PhD Advisors at Vanderbilt University 范德堡大学 US
Quick answer: Vanderbilt University in the US has 644 faculty profiles in phd-match’s database, of which 41 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 Vanderbilt University, 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 (41)
Professors at Vanderbilt University with active hiring signals for PhD students — reach out if your research matches.
Amir Asiaeetaheri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
⭐ Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Biostatistics
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biostatistics and Medical Data Science
Location: Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Nashville, TN
Duration: Two Years
Mentorship: Dr. Amir Asiaee (website, email) (Primary Mentor, VUM…
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
David W. Wright
Stevenson Professor of Chemistry · Vanderbilt University
⭐ Dr. Wright is not currently accepting graduate students.
VINSE
VICB
Nanomaterials Chemistry
Mass Spectrometry
Materials Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Chemical Biology
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Biochemistry
Bioanalytical Chemistry
Julio E. Ayala, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · School of Medicine
⭐ Post-doctoral positions are available in the Ayala lab studying gut-brain interactions and the control of feeding behavior via the central nervous system. The focus of the research in the lab is to identify brain regions and mechanisms that mediate the effects of the gut hormone glucagon-like peptid…
Glucagon-like peptide-1, obesity, diabetes, energy balance, brain, transgenic mouse models, metabolic phenotyping, neuroscience
Kristin R. Archer, D.P.T., Ph.D.
Professor · School of Medicine
⭐ Two-year postdoctoral positions in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are available for individuals with an interest in comparative effectiveness, patient reported outcomes, and registry data research. One position will involve working on a PCORI-funded pro…
Comparative Effectiveness; Patient-Centered Outcomes; Physical Therapy Modalities; Physical Therapy (Specialty); Decision Making; Fracture Healing; Gait; Walking; Leg injuries/rehabilitation; Lower Extremity/injuries; Muscle Strength; Orthopedics; Pain Measurement; Range of Motio…
Manuel Ascano, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor · School of Medicine
⭐ A postdoctoral position in RNA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is available in my laboratory. The postdoc will be joining a new research group whose primary research interests are in understanding the post-transcriptional gene regulatory mechanisms employed by cells during periods of innate immun…
RNA, DNA, virus, host-pathogen interactions, biochemistry, innate immunity, post-transcriptional gene regulation
René Marois
Director of Graduate Studies, Professor, Winkelried Family Chair in Neuroscience · Vanderbilt University
⭐ Definitely interested in accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026
Research in the Marois lab centers on two main main topics. First, much of the lab's work focuses on understanding the neural basis of attention in humans using fMRI and psychophysical tools. They are particularly interested in understanding the neural basis of attentional capaci…
Sean Polyn
Associate Professor of Psychology; Associate Professor of Psychiatry · Vanderbilt University
⭐ Definitely interested in accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026
Sean Polyn is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University. He directs the Vanderbilt Computational Memory Lab, which is part of the university's Department of Psychology. His research focuses on human memory.
Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Associate Professor of Psychology · Vanderbilt University
⭐ May be interested in accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026
comparative neuroanatomy, cellular composition of brains, brain morphology, brain evolution, metabolic cost of body and brain, sleep requirement across species, feeding time, and really interested in how all of these are tied together. Writes about neuroscience and science in gen…
Alex Schuppe
Faculty · Vanderbilt University
⭐ Dr. Schuppe will be accepting graduate students for Fall 2026.
Organic, Catalysis, Total Synthesis
Andrea Locke
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biomedical Engineering
⭐ Dr. Locke will be accepting graduate students for Fall 2026.
Analytical Chemistry, Optical Spectroscopy, Biosensor
Ashley Watts
Assistant Professor of Psychology · Vanderbilt University
⭐ Dr. Watts is actively recruiting a postdoctoral research fellow. If you are interested in working with the Mechanisms of Addiction and Psychopathology Lab at Vanderbilt, please email Dr. Watts.
Dr. Watts' research aims to understand the causes and consequences of mental illness (psychopathology), with a specific focus on addiction. Her research aims: 1) to improve how we classify various forms of mental illness, 2) to identify causes of mental illness and addiction, 3) …
Brian O. Bachmann
Stevenson Professor of Chemistry · College of Arts and Science
⭐ Dr. Bachmann will be accepting graduate students for Fall 2026.
Chemical Biology, Synthetic Biology, Natural Product Discovery.
Daria Kim
Assistant Professor of Chemistry · Vanderbilt University
⭐ Dr. Kim will be accepting graduate students for Fall 2026.
Organic Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Catalysis
David G. Schlundt
Associate Professor of Psychology · College of Arts and Science
⭐ Will not be accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026
behavioral medicine with specific focuses on nutrition and behavior, and racial and ethnic health disparities; social, emotional, and environmental influences on eating, exercise, and smoking behavior; effects of environmental factors on lifestyle behaviors and health disparities…
Douglas McMahon
Professor of Biological Sciences · College of Arts and Science
⭐ The McMahon laboratory is currently accepting applications from prospective Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows interested in circadian biology and neurobiology.
Circadian rhythms, photoreception, seasonal biology, neurobiology, molecular and cellular mechanisms of biological timing
Gary A. Sulikowski
Stevenson Professor of Chemistry & Professor of Pharmacology · Vanderbilt University
⭐ Dr. Sulikowski is not currently accepting graduate students.
Organic Synthesis
Chemical Biology
Natural Products
Medicinal Chemistry
Geoffrey F. Woodman
Professor of Psychology; E. Bronson Ingram Chair of Neuroscience, Director of National Eye Institute T32 · College of Arts and Science
⭐ Definitely interested in accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026
Geoff Woodman's research examines how mechanisms of visual attention and memory influence how we interact with the world around us. Specifically, how the primate visual system performs figure-ground segregation, attentional deployment during the processing of complex scenes, stor…
Gordon Logan
Centennial Professor of Psychology · College of Arts and Science
⭐ May be interested in accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026
Logan's research interest includes automaticity and skill acquisition, attention and performance, spatial cognition, executive control strategies and processes, stopping behavior, mental arithmetic, and attention deficits in hyperactive children.
James Crowe
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences · Vanderbilt University
⭐ Dr. Crowe is not currently accepting graduate students.
Dr. James Crowe is a faculty member at Vanderbilt University, where he serves as Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center and holds the title of Ann Scott Carell Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His researc…
Janet Macdonald
Associate Professor of Chemistry · College of Arts and Science
⭐ Dr. Macdonald will be accepting graduate students for Fall 2026.
Our group has three major foci. The largest research program of the group is in the synthesis of nanocrystals, specifically understanding the factors that determine the crystalline phase when reagents are thrown "in the pot" at the high temperatures of 150-300°C typically used i…
Jason Valentine
Professor
⭐ We are actively looking for motivated graduate students who are interested in tackling challenging problems at the frontier of science and engineering. Those interested should check out our About Us page and contact Prof. Valentine.
We are a team of researchers interested in understanding how nanoscale structuring can be used to engineer a material's optical properties. We are focused on using this understanding to develop novel materials for applications such as communications, imaging, optoelectronic devic…
Jeffrey N. Johnston
Stevenson Professor of Chemistry · Vanderbilt University
⭐ Dr. Johnston will be accepting graduate students for Fall 2026.
VICB
Organometallic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Natural Products
Medicinal Chemistry
Chemical Biology
Bioorganic Chemistry
Asymmetric Catalysis
John McLean
Stevenson Professor of Chemistry; Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Arts and Science · College of Arts and Science
⭐ Dr. McLean will be accepting graduate students for Fall 2026.
Analytical
Bioanalytical
Chemical Biology
Kari Hoffman
Alumni Professors
⭐ May be interested in accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026
Kari Hoffman is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Vanderbilt University, with affiliations in the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the Data Science Institute. Her research focuses on computational primate neuroethology, including wor…
Lauren E. Buchanan
Loubat Professor of American Archaeology · College of Arts and Science
⭐ Dr. Buchanan will be accepting graduate students for Fall 2026.
Biophysics; Protein Structure and Aggregation; Ultrafast Nonlinear Spectroscopy; Physical Chemistry
Lawrence Marnett
University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry · College of Arts and Science
⭐ Dr. Marnett is not currently accepting graduate students.
Organic, Bioorganic and Biochemistry
Leon Bellan
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering · School of Engineering
⭐ We currently have multiple openings for graduate students interested in working at the interface of tissue engineering, microfluidics, and non-traditional micropatterning approaches.
The Bellan Lab for Advanced Materials at Vanderbilt University focuses on developing scalable fabrication techniques for making microfluidic materials with unique properties. We use these microfluidic materials for biomedical, structural, and energy related applications, keeping …
Marie Suver, Ph.D.
Professor · Vanderbilt University
⭐ We are hiring - please reach out to me about joining our team as a student or postdoc! I am accepting rotation students from graduate programs at Vanderbilt including Biological Sciences, the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, and Neuroscience. Prospective graduate students can email me to discuss …
Neuroscience, behavior, sensory and motor systems, electrophysiology
Mengshan Ye
Assistant Professor of Chemistry · Vanderbilt University
⭐ Dr. Ye will be accepting graduate students for Fall 2026.
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Physical Inorganic Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Michael P. Stone
Professor of Chemistry · College of Arts and Science
⭐ Dr. Stone will be accepting graduate students for Fall 2026.
Our lab focuses upon chemistry and structural biology of DNA damage, and its role in cancer etiology. We probe chemical rearrangements of initially formed DNA damage, which may alter genotoxic response in cellular DNA. We are particularly interested in the chemistry of agents tha…
Nathan D. Schley
Associate Professor of Chemistry · College of Arts and Science
⭐ Dr. Schley will be accepting graduate students for Fall 2026.
The aim of the Schley research group is the application of organometallic chemistry to unmask latent reactivity in organic substrates. Oxidation of simple hydrocarbons provides functional groups which serve as handles for further transformations, but methods for selective oxidati…
Paul A. Kramer
Associate Professor of History · Vanderbilt University
⭐ Prospective graduate students interested in applying to work under Prof. Kramer's supervision in the PhD program should download and read this brief set of guidelines. Prospective graduate students interested in applying to work under Prof. Kramer's supervision should contact him at his departmental…
Modern U. S. history, the United States in the World
Prasad Polavarapu
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry · College of Arts and Science
⭐ Dr. Polavarapu is not currently accepting graduate students.
Theoretical Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Natural Products
Chemical Physics
Biophysical Chemistry
Bioanalytical Chemistry
Renã A. S. Robinson
Professor of Chemistry; Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chair · Vanderbilt University
⭐ Dr. Robinson will be accepting graduate students for Fall 2026.
Proteomics, MASS Spectrometry, Alzheimer's, Neuro Science
Sohee Park
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology · College of Arts and Science
⭐ Definitely interested in accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026
Sohee Park is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology at Vanderbilt University, where she also serves as Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. Her research interests are centered on psychological processes, with published work exploring topics such as ada…
Steven D. Hollon
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology; Professor of Psychology and Human Development; Professor of Psychiatry · Vanderbilt University
⭐ Will not be accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026
Hollon's primary interest lies in the etiology and treatment of depression in adults. His work extends from basic psychopathology to prevention and treatment. He is particularly interested in the relative contribution of cognitive and biological processes to depression, and how t…
Steven D. Townsend
Stevenson Professor of Chemistry · College of Arts and Science
⭐ Dr. Townsend will be accepting graduate students for Fall 2026.
Organic
Thilo Womelsdorf
Professor of Psychology · College of Arts and Science
⭐ Definitely interested in accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026
Dr. Womelsdorf studies how neural circuits learn and control attentional allocation in nonhuman primates and humans. His laboratory uses
• Attention and learning paradigms utilizing 3D virtual reality renderingto understand complex behaviors during reinforcement learning.
• Mul…
Timothy Hanusa
Professor of Chemistry · College of Arts and Science
⭐ Dr. Hanusa will be accepting graduate students for Fall 2016. (https://gradschool.vanderbilt.edu/how-to-apply/)
Synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry of the main group, transition metal, and rare earth elements. We put emphasis on mechanochemical synthesis (solvent-free grinding or milling) to generate otherwise unavailable or base-free compounds for both stoichiometric and cata…
Timothy P. McNamara
Searcy Family Dean of the College of Arts and Science; Professor of Psychology · College of Arts and Science
⭐ Will not be accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026
My research investigates human memory, cognition, and decision making, with a particular focus on spatial processing. My research has investigated the metric structure of spatial memory, the spatial reference systems used in memory to represent the locations of objects in the env…
All Faculty at Vanderbilt University (159)
Aaron Weldon Aday, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Abiemwense Amadin, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adam Greg Aston, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ahmad Abu-Halimah, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alex Dubilet
Assistant Professor of English · Vanderbilt University
An interdisciplinary scholar by training and sensibility, I draw on methods and materials from a wide range of scholarly fields, including critical theory, continental philosophy (esp. philosophy of religion), radical political theory, political theology, black studies, post-colo…
Alexander Gunter Agthe, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alexander Maier
Associate Professor of Psychology; Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences · Vanderbilt University
Alexander Maier is an Associate Professor of Psychology and of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Vanderbilt University, where he leads the Maier Lab as Principal Investigator. His research focuses on the visual cortex and visual perception, with a particular interest in the ne…
Allison Lott Adams, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Allison Schachter
Winkelried Family Chair in Jewish Studies; Professor of English; Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Arts and Science · College of Arts and Science
modern Jewish literature and culture, diaspora, transnational and world literary cultures, gender studies, modernism
Amanda Johnson Allen, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine · School of Medicine
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Amanda Little
PhD Candidate · Vanderbilt University
Amanda Little is a writer-in-residence at Vanderbilt University’s College of Arts and Science, where she also serves as a professor of journalism and science writing. She is a columnist for Bloomberg and the author of the bestseller *The Fate of Food*. Her research and writing fo…
Amanda May Actor, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · School of Medicine
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Amir Michael Abtahi, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anas Alabkaa, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andrea Mirabile
Associate Professor of Italian · Vanderbilt University
Andrea Mirabile is an Associate Professor of Italian and Cinema & Media Arts at Vanderbilt University, affiliated with the Department of French and Italian. His research interests span Italian literature and the visual arts, as evidenced by his funded project on Lucio Fontana, as…
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen
Professor · School of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Anna Castillo
Assistant Professor of Spanish · College of Arts and Science
contemporary Southern Cone literature and film with a particular interest in technology and intimacy
Ari Bryen
James P. Basilion | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · Vanderbilt University
Roman history and law, violence, papyrology, rhetoric
Ari Joskowicz
Eugene Greener, Jr. Chair in Jewish Studies; Professor of Jewish Studies and History; Chair, Department of Jewish Studies · Vanderbilt University
Jewish History
European History
Cultural History
Holocaust
Romani History
Ashlee Hurff Arteaga, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ashley Leech, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
Pregnancy/postpartum and infant health, substance use disorders, cost-effectiveness analysis/simulation modeling, perinatal pharmacoepidemiology
Ban Mishu Allos, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Barbara-Jo Achuff, M.D.
Associate Professor · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ben Tran
Associate Professor of English · Vanderbilt University
postcolonial theory and Anglophone literature; Asian American studies; literature and political ecology; translation studies; and modern SE Asian literature and culture, with a focus on Vietnamese literature
Benigno Trigo
Professor of Spanish and Portuguese · College of Arts and Science
Latin American Literature; Women’s Writing; Psychoanalysis; Puerto Rican studies and Autobiography. I am particularly interested in thinking through the intersection of the body and writing.
Binish Ather, M.B.B.S.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bradley C. Smith
Associate Professor of Political Science · Vanderbilt University
International Relations Theory, Formal Modeling, Statistics
Bradley Erford
Professor · Peabody College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brandon R. Byrd
Assistant Professor of Black Studies · Vanderbilt University
United States History; African American History; Cultural and Intellectual History
Brent C. Anderson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bret D. Alvis, M.D.
Professor · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Brett V. Benson
Associate Professor of Political Science · Vanderbilt University
International relations, political economy of conflict, and Chinese politics and East Asian relations. He is currently working on projects related to military alliances, economic interdependence, the global trade in small arms and light weapons, and China-Taiwan relations and sec…
Brian Beach
Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor of Economics · Vanderbilt University
Public economics, economic history, and labor economics
Brian F.S. Allen, M.D.
Professor · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Candice Amich
Associate Professor of English · Vanderbilt University
transnational American literatures, performance studies, gender studies, and Latino/a studies
Carlos Grijalva, MD, MPH
Professor · Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Pharmacoepidemiology, respiratory infections, vaccines, medications and mother-child health
Carolyn Heinrich
Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy and Education; University Distinguished Professor of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, LPO Dept.; University Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the College of Arts and Science; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Secondary Appointment as Professor of Health Policy · College of Arts and Science
Public Administration
Carolyn Marie Audet, Ph.D.
Professor · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Catherine Arthur-Johnson, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Chalene Helmuth
Associate Professor of Practice, Director of Vanderbilt Center for Languages · Vanderbilt University
Latin American narrative and identity, sustainability and tourism, and the development of cultural competencies in study-abroad contexts.
Chetan Aher, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Christina Karageorgou-Bastea
Director of Graduate Studies, Professor of Hispanic Literature · College of Arts and Science
relationship of poetry, history and society
Christopher Alessia, D.O.
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Christopher Li
Assistant Professor of Economics; Assistant Professor of Political Science (secondary) · Vanderbilt University
Microeconomics and political economy
Christopher R. Aiken, Ph.D.
Professor · School of Medicine
HIV-1 infection capsid maturation reverse transcription antivirals
Claci Ayers
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Clayton Adams
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Colin Armstrong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · School of Medicine
The Psychological Treatment of Heart & Voice Disorders (e.g., dysphonia), Stress / Anxiety Management, Resilience, Positive Psychology, Happiness, Adherence, Motivation for Healthy Changes
Cyrus M. Adams, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Urology · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Dana Nelson
Nancy Perot Chair of English · Vanderbilt University
Dana Nelson is the Nancy Perot Chair of English at Vanderbilt University, where she also serves as the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English. Her research interests include American literature and culture, with a focus on the presidency and democracy, as evidenced by h…
Daniel J. Sharfstein
Dick and Martha Lansden Chair in Law Professor of History Director, George Barrett Social Justice Program · Vanderbilt University
American legal history, race and the law, property law
Daniel Sharfstein
Professor of Law · Vanderbilt University
legal history of race and citizenship in the United States
Dawn Wiese Adams, M.D.
Associate Professor · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Derek B. Archer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
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Diane Martha Attardi, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Donald H. Arnold, M.D.
Professor · School of Medicine
Acute asthma exacerbations in children, pediatric emergency medicine, clinical prediction rules
Donald J. Alcendor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · School of Medicine
Dysregulation of genes induced by Kaposi's sarcoma virus for novel therapeutic.
Douglas Shadle
Associate Professor of Musicology · Blair School of Music
American symphonic enterprise, Florence Price, music criticism, orchestral music history, symphony orchestras and orchestral music in American culture
Edward H. Friedman
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Spanish; Professor of Comp. Lit. · College of Arts and Science
His research has centered on early modern Spanish literature, with special emphasis on Cervantes, picaresque narrative, and the Comedia. Friedman has explored how sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish texts play against tradition and, at the same time, establish directions f…
Elsa Filosa
Associate Professor of the Practice · Vanderbilt University
Fourteenth century Italian literature and culture, with particular emphasis on Giovanni Boccaccio
Medieval and Early Modern Reception of Classical authors
Friendship and Reciprocal Influences between Petrarch and Boccaccio
Italian Novella from Origin to Renaissance
Medieval Repre…
Emanuelle Oliveira-Monte
Associate Professor of Luso-Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian Lit. · College of Arts and Science
Afro-Brazilian literature, race relations, race in comparative perspective, the Afro-Diasporic experience, the relationship between politics and literature, literature of human rights, as well as Brazilian Cinema and Popular Culture.
Emily Greble
Nelson O. Tyrone, Jr. Chair in History; Professor of History - Professor of German, Russian and East European Studies · Vanderbilt University
East European History, Minorities in Europe, Yugoslavia
Emily Lordi
Professor of English · Vanderbilt University
African American literature and Black popular music
Eric D. Austin, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Federica B. Angel, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Federica Izzo
Assistant Professor of Political Science · Vanderbilt University
Formal Theory; Political Economy; Elections; Political Parties; Ideology
Gilbert Gonzales
Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society; Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies; Associate Professor of Health Policy; Faculty Head of Crawford House · Vanderbilt University
LGBTQ+ Health; Health Services Research; Health Disparities & Health Equity; Health Politics and Policy Analysis; Population Health: Surveys and Quantitative Methods
Gustavo G. C. Amorim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Holly M. Algood, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · School of Medicine
Helicobacter pylori, inflammation, T lymphocytes, cytokines, bacterial pathogenesis, Th17, bacterial response, oxidative stress, host-pathogen interactions, macrophages, cancer
Huan He
Assistant Professor of English · Vanderbilt University
Asian American literature and art
Media and digital studies
Race and technology
Critical game studies
Poetics
Queer theory
Husile Bai
Assistant Professor of the Practice · Vanderbilt University
atmospheric dynamics, climate dynamics and variability, and cryosphere-atmosphere interactions
Ibukunoluwa Adedugbe, M.B.B.S.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
James McFarland
Russell Wang | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · College of Arts and Science
James McFarland is an Associate Professor of German, Cinema and Media Arts at Vanderbilt University. His academic background includes study at Oberlin College, the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, and Princeton University, and he has taught literature, philosophy, and fil…
James W. Antoon, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics · School of Medicine
Pediatric pharmacoepidemiology, drug safety, adverse drug events, pneumonia, influenza, RSV, COVID-19
Janet Macdonald
Professor · Vanderbilt University
Nanoparticle synthesis, green energy, catalysis, photocatalysis, non-linear optics, surface chemistry, ligands on nanocrystals, synthetic mechanisms, crystalline phases
Jay Clayton
Data Scientist · Vanderbilt University
Victorian literature, digital media, game studies, medical humanities, science and literature, bioethics, science policy
Jean-Francois Paquet
Assistant Professor of Physics and Mathematics · Vanderbilt University
I study ultrarelativistic collisions of nuclei at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and the Large Hadron Collider. My work intersects nuclear physics, relativistic fluid dynamics, perturbative quantum field theory and machine learning.
Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez
Professor · Peabody College
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Jelena Bogdanovic
Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture; Associate Professor of Classical & Mediterranean Studies · Vanderbilt University
cross-cultural and religious themes in the architecture of the Balkans and the Mediterranean
Jennifer C. Andrews, M.D.
Professor · School of Medicine
Clinical trials, Pediatric Transfusion Medicine, blood utilization
Jennifer Fay
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Cinema & Media Arts; Professor of English and German Studies · Vanderbilt University
Transatlantic Film and Media Theory; Media Aesthetics and Politics; Environmental Humanities; Comparative Film Histories
Jessica A. Ardila-Gatas, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery · School of Medicine
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Jessica S. Ancker
Professor · School of Medicine
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Jesús Ruiz
Assistant Professor of the Practice in Caribbean Studies · Vanderbilt University
Latin America & the Caribbean, the Black Atlantic, Revolutionary Haiti, Afro-Latin America, Migration & asylum
Joe Bandy
Associate Professor of the Practice in Sociology
Associate Professor of the Practice in Culture, Advocacy, and Leadership · Vanderbilt University
Joe Bandy is an Associate Professor of the Practice in Sociology and in Culture, Advocacy, and Leadership at Vanderbilt University, where he is also affiliated with the Center for Teaching. His scholarly work focuses on teaching and learning, particularly on topics such as divers…
John Graves, PhD
Professor · School of Medicine
Health care reform, Medicaid expansion, personalized medicine
John H. Allahham, M.B.B.S.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Jonathan Hiskey
Professor of Sociology · Vanderbilt University
Democracy; Local development: Migration; Latin America
Jonathan W. Andereck, M.B.A., M.D.
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Jordan Anderson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Jose Cardenas-Bunsen
Associate Professor of Spanish · College of Arts and Science
literary, linguistic, cultural and legal contacts in the Transatlantic colonial world and in the Iberian Peninsula
Joseph M. Aulino, M.D.
Associate Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences · School of Medicine
Neuroradiology
Juan Pablo Arroyo Ornelas
Assistant Professor of Medicine · School of Medicine
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Julia Claire Anderson
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine · School of Medicine
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Julia L. Anderson
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
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Julia Phillips Cohen
Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, Associate Professor of History · Vanderbilt University
Jewish History, History of the Ottoman Empire, Urban History, Inter-Communal Relations in the Modern Mediterranean, Judeo-Spanish (Sephardi) History, Jews in Islamic Lands
Kalman Varga
Professor of Physics · Vanderbilt University
My research interests is the study of the interaction of light and matter using first principles modeling. We study the dynamics of the light-matter interaction by simulating the slow moving nuclei, the fast moving electrons and the photons moving at the speed of light.
Current p…
Karan Jani
Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy; Assistant Professor of CSET · Vanderbilt University
Gravitational waves, black holes, LIGO, LISA, lunar experiments
Katelyn Kennedy Atwater, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine · School of Medicine
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Katherine Wen
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society and of Public Policy · Vanderbilt University
Health Economics, Health Services Research, Policy Analysis, Vaccine Policy
Kaushik Amancherla, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine · School of Medicine
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Kayvon Alizadeh, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology · School of Medicine
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Keivan G. Stassun
Stevenson Professor of Physics & Astronomy · Vanderbilt University
My research seeks to address questions related to the formation of stars and planetary systems. With the advent of all-sky surveys, large-format detectors, and high-performance computers, this work increasingly involves approaches at the interface of astronomy, physics, computer …
Khush Singh Aujla, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology · School of Medicine
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Kirsty A. Clark
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society; Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies; Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development · Vanderbilt University
LGBTQ health; Health disparities; Mental health; Suicide; Epidemiology; Public health
Kristin K. Ancell, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine · School of Medicine
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Kristina Alton, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · School of Medicine
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Kylie E Adamek, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine · School of Medicine
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Laura Stark
Director of Undergraduate Studies; Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society; Associate Professor of History · Vanderbilt University
History of ethics; Bureaucracy in everyday practice; Science, medicine, and technology (with specialization in history of the human science); Modern United States; Cultural and intellectual history; Historiography
Laveil M. Allen, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology & Radiological Sciences · School of Medicine
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Lealani Mae Y. Acosta, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology · School of Medicine
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Leigh M. Howard, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor · Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program
Dr. Howard's research focuses on vaccine-preventable diseases that have global impact. She has extensive experience in the developing world, serving as a physician in the Baylor International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) prior to completing a pediatric infectious diseases f…
Lesley Gill
Professor (Cultural Anthropology, political violence, human rights) · Vanderbilt University
Cultural Anthropology, political violence, human rights, global economic restructuring, the state, and transformations in class, gender, and ethnic relations in Bolivia, Columbia, and elsewhere in Latin America
Linda G. Ashford, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics · School of Medicine
Developmental/psychological assessment; autism; learning disabilities.
Luis F. López González
Assistant Professor of Spanish · College of Arts and Science
The phenomenology of the gendered gaze and visual discourses, and the role the gaze played in the formation of medieval subjectivity. His current projects explore the intersection between medicine and literature or humoral pathology, with a particular emphasis on melancholy and i…
Lynn Ramey
Debra McGivney | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · Vanderbilt University
Lynn Ramey is a Professor of French and Cinema and Media Arts at Vanderbilt University. Her research interests include French culture and literature, with a focus on the Middle Ages, including the global Middle Ages and immersive environments for teaching medieval languages and c…
Majd Alsayed, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · School of Medicine
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Major Jackson
Professor of English & Director of Creative Writing · Vanderbilt University
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Malcolm J. Avison, Ph.D.
Professor · School of Medicine
Development and application of novel imaging methods for the study of central nervous system (CNS) development and function in health and disease. Projects include functional and structural imaging studies of the effects of prenatal cocaine and alcohol exposure on the CNS in monk…
Margaret C Achee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · School of Medicine
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Maria (Masha) Titova
Assistant Professor of Economics
Assistant Professor of Political Science (secondary) · Vanderbilt University
Information economics, political economy, and industrial organization
Maria Paz Pintane
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor of the Practice · College of Arts and Science
Maria Paz Pintane is Director of Undergraduate Studies and Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Vanderbilt University. Her teaching focuses on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Spanish literature, Spanish theatre, and introductory Sp…
Maria del Pilar Aguinaga, Ph.D.
Professor · Meharry Medical College
Sickle Cell Disease, Newborn Screening for Hemoglobinopathies, Gestational Diabetes in Hispanics
Mark C. Adams, M.D.
Professor · School of Medicine
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Mark Schoenfield
Robert Penn Warren Professor of the Humanities; Director of Undergraduate Studies · Vanderbilt University
law and literature, romanticism, the novel, existential fictions, digital story-telling, legal trials and romantic print culture, romantic autobiography and periodical culture
Matthew Congdon
Assistant Professor of Philosophy · College of Arts and Science
Ethics, Social Philosophy, and Aesthetics
Matthew J. Abbate, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine · School of Medicine
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Matthew R. Alexander
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
Immunology, hypertension, vascular biology, inflammation, microvasculature
Melinda C. Aldrich, Ph.D.
Professor · School of Medicine
cancer epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, precision health, lung cancer, environmental factors, population-based studies, DNA biobanks, electronic health records
Mhd Wael Alrifai, M.D.
Associate Professor · School of Medicine
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Michael Bess
Chancellor's Professor of History; Professor of Communication of Science and Technology, European Studies · Vanderbilt University
History of the interactions between social and cultural processes and technological change; Europe Since 1900; environmental history; peace and conflict studies; bioenhancement technologies; existential risks; forecasting and futures studies.
Michael Goldfarb
Professor · School of Engineering
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Morgan Dean Anderson, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology & Radiological Sciences · School of Medicine
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Muktar Hassan Aliyu, M.B.B.S., Dr.P.H.
Professor of Health Policy · School of Medicine
My research focuses on maternal-fetal outcomes associated with lifestyle choices, implementation science approaches to assessing drivers of sustainable HIV/AIDS services in Africa, and strengthening public health systems by exploring optimal approaches to delivering high quality …
Narender Annapureddy, M.B.B.Ch.
Associate Professor of Medicine · School of Medicine
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Nathalie Debrauwere-Miller
Associate Professor of French and Jewish Studies · Vanderbilt University
Contemporary Theater (France, Maghreb and the Middle East)
Arab-Jewish Relations
Immigration and Minorities in France
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Gender Studies and Feminisms
Nathan E. Ashby, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology · School of Medicine
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Neal Tate
Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law · Vanderbilt University
comparative and American judicial politics, Third World politics, the military in politics, political repression, human rights, rule of law
Neena Agrawal, M.D.
Assistant Professor · School of Medicine
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Nicole Creanza
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences · Vanderbilt University
Nicole Creanza's research targets three fundamental questions: (1) In what ways can learned behaviors change the course of genetic evolution? (2) How much information about evolutionary history persists in learned behaviors? (3) How do ecological factors, such as environmental an…
Nina D. Arhin, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine · School of Medicine
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Odette Abou Ghanem, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery · School of Medicine
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Ole Molvig
Christopher Pulliam | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University · Vanderbilt University
History of Science, with an emphasis on the physical sciences; History of Technology, Intellectual and Cultural History; Communication of Science and Technology
Patricia Serrano Andrews, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · School of Medicine
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Patrick E Assi, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery · School of Medicine
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Paul B. Miller
Associate Professor of French and Director of Undergraduate Studies; Associate Professor of Jewish Studies · Vanderbilt University
Paul B. Miller is Associate Professor of French and Director of Undergraduate Studies, as well as Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, at Vanderbilt University. His research interests include French literature, postcolonial theory, and related topics, with scholarly work presen…
Paul Durst
Associate In Research · Vanderbilt University
Molecular Ecology, Evolution, Phylogeography, Island Biogeography
Paul Stob
Professor · College of Arts and Science
Paul Stob is a Professor of Communication Studies and Director of the A&S College Core at Vanderbilt University. His research explores rhetoric and intellectual culture in American history, with a particular focus on the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. He is the author of *Intell…
Peter Bils
Assistant Professor · Vanderbilt University
Political Economy; American Political Institutions; Formal Theory
Peter Lorge
Associate Professor History · Vanderbilt University
History of 10th and 11th century China; history of war and military thought; guns and gunpowder; Chinese martial arts; Chinese film
Peter Rousseau
Hubbard Family Chair and Professor of Economics; Professor of History (by courtesy). · Vanderbilt University
Macroeconomics, Money, Finance
Phillip I. Lieberman
Professor of Jewish Studies; Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Studies · Vanderbilt University
Rabbinic literature; Jewish law; Islamic law
Rachel D. Appelbaum, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery · School of Medicine
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Rachel Kathryn Price Apple, M.D.
Associate Professor · School of Medicine
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Rachel Teukolsky
Professor of English · Vanderbilt University
My research has focused on aesthetics, art writing, and media history in nineteenth-century Britain. I wrote The Literate Eye: Victorian Art Writing and Modernist Aesthetics (Oxford, 2009), which was awarded the Sonya Rudikoff Prize by the Northeast Victorian Studies Association.…
Raeanna Clair Adams, M.D., M.B.A.
Associate Professor of Surgery · School of Medicine
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