New faculty join a long tradition of inquiry
Like the scholarship they produce, University of Chicago faculty are diverse, provocative, and dynamic. We proudly welcome these newest members of our community. The following members joined the University of Chicago faculty in calendar year 2023 (through January 1, 2024).
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Message from the Provost
Please join me in offering a warm welcome to our newest faculty colleagues. They have already made impressive contributions, and our academic environment will be enriched by their diverse perspectives and commitment to our shared traditions of rigorous inquiry and free expression. They join a community of scholars making outsized contributions to their fields and providing transformational educational experiences for our students.
The University is committed to supporting our faculty’s work by connecting them to a wide array of resources on campus, in Chicago, at our global centers, and beyond.
It is exciting that these outstanding scholars have joined our academic community at this critical time, when their insights, advancements, and contributions are needed more than ever.
Katherine Baicker
Provost
The University of Chicago
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Sara Abdelaziz
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Sarah Ackroyd
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Muhammad Fayyaz Ahmed
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Fatima Ajmal
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Kurt Alberson
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Manik Amin
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Megan Applewhite
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Mohammad Atiq
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Melissa Baese-Berk
Associate Professor
Department of Linguistics and the College
Carolyn Barnes
Associate Professor
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Robin Bartram
Assistant Professor
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Elizabeth Bell
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Lestella Bivens
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Clayton Brinster
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Christina Brown
Assistant Professor
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College
Colin Brown
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Kate Burrows
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences and the College
Katherine Buse
Assistant Professor
Department of Cinema and Media Studies and the College
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Martin Castillo Quintana
Assistant Professor
Harris School of Public Policy
Janet Chin
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Satish Chitneni
Associate Professor
Department of Radiology
Hyung Sun Choi
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Bradford Chong
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Bow (Ben) Chung
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Sarah Collins
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Beatrice Concepcion
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Rebekah Israel Cross
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences and the College
Han Cun
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Samuel Fury Childs Daly
Associate Professor
Department of History and the College
Martina Damo
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
The College
Dayle Davenport
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Nabarun Deb
Assistant Professor
Chicago Booth
Luca Delacrétaz
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics, James Franck Institute, and the College
Vivian Doan
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Yuting Dong
Assistant Professor
Department of History and the College
Phillip Dowzicky
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Kurt Drury
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Theresa Dunham
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Abraham Eastman
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Mari Eastman
Assistant Professor
Department of Visual Arts and the College
Yvonne El Kassis
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Lydia Emery
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology and the College
Betty Fan
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Tracey H. Fan
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Joseph Franses
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Gabrielle Frisenda
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
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Alex Gall
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Philip M. Garboden
Associate Professor
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Margaret (Maggie) Geoga
Assistant Professor
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa; Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; and the College
Erin Green
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Department of Medicine, and the College
Catherine Groden
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Stephanie Groman
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
The College
Margarita Guarin
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Ahmed Hamimi
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Timothy Harrison
Professor
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa; Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; and the College
Director, Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa
Pedram Hassanzadeh
Associate Professor
Department of Geophysical Sciences and the College
Andrew Higginbotham
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics, James Franck Institute, and the College
Grant Ho
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and the College
William Hoza
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and the College
Jacobé Huet
Assistant Professor
Department of Art History and the College
Nikolaos Ignatiadis
Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics and the College
Lilly Cheng Immergluck
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Joshua Conrad Jackson
Assistant Professor
Chicago Booth
Amber Johnson
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
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Bora Kalaycioglu
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Lisa Kang
Associate Professor
Department of Radiology
Mohammed Kaplan
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and the College
Ibrahim Karademir
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Rohan Katipally
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
Harley Katz
Assistant Professor
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College
David Keith
Professor
Department of Geophysical Sciences and the College
Amelia Kellar
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Mikayla Kelley
Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy and the College
Aimee Kennedy
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Derek Kennet
Howard E. Hallengren Professor of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf States Archaeology
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa; Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; and the College
Kimberly Kenton
Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Mahmoud Khalil
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Anila Khan
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Brian Kim
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
So Lim Kim
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Erin King
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Andrew Klein
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Frederic Koehler
Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics and the College
Cameron Kofler
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Andreas Kraft
Assistant Professor
Chicago Booth
Noa Krugliak Cleveland
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Michael Kurz
Professor
Department of Medicine
Jamie Law-Smith
Assistant Professor
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College
Mary Lee
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Heather Leeper
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Christopher Lehmann
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Bradford (Lynch) Levy
Assistant Professor
Chicago Booth
Christina Lewicky-Gaupp
Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Bo Li
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and the College
Xinran Li
Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics and the College
Stephan Kigensan Licha
Assistant Professor
Divinity School and the College
Jessica Long
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Phillip LoSavio
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
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Stephen Marcoux
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Adam Martersteck
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Maylyn Martinez
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Nadya Mason
Dean and Professor
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Anna McCormick
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Ryan Merkow
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Edward Michals
Associate Professor
Department of Radiology
Mecker G. Möller
Professor
Department of Surgery
Perry Morocco
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Margaret G. (Maggie) Mueller
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pavitra Muralidhar
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolution and the College
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Mary Nevin
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Ramon Nogueira Manas
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology
The College
Ronan O’Malley
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Genetics and the College
Leziga T. Obiyo
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Iclal Ocak
Associate Professor
Department of Radiology
Cecilia Ong
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Simon Parzen-Johnson
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Kristin Pascoe
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Insiyyah Patanwala
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Kishan H. Patel
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Shiragi Patel
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Thomas Pendlebury
Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy and the College
Jessica A. Peterson
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Timothy Plackett
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Diana Powell
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College
Shubadra Priyadarshini
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Mohammed A. Rafey
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Eric Richert
Assistant Professor
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College
Emily Rogalski
Professor
Department of Neurology
Kristin Rosseau
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
William Roth
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Kamala Russell
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology and the College
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Bhuvaneswari Sandeep Ram
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Caner Saygin
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Robyn Schiff
Professor
Department of English Language and Literature and the College
Theiju Sebastian
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Baddr Shakhsheer
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Gorav Sharma
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Prateek Sharma
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Lin Shen
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Maggie Shi
Assistant Professor
Harris School of Public Policy
Abhinav Sidana
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
James E. Siegler III
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Lauren Singer
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Yuval Simons
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
The College
Lalitha Sitaraman
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Jooyoung (James) Sohn
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
Marcos Sotomayor
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The College
AE Stevenson
Assistant Professor
Department of Cinema and Media Studies and the College
Alanna Stinson
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Ashley Suah
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Narayan Sundaram
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Stanley Swat
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Anna Symmes
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Jennifer Szafran
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Rajat Thawani
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Margaret M. C. Thomas
Assistant Professor
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Eric Thompson
Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery and Department of Pediatrics
Jonathan Trujillo
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Zewdi Tsegai
Assistant Professor
Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and the College
Lesley J. Turner
Associate Professor
Harris School of Public Policy
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Jignesh Unadkat
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Carl Veller
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolution and the College
Jingxin Wang
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
The College
Ming-Te Wang
Professor
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Mingyi Wang
Assistant Professor
Department of Geophysical Sciences and the College
Alexis Warren
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Anthony Welsch
Assistant Professor
Chicago Booth
Angela Whittington
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Joseph Wilson
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
En-Ling Wu
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Zoe Yan
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics, James Franck Institute, and the College
Da Yang
Assistant Professor
Department of Geophysical Sciences and the College
Sho Yano
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Sudha Yarlagadda
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Srinath Yeshwant
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
David Zhang
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Zhuzhu Zhang
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Genetics and the College
The College
Bin Zhou
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Jie Zhou
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology and the College