie Bodek
George E. Pake Professor of Physics · School of Arts & Sciences
experimental elementary-particle physics
Arielle H. Sheftall
Associate Professor of Psychiatry · School of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Sheftall's research focuses on the developmental mechanisms in early to middle childhood that confer vulnerability to future suicidal behavior. Additionally, Dr. Sheftall studies the racial disparities present in suicidal behavior among youth. It is her goal to frame targets …
Arjun Krishnan
Associate Professor of Mathematics · School of Arts & Sciences
First- and last-passage percolation, polymers and KPZ universality
Aruni Jayathilaka
Assistant Professor of Statistics · School of Arts & Sciences
Statistical modeling in the areas of reliability and survival analysis, specifically accelerated life testing
Asen Kochov
Associate Professor of Economics · School of Arts & Sciences
Microeconomic Theory, Decision Theory
Ash Asudeh
Professor of Linguistics · School of Arts & Sciences
Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Logic, Language, and Computation, Cognitive Science
Asia Pietraszko
Associate Professor of Linguistics · School of Arts & Sciences
Syntax and Morphology, Clausal Architecture, Bantu Morphosyntax, Selection and Complementation, Syntactic Movement and Locality
Astrid M. Müller
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering · Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Electrocatalytic Aqueous PFAS Defluorination, Organic Electrooxidations via Water Activation, Selective Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Understanding Mechanisms and Electrode Microenvironments Pulsed Laser in Liquid Fabrication of Controlled Nanomaterials, Pulsed Laser in Liquid Fabric…
Avery Haviv
Associate Professor · Simon Business School
Avery Haviv's research is based on the empirical application of structural models and natural experiments to optimize strategic advertising investments, consumer search and spillovers, and spans the consumer packaged goods and video game industries, as well as healthcare. His res…
Axel Wismueller
Professor of Imaging Sciences, of Biomedical Engineering, and of Electrical and Computer Engineering · Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Mathematical algorithms for computational analysis
Pattern recognition in clinical real-world applications
Bekki Gibson
Assistant Professor of Statistics · School of Arts & Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ben Baker
Assistant Professor of Music Theory · Eastman School of Music
Ben Baker’s research focuses on cross-pollinations between jazz and popular music, with a broader interest in forging links between models of musical structure and interpretive issues related to intertextuality, improvisation, agency, and affordance.
Benjamin E. Partridge
Assistant Professor of Chemistry · School of Arts & Sciences
Supramolecular chemistry; Bioinspired materials; Self-assembly in water; Protein engineering
Benjamin Hafensteiner
Associate Teaching Professor · School of Arts & Sciences
Chemical education, total synthesis of natural products, organic synthesis, reaction invention and investigation, cascade reactions
Benjamin L. Miller, Ph.D.
Professor · University of Rochester Medical Center
Research in the Miller group focuses on two fundamental areas: the control of biomolecular interactions through the synthesis of new small-molecule probes, and the observation of biomolecular interactions through the development of novel optical sensing technologies. In the area …
Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez
Director for Engineering Innovation · School of Arts & Sciences
My research program aims to use virtual reality (VR), multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and machine learning to elucidate the psychological and neural signatures of PTSD and anxiety disorders. Particularly, to delineate the contextual aspects of threat and reward learn…
Benjamín Castañeda
Professor of Biomedical Engineering · Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Development of Point-of-Care Technologies for resource limitted settings. Development of ultrasound-based imaging diagnostic techniques.
Beth Anson
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing · School of Nursing
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bette London
Joseph Henry Gilmore Professor of English; Professor of English · School of Arts & Sciences
Twentieth-century British literature; Victorian literature and culture; feminist theory; women's writing; authorship studies
Billy Xu
Assistant Professor · Simon Business School
Consumer Finance, Banking and Corporate Finance
Bin Chen
Associate Professor of Economics · School of Arts & Sciences
Econometric Theory
Financial Econometrics
Bonita Boyd
Professor of Flute · Eastman School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bonnie Le
Assistant Professor of Psychology · School of Arts & Sciences
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
Professor Le's research focuses on how emotions and motivation shape well-being in interpersonal relationships. In particular, she examines how and when the regulation of emotions, the perception of emotions, and the motivation to care for others predict well-being for better or …
Brad Lubman
Professor of Conducting & Ensembles · Eastman School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bradley L. Nilsson
Andrew S. Kende Professor in Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Professor of Chemistry; Director, Materials Science Program · School of Arts & Sciences
Peptide self-assembly; Amyloid peptides; Smyloid-inspired materials; Bioorganic chemistry; Supramolecular chemistry
Brandon R. Barnett
Assistant Professor of Chemistry · School of Arts & Sciences
Organometallic chemistry, Porous materials, Molecular separations, Catalysis
Brendan Mort
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Research · School of Arts & Sciences
Computational chemistry, Molecular properties, Optical activity, Machine learning and artificial intelligence, High performance computing
Brian Caldwell
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing · School of Nursing
Cancer survivorship, aging, equitable access to care, health equity, social and structural determinants of health
Brianna Theobald
Associate Professor of History · School of Arts & Sciences
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
U.S. Women's and Gender History; History of Native America; History of Reproduction
Brock Tjosvold
Assistant Professor of Vocal Coaching · Eastman School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bryanna Moore
Assistant Professor in Philosophy · School of Arts & Sciences
Pediatric ethics, end of life issues, virtue ethics, moral psychology, and community
C. Rose Kennedy
James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry; Assistant Professor of Chemistry · School of Arts & Sciences
Catalysis and Synthetic Methods; Organometallic Chemistry; Mechanistic and Physical Organic Chemistry
C.M. Downey
Assistant Professor of Linguistics & Data Science · School of Arts & Sciences
Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Low-Resource NLP, Language Documentation/Revitalization, Morphology, North American Languages
Cameron Hecht
Assistant Professor of Psychology · School of Arts & Sciences
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
My research seeks to identify psychological processes that contribute to societal problems, develop theory-based interventions that target these processes, and identify the features of contexts that enable these interventions to be effective. I draw on theories of identity, motiv…
Carl Mueller
Professor of Mathematics · School of Arts & Sciences
Probability and related parts of analysis
Carlos R. Stroud
Professor of Optics, Professor of Physics · School of Arts & Sciences
theoretical and experimental atomic, molecular and optical physics
Carolanne Bianchi
Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing · School of Nursing
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Cary Adams
Associate Professor of Art, Environment, and Emerging Practices · School of Arts & Sciences
Environmental Art and Humanities, New Media, Social Practice
Chad Shenk
Professor of Psychology · School of Arts & Sciences
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
There are three central, interrelated aims to Dr. Shenk's program of research: Improve the Estimation of Transdiagnostic Outcomes in Observational Child Maltreatment Research; Identify Targets Promoting Risk and Resilience to Psychopathology following Trauma; Optimize New and Exi…
Chaitanya Murthy
Assistant Professor of Physics · School of Arts & Sciences
Theoretical condensed-matter physics
Charles Heckler
Assistant Professor of Statistics · School of Arts & Sciences
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Charles Pillow
Assistant Professor of Jazz Saxophone · Eastman School of Music
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Charles Ross
Assistant Professor of Timpani · Eastman School of Music
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Charles Wasley
Professor · Simon Business School
The role of accounting information in capital markets which encompasses: the rational pricing of firm-level earnings, components; the information content of aggregate earnings for macroeconomic measures such as aggregate market returns and GDP; measuring real activity management;…
Cheeptip Benyajati
Associate Professor · School of Arts & Sciences
Regulation of gene expression during development of Drosophila; Transcription, chromatin structure, and mechanisms of developmental chromatin structure remodeling
Chelsea Whitaker
Assistant Professor of Vocal Coaching · Eastman School of Music
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Chen Ding
Professor of Computer Science · Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Locality theory and optimization; Compilers and run-time systems to improve locality and parallelism; Memory management; Parallel programming; High-performance computing
Chen Zhang
Assistant Professor · University of Rochester Medical Center
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
HIV prevention, substance use, behavioral health, data science, epidemiology, implementation science, AI-powered chatbot, PrEP continuum, structural racism, health disparities
Chenliang Xu
Associate Professor of Computer Science · Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Computer Vision, Video Analysis, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Multimodal Modeling