Engineering and Tech: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Dr. Mohamed Abazeed

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, The Graduate School

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Cancer and Oncology, Complex Systems, Data Science, Genetics, Radiology

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Cancer Treatment, Genetic Medicine and Health, Machine Learning and Automation, Medical Imaging, Precision Medicine, Statistics and probability

Luis Amaral

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Complex Systems, Data Science

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Data Science, Environmental Sustainability, Firearm safety and policy, Information Systems and Technology, Network Science, Scientific Collaboration, Teams Theory

Brenna Argall

McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Field: Mechanical Engineering, Robotics

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Human-Machine Interaction, Machine Learning and Automation

Vadim Backman

McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Sachs Family Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine, McCormick School of Engineering

Field: Aging, Biomedical Engineering, Cancer and Oncology, Epigenetics, Genetics, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Biomedicine, Biophysics, Cancer Treatment, Cell Imaging, Entrepreneurship, Genetic Medicine and Health, Regenerative Medicine

Randall Berry

McCormick School of Engineering

John A. Dever Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Field: Electrical Engineering

Focus Areas: Cybersecurity, Data Science, Machine Learning and Automation, Network and Systems Security, Social Networks, Wireless Networks

Christopher P L Berry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

CIERA Board of Visitors Research Professor

Field: Data Science, Physics and Astronomy

Focus Areas: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Gravity, Theoretical Astrophysics

Larry Birnbaum

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Computer Science

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Data Science

Focus Areas: Information Systems and Technology, Machine Learning and Automation, Natural Language Processing, Social Media

Neal Blair

McCormick School of Engineering, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Field: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Earth Science

Focus Areas: Agriculture, Biofuels, Biogeochemistry, Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, Deforestation, Ecology, Environmental Science, Environmental Sustainability

David Cella

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor

Field: Cancer and Oncology, Medical Social Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Cancer Survivorship, Healthcare Policy, Health Equity and Disparities, Statistics and probability

Yan Chen

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Computer Science

Field: Complex Systems

Focus Areas: Cybersecurity, Network and Systems Security

J. Edward Colgate

McCormick School of Engineering

Field: Mechanical Engineering, Robotics

Focus Areas: Design Thinking, Haptics, Human-Machine Interaction

Noshir Contractor

Kellogg School of Management, McCormick School of Engineering, School of Communication

Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Communications, Complex Systems, Computational Social Science, Data Science, Industrial Engineering

Focus Areas: Communication Skills, Data Science, Network Science, Predictive Analytics, Scientific Collaboration, Social Media, Social Networks, Space Travel, Teams Theory

Lee Cooper

McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Pathology

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering, Cancer and Oncology, Computer Science, Pathology, Radiology

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Medical Imaging, Precision Medicine

Julius Dewald

McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor and Chair of the department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Professor in Biomedical Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Focus Areas: Biomechanics, Biophysics, Neuroscience, Pain Management, Robotics, Stroke

Vinayak P. Dravid

McCormick School of Engineering

Abraham Harris Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Field: Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability, Sustainable energy, Water Quality and Purification

Jennifer Dunn

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering

Focus Areas: Biofuels, Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Pollution, Sustainable energy

Dr. Mozziyar Etemadi

McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Clinical Research, Data Science, Electronic Health Records, Machine Learning and Automation, Precision Medicine, Wearable Technology, Wireless Networks

Mark Fisher

McCormick School of Engineering

Clinical Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering

Focus Areas: Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Manufacturing, Medical Device Development, Product Management and Development

Steven Franconeri

Kellogg School of Management, McCormick School of Engineering, The Graduate School, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Psychology

Field: Education, Psychology

Focus Areas: Behavioral Economics, Data Science, Data Visualization, Decision Making, Design Thinking, Influence and Persuasion, Misinformation, STEM Education

Dr. Colin Franz

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, The Graduate School

Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and of Neurology

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Human Biology, Neurology, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Focus Areas: ALS, Neurobiology, Neurodegenerative Disease, Neuroscience, Precision Medicine, Regenerative Medicine, Therapeutics, Wearable Technology

Julia Gaudio

McCormick School of Engineering, The Graduate School

Assistant Professor

Field: Data Science, Industrial Engineering

Focus Areas: Data Science, Network Science, Statistics and probability

Elizabeth Gerber

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Mechanical Engineering

Focus Areas: Crowdsourcing, Design Thinking, Human-Machine Interaction, Innovation, Organizational Culture, Social Networks

Jeremy D. Gilbert

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Professor, Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Journalism

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Data Visualization, Design Thinking, Digital Media, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Journalism Industry

Kimberly Gray

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and (by courtesy) Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Focus Areas: Environmental Sustainability, Solar Energy, Sustainable energy, Water Quality and Purification

James Hambleton

McCormick School of Engineering

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Field: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Focus Areas: Infrastructure, Natural Disasters, Robotics

Kris Hammond

McCormick School of Engineering

Bill and Cathy Osborn Professor of Computer Science

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Human-Machine Interaction, Information Systems and Technology, Machine Learning and Automation, Natural Language Processing, Robotics

Erica Hartmann

McCormick School of Engineering

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Field: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Focus Areas: Antibiotic Resistance

Greg Holderfield

McCormick School of Engineering

Clinical Professor of Design

Field: Mechanical Engineering

Focus Areas: Design Thinking, Product Management and Development

Michael Horn

McCormick School of Engineering, School of Education and Social Policy

Professor of Computer Science and Learning Sciences

Field: Computer Science, Education

Focus Areas: Human-Machine Interaction, STEM Education

Dr. Jeanne M. Horowitz

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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Radiology

Field: Gastroenterology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Radiology

Focus Areas: Medical Imaging

Ian Horswill

McCormick School of Engineering

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Gaming

Jessica Hullman

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Computer Science

Field: Computer Science

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Data Visualization, Decision Making

Pedram Khalili

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Field: Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems and Technology

Dr. Abel N Kho

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Director of the Center for Health Information Partnerships

Field: Data Science, Genetics, Primary Care and Internal Medicine

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Data Science, Electronic Health Records, Genetic Medicine and Health, Innovation, Machine Learning and Automation, Patient Care, Precision Medicine

Diego Klabjan

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences

Field: Data Science

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Machine Learning and Automation, Statistics and probability

Kevin L. Kohlstedt

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Research Associate Professor of Chemistry

Field: Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Biophysics, Machine Learning and Automation, Molecular Bonds, Quantum Mechanics, Solar Energy, Sustainable energy

Sam Kriegman

McCormick School of Engineering

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Complex Systems, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Biodiversity, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biotechnology, Design Thinking, Robotics

Prem Kumar

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Physics and Astronomy

Field: Complex Systems

Focus Areas: Fiber-optics, Information Systems and Technology, Network and Systems Security, Quantum Mechanics

Joshua Nathaniel Leonard

McCormick School of Engineering

Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence,

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Cancer and Oncology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Human Biology, Molecular Biosciences, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Cancer Treatment, Drug Development, Genetic Medicine and Health, HIV/AIDS, Immunology, Pharmaceutical Industry, Precision Medicine

Jeffrey Lopez

McCormick School of Engineering

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemistry, Data Science, Materials Science

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Electric Cars, Organic Chemistry, Robotics, Sustainable energy

Julius B. Lucks

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Global Health, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Environmental Sustainability, Hunger, Food and Water Security, Sustainable energy, Water Quality and Purification

Hani Mahmassani

McCormick School of Engineering

William A. Patterson Distinguished Chair in Transportation

Field: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Complex Systems, Data Science

Focus Areas: Logistics and supply chains, Statistics and probability, Transportation

Thomas Miller

Northwestern University School of Professional Studies

Faculty director of the master's in data science program

Field: Data Science

Focus Areas: Data Bias, Data Science, Political Campaigns, Predictive Analytics, Statistics and probability

Chad Mirkin

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Nanomedicine

Adilson E. Motter

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Field: Complex Systems

Focus Areas: Chaos Theory, Network Science

Milan Mrksich

McCormick School of Engineering

Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science

Focus Areas: Cancer Treatment, Cell Biology, Drug Development

Todd Murphey

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Field: Robotics

Focus Areas: Biomechanics, Human-Machine Interaction, Machine Learning and Automation, Neuroscience

Barry L. Nelson

McCormick School of Engineering

Walter P. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences

Field: Data Science, Industrial Engineering

Focus Areas: Data Science, Risk Management, Statistics and probability

Justin M. Notestein

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Biofuels, Carbon Cycle, Molecular Bonds, Organic Chemistry, Sustainable energy

Aaron Packman

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Field: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Ecology, Environmental Sustainability, Infectious Disease, Natural Disasters, Pollution, Waterborne Disease, Water Quality and Purification

Michael Peshkin

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Field: Mechanical Engineering, Robotics

Focus Areas: Haptics, Human-Machine Interaction

Arthur Prindle

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Molecular Biosciences

Focus Areas: Biotechnology

Jeffrey J. Richards

McCormick School of Engineering

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering

Focus Areas: Environmental Sustainability, Infrastructure, Manufacturing

John Rogers

McCormick School of Engineering

Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Bioelectronics, Haptics, Nanomedicine, Wearable Technology

Joseph L. Schofer

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor Emeritus of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Field: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Focus Areas: Financial Policy and Regulation, Infrastructure

Krishna Shrinivas

McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Physics and Astronomy, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Life Sciences, Machine Learning and Automation

Dr. Anne M. Stey

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

Field: Data Science, Economics, Surgery

Focus Areas: Communications Strategy, Decision Making, Healthcare Policy, Information Systems and Technology, Machine Learning and Automation, Network Science, Organizational Change

Spencer Striker

Northwestern University in Qatar

Associate Professor of Digital Media Design

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Communications, Education, History, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Visual Arts

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Design Thinking, Digital Media, Educational Development, Entrepreneurship, Gaming, Innovation, Sound Design, Technology Companies, Wearable Technology

Samuel Stupp

McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine and Biomedical Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Nanomedicine, Regenerative Medicine, Solar Energy

V.S. Subrahmanian

McCormick School of Engineering

Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computer Science

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Data Science

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Influence and Persuasion, National Security, Public Policy, Risk Management, Terrorism

Danielle Tullman-Ercek

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biosciences, Nanotechnology, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Antibiotic Resistance, Biochemistry, Biofuels, Biomaterials, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Industry, Vaccines

Keith Edward Jaggard Tyo

McCormick School of Engineering

Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Global Health, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Biochemistry, Biofuels, Biomaterials, Biophysics, Biotechnology

Leah J. Welty

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine - Biostatistics

Field: Data Science, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Focus Areas: Adolescent Health and Psychology, Data Bias, Data Science, Data Visualization, Health Equity and Disparities, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, Statistics and probability

Dr. Shuai Xu

McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Dermatology

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Data Science, Dermatology, Global Health, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Bioelectronics, Telemedicine, Wearable Technology

David Zaretsky

McCormick School of Engineering, The Graduate School

Assistant Chair, Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Content Marketing, Data Science, Digital Media, Entrepreneurship, Higher Ed Administration, Influence and Persuasion, Machine Learning and Automation, Marketing Strategy, Social Media, Social Networks, Technology Companies

Hui Zhang

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of Preventive Medicine

Field: Data Science, Preventive Medicine

Focus Areas: Data Science, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, Neuroscience, Statistics and probability

Hao F. Zhang

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Ophthalmology

Focus Areas: Medical Imaging