Meet the minds behind our groundbreaking research.
Our faculty includes some of the foremost authorities across every imaginable discipline. Here are just a few.
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Rachel Adams
School of Public Health
Research Associate Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management -
Michael Albro
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
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Lisa Allee
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Surgery -
Hayford Avedzi
Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Science -
Samagya Banskota
College of Engineering
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering -
Laurence Beck
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Nephrology -
Elizabeth Bettini
Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Associate Professor, Special Education -
Jennifer Bhatnagar
College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor, Biology
Director, Biogeoscience Program
Associate Chair, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution -
Thomas Bifano
College of Engineering
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering
Director, Photonics Center -
David Bishop
College of Engineering
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Physics, Materials Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering
Director, CELL-MET Engineering Research Center -
Allison Blyler
College of Arts & Sciences
Senior Lecturer, Writing Program -
David Boas
College of Engineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering
Director of Neurophotonics Center -
Steven Borkan
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Medicine -
Meredith Brooks
School of Public Health
Assistant Professor, Global Health -
Keith Brown
College of Engineering
Division Head, Materials Science & Engineering
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Physics -
Deborah Carr
College of Arts & Sciences
A&S Distinguished Professor, Sociology
Director, Center of Innovation in Social Science -
Dina Castro
Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Bahamdan Professor in Early Childhood Well-Being
Director, Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being -
Christopher Chen
College of Engineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering
Director, Biological Design Center -
Daniel Cifuentes
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Biochemistry, and Virology, Immunology & Microbiology -
David Demeritt
College of Arts & Sciences
Professor, Earth & Environment -
Trish Elliot
School of Public Health
Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Community Health Sciences -
Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba
School of Public Health
Research Associate Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management -
Yuwei Fan
Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Research Associate Professor and Research Operations Director, Restorative Sciences & Biomaterials -
Kevin Gallagher
Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
Professor, Global Development Policy
Director, Global Development Policy Center -
Eric Gordon
College of Communication
Professor of the Practice, Journalism
Director, Center for Media Innovation & Social Impact -
Jaimie Gradus
School of Public Health
Associate Chair and Professor, Epidemiology -
Liangliang Hao
College of Engineering
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering -
Joseph Harris
College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor, Sociology -
Patricia Hibberd
School of Public Health
Chair and Professor, Global Health -
Lucy Hutyra
College of Arts & Sciences
Distinguished Professor, Chair, Earth & Environment -
Jonathan Jay
School of Public Health
Associate Professor, Community Health Services, and Epidemiology -
Miguel Jimenez
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering
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Nathan Jones
Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Associate Dean of Research
Professor, Special Education -
Jo King
Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies -
Darrell Kotton
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
David C. Seldin Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston University -
Kevin James Lane
School of Public Health
Associate Professor, Environmental Health -
Loretta Lees
College of Arts & Sciences
Director, Initiative on Cities
Professor, Sociology -
Jonathan Levy
School of Public Health
Chair and Professor, Environmental Health -
Lindsey Locks
Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Assistant Professor, Health Sciences -
Margaret Lombe
School of Social Work
Associate Professor and Chair, Macro Practice -
Kenneth Lutchen
Vice President and Associate Provost for Research
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Joseph McGuire
College of Arts & Sciences
Psychological & Brain Sciences -
Perry Mehrling
Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
Professor, International Political Economy -
Jesse Mez
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Neurology -
Sarah Miller
College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor, Sociology -
Joseph Mizgerd
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Professor, Medicine and Virology, Immunology & Microbiology
Director, Pulmonary Center -
Fallouo Ngom
College of Arts & Sciences
Professor, Anthropology -
Angela Onwuachi-Willig
School of Law
Dean, Ryan Roth Gallo Professor of Law -
Solomon Owusu
Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
Assistant Professor, Global Economic Policy -
Ioannis Paschalidis
College of Engineering
Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Director, Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science and Engineering -
John Porco
College of Arts & Sciences
Samour Family Professor, Organic Chemistry
Director, Center for Molecular Discovery -
Tommaso Ranzani
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering
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Daivi Rodima-Taylor
Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
Researcher and Lecturer, African Studies Center
NEH Ajami Project Manager -
Daniel Roh
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Assistant Professor, Dermatology
Deputy Chief, Surgery
Associate Chair for Research, Surgery -
Marc Rysman
College of Arts & Sciences
Professor, Economics -
Sabrina Sanchez
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Surgery, and Trauma & Critical Care -
Steven Sandage
School of Theology
Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Psychology of Religion & Theology -
Dane Scantling
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Surgery -
Benjamin Scott
College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences -
Anne Short Gianotti
College of Arts & Sciences
Professor, Earth & Environment -
Pranay Sinha
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases -
Michael Sorenson
College of Arts & Sciences
Professor, Biology -
Benjamin Sovacool
College of Arts & Sciences
Professor, Earth & Environment -
David Starobinski
College of Engineering
Interim Associate Division Head, Division of Systems Engineering
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Systems Engineering -
Helen Tager-Flusberg
College of Arts & Sciences
Director, Center for Autism Research Excellence
Professor Emerita, Psychological & Brian Sciences -
Daniel Taub
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics -
Pamela Templer
College of Arts & Sciences
Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biology -
Ari Trachtenberg
College of Engineering
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Systems Engineering -
Eran Tromer
College of Arts & Sciences
Professor, Computer Science
Director, Graduate Studies -
Mayank Varia
College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of Computing & Data Sciences
Director of PhD Admissions and of the Hub for Civic Tech Impact -
Marcus Winters
Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Chair and Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Faculty Director, Wheelock Educational Policy Center -
Wilson Wong
College of Engineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering -
Venetia Zachariou
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Edward Avedisian Professor and Chair, Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics -
Muhammad Hamid Zaman
College of Engineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering
Director, Center on Forced Displacement -
Xin Zhang
College of Engineering
Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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