NITMB Faculty
Daniel Abrams, Northwestern University
Prof. of Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics; complex systems, nonlinear dynamics, coupled oscillators, dynamics on networks,
mathematical modles
Stefano Allesina, University of Chicago
Dept. of Ecology and Evolution; ecological networks and systems,
game theory models, Lotka-Volterra dynamics
Luis Amaral, Northwestern University
Prof. of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics; complex systems, statistical physics, quantiative biology, data science
Katherine Amato, Northwestern University
Dept. of Anthropology; microbial ecology, primates, host ecology and evolution
Yali Amit, University of Chicago
Dept. of Statisitcs and Computer Science; network models for biological
visual system, statistical models
Luisa Arispe, Northwestern University
Dept of Cell and Developmental Biology; vascular biology
Antonio (Tuca) Auffinger, Northwestern University
Professor of Mathematics; probability theory, mathematical physics and their application to biology, theoretical computer science
Anindita Basu, University of Chicago
Dept. of Medicine, physics, genomics, molecular biology, materials science, complex biological systems
Alvin Bayliss, Northwestern University
Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics; modeling ecological systems, computational ecology, rock-paper-scissors systems
Jeremy Berg, University of Chicago
Human Genetics; theoretical models and statistical tools applied to genetics and evolution, population genetics, quantitative genetics,
complex traits and diseases
Luis Bettencourt, University of Chicago
Prof. of Ecology and Evolution; complex systems, epidemiology,
evolutionary dynamics, statistical theory, mathematics of evolution
Shelby Blythe, Northwestern University
Dept. of Molecular Biosciences; embryonic development,
developmental biology, epigenetics
Rosemary Braun, Northwestern University
Dept. of Molecular Biosciences; computational systems biology, biophysics, biostatistics, complex systems
Paul James Caradonna, Northwestern University
Plant Biology and Conservation, Chicago Botanic Garden, community ecology, population dynamics, climate change
Richard Carthew, Northwestern University
Prof. of Molecular Biosciences; quantitative analysis of complex,
multicellular systems, genomics, quantitative imaging, cell biology
Nisha Chandramoorthy, University of Chicago
Dept. of Statistics; applied dynamical systems, ergodic theory,
scientific computing, computational statistics for geosciences,
machine learning theory
David Chopp, Northwestern University
Prof. of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics;
computational neuroscience, bacterial microfilms, level set methods,
materials science, scientific computing, mathemtical modeling
Sarah Cobey, University of Chicago
Dept. of Ecology and Evolution; biophysics, microbiology, immunity,
infectious disease
Aaron Dinner, University of Chicago
Dept. of Chemistry; biophysics, statistical mechanics, systems biology,
rare event algorithms
Brent Doiron, University of Chicago
Depts. of Neurobiology and Statistics; quantiative biology, computational and applied mathematics, computational neuroscience, mathematical biology, theoretical neuroscience, systems neuroscience
Daniel Dombeck, Northwestern University
Prof. of Neurology; neuroscience, physics, learning and memory,
functional imaging, microscopy, spatial navigation
Claire Donnat, University of Chicago
Dept. of Statistics; machine learning, statistical analysis of graphs and networks, biomedical data analysis, brain connectromics, latent variable models
James E Fitzgerald, Northwestern University
Dept. of Neurobiology; theoretical neuroscience, biophysics, brain and behavior
Marco Gallio, Northwestern University
Dept. of Neurobiology; neuroscience, behavior, drosophila, neural circuits, thermosensation
Margaret Gardel, University of Chicago
Prof. of Physics, Molecular engineering, Molecular genetics and Cell Biology; biophysics, cell mechanobiology
Vladimir I Gelfand, Northwestern University
Prof. of Cell, Molecular, Anatomical Sciences; cell and developmental biology, neurobiology
Todd Gingrich, Northwestern University
Theoretical chemistry, statistical mechanics, stochastic thermodynamics, biophysics, chemical kinetics, molaecular simulation
Josh Glaser, Northwestern University
Dept. of Neurology, machine learning for neuroscience, data science, statistics
Yogesh Goyal, Northwestern University
Asst. Prof. of Cell and Developmental Biology; bioengineering, biophysics, computational biology, genomics, network science, systems biology,
cancer biology
Xin He, University of Chicago
Dept. of Human Genetics; computational biology, computer science,
systems genetics
Joseph Hibdon, Northeastern Illinois University
Applied Mathemtics, mathematical modeling, dynamical systems,
fluid dynamics, math education
Jeremy Hoskins, University of Chicago
Dept. of Statistics; computational and applied mathematics, mathematical physics, optics, numerical analysis
Jorge Jaramillo, University of Chicago
Dept. of Neurobiology; computational neuroscience, dynamical systems,
control theory
Elizabeth Jerison, University of Chicago
Dept. of Physics; biophysics, immunology
Neha Kamat, Northwestern University
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering; membrane biophysics, artificial cells,
synthetic biology
William Kath, Northwestern University
Prof. of Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics;
computational neuroscience, non-linear optics, cancer biology applied math
Aggelos Katsaggelos, Northwestern University
Prof. of Electrical and Computer Engineering; machine learning, AI,
DNA signal processing, medical/biological signal processing
Matthew Kaufman, University of Chicago
Asst. Prof. of Organismal Biology and Anatomy; computational neuroscience, integrative biology, neurobiology
Leslie Kay, University of Chicago
Prof. of Psychology; computational neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, sensorimotor integration
Michael Kennedy, Northwestern University
Research Prof. of Neurobiology; science in society, science outreach, biochemistry, science education
Risi Kondor, University of Chicago
Dept. of Computer Science, Statistics; machine learning, neural networks,
computational harmonic analysis
Istvan Kovacs, Northwestern University
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; systems biology, complex metworks/systems, biological physics, statistical physics
Seppe Kuehn, University of Chicago
Dept. of Ecology and Evolution; quantiatives microbial ecology and evolution, biophysics
Carole LaBonne, Northwestern University
Dept. of Molecular Biosciences; developmental, stem cell biology
Keara Lane, Northwestern University
Dept. of Molecular Biosciences; single cell biology, microbiology,
host pathogen interactions, Salmonella typhinurium
Joshua Leonard, Northwestern University
Prof. of Chemical and Biological Engineering; synthetic biology, immunotherapy, systems biology
Han Liu, Northwestern University
Prof. of Computer Science, Statistics, and Data Science; machine learning,
AI for science
Manyuan Long, University of Chicago
Prof. of Ecology and Evolution; genetics, evolution, gene evolution, new genes
Julius Lucks, Northwestern University
Prof. of Chemical and Biological Engineering; synthetic biology, RNA structure
Cong Ma, University of Chicago
Dept. of Statistics; machine learning, optimization
Malcolm MacIver, Northwestern University
Prof. of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical engineering; neurobiology, computer science, evolution, robotics, cognition, neuroscience,
Jason MacLean, University of Chicago
Prof. of Neurobiology; computational neuroscience, network science, systems neuroscience
Michael Maire, University of Chicago
Dept. of Computer Science; neural memory architectures, computer vision, deep learning
Konstantin Makarychev, Northwestern University
Prof. of Computer Science; theoretical CS, algorithms, DNA data
Niall Mangan, Northwestern University
Dept. of Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics; applied math, systems biology,
energy systems, reduced order modeling
Madhav Mani, Northwestern University
Assoc. Prof. of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics; mathematics, physics,
machine learning, biology
Heather Marlow, University of Chicago
Prof. of Organismal Biology and Anatomy; genetics, genomics, systems biology
Noah Mitchell, University of Chicago
Asst. Prof. of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology; biophysics, mathematical models, developmental biology
Adilson Motter, Northwestern University
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; dynamical behavior of complex systems, statistical physics, network theory, data science
Edwin Munro, University of Chicago
Prof. of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology; computational biology,
cell polarization in C. elegans, tissue morphogenesis in Ascidians
Pavitra Muralidhar, University of Chicago
Asst. Prof. in Dept. of Ecology and Evolution; genetic conflict, sex determination, evolution
Arvind Murugan, University of Chicago
Dept. of Physics; evolution, statistical physics, biology, learning
Dan Nicolae, University of Chicago
Dept. of Statistics, statistical genetics, human genetics, statistics, medicine
Jasmine Nirody, University of Chicago
Asst. Prof of Organismal Biology and Anatomy; biophysics, biomechanics,
organismal and evolutionary biology, bacterial flagella
Jorge Nocedal, Northwestern University
Prof. of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences; machine learning,
scientific computing, optimization
Ramon Nogueira, University of Chicago
Asst. Prof. of Neurobiology; computational meuroscience, cognition,
geometry of representations, AI
John Novembre, University of Chicago
Prof. of Human Genetics; computational biology, computational statistics, data science, genomics, human genetics, molecular evolution, population genetics
Lorenzo Orecchio, University of Chicago
Asst. Prof. of Computer Science; machine learning, algorithms, optimization
Anne-Marie Oswald, University of Chicago
Assoc. Prof. of Neurobiology; computational neuroscience, neurobiology, neural circuits, olfaction, cortex
Ertuğrul M. Özbudak, Northwestern University
Prof. of Cell and Developmental Biology; systems biology, biophysics, genetics
Stephanie Palmer, University of Chicago
Assoc. Prof. of Orgnismal Biology and Anatomy; neuroscience, computational neuroscience, neurobiology, visual neuroscience, information theory, neural coding, neuroethology
David Pincus, University of Chicago
Asst. Prof. Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology; genetics, genomics, systems biology
Arthur Prindle, Northwestern University
Asst. Prof. of Chemical and Biological Engineering; synthetic biology, microbial communities, bacterial electrophysiology
Miklós Rácz, Northwestern University
Asst. Prof. of Statistics and Data Science; combinatorial statistics, applied probability,
computer science, information theory, DNA data storage
Arjun Raman, University of Chicago
Asst. Prof. of Pathology; genetics, genomics, systems biology, microbiology, microbiome,
neural networks
Rama Ranganathan, University of Chicago
Prof. in Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; bioengineering, biology
Ilaria Rebay, University of Chicago
Prof. of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology; molecular genetics, mathematical modeling, drosophila, genomics, biochemistry, quantitative imaging
Hermann Riecke, Northwestern University
Prof. of Engineering and Appplied Mathematics; computational neuroscience,
neuronal networks
Samantha Riesenfeld, University of Chicago
Asst. Prof. of Molecular Engineering and Medicine; computational biology, genomics,
systems immunology, data science, single-cell transcriptomics
Feng Ruan, Northwestern University
Asst. Prof. of Statistics and Data Science; machine learning, optimization, statistical models
Michael Rust, University of Chicago
Dept. of Physics, Molecular Genetics; genomics, systems biology, biophysics, circadian rhythms, micrscopy
Daniel Sanz-Alonso, University of Chicago
Assoc. Prof. of Statistics; data assimilation and inverse problems, machine learning, computational statistics, applied probability, uncertainty quantification
Norbert Scherer, University of Chicago
Prof. of Chemistry; biophysics, materials chemistry, physical chemistry, optical matter, plasmonics, nano-optics, photonics
Tiffany Schmidt, Northwestern University
Assoc. Prof. of Neurobiology; neurogenetics, brain and behavior, systems neuroscience,
cellular and molecular neuroscience
Gregory William Schwartz, Northwestern University
Prof. of Opthalmology, Neuroscience; neurobiology, electrophysiology
Mark Sheffield, University of Chicago
Assoc. Prof. of Neurobiology; computational neuroscience, neurobiology, learning and memory
Krishna Shrinivas, Northwestern University
Asst. Prof. of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Asst. Prof. of Engineering Sciences and Applied Math; cell and developmental biology, living matter, multiphase fluids, condensates, gene regulation, nuclear organization
Mary Silber, University of Chicago
Dept. of Statistics; applied math, dynamical systems, bifurcation theory, pattern formation
Yuval Simons, University of Chicago
Asst. Prof. of Medicine; genetics, population genetics, genomics, systems biology,
quantitative genetics, statistical genetics
Sarah Solla, Northwestern University
Depts. of Physics and Astronomy, Physiology; statistical mechanics, complex systems
Bradly Stadie, Northwestern University
Asst. Prof. of Statistics and Data Science; reinforcement learning, AI, statistics
Matthias Steinruecken, University of Chicago
Asst. Prof of Ecology and Evolution; human genetics, mathematical biology, population genetics, genomics, systems biology
Matthew Stephens, University of Chicago
Dept of Statistics, Human Genetics; statistics, genetics
Lois Trautvetter, Northwestern University
Prof. of Higher Education and Administration Policy; student, postdoc, faculty success in STEM
Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Northwestern University
Prof. of Chemical and Biological Engineering; synthetic biology, biotechnology,
protein engineering
David Uminsky, University of Chicago
Exec. Director, Research Professor, Data Science Institute; applied math, data science
Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan, University of Chicago
Prof. of Chemistry; biophysics, theoretical chemistry, physical chemistry, statistical mechanics, stochastic processes
Carl Veller, University of Chicago
Asst. Prof. of Ecology and Evolution; genetics, genomics, systems biology, population genetics, theoreical biology, evolution
Aravindan Vijayaraghavan, Northwestern University
Prof. of Computer Science; algorithms, theory of computation, machine learning theory,
average case analysis
Vincenzo Vitelli, University of Chicago
Dept. of Physics; biophysics, machine learning, dynamical systems, fluids
Petia Vlahovska, Northwestern University
Prof. of Engineering Sciences and Applied Math; soft matter, fluid dynamics, biophysics
Valdmir Volpert, Northwestern University
Prof. of Engineering and Applied Mathematics; mathematical biology,
nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation, applied math
Gregory Voth, University of Chicago
Prof. of Chemistry; theoretical and computer simulation studies of biomolecular and liquid state phenomena, complex systems, theoretical chemistry
Ji-Ping Wang, Northwestern University
Prof. of Statistics and Data Science; computational biology,
statistical applications in bioinformatics, high-dimonsional genomic and genetic data
Zhaoran Wang, Northwestern University
Depts. of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Computer Science;
Deep Reinforcement Learning, data-driven decision making
Alec Wang, Northwestern University
Dept. of Molecular Biosciences; genomics, mammalian stem cells, molecular cell biology
Shmuel Weinberger, University of Chicago
Prof. of Mathematics; geometry, quantitative and applied topology
Rebecca Willett, University of Chicago
Prof. of Statistics and Computer Science; AI, machine learning, signal processing, data science, information theory, neural networks
Nyree Zerega, Northwestern University
Prof. of Plant Biology and Conservation; evolution, systematics, biogeography,
reproductive ecology