Faculty Experts

Vadim Backman

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, 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

Scott Baker

Kellogg School of Management

Associate Professor of Finance

Field: Finance

Focus Areas: Behavioral Finance, Entrepreneurship, Financial Policy and Regulation, Interest Rates, Labor Markets, Macroeconomics, Personal Finance

Esther S. Barron

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Clinical Professor of Law

Field: Business Law, Legal Education

Focus Areas: Business Associations, Entrepreneurship

Hayes Ferguson

Email Hayes

Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Field: Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Management and Organizations, Marketing

Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship, Gender Diversity and Equality, Innovation

Mark Fisher

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Clinical Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering

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

Jeremy D. Gilbert

Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 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

Benjamin Jones

Kellogg School of Management

Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship

Field: Business Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Economic Growth and Development, Emerging Markets, Entrepreneurship, Globalization, Innovation, International Business and Marketing

Megan Kashner

Kellogg School of Management

Lecturer in Kellogg’s Public-Private Interface and Director of Social Impact

Field: Business Ethics, Business Strategy

Focus Areas: Business Strategy, Economic Growth and Development, Entrepreneurship, Investing, Nonprofits

Daniel Lansberg-Rodriguez

Kellogg School of Management

Adjunct Lecturer of Finance

Field: Finance

Focus Areas: Economic Growth and Development, Emerging Markets, Entrepreneurship, International Business and Marketing, Investing, Latinx Culture and Politics, Macroeconomics, Political Corruption

Steve Reed

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Clinical Professor of Law

Field: Business Law

Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Intellectual Property Rights, Mergers and Acquisitions

Mohanbir Sawhney

Kellogg School of Management

McCormick Foundation Chair of Technology

Field: Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Marketing

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Entrepreneurship, Information Systems and Technology, Innovation, Machine Learning and Automation, Product Management and Development, Technology Companies

David Schonthal

Kellogg School of Management

Clinical Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Field: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Innovation

Daniel Spulber

Kellogg School of Management

Elinor Hobbs Professor of International Business

Field: Business Strategy

Focus Areas: Antitrust Law, Contract Theory, Entrepreneurship, Globalization, Industrial Organizations and Economics, Innovation, Intellectual Property Rights, International Business and Marketing, Microeconomics

David Zaretsky

Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, 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