Affiliated Faculty Members
Research and teaching faculty members with whom we partner in support of our mission
Akono, Ange-Therese
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics with an Emphasis on Heterogeneous Materials

Allada, Ravi
Neurobiology
Circadian regulation of sleep behavior

Ameer, Guillermo
Biomedical Engineering
Novel biomaterials to target and treat vascular, endocrine, and bone pathophysiologies

Backman, Vadim
Biomedical Engineering
Physical Genomics, Chromatin Engineering, Computational Genomics,

Bozza, Tom
Neurobiology
Molecular Genetics and Physiology of Olfaction

Braun, Rosemary
Molecular Biosciences
Biomedical Statistics, Genetic determinents of disease, Mathamatical modeling

Carthew, Richard
Molecular Biosciences
Complex Cells, Tissue Behaviors

Cossairt, Oliver
Computer Science
Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Computational Imaging

Geraci, Andrew
Physics and Astronomy
Small-scale, tabletop low-energy experiments

Guryan, Jon
Education and Social Policy
Human Development, Social Policy, Economic Research

Heckman, Charles
Physiology
Neurobiology of the mammalian spinal cord

Joester, Derk
Materials Science and Engineering
Evolutionary optimization, Organic-inorganic composite structures

Kovachy, Timothy
Physics and Astronomy
Atom interferometers, Ultracold atoms and advanced atom optics techniques

Kozorovitskiy, Yevgenia
Neurobiology
Decoding Neuromodulation and Neural Circuit Design Principles

Kung, Harold
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Catalysis, Reaction Engineering, Water and Energy Resources, Sustainability

Lefevre, Victor
Mechanical Engineering
Highly-deformable heterogeneous materials

Leff, Donna
Medill
Science Writing, Urban Reporting, Urban Issues, Media Law and Ethics

Luijten, Erik
Materials Science and Engineering
Statistical Mechanics, Thermodynamics of Materials, Complex Fluids

Mordacq, John
Biological Sciences
Medecine and Life Science, Agriculture and Biology

Notestein, Justin
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Novel designs and syntheses of catalysts, adsorbents, and other functional materials

Osburn, Magdalena
Geobiology
Biological molecules, Geochemical Modeling

Radhakrishnan, Ishwar
Molecular Bioscience
Mechanistic aspects of eukaryotic transcription regulation

Reiser, Bryan
Learning Sciences
Education, Social Policy, Improving K-8 Science Education

Rinvay, Jonathan
Biomedical Engineering
Materials Design and Engineering, Sensors and Circuits, Applications

Tullman-Ercek, Danielle
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Production of Pharmaceuticals, Biofuels, and Materials in Microbes.

Volpe, Tom
Preventative Medicine
Gene Expression, Gel Electrophoresis, Cloning

Wang, Mitchell
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Assembly and dynamics of nanostructured polymers and other soft materials

Wells, George
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental Biotechnology and Microbial Ecology

Wolter, Patti
Medill
Helen Gurley Brown Magazine Professor