Faculty

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Aazhang, Behnaam, 1985. J.S. Abercrombie Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of Rice Center for Neuroengineering
BS (1981), MS (1983), PhD (1986) University of Illinois

Abdulah, Kenneth, C., 2017. Lecturer of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BSc (1978) University of the West Indies; PhD (1995) Rice University

Abidi, Sabia, 2018. Assistant Teaching Professor of Bioengineering
B.S. (2002) Texas A&M University; Ph.D. (2007) University of Texas at Austin

Abraham, David 2011. Lecturer of BioSciences
BFA (2001), Master of City Planning (2004), PhD (2008) Texas Southern University

Abreu, Vitor dos Santos, 2000. Adjunct Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Lecturer
BA (1984), MS (1990) Federal University of Rio Grande, Porto Alegre, Brazil; PhD (1997) Rice University

Achard, Michel, 1997. Professor of Linguistics and French Studies, Magister of Sid Richardson College
BA (1983) University of Aix-en-Provence; MA (1987), PhD (1993) University of California–San Diego

Acosta, Darin, 2021. Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (1987) California Institute of Technology; MS (1989), PhD (1993) University of California - San Diego

Adam, Kirsten, 2023. Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences
BS (2012) University of Notre Dame; MS (2012) University of Oregon; DPhil (2018) University of Chicago

Adams, Jason, 2023. Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (2015) Georgia Institute of Technology; DPhil (2022) University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Adams, Wade, 2018. Associate Research Professor of Materials Science and Nanoengineering
PhD (1984) University of Massachusetts: Amherst

Aghamolla, Cyrus, 2023. Associate Professor of Accounting
BA, BS (2009) University of Maryland; MA (2013) Stanford University; PhD (2016) Columbia University

Ajayan, Pulickel M., 2007. Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering and Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Chemistry, and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department Chair of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BTech (1985) Banaras Hindu University, India; PhD (1989) Northwestern University

Ajo-Franklin, Caroline, 2019.  Professor of BioSciences
BS (1997) Emory University; PhD (2004) Stanford University

Ajo-Franklin, Jonathan, 2019. Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BA (1998) Rice; MS (2003); PhD (2005) Stanford University

Akin, John Edward, 1983. Professor of Mechanical Engineering and  Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
BS (1964) Tennessee Polytechnic Institute; MS (1966) Tennessee Technological University; PhD (1968) Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Akins, Brian, 2012. Associate Professor of Accounting
BS (1997) University of Texas–Austin; MBA (2006) Rice University; MA (2008) Lubbock Christian University; PhD (2012) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alabastri, Alessandro, 2015. Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSc (2007), MSc (2009) Polytechnic University-Milan; PhD (2014) Italian Institute of Technology and University of Genoa, Italy

Albarede, Francis, 2009. Weiss Visiting Professor of Earth, Environmental and  Planetary Sciences
PhD (1976) University of Paris 7

Alexander, David, 2003. Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Director of Rice Space Institute
BSc (1985), PhD (1988) University of Glasgow, Scotland

Alford, John R., 1985. Professor of Political Science
BS (1975), MPA (1977) University of Houston; MA (1980), PhD (1981) University of Iowa

Aliakbarpour, Maryam, 2023. Michael B. Yuen and Sandra A. Tsai Assistant Professor; Assistant Professor of Computer Science
BS (2013) Sharif University of Technology; MS (2015), PhD (2020) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Al-Zand, Karim, 2002. Professor of Composition and Theory

BM (1993) McGill University; PhD (2000) Harvard University

Anand, Piyush, 2021. Assistant Professor of Marketing
BTech (2010) Indian Institute of Management Guwahati; PGDM (2014) Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad; PhD (2021) Cornell University

Anandasabapathy, Sharmila, 2007. Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering
BA (1993) Yale University; MD (1998) Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Anderson, Thomas, 2023. Assistant Professor of Computation Applied Mathematical and Operations Research
BS (2014) New Jersey Institute of Technology; PhD (2020) California Institute of Technology

Anding, Roberta, 1997. Lecturer of Kinesiology
BS (1977), MS (1980) Louisiana State University

Antoulas, Athanasios C., 1985. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Diploma in Electrical Engineering (1975), Diploma in Mathematics (1975), PhD (1980) Eidgenösische Technische Hochschule, Switzerland

Aparicio, Jaime, 2016. Lecturer of Kinesiology
BS (2002) Texas A&M University; BS (2009) University of Texas–Pan American; DPT (2014) Texas Women's University

Aranda, José F., Jr., 1994. Professor of English and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, Co-Coordinator of Undergraduate Mellon Program
BA (1984) Yale University; MA (1988), PhD (1995) Brown University

Arepalli, Sivaram, 2001. Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1968) Andhra University; MS (1971), PhD (1979) Indian Institute of Technology

Asthagiri, Dilip, 2019. Associate Research Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1992) Indian Institute of Technology; MS (1994) University of Michigan–Ann Arbor; PhD (1999) University of Delaware

Atherholt, Robert, 1984. Professor of Oboe
BMus (1976), MMus (1977) Juilliard School of Music

Atkinson, E. Neely, 1985. Senior Lecturer of Statistics
BA (1975), MA (1981), PhD (1981) Rice University

Avila, Raudel, 2023. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
BS (2017) University of Texas at El Paso; PhD (2023) Northwestern University

Babakhani, Aydin, 2018. Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (2003) Sharif University of Technology, MS (2005) PhD California Institute of Technology

Back, Kerry E., 2009. J. Howard Creekmore Professor of Finance
BA (1978) Western Kentucky University; PhD (1983) University of Kentucky

Bader, Graham, 2008. Professor of Art History, Department Chair of Art History
BA (1991) Yale University; MA (1995) Williams College; MA (2000), PhD (2005) Harvard University

Bae, Kyung-Hee, 2012. Lecturer of the Program in Writing and Communication
BS (1993) Seoul Women’s University; MA (2003) University of Houston

Baig, Fatima, 2016. Lecturer of German
BA (2001) Rupert Charles University; PhD (2011) University of Iowa

Balabanlilar, Lisa A., 2007. Professor of History, Department Chair of Transnational Asian Studies, Director of Chao Center for Asian Studies
BA (1998) Portland State University; MA (2003), PhD (2007) Ohio State University

Balakrishnan, Guha, 2021. Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSE (2011) University of Michigan; MS (2013), PhD (2018) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Balakrishnan, Karthik, 2019. Vernon S. Mackey, Jr. & Verne F. Simons Distinguished Professor of Accounting, Faculty Lead of Undergraduate Business Programs
BE (2001) National Institute of Technology; MBA (2003) Indian School of Business; PhD (2010)  New York University

Ball, Zachary T., 2006. Professor of Chemistry
AB (1999) Harvard University; PhD (2004) Stanford University

Ballew, Hailey, 2019.Assistant Professor of Accounting
BS (1999) University of Kansas; PhD (2019) Ohio State University

Bao, Gang, 2015. Foyt Family Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Department Chair of Bioengineering 
BS (1976) Shandong University; (1981) MSc, Shandong University; PhD (1987) Lehigh University

Baraniuk, Richard G., 1992. C. Sidney Burrus Professor of Engineering, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science
BS (1987) University of Manitoba; MS (1988) University of Wisconsin; PhD (1992) University of Illinois

Baring, Matthew G., 2000.Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (1983) University of Melbourne; PhD (1989) Trinity College, Cambridge

Barlow, Tani E., 2008. George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities
BA (1975) San Francisco State University; MA (1979), PhD (1985) University of California–Davis

Barman, Arko, 2020. Assistant Teaching Professor in Data to Knowledge Lab and Electrical and Computer Engineering
BE (2009) Jadavpur University; ME (2011) Indian Institute of Science; PhD (2018) University of Houston

Barnett, Gregory, 2002. Professor of Musicology
BA (1988) Oberlin College; MFA (1992), PhD (1997) Princeton University

Barnhill, Allen, 2010. Associate Professor of Trombone
BM (1977) Eastman School of Music

Baronian, Georgina, 2023. Assistant Professor of Architecture
BE (2012) University of Melbourne; MA (2018) Princeton University 

Barrera, Enrique V., 1990. Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BS (1979), MS (1985), PhD (1987) University of Texas–Austin

Barrett, Deborah, 1998. Professor of the Practice of Professional Communication
BA (1972), MA (1977) University of Houston; PhD (1983) Rice University

Bartel, Bonnie, 1995. Ralph and Dorothy Looney Professor of BioSciences
BA (1983) Bethel College; PhD (1990) Massachusetts Institute of Technogoly

Basen-Engquist, Karen, 2010Adjunct Professor of Kinesiology
BA (1982) Saint Olaf College; PhD (1989) University of Texas; MPH (1990) University of Texas School of Public Health

Basgal, Lisa, 2009Lecturer of Kinesiology
BA (1993) Marquette University; MA (2005) Villanova University

Bashor, Caleb, 2018. Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and BioSciences
BA (1999) Reed College; PhD (2010) University of California–San Francisco

Bayazitoglu, Yildiz, 1977. Harry S. Cameron Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BS (1967) Middle East Technological University; MS (1969), PhD (1974) University of Michigan

Beaird, Robert, 2015. Associate Teaching Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (2003) Centenary College of Louisiana; MS (2008), PhD (2011) Louisiana State University

Beason-Abmayr, Beth, 2001. Teaching Professor of BioSciences
BS (1990) Auburn University; PhD (1996) University of Alabama at Birmingham

Beaudrot, Lydia, 2018. Assistant Professor of BioSciences
BA (2005) Middlebury College; PhD (2014) University of California–Davis

Beckingham, Kathleen M., 1980. Professor of BioSciences
BA (1967), MA (1968), PhD (1972) University of Cambridge

Bedient, Philip B., 1975. Herman Brown Professor of Engineering
BS (1969), MS (1972), PhD (1975) University of Florida

Behr, Marek, 1999. Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1988), PhD (1992) University of Minnesota

Behringer, Richard, 2008. Adjunct Professor of BioSciences
PhD (1986) University of South Carolina

Beier, Margaret E., 2004. Professor of Psychological Sciences, Department Chair of Psychological Sciences, Magister of McMurtry College
BA (1988) Colby College; MS (1999), PhD (2003) Georgia Institute of Technology

Bejan, Maria, 2010. Senior Lecturer
BSc (1997) University of Bucharest, Romania; MA (1999), PhD (2004) University of Carlos III of Madrid, Spain

Bennaji, Charla, 2017. Lecturer of Spanish
BA (1999) Thiel College; MA (2005) University of Houston

Bennett, Matthew, 2009. Professor of BioSciences and BioEngineering, Magister of Will Rice College
BS (2000), PhD (2006) Georgia Institute of Technology

Ben-Zion, Yehuda, 2018. Wiess Visiting Professor
BSc (1982) The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; PhD (2000) University of Southern California

Bernstein, Josh, 2014. Associate Teaching Professor of Visual and Dramatic Arts
BA (2000) Amherst College; MFA (2008) Rutgers University

Bertolusso, Roberto, 2013. Lecturer of Statistics
BS (1999) Universitad de Buenos Aires; MA (2009), PhD (2011) Rice University

Bethune, Zachary, 2022. Associate Professor of Economics
B.S. (2008) Sam Houston State University; M.A. (2010), Ph.D. (2015) University of California, Santa Barbara

Bharadwaj, Vasudha, 2018. Lecturer of the Program in Writing and Communication
BA (1997), MA (1999) University of Delhi; PhD (2011) University of Rochester   

Biddle, Kevin Thomas, 2016. Adjunct Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BSc (1973) University of California-Santa Cruz; MA (1976) PhD (1979) University of Houston

Bissada, K. K., 1996. Adjunct Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BSc (1962) University of Assiut, Egypt; MS (1965), PhD (1967) Washington University

Biswal, Sibani Lisa, 2006. William M. McCardell Professor in Chemical Engineering, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Associate Department Chair of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1999) California Institute of Technology; MS (2001), PhD (2004) Stanford University

Blackburn, James B., 1981. Professor in the Practice of Environmental Law
BA (1969), JD (1972) University of Texas–Austin; MS (1974) Rice University

Blakely, Shantel, 2022. Assistant Professor of Architecture
A.B. (1992) Harvard University; M.Arch. (1997) Princeton University; M.A. (2017) Tufts University; Ph.D. (2011) Columbia University

Blättler, Damian, 2013. Associate Professor of Music Theory
AB (2006) Harvard University, MA, MPhil (2008), PhD (2013) Yale University

Blumenthal-Barby, Martin, 2009. Professor of German Studies
MA, MPhil (2006), PhD (2008) Yale University

Bobkova, Nina, 2019. Assistant Professor of Economics
BA (2011) Univeristy of Giessen; MSc (2012) University College London; PhD (2018) University of Bonn

Boggiano, Aymara, 2015. Lecturer of Spanish
BA (1982), MA (1987) Ohio State University

Bondos, Sarah, 2004. Adjunct Associate Professor of BioSciences
BS (1993) University of North Carolina; PhD (1998) University of Illinois

Bongmba, Elias K., 1995. Harry and Hazel Chavanne Professor of Christian Theology, Professor of Religion, Faculty Associate of Wiess College, President of the African Association for the Study of Religion
BA (1987) Sioux Falls College; MDiv (1989) North American Baptist Seminary; MA (1991) University of Iowa; PhD (1995) University of Denver, Iliff School of Theology; DTheo hc, (2018) Lund University–Sweden

Boriek, Aladin, 1997. Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering
BSc (1980) Helwan Institute of Technology, Egypt; MSc (1984) University of Michigan; MSc (1989), PhD (1990) Rice University

Borle, Sharad, 2003. Associate Professor of Marketing
BTech (1989) Banaras Hindu University–Varanasi; MBA (1992) XLRI Institute of Management–Jamshedpur; PhD (2003) Carnegie Mellon University

Bowdoin, Natasha, 2013. Associate Professor in Visual and Dramatic Arts, Associate Dean of Humanities for Undergraduate Programs and Special Projects
BA (2003) Brandeis University; MFA (2007) Tyler School of Art

Boyer, Dominic C., 2009. Professor of Anthropology
BA (1992) Brown University; MA (1994), PhD (2000) University of Chicago

Boylan, Richard Thomas, 2005. Professor of Economics
BA (1986) Pitzer College; MS (1988), PhD (1991) California Institute of Technology

Braam, Janet, 1990. Professor of BioSciences, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives
BS (1980) Southern Illinois University; PhD (1985) Sloan- Kettering Division of Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Bradford, Gwendolyn M., 2010. Associate Professor of Philosophy
BA (2003) University of Toronto; MA (2006), MPhil (2008), PhD (2010) Yale University

Bradshaw, Stephen J., 2010. Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Associate Chair for the Undergraduate Program
MPhys (2000) University of Wales; PhD (2003) University of Cambridge

Brake, Elizabeth, 2019. Professor of Philosophy
BS (1993) University of Oxford; M.Litt  (1995), PhD (1999) University of St. Andrews

Brake, Matthew, 2016. Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
BS (2002), MS (2004), PhD (2007) Carnegie Mellon University

Brandt, Anthony K., 1998. Professor of Composition and Theory
BA (1983) Harvard College; MA (1987) California Institute of the Arts; PhD (1993) Harvard University

Bratter, Jenifer L., 2006. Professor of Sociology, Director of Race Scholars at Rice, Head Resident Fellow of Duncan College
BA (1995) Pennsylvania State University; MA (1998), PhD (2001) University of Texas–Austin

Braverman, Vladimir, 2022. Cameron Professor, Professor of Computer Science
BSc (1998), M.Sc. (2004) Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; MSc (2009), PhD (2011) University of California, Los Angeles

Breikjern, Heather, 2010. Lecturer of Theatre
BA (2002) University of Minnesota; MFA (2005) North Carolina School of the Arts

Brennan, Marcia, 2001. Carolyn and Fred McManis Professor of Humanities, Professor of Religion and Art History, Faculty Fellow at Center for Teaching Excellence
BA (1988) Mt. Holyoke College; MA (1993), PhD (1997) Brown University

Brinkley, Douglas G., 2007. Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities and Professor of History
BA (1982) Ohio State University; MA (1983), PhD (1989) Georgetown University

Brogioli, Michael, 2009. Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1999) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, MS (2003), PhD (2007) Rice University

Brown, Bryan W., 1983. Reginald Henry Hargrove Professor of Economics and Statistics
BA (1969), MA (1972) Texas Tech University; PhD (1977) University of Pennsylvania

Brown, James N., 1992. Professor of Economics
BA (1973) University of Redlands; MA (1975), PhD (1980) University of Chicago

Brown, Tony N., 2016. Distinguished Professor of Sociology
BS (1991) University of Maryland–Eastern Shore; MA (1993), PhD (1998) University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Browning, Logan D., 1991. Professor of the Practice; Publisher, Executive Editor, SEL Studies in English Literature, 1500–1900
BA (1977) University of the South; MA (1980) Oxford University; PhD (1999) University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Bryan, Brielle, 2018. Assistant Professor of Sociology
BA (2007) Vanderbilt University; MPP (2012) Georgetown University; PhD (2018) Harvard University

Buchman, Rachel, 2005. Lecturer of Music
BA (1978) Vassar College

Budimlic, Zoran, 2020. Lecturer in Computer Science MCS Online Program
BS (1984) University of Belgrade; PhD (2001) Rice University

Burch, James L., 1990. Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (1964) St. Mary's University: PhD (1968) Rice University; MSA (1973) George Washington University

Butler, Alexander W., 2009. Jesse H. Jones Professor of Finance
BA (1992) Rice University; MB (1996), PhD (1999) Indiana University

Butler, Barbara, 2013. Professor of Trumpet and Director of Artist Diploma Program
BMus (1974) Northwestern University

Byrd, Alexander X., 2001. Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Associate Professor of History
BA (1990) Rice University; MA (1996), PhD (2001) Duke University

Byrne, John H., 1994. Adjunct Professor of Psychological Sciences and Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1968), MA (1970), PhD (1973) New York University School of Engineering

Byrne, Michael D., 1999. Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (1991), BS (1991) University of Michigan; MS (1993), MS (1995), PhD (1996) Georgia Institute of Technology

Caldwell, Peter C., 1994. Samuel G. McCann Professor of History, Director of Program in Politics, Law and Social Thought
BA (1987) New York University; MA (1990), PhD (1993) Cornell University

Calvi, Rossella, 2016. Assistant Professor of Economics
BA (2007), MSc (2010) Bocconi University, Milan; MA (2013), PhD (2016) Boston College

Campana, Joseph A., Jr., 2006. William Shakespeare Professor of English, Professor of English Literature. Co-Director of Program in Environmental Studies
BA (1996) Williams College; MA (1997) University of Sussex; MA (2000), PhD (2003) Cornell University

Campos, Luis, 2022. Baker College Chair for the History of Science, Technology and Innovation
A.B. (1999) Harvard University; M.Phil. (2000) University of Cambridge; Ph.D. (2006) Harvard University

Canning, Kathleen, 2018. Dean of the School of Humanities, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of History
BA University of Oregon, MS (1983) Ruprecht-Karls-Universität ; PhD (1998) Johns Hopkins University

Caprette, David R., 1987. Teaching Professor of BioSciences
BS (1974) Case Western Reserve University; MS (1979), PhD (1982) Cleveland State University

Carlin, Barbara A., 2013. Lecturer for the Professional Science Masters Program
BA (1975) University of Arizona; MSIS (1976) University of Pittsburg; PhD (1991) University of Texas-Austin

Carlin, Bruce, 2019. George R. Brown Professor of Finance
BS (1990), MD (1992), Northwestern University; MBA (2003) Washington University St. Louis; PhD (2007) Duke University

Carson, Daniel D., 2009. Schlumberger Chair of Advanced Studies and Research, Professor of BioSciences
BS (1975) University of Pennsylvania; PhD (1979) Temple University

Carter, Richard, 1997. Adjunct Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
BS (1979) Mississippi State University; PhD (1986) Rice University

Cartwright, Robert S., Jr., 1980. Professor of Computer Science
BA (1971) Harvard College; MA (1973), PhD (1973) Stanford University

Casbarian, John J., 1973. Harry K. and Albert K. Smith Professor of Architecture, Director of RSA External Programs
BA (1969) Rice University; MFA (1971) California Institute of the Arts; BArch (1972) Rice University

Castellón Gonzalez, Juan José, 2018. Assistant Professor of Architecture
MArch (2011) Architectural Association School of Architecture; DArch (2018) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology 

Castillo, Edward, 2018. Adjunct Associate Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
BA (2001) St. Mary's University; MA (2005), PhD (2007) Rice University

Castromán, Margarita, 2020. Assistant Professor of African American Literature and Culture
BA (2005) Florida State University; MA (2008) University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras; MA (2013) Columbia University; MA (2015), PhD (2020) Rutgers University

Catanese, Jamie, 2015. Associate Teaching Professor of BioSciences
BS (1998) Texas A&M University; PhD (2005) Rice University

Cates, Mary Susan, 2003. Lecturer of BioSciences
BS (1995) University of Houston; PhD (2000) Rice University

Cavallaro, Joseph R., 1988. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science
BSEE (1981) University of Pennsylvania; MSEE (1982) Princeton University; PhD (1988) Cornell University

Chaguine, Petr, 2005. Associate Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy
MS (1982) Institute for Physics and Technology, Moscow PhD (1991) Institute for High Energy Physics, Russia

Chambers, Gregory, 2017. Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BS, MS (2009), PhD (2014) University of Toronto

Chan, Anthony A., 1993. Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BSc (1982), MSc (1984) University of Auckland; MA (1986), PhD (1989) Princeton University

Chan, Jesse, 2013. Assistant Professor of  Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
BA (2008) Rice University; PhD (2013) University of Texas–Austin

Chapman, Walter G., 1990. William W. Akers Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1983) Clemson University; PhD (1988) Cornell University

Chappell, James, 2017. Assistant Professor of BioSciences and BioEngineering
BS (2008), PhD (2013) Imperial College, London

Chavez, Sergio, 2010. Associate Professor of Sociology
BA (1996), MS (1998) University of California–Davis; MS (2002), PhD (2007) Cornell University

Chen, Ang, 2017. Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Science 
BEng (2009) Wuhan University; PhD (2017) University of Pennsylvania

Chen, Hanjie, 2023. Assistant Professor of Computer Science
BE (2015) Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics;  MS (2018) University of Science and Technology of China; PhD (2023) University of Virginia

Chen, Jing, 2022. Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences
B.S. (2007), M.Ed. (2010) Zhejiang University; M.S., Ph.D. (2015) Purdue University

Chen, Shih-Hui, 2000. Professor of Composition and Theory
Diploma (1982) National Academy of the Arts, Taiwan; MM (1985) Northern Illinois University; DMA (1993) Boston University

Chen, Songtao, 2021. Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (2013) Zhejiang University; MS (2016) , PhD (2018) Brown University

Chen, Su, 2020. Assistant Teaching Professor in the Data to Knowledge Lab
BS (2008) Zhejiang University; PhD (2020) University of Texas–Austin

Chen, Wei, 2005. Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
BS (1992) Nankai University, Tianjin, China; MS (1997), PhD (2000) Rice University

Chi, Eric, 2021. Associate Professor of Statistics
BA (1999) Rice University; MS (2001) University of California, Berkeley; MA, PHD (2011) Rice University

Chi, Taiyun, 2019. Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (2012) University of Science and Technology of China; PhD (2017) Georgia Institute of Technology

Chung, Jaeyeon, 2018. Assistant Professor in Marketing
BA (2009) University of Michigan; MS (2011), PhD (2018) Columbia University

Cibor, Joseph, 2001. Adjunct Professor of the Practice in Civil Engineering Management
BS (1976), MS (1978) Purdue University

Citino, Nathan, 2015. Barbara Kirkland Chiles Professor of History, Department Chair of History 
BA (1993) University of Notre Dame; MA (1998), PhD (1999) Ohio State University

Clements, Niki, 2014. Watt and Lilly Jackson Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, Associate Professor of Religion
BA (2003) Sarah Lawrence; MTS (2007) Harvard Divinity School; PhD (2014) Brown University

Cohan, Daniel, 2006. Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
BA (1998) Harvard University; PhD (2004) Georgia Institute of Technology

Cohen, G. Daniel, 2003. Samuel W. and Goldye Marian Spain Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, Associate of McMurtry College
BA (1991) Tel Aviv University; MA (1992) Institute of French Studies; MA (1993), PhD (2000) New York University

Cokar, Marya, 2016. Assistant Teaching Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (2009), PhD (2013) University of Calgary

Colman, Scott, 2010. Assistant Professor of Architecture
BS (1994), PhD (1998) University of Sydney; M.Arch (2006) Ohio State University

Colopy, Andrew, 2014. Associate Professor of Architecture, Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
BS (2003) Ohio State University; MArch (2006) Columbia University

Comer, Krista, 1998. Professor of English
BA (1988) Wellesley College; PhD (1996) Brown University

Cone, Michael, 2015. Instructor of Physics and Astronomy
BA, BS (2003) Truman State University; PhD (2014) Texas A&M University

Connelly, Brian, 1984. Artist Teacher of Piano and Director of Piano Chamber Music and Accompanying Program
BMus (1980), MMus (1983) University of Michigan

Cook, David, 2001. Professor of Religion, Associate of Brown College
BA (1994), MA (1996) Hebrew University; PhD (2001) University of Chicago

Cooper, Keith D., 1990. L. John and Ann H. Doerr Chair in Computational Engineering, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1978), MA (1982), PhD (1983) Rice University

Cornwell, John M., 2007. Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Institutional Research, Adjunct Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (1977) Capital University; MS (1982) Georgia Institute of Technology; PhD (1987) University of Tennessee

Correa Ochoa, Laura, 2023. Assistant Professor of History
BA (2013) University of Toronto; MA, PhD (2021) Harvard University 

Costello, Leo, 2005. Associate Professor of Art History
BA (1993) Skidmore College; MA (1996) American University–Washington, D.C.; MA (1999), PhD (2002) Bryn Mawr College

Coughlin, Maura, 2020. Assistant Professor of Economics
BA (2011) Johns Hopkins University; MA (2017) Cornell University; PhD (2020) Cornell University

Couti, Jacqueline, 2018. Laurence H. Favrot Professor of French Studies, Department Chair of Modern and Classical Literature and Cultures
MA (2004), PhD (2008) University of Virginia

Coverdale, John, 2015. Adjunct Professor of Health Professions
BSc (1975); MB ChB (1980) University of Otago, New Zealand

Cowan, Kenneth, 2012. Professor of Organ
BMus (1997) Curtis Institute of Music; MMus (1999), Artist Diploma (2000) Yale University School of Music

Cox, Alan L., 1991. Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1986) Carnegie Mellon University; MS (1988), PhD (1991) University of Rochester

Cox, Kenneth R., 2000. Professor in the Practice of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1974) Ohio State University; MS (1977), PhD (1979) University of Illinois

Crane, Alan, 2010. Associate Professor of Finance
BS (2002), BA (2002) Trinity University; PhD (2010) University of Texas–Austin

Crawford-Brown, Sophie, 2020. Assistant Professor of Art History, Director of Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations
BA (2009) New York University; MA (2012) Florida State University; PhD (2019) University of Pennsylvania

Crear, Shelah, 2013. Lecturer of Education
BA (1998), MEd (2001) University of Texas–Austin; PhD (2013) Texas A&M University

Cronin, Justin C., 2003. Writer-in-Residence in English
BA (1984) Harvard University; MFA (1989) University of Iowa

Crossey, Diane, 2015. Professor in the Practice of Sport Management
BBA (1992), MS (1994) University of Massachusetts     

Crotty, Kevin, 2012. Associate Professor of Finance
BMus (2004), MAcco (2005) University of North Carolina; PhD (2012) Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Cruz, Miguel, 2007. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
BS (1983) University of Puerto Rico; PhD (1989) University of Puerto Rico–School of Medicine

Cummins-Muñoz, Elizabeth, 2015. Senior Lecturer of the Program in Writing and Communication
BA (1995) University of Texas; MA (1998) University of Pennsylvania; PhD (2007) University of Houston

Cunha, Flávio, 2014. Ervin Kenneth Zingler Professor of Economics, Department Chair of Economics, Wiess College Magister
MS (2000) Fundação Getúlio Vargas; PhD (2007) University of Chicago

Dabak, Anand, 2003. Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BTech (1987) Indian Institute of Technology; MS (1989), PhD (1992) Rice University

Dabney, James B., 2000. Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering
BS (1974) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; MS (1993) University of Houston–Clear Lake; PhD (1998) Rice University

Dacso, Clifford C., 2010. Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BA (1972), MA (1972) University of Pennsylvania; MD (1975) Baylor College of Medicine; MPH (1980) University of Texas School of Public Health; MBA (1990) Pepperdine University

Dai, Mingjie, 2022. Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Chemistry
B.A., M.Sci. (2010) Cambridge University; Ph.D. (2016) Harvard University

Dai, Pengcheng, 2013. Sam & Helen Worden Professor, Professor of Physics and Astronomy
dabneyBS (1984) Zhenzhou University, PhD (1993) University of Missouri

Damanik, David, 2006. Robert L. Moody, Sr. Chair of Mathematics
BS (1995) Mathematics, BS (1996) Computer Science, PhD (1998) Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität

Dasgupta, Rajdeep, 2008. Maurice Ewing Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BSc (1998), MSc (2000) Jadavpur University, India; PhD (2006) University of Minnesota

Dautenhahn, Nathan, 2018. Assistant Professor of Computer Science
BS (2008) University of New Mexico; PhD (2016) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

DeConick, April D., 2006. Isla Carroll Turner and Percy Turner Professor of Religion
AB (1987), MA (1988), PhD (1994) University of Michigan

Dee, Sylvia, 2018. Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences and Civil and Environmental Engineering
BSE (2010) Princeton; PhD (2015) University of Southern California

de Hoop, Maarten V., 2015. Simons Chair in  Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research and Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Professor of Mathematics
BS (1981), MS (1984) Utrecht University; PhD (1992) Delft University of Technology

Delk, Nikki, 2008. Adjunct Professors of BioSciences
BS (1996) Georgetown University; PhD (2006) Rice University

DeLucia, Patricia, 2018. Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (1983) Adelphi University; MA (1984,1986), PhD (1989) Columbia University

de Moraes, Marcos, 2021. Assistant Professor of BioSciences
BS (2009), MS (2012) Campinas State University; PhD (2016) University of Florida

Denny, Bryan T., 2016. Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (2005) Stanford University; MA (2011), MPhil (2011), PhD (2012) Columbia University

DerHovsepian, Joan, 2001. Artist Teacher of Viola
BM (1991), MM (1994) Eastman School of Music

Dermont, Amber, 2013. Gladys Louise Fox Associate Professor of English
BA (1993) Vassar College, MA (1996) Emerson College, MFA (1998) University of Iowa, Iowa Writers Workshop, PhD (2006) University of Houston

Derrick, Scott S., 1990. Associate Professor of English
BA (1975) Albright College; MA (1978) University of Chicago; PhD (1987) University of Pennsylvania

DesRoches, Reginald, 2017. President, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
BS (1990), MS, PhD (1998) University of California–Berkeley

Dezzani-Huff, Connor, 2019. Assistant Professor of Political Science.
BA (2010) University of California Santa Cruz; PhD (2019) Harvard University

Dholakia, Utpal, 2001. George R. Brown Chair of Marketing and Professor of Management
BE (1993) University of Bombay; MS (1994) Ohio State University; MS (1997), PhD (1998) University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Diaz, Christina, 2021. Assistant Professor of Sociology
BA (2007), MA (2009) DePaul University; MS (2011), PhD (2015) University of Wisconsin-Madison

Diaz Montalvo, Thais, 2017. Lecturer of Spanish
BA (1997), JD (2000) University of Puerto Rico; MA (2005) Brown University

Dib, Lina, 2014. Lecturer of the Program in Writing and Communication
DEC Fine Arts (1999) Cégep St-Laurent; BSc (2002), MSc (2006) Université́ de Montréal; PhD (2013) Rice University

Dickinson, Mary, 2006. Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering
BS (1989) Vanderbilt University; MA (1992), PhD (1996) Columbia University

Dickman, J. David, 2012. Adjunct Professor of Psychological Sciences, Director of the Neuroscience Program
BA (1979) University of Oklahoma; MS, PhD (1985) University of Wyoming

Diddel, Roberta M., 1985. Adjunct Assistant Professor and Lecturer of Psychological Sciences
BA (1976) Wesleyan University; PhD (1989) Boston University

Diehl, Michael, 2005. Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Chemistry
BA (1997) The College of New Jersey; PhD (2002) University of California–Los Angeles

Diep, Cassandra, 2017. Assistant Teaching Professor of Kinesiology
BA (2007) Rice University; MS (2009), PhD (2012) Texas A&M University

Dittmar, Amy, 2022. Howard R. Hughes Provost, Professor of Economics and Finance
BS (1992) Indiana University; PhD (2000) University of North Carolina

Dittmar, Robert, 2022. Professor of Finance
BS (1991) University of Illinois; PhD (2000) University of North Carolina

Djerejian, Edward P., 1994. Janice and Robert McNair Director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
BS (1960), Doctor of Humanities (Hon) (1992) Georgetown University

Do, Kim-Anh, 1999. Adjunct Professor of Statistics
BS (1983) Queensland University; MS (1985), PhD (1990) Stanford University

Dodds, Stanley A., 1977. Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Associate Chair for Administration
BS (1968) Harvey Mudd College; PhD (1975) Cornell University

Domingues Da Silva, Daniel, 2017. Associate Professor of History, Magister of Martel College
BA (2004), MA (2009), PhD (2011) Emory University

Dongare, Pratiksha, 2020. Assistant Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BE, MSc(2013) Birla Institute of Technology and Science India; MS (2017), PhD (2020) Rice University

Doost-Muhammady, Rahman, 2016. Assistant Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSc (2007) Sharif University of Technology, Iran; MSc (2009) Deft University of Technology, The Netherlands; PhD (2014) Northeastern University

Doss-Gollin, James, 2021. Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
BS (2015) Yale University; MS (2016), PhD (2020) Columbia University

Dove, Charles, 2001. Professor in the Practice of Film, Director of Rice Cinema
BA (1984) University of Illinois; MA (1988), PhD (1995) Johns Hopkins University

Dravis, Jeffrey J., 1987. Adjunct Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BS (1971) St. Mary’s University; MS (1977) University of Miami; PhD (1980) Rice University

Drezek, Rebekah Anna, 2002. Professor of Bioengineering and of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSE (1996) Duke University; PhD (2001) University of Texas–Austin

Duarte, Jefferson, 2008. Gerald D. Hines Associate Professor of Real Estate Finance, Director of Real Estate Initiatives
BS (1991) Eng. Instituto Technologico de Aeronautica, Brazil; MBA (2000), PhD (2000) University of Chicago

Dudey, Marc Peter, 1990. Associate Professor of Economics
BA (1980) University of Wisconsin at Madison; MS (1986) University of Southern California; PhD (1984) Princeton University

Dueñas-Osorio, Leonardo, 2006. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
BS (1996) Universidad de la Salle, Bogotá, Colombia; MS (1998) Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia; MS (2000) Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia; MEng (2001) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD (2005) Georgia Institute of Technology

Dunham, Amy E., 2007. Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
BA (1995) Connecticut College; PhD (2003) State University of New York–Stony Brook

Dunham, James F., 2001. Professor of Viola and Chamber Music
BFA (1972), MFA (1974) California Institute of the Arts

Dunn, Susan, 2002. Artist Teacher of Opera Studies
BMus (1985), Graduate Diploma of Music (1987) Queensland Conservatorium of Music

Dunning, F. Barry, 1972. Sam and Helen Worden Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BSc (1966), PhD (1969) University College, London

Duno-Gottberg, Luis, 2008. Lee Hage Jamail Professor in Latin American Studies, Professor of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures
BA (1994) Universidad Central de Venezuela; MA (1996), PhD (2000) University of Pittsburgh

Ecklund, Elaine Howard, 2008. Herbert S. Autrey Chair and Professor of Sociology, Director of the Boniuk Institute
BS (1995), MA (2001), PhD (2004) Cornell University

Ecklund, Karl M., 2008. Professor of Physics and Astronomy
AB (1989) Princeton University; PhD (1996) Stanford University

Egan, Scott, 2014. Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
BA (1999) University of Texas–Austin; MS (2004) Texas State University–San Marcos, PhD (2010) Vanderbilt University

Eich, Elizabeth, 2006. Lecturer of BioSciences
BS (1998) Texas A&M University; PhD (2005) Rice University

El-Bakry, Amr, 1998. Adjunct Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
BS (1984) Alexandria University, Egypt; MA (1990), PhD (1991) Rice University

El-Dahdah, Farès, 1996. Professor of Art History and Humanities
BFA (1986), BArch (1987) Rhode Island School of Design; MAUD (1989), DDes (1992) Harvard University

El-Gamal, Mahmoud A., 1998. Professor of Islamic Economics, Finance, and Management; Professor of Economics and Statistics
BA (1983), MA (1985) American University, Cairo; MS (1985) Stanford University; PhD (1988) Northwestern University

Ellenzweig, Sarah, 2000. Associate Professor of English
BA (1990) Wesleyan University; MS (1996), PhD (2000) Rutgers University

Elliott, James R., 2014. Professor of Sociology, Department Chair of Sociology
BA (1989) University of California–Santa Cruz; MS (1992), PhD (1997) University of Wisconsin–Madison

Elliott, Matthew, 2015. Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering
BS (2000), MS (2008), PhD (2013) Texas A&M University

Ellison, Paul V. H., 1975. Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Double Bass
BME (1965) Eastern New Mexico University; MM (1966) Northwestern University

Emami, Farshid, 2020. Assistant Professor of Art History
BA (2004) Shahid Beheshti University; MA (2007) University of Tehran; MS (2011) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD (2017) Harvard University

Emami, Maryam, 2010. Associate Teaching Professor of French
BA (1997), MA (1999) Teheran Azad Shomal University, Iran; MA (2005), PhD (2011) University of California–Santa Barbara

Emden, Christian J., 2003. Frances Moody Newman Chair, Professor of German Studies
BA (1995), BA (1996) University of Konstanz; MPhil (1997), PhD (2000) University of Cambridge

Emenaha, Ugochi, 2023. Associate Director of Masters of Art in Teaching, Adjunct Lecturer of Education
B.S. (2005) University of Michigan Ann Arbor; Ed.D. (2022) Baylor University

Englebretson, Robert, 2000. Associate Professor of Linguistics
BA (1992), MA (1996), PhD (2000) University of California–Santa Barbara

Ensor, Katherine Bennett, 1987. Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics
BSE (1981), MS (1982) Arkansas State University; PhD (1986) Texas A&M University

Eraslan, Hülya, 2014. Ralph S. O'Connor Chair in Economics, Professor of Economics
BS (1991) Bilkent University; MA (1994) State University of New York-Buffalo, PhD (2001) University of Minnesota

Erazo Cruz, Kalil, 2020. Assistant Teaching Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
BSc(2009) Institute of Technology of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; MSc (2012) Georgia Institute of Technology; PhD (2015) University of Vermont

Esch, Sophie, 2018. Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures, Director for the Initiative for the Study of LatinX America 
MA (2009) Freie Universität Berlin; PhD (2014) Tulane University

Estrella, Amarilys, 2021. Assistant Professor of Anthropology
BA (2006) Hunter College; MA (2010), Mphil (2017), PhD (2019) New York University

Evans, Kory, 2020.  Assistant Professor of BioSciences
BSc (2013) Nova Southeastern University; PhD (2017) University of Louisiana-Lafayette

Evans, Shani, 2021. Assistant Professor of Sociology
BA (2001) Amherst College; MS Ed (2007), PhD (2016) University of Pennsylvania

Everitt, Henry, 2014. Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1985), PhD (1990) Duke University

Fagan, Mike, 2020. Lecturer in Computer Science MCS Online Program
BS (1977), MEE (1978), PhD (1991) Rice University

Fagundes, Christopher P., 2015. Professor of Psychological Sciences, Resident Associate Faculty Fellow of Lovett College
BA (2005) University of California, Davis; MS (2008), PhD (2010) University of Utah

Fang, Songying, 2009. Associate Professor of Political Science
BS (1990) Science and Technology University of Beijing; MA (1996) Renmin University of China; MA (2000) Binghamton University SUNY; PhD (2006) University of Rochester

Fanger, Claire, 2009. Allison Sarofim Associate Professor for Distinguished Teaching in the Humanities, Associate Professor of Religion
BA (1979) Reed College; MA (1983) Boston University; MA (1987), PhD (1994) University of Toronto

Farach-Carson, Mary C., 2009. Adjunct Professor of BioSciences
BS (1978) University of South Carolina; PhD (1982) Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University

Farajzadeh, Rouhollah, 2015. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (2001) AmirKabir University of Technology; MS (2004), PhD (2008) Delft University of Technology

Ferguson, Todd, 2023. Assistant Teaching Professor of Sociology, Social Sciences Quantitative Methods Program Director
BA (2004) Baylor University; MDiv (2007) Duke University; MA (2013) PhD (2016) Baylor University

Fernández, Esther, 2015. Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures, Resident Associate of Wiess College
BA (1999) Wheaton College; MA (2001), PhD (2005) University of California-Davis

Ferreira, Petrus, 2021. Assistant Professor of Accounting
BCom (2004), MCom (2008), MCom (2011) University of Pretoria; PhD (2021) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ferris, David, 1998. Associate Professor of Musicology
BM (1982) New England Conservatory; PhD (1993) Brandeis University

Ferreira Flores, Rodrigo, 2019. Assistant Teaching Professor of Computer Science
B.A. (2009), M.A. (2014), Ph.D. (2019) New York University

Festa, Elizabeth A., 2007. Lecturer of the Program in Writing and Communication
BA (1995) University of Notre Dame; MA (2000), PhD (2007) Vanderbilt University

Fette, Julie, 2005. Associate Professor of French Studies
BS (1989) Georgetown University; MA (1994) New York University; DEA (1995) École Normale Supérieure & Ècole des Hautes Études en Science Sociales; M Phil (1997) New York University; Doctorat (2001) École des Hautes Études en Sciences; PhD (2001) New York University

Fiel, Jeremy, 2021. Assistant Professor of Sociology
BS (2006) University of North Carolina-Chapel Hilll; MA (2008) University of Mississippi-Oxford; MS (2011), PhD (2015) University of Wisonsin-Madison

Finley, Dawn, 2001. Professor of Architecture, Director of Graduate Studies
BS (1993) University of Michigan; MArch (1999) Rice University

Firoozabadi, Abbas, 2019. Distinguished Research Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1970) Abadan Institute of Technology; MS (1972),PhD (1975) Illinois Institute of Technology 

Fischer, Jeanne Kierman, 1992. Artist Teacher of Piano and Collaborative Skills
BMus (1971) Oberlin College; MMus (1977) New England Conservatory of Music

Fischer, Norman, 1992. Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Cello
BMus (1971) Oberlin College

Fischer-Baum, Simon J., 2012. Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (2003) Columbia University; PhD (2010) Johns Hopkins University

Fisher, David, 2022. Professor of Mathematics
BA (1993) Columbia University; MS (1994) University of Chicago; PhD (1999) University of Chicago

Fleishacker, Alan, 2003. Senior Lecturer of Architecture
BA (1973) Oklahoma State University; JD (1976) University of Oklahoma

Fleisher, Jeffrey B., 2007. Professor of Anthropology, Department Chair of Anthropology, Director of Center for African and African American Studies
BA (1992), MA (1997), PhD (2003) University of Virginia

Fleming, Jeff, 1993. Fayez Sarofim Vanguard Professorship of Finance,
BA (1987) Cornell College; MBA (1989), PhD (1993) Duke University

Flynn, Jonathan R., 2018. Assistant Teaching Professor of Neuroscience
BS (2010) University of North Carolina at Wilmington; PhD (2017) University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Foster, Matthew S., 2012. Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BEng (2000) The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art; PhD (2006) University of California, Santa Barbara

Fowler, Will, 2015. Lecturer of Studio Art
BFA (1992) The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; MFA (2000) Art Center College of Design

Fox, David Stephen, 1990. Lecturer of Architecture
BA (1973), BArch (1975) Rice University

Fox, Jeremy, 2015. Shatto Professor of Economics
BA (1998) Rice University; MA (2003), PhD (2003) Stanford University

Franklin, Amy, 2009. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Cognitive Sciences
BS (1999) University of Houston; MA (2007), PhD ( 2007) University of Chicago

Frantz, Gene, 2012. Adjunct Professor in the Practice of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSEE (1971) University of Central Florida; MSEE (1977) Southern Methodist University; MBA (1982) Texas Tech University

Fregly, Benjamin J., 2017. Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering, Magister of Brown College
BS (1986) Princeton University; MS (1987), PhD (1993) Stanford University

Frei, Sarah, 2019. RTG Lovett Instructor of Mathematics
BS (2010) University of Portland; MS (2014) Colorado State University; PhD (2019) University of Oregon

French, Christopher, 1999. Artist Teacher of Cello Orchestral Repertoire
BMus (1982) North Park University

French, Melodie, 2016. Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BA (2006) Oberlin College; MS (2009) University of Wisconsin–Madison; PhD (2014) Texas A&M University

Fu, Liang, 2010. Lecturer of Chinese
BA (1991) Central China Normal University; MA (1999) Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics; MBA (2002) Miami University

Fuentes David T., 2019. Adjunct Associate Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
BS (2002), MS (2005), PhD (2008) University of Texas-Austin

Fukuyama, Tohru, 1995. Adjunct Professor of Chemistry
BS (1971), MS (1973) Nagoya University; PhD (1977) Harvard University

Gabbiani, Fabrizio, 2004. Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BA, MA (1989), PhD (1992) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Gallant, Denva, 2023. Assistant Professor of Art History
BA (2005) Sweet Briar College; AM (2011), PhD (2018) Harvard University

Gao, Xue, 2017. Ted N. Law Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Bioengineering
BS (2005), MS (2007) Tianjin University; PhD (2013) University of California–Los Angeles

Gao, Yang, 2017. Assistant Professor of Biosciences
BS (2007) University of Science and Technology of China; PhD (2013) Iowa State University

Gao, Zhiyong, 1986. Associate Professor of Mathematics
BA (1979) Fudan University; PhD (1984) State University of New York–Stony Brook

García,-Rueda, Claudia, 2019. Lecturer of Spanish
BS (2001) Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia; MA (2017), MA (2018) Universidad de Granada, Spain

Garcini, Luz, 2022. Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (2003) University of Houston; MA (2008) University of Houston-Clear Lake; MS (2012), MPH (2015), PhD (2016) San Diego State University/University of California San Diego

Garib, Ali, 2023. Lecturer of the Program in Writing and Communication
BA (2011) Omar Al-Mukhtar University; MA (2014) Arizona State University; MA (2017) University of Manchester

Gedigian, Marianne, 2023. Professor of Flute
BM (1086) Boston University

Geiser, Reto, 2011. Associate Professor of Architecture, Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
MArch (2002), PhD (2010) ETH Zurich

Georges, Eugenia, 1986. Professor of Anthropology
BA (1970) Florida Presbyterian College; MA (1971) Tulane University; PhD (1985) Columbia University

Gershon, Ilana, 2023. Professor of Anthropology
BA (1993) Stanford University; MPhil (1994) Cambridge University; PhD (2001) University of Chicago

Getachew, Bezawit, 2020. Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
BS (2012), MS (2015), PhD (2018) Yale University

Geurts, Franciscus Johannes Maria, 2008. Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Propedeuse Physics (1988), MS (1992), PhD (1998) Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands

Ghorbel, Fathi, 1994. Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering
BS (1985) Pennsylvania State University; MS (1987) Carnegie Mellon University; PhD (1991) University of Illinois

Ghosn, Bilal, 2014. Lecturer of Bioengineering
BS (2002) Louisiana State University; MS (2004) Louisiana State University; PhD (2009) University of Texas–Austin

Gibson, Brian, 1996. Clinical Professor of Kinesiology
BA (1990), MA (1993), PhD (1996) University of Texas–Austin

Gilbertson, Michelle, 2009. Lecturer of Chemistry
BS (1990) Valparaiso University; MS (1992), PhD (1994) Northwestern University

Gilbertson, Scott R., 2006. Adjunct Professor of Chemistry
BS (1979) University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse; MS (1982) University of Michigan; PhD (1988) University of Chicago

Giliberti, M. Cristina, 2014. Lecturer of Italian
MA, PhD (2000) Universita’ degli Studi di Bari, Italy

Gillenwater, Ann M., 2006. Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering
BA (1983) Brown University; MD (1987) University of Virginia– Charlottesville

Glassberg, Jeffrey, 2007. Adjunct Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
BS (1969) Tufts University; PhD (1976) Rice University; JD (1993) Columbia University School of Law

Goldman, Ronald N., 1990. Professor of Computer Science
BS (1968) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MA, PhD (1973) Johns Hopkins University

Gong, Hua, 2020. Assistant Professor of Sport Management 
BS (2013) University of Nottingham; MS (2015) Texas A&M; PhD (2020) University of South Carolina 

Gong, Kai, 2022. Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
BS (2011) Central South University; BS (2011), MEngSci ( R ), Monash University; MA (2016), PhD (2020) Princeton University

Gonnermann, Helge, 2009. Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BA (1992) University of Montana; MS (1995) University of Arizona–Tucson; PhD (2004) University of California– Berkeley

Gonzalez, Ramon, 2018. Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1993), MS 1999), PhD (2001) University of Chile

Goodman, Wayne, 2017. Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
BS (1974) Colombia University; MD (1981) Boston University School of Medicine; PhD (1986) Yale University 

Gopalakrishnan, Arun, 2019. Assistant Professor of Marketing
BE (2000) Unviersity of Auckland; MBA (2006) Pennsylvania State University; MS (2012), PhD (2015) University of Pennsylvania

Gordon, Richard G., 1995. W. M. Keck Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BA (1975) University of California–Santa Cruz; MS (1977), PhD (1979) Stanford University

Gori, Avantika, 2023. Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
BS (2016), MS (2018) Rice University; PhD (2023) Princeton University

Gorman, Bridget K., 2002. Dean of Undergraduates, Professor of Sociology
BA (1994) Western Washington University; MA (1996), PhD (2000) Pennsylvania State University

Gottschalk, Arthur W., 1977. Professor of Composition and Theory
BMus (1974), MA (1975), DMA (1978) University of Michigan

Grande-Allen, Kathryn Jane, 2003. Isabel C. Cameron Professor of Bioengineering
BA (1991) Transylvania University; PhD (1998) University of Washington

Gray, Gary, 2015. Lecturer of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BA (1980) Southern Oregon State College; PhD (1985) University of Texas-Austin

Greig, Nancy, 1991. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
BA (1980), PhD (1991) University of Texas–Austin

Greiner, John, 1997. Lecturer of Computer Science
BA (1989) Rice University; MS (1992), PhD (1997) Carnegie Mellon University

Grullon, Gustavo, 1998. Jesse H. Jones Professor of Finance
BBA (1991) University of Puerto Rico; PhD (1998) Cornell University

Guerra, Rudy, 2001. Professor of Statistics, Department Chair of Statistics
BS (1984) University of Texas–San Antonio; MA (1987), PhD (1992) University of California–Berkeley

Guindani, Michele, 2011. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Statistics
BS (2001), MS (2001), PhD (2005) Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Günel, Gökçe,  2019. Associate Professor of Anthropology
BA (2004), MA (2007) Koç University; PhD (2012) Cornell University

Guo, Hua, 2015. Assistant Research Professor in Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BA (2001) Northeastern University, Shenyang, China; PhD (2009)  Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang

Gürcanlı, Özge, 2012. Adjunct Lecturer of Psychological Sciences
BA (2002), MA (2006) Boğaziçi University; PhD (2012) Johns Hopkins University

Gurewitz, Omer, 2012. Adjunct Lecturer of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BA (1990) Ben Gurion University of the Negev-Beer Sheva; MS (2000), PhD (2005) Technion-Israel Institute of Technology-Haifa

Gustavsson, Anna-Karin, 2020. Assistant Professor of Chemistry
BS (2008) University of Gothenburg; MS (2010) University of Gothenburg and University of Hawaii at Manoa; Ph. Licentiate in Physics (2012), PhD (2015) University of Gothenburg

Gustin, Michael C., 1988. Professor of BioSciences, Magister of Lovett College
AB (1974) Johns Hopkins University; PhD (1981) Yale University

Gyal, Huatse, 2023. Assistant Professor of Anthropology
BA (2013) Reed College; MA, PhD (2022) University of Michigan

Hafner, Jason H., 2001. Professor of Physics and Astronomy and of Chemistry, Magister of Jones College
BS (1993) Trinity University; MA (1996), PhD (1998) Rice University

Hainley, Bruce, 2021. David and Caroline Minter Professor of the Humanities
BA (1987) College of William and Mary; PhD (1993) Yale University

Halas, Naomi J., 1989. University Professor, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, of Chemistry, of Bioengineering, of Physics and Astronomy, and of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Director of Laboratory for Nanophotonics and Smalley-Curl Institute
BA (1980) La Salle College; MA (1984), PhD (1986) Bryn Mawr College

Hall, Randal L., 2008. William P. Hobby Professor, Professor of History
BA (1994) Wake Forest University; MA (1997), PhD (1998) Rice University

Han, Yimo, 2020. Assistant Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Chemistry
BS (2012) Tsinghua University - Beijing; PhD (2018) Cornell University

Hang, Kaiyu, 2021. Assistant Professor of Computer Science
BE (2010) Xi'an Jiaotong University, China; MSc (2012), PhD (2019) KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Haptonstall, Clark D., 2003. Professor in the Practice of Sport Management, Director of the Sport Management Program, Department Chair of Sport Management
BA (1991), MS (1993) Marshall University; PhD (2005) Florida State University

Harrington, Daniel A., 2009. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
BS (1996), PhD (2004) Northwestern University

Harter, Deborah A., 1990. Associate Professor of French Studies
BA (1973) University of California–Los Angeles; MA (1980), PhD (1989) University of California–Berkeley

Hartgerink, Jeffrey D., 2002. Professor of Chemistry and of Bioengineering 
AB (1993) Washington University; PhD (1999) Scripps Research Institute

Hartigan, Patrick M., 1994. Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (1981) University of Minnesota; PhD (1987) University of Arizona

Hartley, Maria K., 2011. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
BSc (1999) University of Greenwich, London; MSc (2002), PhD (2006) Rice University

Hartley, Peter Reginald, 1986. George A. Peterkin Professor of Economics
BA (1974), MEc (1977) Australian National University; PhD (1980) University of Chicago

Harvey, Shelly L., 2005. Professor of Mathematics
BS (1997) California Polytechnic State University; PhD (2002) Rice University

Hassanzadeh, Pedram, 2016. Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Bsc (2005) University of Tehran; MASc (2007) University of Waterloo; PhD (2013) University of California–Berkeley

Hawley, Richard, 2011. Professor of Clarinet
BM (1992) Curtis Institute of Music

Hazzard, Kaden, 2014. Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (2004) Ohio State University; MS (2009), PhD (2010) Cornell University

He, Yinghua, 2016. Associate Professor of Economics
BA (2001) University of International Business and Economics, Beijing; MA (2004) Peking University; PhD (2011) Columbia University

Hebl, Michelle “Mikki” R., 1998. Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Chair of Psychological Sciences, Professor of Psychological Sciences, Professor of Management
BA (1991) Smith College; MS (1993) Texas A&M University; PhD (1997) Dartmouth College

Heckel, Reinhard, 2019. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Diploma (2010) University of Ulm, PhD (2014) ETH Zurich

Heffes, Gisela, 2009. Professor of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures, Associate of Duncan College
UBA (1997) Universidad de Buenos Aires; PhD (2007) Yale University

Heijnen, Cobi, 2022. Research Professor of Psychological Sciences
M.S. (1978), Ph.D. (1982) Pierre and Marie Curie University

Heinkenschloss, Matthias, 1996. Noah Harding Chair and Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
BS (1988), PhD (1991) Universität Trier, Germany

Heisenberg, Thimo, 2023. Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Dip (2011) Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich; MA (2012) Yale University; MA (2015), MPhil (2016), PhD (2019) Columbia University

Hemmer, Thomas, 2009. Houston Endowment Professor of Accounting
BA (1984), MBA (1986), PhD (1990) Odense University, Denmark

Hennessy, Rosemary, 2006. L.V. Favrot Chair in Humanities, Professor of English Literature
BA (1972) University of Pennsylvania; MA (1976) Temple University; PhD (1990) Syracuse University

Henze, Matthias, 1997. Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies and Professor of Religion, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies
MDiv (1992) University of Heidelberg; PhD (1997) Harvard University

Hernández Sánchez, Raúl, 2022. Assistant Professor of Chemistry
BS (2010) ITESM Campus Monterrey; AM (2012), PhD (2015) Harvard

Hewitt, Leslie, 2023. Associate Professor of Visual and Dramatic Arts
BFA (2000) The Cooper Union; MFA (2004) Yale University

Hicks, Illya V., 2007. Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research, Department Chair of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
BS (1995) Southwest Texas State University; MA (2000), PhD (2000) Rice University

Higgs, III, C. Fred, 2016. Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, John and Ann Doerr Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Bioengineering, Faculty Director of RCEL
BS (1995) Tennessee State University, MS (1997), PhD (2001) Rensselaer Polytechnic University

Hight, Christopher, 2003. Associate Professor of Architecture
BA (1993), BArch (1995) Rice University; MA (1997) Architectural Association; PhD (2003) University of London

Hilton, Isaac, 2017. Assistant Professor of BioSciences, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
BS (2004) University of Missouri–Columbia; PhD (2013) University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill  

Hirschi, Kendal, 2003. Adjunct Professor of BioSciences
BA (1984) University of Arizona; MS (1988) Arizona State University; PhD (1993) University of Arizona

Ho, Vivian, 2004. James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics, Professor of Economics
BA (1984) Harvard; PhD (1992) Stanford University

Hobby, William P., 1989. Radoslav A. Tsanoff Professor of Public Affairs
BA (1953) Rice Institute

Hochberg, Yael, 2013. Ralph S. O’Connor Professor in Entrepreneurship, Director of Entrepreneurship Initiatives
BSc (1997) Israel Institute of Technology; MA (2000), PhD (2003) Stanford University

Hoebig, Desmond, 2008. Professor of Cello
BM (1982), MM (1983) The Juilliard School of Music

Hohl, Detlef, 2016. Adjunct Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
MS (1985) Technical University Munich, Germany; PhD (1989); Habilitation (1997) Technical University Aachen, Germany

Hopkins, Loren, 2006. Professor in the Practice of Statistics, Environmental Analysis
BS (1986) University of Texas; MS (1989), PhD (1998) Rice University

Hotez, Peter Jay, 2011. Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering
BA (1980) Yale University; PhD (1986) Rockefeller University; MD (1987) Cornell University

Hou, Jerry, 2014. Artist Teacher of Orchestras and Ensembles
BM (1999) University of Minnisota; MM (2003) Rice University; Performance Certificate (2008) Royal Northern College of Music; DMA (2014) Eastman School of Music

Houlik-Ritchey, Emily, 2015. Associate Professor of English
BA (2002) The University of the South; MA (2007), PhD (2013) Indiana University

Howe, Cymene, 2009. Professor of Anthropology
BA (1992) University of California–Berkeley; MA (1999), PhD (2003) University of New Mexico

Howell, Robert, 2023. Professor of Philosophy, Department Chair of Philosophy
BA (1996) University of Iowa; MA ((2000), PhD (2002) Brown University

Hsu, Wei-Lu, 2022. Lecturer of Chinese
MA (2005) University of Texas at Austin; PhD (2017) University of Hawaii at Manoa

Hu, Ben, 2021. Assistant Professor of Computer Science
BS (2006), MS (2009)  Beihang University; PhD (2015) Arizona State University

Huang, Huey, 1973. Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (1962) National Taiwan University; PhD (1967) Cornell University

Huang, Shengxi, 2022. Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering
BSE (2011) Tsinghua University China; MS (2013), PhD (2017) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Huang, Shih-Shan Susan, 2006. Associate Professor of Transnational Asian Studies
BA (1991), MA (1995) National University of Taiwan; PhD( 2002) Yale University

Huang, Xuelin, 2008. Adjunct Associate Professor of Statistics
BS (1994) Peking University, China; MS (1997) Texas A&M University; PhD (2002) University of Michigan

Huber, Stefan, 2021. Assistant Professor of Acounting
BSc (2013), MBR (2016) Ludwig-Maxmilians University; PhD (2021) Stanford University

Huberman, Brian Michael, 1975. Professor of Visual Arts
MFA Equivalent (1974) National Film School of Great Britain

Hughes, Daniel C., 2016.  Lecturer of Kinesiology 
BA (1974) University of Texas; BS (1977) International Correspondence Schools; MEd (1999), PhD (2004) University of Houston

Hughes, Gordon, 2008.  Associate Professor of Art History
BFA (1989) Nova Scotia College of Art and Design; MFA (1992) University of Illinois–Chicago; MA (1996) University of Western Ontario; PhD (2004) Princeton University

Hughes, Thomas J. R., 2002. Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering
BS (1965), MS (1967) Pratt Institute; MS (1974), PhD (1974) University of California–Berkeley

Huijsman, Ronald, 2015. Lecturer of Natural Science
MSE (1993) University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Hulet, Randall G., 1987. Fayez Sarofim Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (1978) Stanford University; PhD (1984) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Hunter, Allison, 2012. Artist in Residence in Visual and Dramatic Arts
BFA (1989) Ecole Cantonale d’Art Lausanne; MFA (1990) Ecole Cantonale d’Art Lausanne, MFA (1997) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Hunter, Deirdre, 2016. Lecturer, Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen
BS (2004) Syracuse University; PhD (2015) Virginia Tech

Huntington, Eric, 2021. T.T. and W.F. Chao Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of Transnational Asian Studies
BA (2000) University of Chicago; BFA (2003) Rhode Island School of Design Illustration; MFA (2005) Ohio State University; MTS (2007) Harvard Divinity School; MA (2009), PhD (2013) University of Chicago

Hutchinson, John S., 1983. Professor of Chemistry 
BS (1977), PhD (1981) University of Texas–Austin

Igoshin, Oleg A., 2006. Professor of Bioengineering, Chemistry, Bioengineering Associate Chair
BSc (1998) Novosibirsk State University; MSc (2000) Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel; PhD (2004) University of California at Berkeley

Irish, Maya Soifer, 2010. Associate Professor of History, Director of Medieval and Early Modern Studies
BA (1995), MA (2000) University of Colorado–Colorado Springs; PhD (2007) Princeton University

Irvine Jr., Glen C., 2019. Research Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1995) University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; PhD (1999) Tulane University

Isella, Andrea, 2014. Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
MS (2003), PhD (2006) Università degli Studi di Milano

Izidoro Ferreira da Costa, Andre, 2023. Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and  Planetary Sciences
BS (2006), MS (2009) Sao Paulo State University: PhD (2012) University of Hawaii; PhD (2013) Sao Paulo State University

Jaber, Thomas I., 1988. Professor of Music, Director of Choral Ensembles
BME (1974) Arkansas State University; MMus (1976) Indiana University; Performer’s Certificate (1977) Curtis Institute of Music

Jalbert, Pierre D., 1996. Professor of Composition and Theory
BM (1989) Oberlin Conservatory of Music; PhD (1993) University of Pennsylvania

Jermaine, Christopher M., 2009. J.S. Abercrombie Professor of Engineering, Professor of Computer Science, Director of Data Science
BA (1993) University of California–San Diego; MS (1997) Ohio State University; PhD (2002) Georgia Institute of Technology

Jimenez, Carlos, 1997. Professor of Architecture
BArch (1981) University of Houston

John, Randy, 2015. Lecturer of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BS (1976), MS (1977), PhD (1979) Ohio State University

Johns-Krull, Christopher M., 2001. Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty Senate Speaker
BA, BS (1989) University of Texas–Austin; MA (1991), PhD (1994) University of California–Berkeley

Johnson, Bruce R., 1994. Research Professor in Chemistry, Executive Director of the Rice Quantum Institute
BA (1975) University of Minnesota; PhD (1981) University of Wisconsin–Madison

Johnson, Cassidy, 2015. Lecturer of BioSciences
BSc (2001), MSc (2005) Texas A&M; PhD (2011) Rice University

Johnson, David B., 2000. Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BA (1982), MS (1985), PhD (1990) Rice University

Johnson, Lacy, 2016. Associate Professor of Creative Writing
BA (2000) University of Missouri–Columbia; MA (2004) University of Kansas; PhD (2008) University of Houston

Johnson, Raymond, 2006. Adjunct Professor of Mathematics
BSc (1967), MA (1968) University of Cambridge; PhD (1970) University of Warwick

Johnson, Richard R., 2008. Professor in the Practice of Environmental Studies in Sociology
BS (1992) Rice University; MS (1997) University of Virginia

Jones, B. Frank, Jr., 1962. Noah Harding Professor of Mathematics
BA (1958) Rice Institute; PhD (1961) Rice University

Johnson, Stephanie, 2019. Assistant Professor of Finance
BEc (2010) University of Tasmania; MA (2014), PhD (2019) Northwestern University

Jones, Mark P., 2004. Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, Professor of Political Science
BA (1989) Tulane University; PhD (1994) University of Michigan

Jones, Matthew, 2017. Norman and Gene Hackerman Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BS (2007) Carnegie Mellon University; PhD (2014) Northwestern University

Jones, Steven L., 2015. Lecturer of Kinesiology
BS (1977) Baylor University; MA (2002) Bryn Mawr College; PhD (2008) University of Texas–Austin

Joseph, Betty, 1995. Professor of English
BA (1985) University of Bombay; MA (1987) Jawaharlal Nehru University; MA (1989) Syracuse University; PhD (1995) University of Minnesota

Josic, Kresimir, 2015. Adjunct Professor of BioSciences
BSc (1994) University of Texas–Austin; PhD (1999) Pennsylvania State University

Joyner, Mack, 2016. Assistant Teaching Professor and Director of the Professional Master’s Program
BS (2002), MS (2005), PhD (2008) Rice University 

Jue-Rajasingh, Diana, 2023. Assistant Professor of Strategic Management
SB (2009), MCP (2012) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD (2023) University of Michigan

Jun, Sora, 2022. Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior
BCom (2011) University of Toronto; PhD (2017) Stanford University

Juntti, Markku, 2007. Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
MS (1993), PhD (1997) University of Oulu, Finland

Kabbani, Ahmad, 2019. Lecturer of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
License in Chemistry (1972), Teaching Diploma (1973) Lebanese University; PhD (1979) University of California - Davis

Kabiri, Laura, 2018. Assistant Teaching Professor
BA (2003) University of Houston; MS (2005),  DPT (2014), PhD (2016)  Texas Women's University

Kailasam, Ganesh, 2017. Adjunct Professor of Chemistry
BS (1985) A.C. College of Technology, Chennai, India; PhD (1991) Pennsylvania State University

Kale, Prashant, 2007. Associate Professor of Strategic Management
BE (1986) Pune University, India; MA (1996), PhD (1999) Wharton School of Business

Kalra, Ajay, 2008. Herbert S. Autry Chair Professor of Marketing
MA (1980) Birla Institute of Technology and Science; PhD (1992) Duke University

Kamins, Benjamin C., 1987. Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Bassoon

Kaminski, Vincent, 2001. Professor in the Practice of Energy Management
PhD (1975) Main School of Planning and Statistics, Warsaw, Poland; MBA (1978) Fordham University

Kantor, Paul, 2012. Sallie Shepherd Perkins Professor of Violin
BMus (1977), MMus (1978) The Juilliard School

Kapusta, Sergio, 2017. Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BS (1975) University of Buenos Aires; PhD (1979), MBA (2006) Rice University; MBA (2011) University of Pennsylvania

Kaslovsky, Jaclyn, 2021. Assistant Professor of Political Science
BA (2015) New York University; MA (2017), PhD (2020) Harvard University

Kavraki, Lydia, 1996. Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science, Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology
BS (1989) University of Crete; MS (1992), PhD (1995) Stanford University

Katz, Nets, 2023. W.L. Moody Professor, Professor of Mathematics
BA (1990) Rice University; PhD (1993) University of Pennsylvania

Keefe, Christina, 2008. Professor in the Practice in Theatre, Director of the Theatre Program
BFA (1979) New York University; MFA (1994) University of South Carolina

Kelly, Kevin, 2002. Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Applied Physics Graduate Program Chair
BS (1993) Colorado School of Mines; MS (1996), PhD (1999) Rice University

Kemere, Caleb, 2012. Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering
BS (1998) University of Maryland College Park; MS (2000) Stanford University; PhD (2006) Stanford University

Kemmer, Suzanne E., 1993. Associate Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences
BA (1980) Rice University; MA (1985), PhD (1988) Stanford University

Kerimov, Suleyman, 2022. Assistant Professor of Organizational Management
B.S. (2016) Bilkent University; Ph.D. (2022) Stanford University

Kiang, Ching-Hwa, 2002. Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Bioengineering
BS (1987) National Taiwan University; PhD (1995) California Institute of Technology

Kieffer, Alexandra, 2015. Associate Professor of Musicology
BA Grinell College; MA (2009), MPhil (2011), PhD (2014) Yale University

Killian, Thomas C., 2000. Dean of Wiess School of Natural Sciences, E. Dell Butcher Professor of Physics and Astronomy
AB (1991) Harvard University; MPhil (1993) Cambridge University; PhD (1999) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kim, Jaymin, 2021. T.T. and W.F. Chao Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of Transnational Asian Studies
BA (2008) Rice University; MA (2011), PhD (2018) University of Michigan

Kim, Minjae, 2020. Assistant Professor of Management
BA (2012) University of Chicago; SM (2017), PhD (2018) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert, 2007. Dean of School of Social Sciences, Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology
BA (2001) Rice University; MA (2003), PhD (2005) Princeton University

Kimmel, Marek, 1990. Professor of Statistics and Bioengineering, Associate Department Chair of Statistics
MS (1977), PhD (1980) Silesian Technical University

Kincaid, Kristi, 2016. Associate Teaching Professor
BS (1998) University of California–Berkeley; PhD University of Colorado–Boulder

King, Danielle D., 2018. Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (2012) Spelman College; MA (2015), PhD (2018) Michigan State University

King, Eden B., 2017. Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (2001), MA (2004), PhD (2006) Rice University

Kirchner, Stefan, 2009. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Vordiplom (1993), MS (1995), Diplom (1997) University of Würzburg; PhD (2002) Technical University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Kirienko, Natasha, 2015. Associate Professor of BioSciences
BS (2002), MS (2004) Southern Federal University, Russia; PhD (2009) University of Wyoming

Kirk, David E., 1982. Associate Professor of Tuba
BM (1982) Juilliard School of Music

Klein, Andrew A., 2014. Lecturer of the Program in Writing and Communication
BA (2002) University of Michigan; MA (2010), PhD (2013) Rice University

Klein, Anne C., 1989. Professor of Religion
BA (1969) State University of New York at Binghamton; MA (1971) University of Wisconsin–Madison; PhD (1981) University of Virginia

Kley, Katharina, 2015. Lecturer of German
BA (2002) University of Greifswald; MA (2006) University of Arizona; MA (2008) University of Leipzig; PhD (2015) University of Iowa

Klie, Hector, 2018. Adjunct Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
BS (1982), MSc (1991) Universidad Simón Bolívar; MSc (2007) PhD (1996) Rice University

Knightly, Edward W., 1996. Sheafor-Lindsay Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Professor of Computer Science
BS (1991) Auburn University; MS (1992), PhD (1996) University of California–Berkeley

Kobylianskii, Krista, 2019. Assistant Teaching Professor of Chemistry
BS (2006) University of British Columbia; PhD (2011) University of Victoria

Koka, Balaji, 2008. Associate Professor of Strategic Management
BE (1984) Madurai Kamaraj University, India; MBA (1987) Indian Institute of Management, India; PhD (1999) University of Pittsburgh

Kolomeisky, Anatoly B., 2000. Professor of Chemistry and of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
MS (1991) Moscow State University; MS (1996), PhD (1998) Cornell University

Kong, Yunmi, 2016. Assistant Professor of Economics
AB (2008) Princeton University; PhD (2016) New York University

Kono, Junichiro, 2000. Karl F. Hasselmann Professor in Engineering, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, of Physics and Astronomy, and of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Applied Physics Graduate Program Chair
BS (1990), MS (1992) University of Tokyo; PhD (1995) State University of New York–Buffalo

Kortum, Philip T., 2005. Professor of Psychological Sciences
BS (1985) University of Nebraska; MS (1990) Northeastern University; PhD (1994) University of Texas–Austin

Kowal, Daniel R., 2017. Dobelman Family Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of Statistics
BA (2012) Washington University; MS (2015), PhD (2017) Cornell University

Kranz, Sven, 2023. Associate Professor of Biosciences
Dip (2006) Technical University of Kaiserslautern; PhD (2010) University Bremen

Kriegel, Uriah, 2019. Professor of Philosophy
BA (1996), MA (1998) Hebrew University of Jerusalem; PhD (2003) Brown University

Kripal, Jeffrey J., 2002. J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion
BA (1985) Conception Seminary College; MA (1987), PhD (1993) University of Chicago

Krouskop, Mark, 2013. Lecturer of Theater and Theater Production Manager
BA (2002), MFA (2012) University of Houston

Krouskop, Thomas A., 2013. Adjunct Professor of Kinesiology
BA (1967), MS (1969), PhD (1971) Carnegie-Mellon University

Kürti, László, 2015. Professor of Chemistry 
Diploma (1998) University of Debrecen, Hungary; MS (2001) University of Missouri; PhD (2006) University of Pennsylvania

Kyrillidis, Anastasios, 2018. Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Diploma (2008), MA (2010) Polytechnion Kritis; PhD (2014) Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

LaBove, Shannon, 2013. Lecturer of Forensics
BA (1997) University of Houston; MA (2002) West Texas A&M University; JD (2005) Georgia State University

Lan, Xinjie, 2022. Assistant Teaching Professor of Data to Knowledge
BScEE (2010) Yantai University; MS Engg (2012) Beijing Institute of Technology; PhD (2022) University of Delaware

Lansford, Benjamin, 2014. Professor in the Practice of Accounting
BA (1997) University of South Carolina; MBA (2000) University of Pittsburgh; PhD (2005) Pennsylvania State University

Lapinski, Lisa, 2014. Associate Professor of Visual and Dramatic Arts
BA (1990) University of California–San Diego; MFA (2000) Art Center College of Design

Lavenda, Richard A., 1987. Professor of Composition and Theory
BA (1977) Dartmouth College; MMus (1979) Rice University; DMA (1983) University of Michigan

Lavery, Laura, 2022. Assistant Professor of BioSciences
BS (2006) University of Texas as Austin; PhD (2014) University of California, San Francisco

Laymon, Kiese, 2022. Libbie Shearn Moody Professor, Professor of English
BA (1998) Oberlin College; MFA (2003) University of Indiana at Bloomington

Leal, Stephanie L., 2019. Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences
BS (2011) University of California Santa Barbara: MA (2013), PhD (2016) Johns Hopkins University

Lee, Cin-Ty., 2002. Harry Carothers Wiess Professor of Geology, Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BA (1996) University of California at Berkeley; PhD (2001) Harvard University

Lee, Hae Yeon, 2023 Assistant Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BS (2014), MS (2016) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; PhD (2021) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lee, Jung Youn, 2022. Assistant Professor of Marketing
BA (2011) Rice University; MS (2014) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; PhD (2022) Northwestern University

Leebron, David W., 2004. Univeristy Professor, Clarence L. Carter Professor for Legal Studies
BA (1976) Harvard University; JD (1979) Harvard Law School

Leeds, Brett Ashley, 2001. Professor of Political Science, Department Chair of Political Science
BA (1991), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; PhD (1998) Emory University

LeGrand, Thomas, 2003. Associate Professor of Clarinet
BMus (1980) Curtis Institute of Music

Leininger, Christopher J., 2020. Professor of Mathematics
BS (1997) Ball State University; PhD (2002) University of Texas-Austin

Lenardic, Adrian, 1999. Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BA (1986) University of Wisconsin; MS (1990), PhD (1995) University of California–Los Angeles

Levander, Alan R., 1984. Carey Croneis Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BS (1976) University of South Carolina; MS (1978), PhD (1984) Stanford University

Levander, Caroline F., 2000. Vice President for Digital Education and Strategic Initiatives, Carlson Professor in the School of Humanities, Professor of English
BA (1986), MA (1993), PhD (1995) Rice University

Levin, Brandon, 2022. Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BS (2007) Duke University; PhD (2013) Stanford University

Levy, Eugene H., 2000. Andrew Hays Buchanan Professor of Astrophysics, Professor of Physics and Astronomy
AB (1966) Rutgers University; PhD (1971) University of Chicago

Lewis, Steven W., 1996. Professor in the Practice, Research Fellow at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Associate Director at the Chao Center for Asian Studies
BS (1985) Ohio University; PhD (1996) Washington University

Li, Haiyang, 2005. H. Joe Nelson III Professor of Management
BA (1991), MA (1994) University of China; PhD (1998) City University of Hong Kong

Li, Hui, 2002. Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (1990) Beijing University; PhD (1995) Rice University

Li, Lei, 2023. Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering
BS (2010), MS (2012) Harbin Institute of Technology; MS (2016) Washington University; PhD (2019) California Institute of Technology

Li, Meng, 2017. Noah Harding Assistant Professor in Statistics
BS (2010) Sun Yat-sen University, China; PhD (2015) North Carolina State University–Raleigh

Li, Qilin, 2006. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Materials Science and NanoEngineering and Chemical Biomolecular Engineering
BE (1995) Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; MS (1999), PhD (2002) University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign

Li, Wei, 2012. Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (2004) University of Science and Technology of China; PhD (2009) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Liang, Edison P., 1991. Andrew Hays Buchanan Professor of Astrophysics
BA (1967), PhD (1971) University of California–Berkeley

Lichtarge, Olivier, 2008. Adjunct Professor of BioSciences
BS (1980) McGill University; PhD (1987), MD (1990) Stanford University

Lillehoj, Peter, 2020.  Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
BS (2006) Johns Hopkins University; MS (2008), PhD (2011) University of California–Los Angeles

Lin, Cho-Liang, 2006. Benjamin Armistead Shepherd Distinguished Professor, Professor of Violin
BMus (1981) The Juilliard School of Music

Link, Stephan, 2006. Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
MA (1996) Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany; PhD (2000) Georgia Institute of Technology

Little, Stephen H., 2010. Adjunct Associate Professor of Bioengineering
BS (1993) York University, Canada; MD (1997) McMaster University, Canada

Loch-Temzelides, Ted, 2008. George and Cynthia Mitchell Chair in Sustainable Development, Professor of Economics
BA (1988) University of Piraeus, Greece; PhD (1995) University of Minnesota

Loden, Matthew, 2021. Dean of Shepherd School of Music
BMus (1990) Oberlin College; MMus (1992) University of Rochester

Loewen, Peter V., 2006. Associate Professor of Musicology
BMus (1987) University of Manitoba; MMus (1990), PhD (2000) University of Southern California

Long, Andrew, 2018. Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (2008), MS (2011) Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil; PhD (2019) University of California

Loos, Peter, 2014. Professor in the Practice of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BA (1977); MS (1982), PhD (1986) Rice University

Lopes da Silva, Arlei, 2021.  Assistant Professor of Computer Science
BS (2008), MS (2011) Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil; PhD (2019) University of California

López-Alonso, Moramay, 2009. Associate Professor of History
Licenciatura (1994) Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico; MA (1999), PhD (2000) Stanford University

López-Durán, Fabiola, 2011. Associate Professor of Art History, Magister of Hanszen College
BA (1987) Universidad de los Andes School of Architecture; PhD (2009) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lou, Jun, 2005. Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Associate Department Chair of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BE (1998) Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; MS (1999) Ohio State University; PhD (2004) Princeton University

Loveland, Katherine A., 1991. Adjunct Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (1975) University of Virginia; PhD (1980) Cornell University

Loveless, Theresa, 2023. Assistant Professor of BioSciences
BS (2006) Stanford University; PhD (2015) University of California, San Francisco

Lu, George, 2019. Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
BSc(2007) University of Alberta; PhD (2014) University of California, San Diego

Lu, Sidney, 2022. Annette and Hugh Gragg Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Transnational Asian Studies
BA (2004) Hebei University; MA (2007) Fudan University; PhD (2013) University of Pennslyvania 

Lu, Vivian, 2023. Assistant Professor of Anthropology
BA (2010) Columbia University; PhD (2018) Stanford University

Luan, Lan2019.  Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (2004) University of Science and Technology of China; PhD (2011) Stanford University

Ludwig, Joseph A. IV, 2007. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
BBA (1994) University of Iowa College of Business; MD (1998) University of Iowa College of Medicine

Lukic, Milivoje, 2016. Professor of Mathematics
BSc (2006) (2007) University of Belgrade; MSc (2010), PhD (2011) California Institute of Technology

Luo, Hengrui, 2023. Assistant Professor of Statistics
BS (2015) Sun Yat-Sen University; MS (2017), PhD (2020) Ohio State University

Lurie, Susan, 1987. Associate Professor of English
BA (1969) State University of New York; MA (1972), PhD (1989) University of California–Berkeley

Lwigale, Peter Y., 2008. Associate Professor of BioSciences
BS (1994), MS (1997) University of Northern Iowa; PhD (2001) Kansas State University

Ma, Jianpeng, 2000. Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of BioSciences
BS (1985) Fudan University P.R. China; PhD (1996) Boston University

Ma, Shiqian, 2022. Associate Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research, Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (2003) Peking University; MS (2006) Chinese Academy of Sciences; PhD (2011) Columbia University

Maas, Michael R., 1984. William Gaines Twyman Professor of History
BA (1973) Cornell University; MA (1975), PhD (1982) University of California–Berkeley

Mackie, Hilary S., 1993. Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures
BA (1987) Cambridge University; PhD (1993) Princeton University

MacKintosh, Frederick C., 2016. Abercrombie Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Chemistry
BS (1984) University of Washington; PhD (1989) Princeton University

Mackwell, Stephen J., 2005. Adjunct Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BS (1978), MS (1979) University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ; PhD (1985) Australian National University

Maher, Lynn M., 2007. Adjunct Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (1978) Catholic University of America; MA (1979) George Washington University; PhD (1995) University of Florida

Mamouras, Konstantinos, 2018. Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Diploma (2008) National Technical University of Athens; MSc (2009) Imperial College London; PhD (2015) Cornell University

Manca, Joseph, 1989. Nina J. Cullinan Professor of Art History, Professor of Art History, Associate of Baker College
BA (1978) University of Rochester; MA (1980), MPhil (1982), PhD (1986) Columbia University

Mantoulidis, Christos, 2021. Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BSc (2011), PhD (2017) Stanford University

Marciel, Amanda B., 2019. William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (2008), PhD (2015) University of Illinois

Marjanović, Igor, 2021. William Ward Watkin Dean of School of Architecture
BArch (1998) University of Belgrade, Serbia; MArch (2000) University of Illinois at Chicago; PhD (2014) University College London

Marschall, Melissa J., 2003. Professor of Political Science
BA (1990) Florida State University; MA (1993) Bogazici University; PhD (1998) State University of New York–Stony Brook

Marte-Wood, Alden, 2019. Assistant Professor of English
BA (2007) California State University–Long Beach; MA (2011), (2013) San Francisco State University; MA (2016), PhD (2019) University of California–Irvine

Martí-Arbona, Angel A., 2008. Professor of Chemistry, of Bioengineering, and of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Department Chair of Chemistry
BS (1999), PhD (2004) University of Puerto Rico–Rio Piedras

Martin, Lane, 2023. Welch Professor, Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice Advanced Materials Institute Director
BS (2003) Carnegie Mellon University; MS (2006), PhD (2008) University of California, Berkeley

Martin, Randi C., 1982. Elma Schneider Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (1971) University of Oregon; MS (1977), PhD (1979) Johns Hopkins University

Martínez, Ana María, 2021. Professor of Voice
BMus (1991), MMus (1993) The Julliard School

Martinez de Videa, Luz Maria, 2011. Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemistry
BS (1991) Tecnológico de Monterrey; PhD (2000) Arizona State University

Masiello, Caroline A., 2004. W. Maurice Ewing Professor, Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BA (1991) Earlham College; MA (1993) University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill; PhD (1999) University of California–Irvine

Massie, Victoria, 2021. Assistant Professor of Anthropology
BA (2011) University of Rochester; MA (2015), PhD (2021) University of California-Berkeley

Matsuda, Seiichi P. T., 1995. Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, E. Dell Butcher Professor of Chemistry, Professor of BioSciences
BA (1984) Bethel College; PhD (1994) Harvard University

Matthews, Kirstin, 2003. Lecturer with the Professional Science Masters Program
BA (1996) University of Texas-Austin; PhD (2003) University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston

Mawlawi, Osama R., 2002. Lecturer of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BEE (1988) American University of Beirut; MS (1990) Polytechnic University; PhD (1998) Columbia University

McCary, Matthew, 2021. Assistant Professor of BioSciences
BA (2010) North Central College; PhD (2016) University of Illinois-Chicago

McDaniel, W. Caleb, 2008. Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Humanities, Professor of History
BA (2000), MA (2001) Texas A&M University; PhD (2006) Johns Hopkins University

McDavid, Carol, 2008. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology
BA (1973), MA (1996) University of Houston; PhD (2002) University of Cambridge

McGill, Scott, 2001. Professor of Classical Studies
BA (1990) Salve Regina College; PhD (2001) Yale University

McGinley, Matthew, 2017. Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
BS (2002), MS (2004) University of Wisconsin–Madison; PhD (2010) Oregon Health and Science University

McGlamery Jr., Gerald, 2018. Lecturer of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BCHe (1984) Auburn University; PhD (1988) University of Texas-Austin; MBA (2001) Auburn University

McGovern, Patrick J., 2005. Lecturer of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
SB (1986), PhD (1996) Massachussetts Institute of Technology

McGuffey, Elizabeth, 2020. Associate Teaching Professor in Statistics
BS (2010), MS (2012), PhD (2015) Texas A&M University

McHugh, Kevin, 2019. Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Chemistry
BS (2009) Case Western Reserve University; MS (2012), PhD (2014) Boston University

McNeil, Caroline V., 2008. Laboratory Coordinator, Lecturer of Chemistry
BS (2002) University of Houston; MA (2006) Rice University; PhD (2008) Rice University

McNew, James A., 2000. Professor of BioSciences
BS (1989) Texas A&M University; PhD (1994) University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center–Dallas

McPhail, S. Morton, 2003. Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (1972) Trinity University; MS (1975), PhD (1978) Colorado State University

Medlock, Kenneth, 2003. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics
MA (1999), PhD (2000) Rice University

Mellor-Crummey, John M., 1989. Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSE (1984) Princeton University; MS (1986), PhD (1989) University of Rochester

Merényi, Erzsébet, 2000. Research Professor of Statistics
MSc (1975) Attila Jozsef University, Hungary; PhD (1980) Attila Jozsef University and Central Research Institute for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Messmer, David K., 2009. Associate Teaching Professor of the Program for Writing and Communication, Director of the FWIS Program
BA (2001) Colorado State University; MA (2006), PhD (2009) Rice University; MFA (2016) University of Houston

Metcalf, Alida C., 2009. Harris Masterson Jr. Professor of History, Professor of History
BA (1976) Smith College; MA (1978), PhD (1983) University of Texas–Austin

Michie, Helena, 1990. Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities, Professor of English
BA (1979) Princeton University; PhD (1984) University of Pennsylvania

Mikos, Antonios G., 1991. Louis Calder Professor of Chemical Engineering, Professor of Bioengineering and Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Director of Center for Excellence in Tissue Engineering and J.W. Cox Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering
Diploma (1983) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; MS (1985), PhD (1988) Purdue University

Miles, Jonathan, 2018. Assistant Clinical Professor of Management
BS (1998), MBA (2008) Kansas State University; PhD (2016) Michigan State University

Miller, Thomas E. X., 2009. Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
BA (2002) Colgate University; PhD (2007) University of Nebraska

Mittal, Vikas, 2007. J. Hugh Liedtke Professor of Management - Marketing
BBA (1991) University of Michigan; PhD (1997) Temple University

Mohite, Aditya D., 2018.  Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and NanoEngineering, REINVENTS Director
BS (1999), MS (2001), PhD (2007) University of Louisville

Mok, Chin Man William, 2017.  Lecturer of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BSc (1985) University of Hong Kong; MS (1987) PhD (1999) University of California-Berkeley

Mooijman, Marlon, 2019. Assistant Professor of Organizational Management - Organizational Behavior
MSc (2012), PhD (2015) Leiden University

Mooiweer, Henk, 2015. Adjunct Professor of Chemistry
MS (1985) University of Utrecht, The Netherlands; PhD (1990) University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Moore, IV, Bartlett D., 2020. Lecturer of Social Sciences
BA (2001) Hampshire College; PhD (2010) University of California–Davis

Moore, Janet, 2016. Senior Lecturer of Communication
BSFS (1984) Georgetown University; JD (1987) University of Texas School of Law

Moorthy, Bhagavatula, 2018. Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1979) Madras University-India; MSc (1982) Andhra University-India; PhD (1988) Indian Institute of Science-India

Morey, Daryl, 2010. Adjunct Professor of Sport Management
BS (1996) Northwestern University, MBA (2000) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Morgan, Alexander, 2015. Assistant Professor of Philosophy
BSc (2003), BA (2004) University of Auckland; PhD (2014) Rutgers University

Morgan, Julia K., 1999. Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Department Chair of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
AB (1987) Vassar College; PhD (1993) Cornell University

Morgan, T. Clifton, 1987. Albert Thomas Professor of Political Science
BA (1978) University of Oklahoma; MA (1980), PhD (1986) University of Texas–Austin

Morín, Tomás Q., 2020. Associate Professor of Creative Writing
BA (1998) Texas State University; MA (2000) The Johns Hopkins University; MFA (2003) Texas State University

Morones, Jessica, 2017. Lecturer of Spanish
BA (2011) Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas; MA University of Massachusetts

Morosan, Emilia, 2007. Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, Materials Science and NanoEngineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1999) A. I. Cuza University; PhD (2005) Iowa State University

Morris, Jeffrey, 2011. Adjunct Professor of Statistics
BS (1993) Messiah College; MS (1997), PhD (2000) Texas A&M University

Morton, Timothy, 2012. Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English, Professor of English
BA (1989) Oxford University; PhD (1992) Oxford University

Moskvitina, Larisa, 2017. Lecturer of Russian
BA (1988), MA (1988) Irkutsk State University, Russia; PhD (1995) St. Petersburg University, Russia

Moyo, Buhle, 2017. Assistant Research Professor of Bioengineering
BS (2008), PhD (2012) Rhodes University, South Africa

Muharemovic, Tarik, 2011. Adjunct Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1998), MS (2000), PhD (2004) Rice University

Nagarajaiah, Satish, 1999. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Materials Science and NanoEngineering, and Mechanical Engineering
BS (1980) Bangalore University, India; MS (1982) Indian Institute of Science, India; PhD (1990) State University of New York–Buffalo

Naik, Gururaj, 2016. Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BE (2006) B.M.S. College of Engineering; ME (2008) Indian Institute of Science; PhD (2013) Purdue University

Najafi, Bijan, 2017. Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1994) Isfahan University of Technology–Isfahan, Irab; MS (1997) Sharif University of Technology–Tehran; PhD (2002) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology–Lausanne (EPFL)

Nakhleh, Luay K., 2004. William and Stephanie Sick Dean of Engineering, Professor of Computer Science and BioSciences
BS (1996) Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; MS (1998) Texas A&M; PhD (2004) University of Texas–Austin

Naranjo-Olivares, Patricia, 2014. Assistant Professor of Accounting
BE (2003) Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; PhD (2014) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Natelson, Douglas, 2000. Professor of Physics and Astronomy, of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BS (1993) Princeton University; PhD (1998) Stanford University

Nelson, Joanna, 2018. Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BS (2007) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; PhD (2013) University of Wisconsin–Madison

Nelson-Campbell, Deborah, 1974. Professor of French Studies
BA (1960) Wittenberg University; Certificat d’études Françaises, ler Degré (1961) University of Grenoble, France; MA (1964), PhD (1970) Ohio State University

Nevidomskyy, Andriy, 2010. Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
MSc (2001) Ivan Franko National State University of Lviv; PhD (2005) University of Cambridge

Newell, Charles J., 1993. Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
BS (1978), MS (1981), PhD (1989) Rice University

Newsome, Mary R., 2001. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences
AB (1991) Kent State University; PhD (1999) Princeton University

Ng, T. S. Eugene, 2003. Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1996) University of Washington; MS (1998), PhD (2003) Carnegie Mellon University

Nichol, Carolyn A., 2009. Associate Research Professor of Chemistry
BS (1984) University of Massachusetts–Amherst; MS (1990), PhD (1992) University of Texas–Austin

Nicolaou, D. Colette, 2012. Senior Lecturer of Psychological Sciences
BA (1998) University of Pennsylvania; MS (1999) Georgetown University; CPH (2002) Harvard University; MS, PhD (2007) Drexel University

Nicolaou, K.C., 2013. Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Chemistry
BSc (1969) Bedford College, University of London; PhD (1972) University College, University of London

Niedzielski, Nancy A., 1999. Associate Professor of Linguistics, Associate of Lovett College, Department Chair of Linguistics
BS (1987), MA (1989) Eastern Michigan University; PhD (1997) University of California–Santa Barbara

Nikonowicz, Edward P., 1993. Professor of BioSciences, Department Chair of BioSciences
BS (1985) St. Louis University; PhD (1990) Purdue University

Niu, Fenglin, 2002. Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BS (1988) University of Science and Technology of China; MS (1994), PhD (1997) University of Tokyo

Nixon, Burke, 2014. Senior Lecturer of the Program in Writing and Communication
BA (2003) University of Texas–Austin; MFA (2011) University of Mississippi

Noe, Frank, 2015. Adjunct Professor of Chemistry
BSc (1999) University of Cooperative Education Stuttgart, Germany; MSc (2002) Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland; PhD (2006) University of Heidelberg, Germany

Nordlander, Peter, 1989. Wiess Chair in Physics and Astronomy, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BA (1977) Swedish Cavalry Officers’ School; MS (1980), PhD (1985) Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

Novotny, Alma M., 2000. Lecturer of BioSciences
BS (1968) Duke University; PhD (1972) Purdue University

Nunn, Jeffrey A., 2000. Lecturer of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BA (1974) Amherst College; MS (1979), PhD (1981) Northwestern University

Oden, Z. Maria, 2004. Teaching Professor of Bioengineering, Director of the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, Co-Director of Rice 360º Institute for Global Health
BS (1989), MS (1991), PhD (1994) Tulane University

Oesmann, Astrid, 2013. Associate Professor of German Studies
BA (1989) Hamburg University; MA (1991) The Johns Hopkins University; MPhil (1993), PhD (1997) Columbia University

Ogilvie, Huw, 2018. Assistant Research Professor of Computer Science
BS (2013), PhD (2017) Austrialian National University

Ogren, Brian, 2012. Anna Smith Fine Professor of Judaic Studies, Religion Department Chair
BA (1997) University of California, Santa Barbara; MA (2000) Hebrew University of Jerusalem; PhD (2008) Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Oh, Eun Young, 2020. Lecture in Korean
B.A. (2000), M.S. (2003)  Sookmyung Women's University, South Korea; Ph.D. (2017) Seoul National University

O'Leary, Lesley, 2019. Lecturer of Chemistry
MA (2009), PhD (2011) Rice University

O’Malley, Marcia K., 2001. Thomas Michael Panos Family Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer Science, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering
BS (1996) Purdue University, MS (1999), PhD (2001) Vanderbilt University

Onuchic, Jose Nelson, 2011. Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Chair of Physics, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and BioSciences, Co-Director of Center for Theoretical Biological Physics
BS (1980) Universidade de Sao Paolo; BS (1981) Universidade de Sao Paolo; MS (1982) Universidade de Sao Paolo; PhD (1987) California Institute of Technology

Orcan Ekmekci, Betul, 2014. Associate Teaching Professor of Mathematics
BS(2003), MS (2005) Boğaziçi University; PhD (2010) University of Texas at Austin

Orooji, Marmar, 2020. Lecturer in Computer Science MCS Online Program
BS(2013) Shahed University, Iran; MS (2017), MS (2019), PhD (2019) Louisiana State University

Orange, Jordan S., 2013. Adjunct Professor of BioSciences
AB (1990), PhD (1996), MD (1997) Brown University

Orchard, Michael T., 2001. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1981), MS (1986) San Diego State University; MA (1988), PhD (1990) Princeton University

Ordonez, Vicente, 2021. Associate Professor of Computer Science
CE Degree (2008) Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral; MS (2013) Stony Brook University, The State University of New York; PhD (2015) University of North Caronlina at Chapel Hill

Ortiz, Alexis, 2013. Adjunct Associate Professor of Kinesiology
BS (2000) University of Puerto Rico; MS (2003), PhD (2006) Texas Woman’s University

Osei-Opare, Nana, 2023. Assistant Professor of History<
AB, MA (2011) Stanford University; CPhil (2016); PhD (2019) University of California, Los Angeles

Ostdiek, Barbara Bennett, 1994. Professor of Finance, Senior Associate Dean of Degree Programs
BA (1986) University of Nebraska; PhD (1994) Duke University

Ostherr, Kirsten, 2002. Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English, Medical Humanities Director
BA (1993) Reed College; MA (1997), PhD (2001) Brown University

Oswald, Frederick L., 2008. Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Psychological Sciences, Professor of Management
BA (1992) University of Texas-Austin; MA (1998), PhD (1999) University of Minnesota

Oubre, Carroll, 1999. Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
BS (1955) University of Southwestern Louisiana; MS (1956) Ohio State University; PhD (1966) Rice University

Oukaderova, Lida, 2008. Associate Professor of Art History
BA (1997) Martin-Luther University; MA (1999), PhD (2005) University of Texas–Austin

Ozaki, Naoko, 2015. Lecturer of Japanese
BA (1997) University of Arizona; MS (2005), PhD (2011) Indiana University

Padgett, Jamie Ellen, 2007. Stanley C. Moore Professor in Engineering, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering
BS (2003) University of Florida–Gainesville; PhD (2007) Georgia Institute of Technology

Padley, B. Paul, 1996. Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (1981) York University; MS (1984), PhD (1987) University of Toronto

Pagano, Guido, 2019. Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BEc (2006) Universitá Bocconi di Milano; BS (2009) Unviersità degli Studi di Milano; MS (2011) Università La Sapienza di Roma; PhD (2015) Scuola Normale Superiore

Page, Paula, 1985. Associate Professor of Harp
BMus (1969) Cleveland Institute of Music

Pagel, Mark, 2017. Adjunct Professor of Chemistry
BA (1988) Washington University; PhD (1993) University of California

Pai, Mallesh, 2016. Lay Family Associate Professor of Economics
BTech (2004) Indian Institute of Technology; PhD (2010) Northwestern University

Paige, Robin, 2012. Associate Teaching Professor of Center for Teaching Excellence
BA (1998) University of California; MS (2002), PhD (2008) Cornell University

Panahi, Hesam, 2016. Senior Lecturer of Management
BBA (2005) University of Houston; PhD (2010) University of Houston

Pan Fang, Tommy 2022. Assistant Professor in Strategic Management
BSE, BS (2015) University of Pennsylvania; PhD (2022) Harvard Business School

Pang, Gordon, 2022. Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
MPhil (2009), PhD (2010) Columbia University 

Papageorgiou, Theodora Dorina, 2016. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BA (1995) University of Georgia; MHSc (1997) Johns Hopkins University; PhD (2006) University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Papanastasiou, Yiangos, 2022.  Associate Professor of Operations Management
BA (2009), MEng (2010) University of Cambridge; PhD (2015) London Business School

Park, Julie, 2020. Assistant Research Professor of Bioengineering
BS (2012) University of Virgina; PhD (2020) Rice University

Park, Sohyoung, 2005. Artist Teacher of Piano and Piano Pedagogy
BMus (1991) Seoul National University; MMus (1993) University of Michigan; DMA (2000) Rice University

Parker, Jon Kimura, 2000. Professor of Piano
BMus, MMus (1981), DMA (1989) Juilliard School of Music

Parsons, Sandra V., 2011. Associate Teaching Professor of Psychological Sciences, Director of Pedagogy, Resident Associate of Will Rice College
BA (1992) University of Virginia; MA (1995), PhD (1999) Miami University

Parsons, William B., 1993. Harry and Hazel Chavanne Professor in Christianity, Professor of Religion, Associate of Brown College
BA (1979) Brandeis University; MDiv (1982) Yale University; PhD (1993) University of Chicago

Pasquali, Matteo, 1999. A.J. Hartsook Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, and of Chemistry
MS (1992) University of Bologna; PhD (1999) University of Minnesota

Pati, Debananda, 2006. Adjunct Assistant Professor of BioSciences
BSc (1986) Orissa University; MS (1988) University of Buckingham; PhD (1995) University of Calgary

Patel, Ankit, 2017. Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
AB (2001), MS (2002), PhD (2008) Harvard University

Patel, Tirthak, 2023. Assistant Professor of Computer Science
BASc (2017) University of Toronto; PhD (2022) Northeastern University

Pazgal, Amit, 2006. Friedkin Chair in Management
BS (1987), MS (1992) Tel Aviv University; PhD (1997) Northwestern University

Pearson, Deborah A., 1991. Adjunct Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (1979) Wesleyan University; MA (1982), PhD (1986) Rice University

Pellis, Neal R., 1997. Adjunct Professor of BioSciences
PhD (1972) Miami University

Penev, Evgeni, 2009. Associate Research Professor in Materials Science and NanoEngineering
MS (1994) St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia, Bulgaria; PhD (2002) Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany

Peres, S. Camille, 2007. Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (1990), MA (1996) University of Houston–Clear Lake; MA (2004), PhD (2005) Rice University

Perez, John T., 2013. Adjunct Lecturer of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1996), MBA (2012) Rice University

Perez Salazar, Sebastian, 2022. Assistant Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
BSE (2015), MAMS (2016) University of Chile; PhD (2022) Georgia Institute of Technology

Perkins, Heidi Y., 2008. Teaching Professor of Kinesiology
BS (1985) Missouri State University; MEd (1992), PhD (2006) University of Houston

Perkins Ball, Amanda, 2017. Assistant Teaching Professor of Kinesiology
BS (2005) University of Louisville; M.S.Ed (2009) Southern Illinois University Carbondale; PhD (2012) Temple University

Perrigne, Isabelle, 2012. Reginald Henry Hargrove Professor of Economics
BS (1984) Université de Toulouse; MS (1985) Université de Toulouse; PhD (1991) Université de Toulouse

Perry, Steven, 2020. Lecturer in Program for Writing and Communication
BS (2013), MA (2015) Sam Houston State University; MA (2016), PhD (2021) Rice University

Peterson, Erik, 2022. Assistant Professor of Political Science
BA (2011) Northwestern University; PhD (2017) Stanford University

Petrick, Elizabeth, 2019. Associate Professor of History
BS (2003) University of Michigan; MA (2009), PhD (2012) University of California San Diego

Pettitt, B. Montgomery, 2010. Adjunct Professor of Chemistry
BS (1975), PhD (1980) University of Houston

Peyravan, Leila, 2016. Assistant Professor of Accounting
BA (2004), MBA (2007), PhD (2016) University of Toronto

Phillips, Dereth, 2004. Lecturer of BioSciences
BA (1991) Hiram College; PhD (2000) Harvard University

Phillips, George, 2012. Professor of BioSciences, Associate Dean of Research, Associate Chair
BA (1974) Rice University; PhD (1976) Rice University 

Piazza, Alessandro, 2018. Jones School Distinguished Assistant Professor of Strategic Management
BSc (2006), MSc (2009) University of Bologna; MBA (2010) Collège des Ingénieurs and  LaScuola di Alta Formazione al Management, Turin; PhD (2016) Bocconi University, Milan; PhD (2018) Columbia University

Pimpinelli, Alberto, 2014. Associate Research Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
MS (Laurea, 1986) University of Milan, Italy; PhD (1989) University of Parma, Italy

Pindell, James, 1997. Adjunct Professor of Earth Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BA (1979) Colgate University; MS (1981) SUNY Albany; PhD (1985) University of Durham, England

Pinn, Anthony B., 2004. Agnes Cullen Arnold Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Professor of Religion
BA (1986) Columbia University; MDiv (1989) Harvard Divinity School; MA (1991), PhD (1994) Harvard University

Piqueira, Natalia, 2021. Assistant Clinical Professor of Finance
BA (1996) Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo; BA (1996) University of São Paulo; MS.(1999) Fundação Getúlio Vargas; PhD (2005) Princeton University

Pitts, Timothy, 1992. Professor of Double Bass
BMus (1981) New England Conservatory of Music 

Pollnitz, Aysha, 2016. Associate Professor of History
BA (2001) University of Sydney; MPhil (2003), PhD (2006) University of Cambridge

Pope, Albert H., 1986. Gus Sessions Wortham Professor of Architecture
BArch (1978) Southern California Institute of Architecture; MArch (1986) Princeton University

Porter, Constance, 2011. Associate Clinical Professor of Marketing, Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
BS (1988) University of Pennsylvania; MBA (1992) University of Michigan; PhD (2005) Georgia State University

Powers, Scott, 2023. Assistant Professor of Sport Management
BS (2011) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; MS (2013) University of Chicago; PhD (2017) Stanford University

Prendergast, Mary, 2021. Associate Professor of Anthropology 
BA (1999) Brown University; MA (2005), PhD (2008) Harvard University

Preston, Daniel, 2019. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
BS (2012) University of Alabama; MS (2014), PhD (2017) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Prinsloo, Emily, 2023. Assistant Professor of Marketing
BS (2015) Erasmus University; MPhil (2017) University of Cambridge; PhD (2023) Harvard University

Protasov, Anastasiya, 2017. Lecturer of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
BS (2005), MS (2007) Novosibirsk State University; PhD (2016) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Pu, Han, 2003. Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Associate Chair for the Graduate Program
BS (1992) University of Science and Technology of China; MS (1994), PhD (1999) University of Rochester

Puelz, Charles, 2020. Lecturer of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
BA (2011) Wesleyan University; MA (2013), PhD (2017) Rice University

Purugganan, Mary M., 2000. Senior Lecturer of Professional Communications
BS (1990) Texas A&M University; PhD (1998) Rice University

Putnam-Farr, Eleanor, 2018. Assistant Professor of Marketing
BA (2000) Williams College; MBA (2010), PhD (2015) Massachussetts Institute of Technology

Rahman, Muhammad, 2018. Assistant Research Professor of Materials Science & Nanoengineering
BSc (2005) Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology; MSc (2012) Tuskegee University; PhD (2016) Cornell University

Ramesh, K., 2010. Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Accounting
BComm (1978) University of Madras; MAcct (1985) Washington State University; PhD (1991) Michigan State University

Ramesh, Ramamoorthy, 2022. Vice President of Research, Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and Physics and Astronomy
BS (1980) Madras University; BE (1985) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; MS, PhD (1987) University of California, Berkeley

Ramos, Renata, 2010. Associate Teaching Professor of Bioengineering, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
BS (2002) Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico; PhD (2008) University of Arizona

Rangel, Brenda A., 2023. Assistant Dean Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, Adjunct Professor of Education
BA (1993) Sam Houston State University; MA (2001) Houston Baptist University; EdD (2021) University of Texas at Austin

Rao, Arvind, 2014. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BEC (2001) Bangalore University; MSE (2003) University of Texas–Austin; MA (2007), PhD (2008) University of Michigan

Raphael, Robert M., 2001. Associate Professor of Bioengineering
BS (1989) University of Notre Dame; MS (1992), PhD (1996) University of Rochester

Rarick, Janet, 1992. Associate Professor of Music Career Development
BM (1973) University of Southern California

Rast, Hubert, 2022. Lecturer of Program in Writing and Communication
MA (1984), DEA (1985) Université de Toulouse; PhD (1994), MEd (2002) University of Michigan

Redding, Stephen, 2009. Lecturer of Architecture
BS (1970) Rice University; MME (1971) Rice University

Regier, Alexander T., 2009. Professor of English, Department Chair of English
BA (1999) University of Durham; MPhil (2000), PhD (2004) University of Cambridge

Reid, Alan, 2017. Edgar Odell Lovett Professor of Mathematics, Department Chair of Mathematics 
BS (1984), MS (1985), PhD (1988) University of Aberdeen

Reiff, Patricia H., 1992. Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Associate Director of Outreach Programs, Rice Space Institute
BS (1971) Oklahoma State University; MS (1974), PhD (1975) Rice University

Reis-Dennis, Samuel, 2022. Assistant Professor of Philosophy
BA (2010) Cornell University; MA (2013), PhD (2017) University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Reiter, Megan, 2022. Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BA (2007) University of California; PhD (2015) University of Arizona

Renata, Hans, 2022. Associate Professor of Chemistry
BA (2008) Columbia University; PhD (2013) Scripps Research Institute

Ress, David, 2017. Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1982) University of California; MS (1984), PhD (1988) Stanford University

Revzin, Arnold, 2017. Lecturer of BioSciences
BSE (1964) University of Michigan; PhD (1969) University of Wisconsin-Madison

Reynolds, Michael A., 2013. Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1995) Michigan State University, PhD (2000) Iowa State University

Rhodes, Anna, 2017. Assistant Professor of Sociology
BA (2010) Boston College; MA (2012), PhD (2017) Johns Hopkins University

Rice, John Robin, 2018. Professor of Voice
BMus (1981) Baylor University; MMus (1984), DMA (1993) University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

Richards-Kortum, Rebecca, 2005. The Malcolm Gillis University Professor, Professor of Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of Rice 360: Institute for Global Health Technology
BS (1985) University of Nebraska; MS (1987), PhD (1990) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Richardson, Laura, 2021. Lecturer in Program for Writing and Communication
BA (2007) Vanderbilt University; MA (2013), PhD (2015) Rice University

Rivière, Béatrice M., 2008. Noah Harding Chair and Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
Licence de Mathématiques (1993) Université Claude-Bernard, France; Diplome d’Ingénieur (1995) École Centrale de Lyon, France; MS (1996) Pennsylvania State University; PhD (2000) University of Texas–Austin

Rixner, Scott, 2000. Professor of Computer Science and in Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1995), ME (1995), PhD (2000) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Roberto, Elizabeth, 2018. Assistant Professor of Sociology
BA (2000), MPA (2002) George Washington University; PhD (2018) Yale University

Robinson, Jacob, 2012. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering
BS (2003) University of California at Los Angeles; MS/PhD (2008) Cornell University

Robinson, Kaitlyn, 2023. Assistant Professor of Political Science
BA (2015) University of Michigan; MA (2018), PhD (2022) Stanford University

Rodi, Patrick, 2018. Professor in the Practice of Mechanical Engineering
BS (1984) University of Florida; MS (1986), PhD (1992) University of Texas-Austin

Rodriguez, Augusto X., 2010. Associate Teaching Professor of Kinesiology, Department Chair of Kinesiology
BEd (1998) University of Puerto Rico; MS (2003), PhD (2010) University of Houston

Rodriguez, Peter, 2016. Dean of the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Professor of Strategic Management
BS (1990) Texas A&M University; MS (1992), PhD (1998) Princeton University

Rogge, Corina E., 2013. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Chemistry
BA (1994) Bryn Mawr College; MS (1995), PhD (2000) Yale University

Rosenberg, Susan M., 2009. Adjunct Professor of BioSciences 
BA (1980) State University of New York–Potsdam; MS (1981), PhD (1986) University of Oregon

Ross, Malcolm I.2013. Adjunct Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BA (1984) Colgate University; MA (1987) University of Texas-Austin; PhD (1995) Rice University

Rossky, Peter, 2014. Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BA (1971) Cornell University; MA (1972), PhD (1978) Harvard University

Rountree, Brian R., 2003. Associate Professor of Accounting
BS (1996) Babson College; PhD (2003) University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Roykovich, Justin, 2018. Lecturer of Photography
BFA (2011) George Mason University; MFA (2014) Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University

Rudolf, Volker H. W., 2007. Professor of BioSciences
BS (2000) University of Regensburg; MS (2003) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Wurzburg; PhD (2007) University of Virginia

Rudolph, Kurt, 2016. Adjunct Professor of Earth, Environmental Planetary Sciences
BS (1976) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; MA (1978) University of Texas

Rummel, Andrea D., 2023. Assistant Professor of BioSciences
SB, AB  (2014) University of Chicago; PhD (2021) Brown University

Rusin, Craig, 2013. Adjunct Associate Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
BSE (2001) Princeton University; PhD (2009) University of Virginia

Russell, Jeff, 2018. Lecturer in Communication
BA (2007), MBA (2014) University of Texas–Austin

Ryang, Sonia, 2014. T.T. and W.F. Chao Center Professor of Asian Studies
MPhil (1988) University of York; MPhil (1991), PhD (1995) University of Cambridge

Sabharwal, Ashutosh, 2001. Ernest Dell Butcher Professor of Engineering, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BTech (1993) Indian Institute of Technology; MS (1995), PhD (1999) Ohio State University

Sachdeva, Kunal, 2018. Assistant Professor of Finance
BS (2007), BA (2008) Queen's University; MFin (2011) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD (2018) Columbia University

Sainte-Claire, Linsey, 2023. Assistant Professor of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures
BA (2007), MA (2009) Paris Diderot University; MA (2014), PhD (2016) University of Chicago

Salaberry, M. Rafael, 2013. Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Humanities; Professor of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures
BA (1983) Air Force Academy-Uruguay, MAT (1989) Alianza Uruguay-EEUU, MAT (1993) University of Maine, PhD (1997) Cornell University

Salas, Eduardo, 2015. Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Professor
BA (1978) Florida International University; MS (1980) University of Central Florida; PhD (1984) Old Dominion University

Saltz, Julia, 2014. Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
AB (2005) Princeton University; PhD (2011) University of California-Davis

Sams, Clarence F., 1997. Adjunct Professor of BiocSciences
BA (1975), PhD (1983) Rice University

Samuels, Danny M., 1981. Professor in the Practice of Architecture
BArch (1971) Rice University

San, Ka-Yiu, 1984. E.D. Butcher Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1978) Rice University; MS (1981), PhD (1984) California Institute of Technology

Sanchez, Vanessa, 2023. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
BS (2016) Cornell University; MS (2020), PhD (2022) Harvard University

Sanders, Paula A., 1987. Joseph and Joanna Nazro Mullen Professor in Humanities, Professor of History
BA (1977) Northwestern University; MA (1981), PhD (1984) Princeton University

Sano, Akane, 2018. Rice Trustee Chair, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BE (2003), ME (2005) Keio University; PhD (2015) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sarkar, Vivek, 2007. Adjunct Research Professor of Computer Science
BTech (1981) Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India; MS (1982) University of Wisconsin–Madison; PhD (1987) Stanford University  

Saterbak, Ann, 2002. Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering
BA (1990) Rice University; PhD (1995) University of Illinois

Schaefer, Andrew J., 2015. Noah Harding Chair, Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
BA (1994), MCAM (1994) Rice University; PhD (2000) Georgia Institute of Technology

Schaefer, Laura, 2015. Burton J. and Ann M. McMurtrey Chair in Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
BA, BS (1995) Rice University; MA (1997), PhD (2000) Georgia Institute of Technology

Schaum, R. Troy, 2011. Associate Professor in Architecture
BArch (1999) Virginia Polytechnic Institute; MArch (2006) Princeton University

Schell, Wendy, 2008. Senior Lecturer of Kinesiology
BS (1994) Auburn University; BS (1996) Georgia State University; MS (2007) Texas Women’s University

Schimmel, Ian, 2011. Associate Teaching Professor of English
BA (2005) Tufts University; MFA (2010) University of Houston

Schroeder, Timothy, 2015. Professor of Philosophy
BA (1993) University of Lethbridge; PhD (1998) Stanford University

Schuler, Douglas A., 1992. Professor of Business and Public Policy
BS (1985) University of California–Berkeley; PhD (1992) University of Minnesota

Schwanauer, Stephen, 2011. Adjunct Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1981), PhD (1986) Yale University

Schwindt-Bayer, Leslie A., 2013. Thomas Cooke and Mary Elizabeth Edwards Chair in Government and Democracy, Professor of Political Science 
BA (1996) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; MA (1999), PhD (2003) University of Arizona

Scuseria, Gustavo E., 1989. Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, and Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BS (1979), PhD (1983) University of Buenos Aires

Scutti Santos, Hélade, 2014. Teaching Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Director of the Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication
BS (1994), BA (2000), MA (2005) Universidade de São Paulo; PhD (2013) University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Secomandi, Nicola, 2022. Houston Endowment Professor of Operations Management
Laurea (1992) University of Venice; MS (1993), PhD (1998) University of Houston

Segarra, Santiago, 2018. Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Statistics
BSc (2011) Buenos Aires Institute of Technology; MSc (2014), PhD (2016) University of Pennsylvania

Segatori, Laura, 2007. Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering, and BioSciences
BS (2000), MS (2000) University of Bologna, Italy; PhD (2005) University of Texas–Austin

Segner, III, Edmund, 1996. Professor of the Practice in Civil Engineering Management
BS (1976) Rice University; MA (1980) University of Houston

Self, Bethany, 2014. Principal Coach of Opera Studies
BM (2002) Gordon College; MM (2004) University of Michigan

Semmes, Stephen W., 1987. Noah Harding Professor of Mathematics
BS (1980) Armstrong State College; PhD (1983) Washington University

Senftle, Thomas2017. William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (2010) University of Notre Dame; PhD (2015) Pennsylvania State University

Seymour, John, 2020. Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1996) Ohio State University, MS (2004), PhD (2009) University of Michigan

Shahsavari, Rouzbeh, 2011. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BS (2002) Sharif University of Technology, Iran; MS (2005) McGill University, Canada; PhD (2010) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Shamoo, Yousif, 1998. Ralph & Dorothy Looney Professor, Professor of BioSciences
BS (1983) Carnegie Mellon University; PhD (1988) Yale University

Shaw, Chad A., 2004. Adjunct Associate Professor of Statistics
BS (1995) Duke University; PhD (2001) Rice University

Sheafor, Stephen J., 2002. Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1972), MEE (1972), Rice University; PhD (1974) University of Illinois; MBA (1979) Santa Clara University

Shee, James, 2023. Assistant Professor of Chemistry
AB (2014) Princeton University; PhD (2019) Columbia University

Shen, Shihan, 2023. Assistant Professor of Economics
BA (2014), MA (2017) Peking University; MA (2019), PhD (2023) University of California, Los Angeles

Shen, Yu, 2002. Adjunct Professor of Statistics
BS (1984), MS (1986) East China Normal University; MS (1990) University of Notre Dame; PhD (1994) University of Washington

Shepard, Clayton, 2018. Lecturer of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (2008), MS (2012), PhD (2018) Rice University

Sher, George, 1991. Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Humanities, Professor of Philosophy
BA (1964) Brandeis University; PhD (1972) Columbia University

Shimizu, Sayuri Guthrie, 2014. Dunlevie Family Chair in History, Professor of History
BA (1982) Sophia University; JD (1987) Hitosubashi University; MA (1989), PhD (1992) Cornell University

Shouval, Harel, 2004. Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1987) Tel Aviv University, MS (1990) Weizmann Institute of Science, PhD (1994) Brown University

Shrivastava, Anshumali, 2015. Associate Professor of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Statistics
BS, MS (2008) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; PhD (2015) Cornell University

Si, Qimiao, 1994. Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (1986) University of Science and Technology of China; PhD (1991) University of Chicago

Sidbury, James, 2011. Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Professor of History
BA (1980), MA (1988), PhD (1991) Johns Hopkins University

Siebach, Kirsten, 2018. Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BA (2011) Washington University in St. Louis; PhD (2016) California Institute of Technology

Siemann, Evan, 1998. Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of BioSciences
AB (1989) Cornell University; PhD (1997) University of Minnesota

Siewert, Charles, 2010. Robert Alan and Kathryn Dunlevie Hayes Chair of Humanities, Professor of Philosophy
BA (1983) Reed College; PhD (1994) University of California– Berkeley

Silberg, Jonathan J., 2004. Stewart Memorial Professor of BioSciences, Professor of Bioengineering
BS (1994), PhD (2000) University of California–Irvine

Silva, Arlei Lopes, 2021. Assistant Professor of Computer Science
BSc (2008), MSc (2011) Federal University of Minas Gerais; PhD (2019) University of California-Santa Barbara

Simar, Ray, Jr., 2009. Professor in the Practice of Computer Architecture and Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1981) Texas A&M University; MS (1983) Rice University

Singer, Philip, 2015. Assistant Research Professor of Chemical and Biomoleculary Engineering
MPhys (1997) University of Oxford; PhD (2003) Massachusetts Instittute of Technology

Sivaramakrishnan, K., 2012. Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Accounting
BTech (1977) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; MBA (1980) Xavier Labor Relations Institute, Jamshedpur; PhD (1989) Northwestern University

Slagle, Kevin, 2022. Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (2011) University of California, Irivine; PhD (2016) University of California, Santa Barbara

Smith, Brinton Averil, 2005. Associate Professor of Cello
BA (1986) Arizona State University; MA (1988) University of Southern California; MMus (1991), DMA (1998) Juilliard School of Music

Smith, D. Brent, 2000. Associate Professor of Management and Psychology, Senior Associate Dean of Executive Education
BA (1992) University of Tulsa; MA (1996), PhD (1999) University of Maryland–College Park

Smith, Rebecca, 2020. Assistant Teaching Professor of Computer Science
BS (2014), MS (2015), PhD (2019) Rice University

Snow, Edward A., 1981. Mary Gibbs Jones Chair for the Humanities, Professor of English
BA (1964) Rice University; MA (1966) University of California–Riverside; PhD (1969) State University of New York– Buffalo

Solomon, Scott, 2009. Associate Teaching Professor of BioSciences
BS (2000) University of Illinois– Urbana-Champaign; PhD (2007) University of Texas–Austin

Somerville, Ted, 2008. Lecturer of Classical Studies
BA (1999) University of Texas–Austin; PhD (2007) Harvard University

Sonenshein, Scott, 2007. Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management
BA (1998) University of Virginia; MPhil (1999) University of Cambridge; PhD (2007) University of Michigan

Song, Yongcheng, 2009. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Chemistry
BS (1993) Nanjing University; PhD (2001) National University of Singapore/Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology

Spanos, Pol D., 1984. Lewis B. Ryon Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Diploma (1973) National Technical University, Greece; MS (1974), PhD (1976) California Institute of Technology

Sparagana, John, 1989. Grace Christian Vietti Chair in Visual Arts, Professor of  Art, Department Chair of Art
BGS (1980) University of Michigan; MFA (1987) Stanford University

Sperandio, Christopher, 2008. Associate Professor of Visual and Dramatic Arts
BFA (1987) West Virginia University; MFA (1991) University of Illinois– Chicago

Srinivasan, Ragini, 2022. Assistant Professor of English
BA (2007) Duke University; MA (2010), PhD (2016) University of California, Berkeley

Spieler, Christof, 2000. Senior Lecturer of Architecture
BS (1997), MS (1999) Rice University

Stadler, Lauren, 2015. Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
BS (2006) Swarthmore College; MSE (2012, PhD (2015) University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Stallings, Tom, 2007. Professor in the Practice of Sport Management
BA (1991) University of Texas; MED (2008) University of Houston

Stallmann, Kurt, 2002. Professor of Composition and Theory
BM (1987) Northern Illinois University; AM (1998), PhD (1999) Harvard University

Stasevicius, Maria Luján, 2016. Lecturer of Spanish
BA (2007) Universidad Nacional del Sur; MA (2010), PhD (2016) University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Stein, Robert M., 1979. Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science
BA (1972) Ohio Wesleyan University; MA (1974), PhD (1977) University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Stenson, Jared, 2013. Wiess Instructor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (2003), MS (2005) Brigham Young University; PhD (2010) Oregon State University

Stern, Michael, 1991. Professor of BioSciences
BS (1978) Stanford University; PhD (1985) University of California–San Francisco

Stevenson, Randolph T., 1997. Radoslav Tsanoff Professor of Public Affairs, Professor of Political Science
BA (1991) Texas A&M University; MA (1994), PhD (1997) University of Rochester

Stewart, Charles R., 1969. Professor of BioSciences
BS (1962) University of Wisconsin–Madison; PhD (1967) Stanford University

Stoll, Richard J., 1979. Albert Thomas Professor of Political Science
AB (1974) University of Rochester; PhD (1979) University of Michigan

St. Pierre, Francois, 2015. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BA (2002), MA (2005) University of Cambridge; PhD (2009) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Straach, Janell, 2020. Lecturer in Computer Science MCS Online Program
BS (1984) Angelo State University; MS (1985) Texas A&M University; MS (1995) University of Dallas; PhD (1998) University of Texas at Dallas

Strait, Richard B., 2007. Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1970) Ohio State University; MBA (1978) University of Tulsa

Strassmann, Diana, 2004. Carolyn & Fred McManis Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Humanities, Baker Institute Scholar, Senior Research Fellow
AB (1977) Princeton University; MA (1982), PhD (1983) Harvard University

Strauss, Matthew, 2015. Associate Professor of Percussion
BMus (1966) Juilliard School of Music; MMus (1998) Temple University

Studer, Christoph, 2013. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
MSc (2005), DrSc (2009) ETZ Zurich

Suárez-Potts, William, 2018. Associate Professor of History
BA (1981) University of California–Berkeley; JD (1987) University of Pennsylvania; PhD (2005) Harvard University

Subramanian, Devika, 1995. Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BTech (1982) Indian Institute of Technology; MS (1984), PhD (1989) Stanford University

Summa, Lori, 2016. Adjunct Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BS (1979) University of Rochester; PhD (1985) University of California-Davis

Sumners, Carolyn, 1999. Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BA (1970) Vanderbilt University; MEd (1977), EdD (1979) University of Houston

Szablowski, Jerzy, 2020.  Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
BS (2009) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD (2015) California Institute of Technology

Tabor, Jeffrey J., 2010. Associate Professor of Bioengineering
BA (2001), PhD (2006) University of Texas–Austin

Taghikhani, Vahid, 2015. Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1993), MS (1995), PhD (1998) Amirkabir University of Technology

Takayama, Hiromi, 2018. Lecturer of Japanese
BA (1997) Aichi University of Education, Japan; MA (2006) Alliant International University; PhD (2015) University of Iowa

Takizawa, Kenji, 2011. Adjunct Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering
BS (2001), MA (2002), PhD (2005) Tokyo Institute of Technology

Takriti, Abdel Razzaq, 2024. Associate Professor of History
BA (2003) University of Toronto; MA (2005) York University; DPhil (2010) University of Oxford

Tam, Kenneth, 2023. Assistant Professor of Visual and Dramatic Arts
BFA (2004) The Cooper Union; MFA (2010) University of Southern California

Tandon, Nitin, 2012. Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
MBBS (1992) Armed Forces Medical College

Tang, Evelyn, 2021. Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BSc (2007) Yale University; MPhil (2008) University of Cambridge; PhD (2015) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tang, Ming, 2014. Associate Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BS (1999), MS (2002) Shanghai Jiao Tong University, PhD (2008) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tang, Xun, 2014. Henry S. Fox Chair, Professor of Economics
BA (1998) Beijing Foreign Studies University; MPP (2003) University of Chicago; MA (2004), PhD (2008) Northwestern University

Tao, Yizhi Jane, 2002. Professor of BioSciences
BS (1992) Peking University; PhD (1999) Purdue University

Tapia, Richard A., 1970. University Professor, Maxfield-Oshman Professor in Engineering, Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
BA (1961), MA (1966), PhD (1967) University of California–Los Angeles

Taylor, Rives T., 2003. Lecturer of Architecture
BA (1982), BArch (1984) Rice University; MS (1988) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tezcan, Tolga, 2021. Professor of Operations Management
BS (2000) Bilkent University; MS (2001) Colorado State University; MS (2005), PhD (2006) Georgia Institute of Technology

Tezduyar, Tayfun E., 1998. James F. Barbour Professor of Mechanical Engineering
MS (1978), PhD (1982) California Institute of Technology

Thall, Peter, 2017. Adjunct Professor of Statistics
BS (1971) Michigan State University;  MS (1973) Florida State University; PhD (1975) Florida State University

Thirkettle, Matthew, 2020. Assistant Professor of Economics
BSc (2012), BSc (2013) Hons) The University of Canterbury; MA (2017), PhD (2020) Cornell University

Thirumalaisamy, Sindhu, 2022. Assistant Professor of Visual and Dramatic Arts
Diploma (2012) Srishti Insititute of Art, Design and Technology Bangalore, India; MFA (2018) University of California, San Diego

Thomas, Collin, 2017. Lecturer of BioSciences
BA (1994); PhD (1999) University of Texas-Austin

Thomas, Nova, 2020. Professor of Voice
BM (1977) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; MM (1981) Indiana University

Thyer, Ross, 2020. Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BSc (2008), PhD (2012) The University of Western Australia

Tihanyi, Laszlo, 2020. William Alexander Kirkland Professor of Strategic Management
BSc (1986) Janus Pannonius University; DB Economics (1989) Budapest University of Economic Sciences; MBA (1995), PhD (1996) Indiana University

Tkaczyk, Tomasz, 2007. Professor of Bioengineering
MS (1994), PhD (2000) Warsaw University of Technology

Toffoletto, Frank R., 1996. Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (1981) La Trobe University; PhD (1987) Rice University

Tolias, Andreas, 2016. Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BA (1993), MA (1995) University of Cambridge; PhD (2000) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tomson, Mason B., 1977. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
BS (1967) Southwestern State College; PhD (1972) Oklahoma State University

Torres, Mark, 2017. Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BA (2010) Pitzer College; PhD (2015) University of Southern California

Tour, James M., 1999. T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor, Professor of Chemistry, and of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BS (1981) Syracuse University; PhD (1986) Purdue University

Tran, Thanh, 2010. Professor in the Practice of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1984) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; MEE (1995), PhD (2001) University of Houston

Tran Lu, Lesa, 2012. Assistant Teaching Professor of the Instistute for BioSciences and Bioengineering
BS (2007), MA (2009), PhD (2012) Rice University

Treangen, Todd, 2018. Associate Professor of Computer Science
BSc (2002) University of Nebraska–Omaha; PhD (2008) Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Tsang, Maggie, 2021. Assistant Professor of Architecture
BA (2011) Yale College; MArch (2017) Yale School of Architecture; MDes (2019) Harvard University

Tunnell, Christopher, 2018. Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and of Computer Science
BSc (2008) University of Texas; PhD (2013) University of Oxford

Turi, Luziris Pineda, 2010. Associate Teaching Professor of Spanish, Associate Vice Provost for Diveristy, Equity, and Inclusion
BA (2003), MA (2005), PhD (2012) University of Houston

Turley, Ruth N. Lopez, 2010. Professor of Sociology, Director of the Kinder Institute
BA (1996) Stanford University; MA (1999), PhD (2001) Harvard University

Tyler, Matthew, 2023. Assistant Professor of Political Science
BS, BA (2015) Duke University; PhD (2021) Stanford University

Umar, Tarik, 2017. Assistant Professor of Finance
BA (2010) Harvard University; MBA, PhD (2017) University of Chicago

Unhelkar, Vaibav V., 2020. Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.Tech & M Tech. (2012) Indian Institute of Technology–Bombay, India; MS (2015), PhD (2019) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Uribe, César A., 2020. Louis Owen Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSc (2010) University of Antiquia; MSc (2013)  Delft University of Technology; MSc (2016), PhD (2018) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Uribe, Rosa, 2017. Assistant Professor of BioSciences
BS (2006) San Francisco State University; PhD (2012) University of Texas–Austin

Utting, Brittany, 2020. Assistant Professor of Architecture
BS (2011) Georgia Institute of Technology; MArch (2014) Yale University  

Vajtai, Robert, 2008. Research Professor in Materials Science and NanoEngineering
MSc (1986) Jate University; PhD (1997) Szeged University, Hungary

Van der Werff, Ivo-Jan, 2007. Professor of Viola
Associate Hons (1980) Royal College of Music

VanHorn, David, 2007. Professor in the Practice of Operations Management
BS (1989); MEng (1990) Iowa State University; MBA (2000) Rice University

Van Knippenberg, Daniel, 2022. Houston Endowment Professor of Management
MA (1989) University of Groningen; PhD (1993) Leiden University

Vannucci, Marina, 2006. Noah Harding Professor of Statistics
BS (1982), PhD (1996) University of Florence, Italy

Vardi, Moshe,1993. University Professor, Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor of Computational Engineering, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science
BS (1975) Bar-Ilan University; MS (1980) Feinberg Graduate School of the Weizmann Institute of Science; PhD (1982) Hebrew University

Varilly-Alvarado, Anthony, 2009. Professor of Mathematics
AB (2003) Harvard University; PhD (2009) University of California–Berkeley

Varman, Peter J., 1983. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science
BTech (1978) Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; MSEE (1980), PhD (1983) University of Texas–Austin

Vassallo-Fernando, Jesus, 2013. Associate Professor of Architecture
BArch (2004) Escuela Superior de Architectura de Madrid, MA (2007) Harvard University, PhD (2014) Escuela Superior de Architetura de Madrid

Veeraraghavan, Ashok, 2010. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (2002) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; MS (2004), PhD (2008) University of Maryland-- College Park

Veiseh, Omid, 2017. Associate Professor of Bioengineering
BS (2002) Western Washington University; PhD (2009) University of Washington

Verduzco, Rafael, 2009. Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
BS (2001) Rice University; MS (2003), PhD (2006) California Institute of Technology

VerMeulen, William, 1990. Professor of French Horn

Videa Vargas, Marcelo, 2011. Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemistry
BSc (1993) Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey; PhD (1999) Arizona State University

Viens, Frederi, 2022. Professor of Statistics
Mairise de Mathematics Pures (1991) Universite de Paris VII; MS (1991), PhD (1996)  University of California, Irvine

Vieux, Baxter, 2003. Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
BS (1978) University of Kansas; MS (1982) Kansas State University; PhD (1988) Michigan State University

Visweswaran, Kamala, 2020. T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Transnational South Asian Studies
AB (1984) University of California-Berkley; AM (1987), PhD (1990) Stanford University

Vlassakis, Julea, 2021. Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
BA (2012) Smith College; PhD (2018) University of California-Berkeley

Volz, Tracy, 1999. Professor of the Practice in Professional Communication, Director of the Engineering Communications Program
BA (1989) University of Iowa; MA (1998), PhD (2001) Rice University

Waggoner, Miranda, 2023. Associate Professor of Sociology
BA (2004) University of Texas at Austin; MA (2008), PhD (2011) Brandeis University

Wagner, Daniel S., 2003. Associate Professor of BiocSciences
BA (1990) University of Texas; PhD (1997) University of Texas Health Science Center

Waligora-Davis, Nicole, 2008. Associate Professor of English
BA (1995) University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill; MA (1998), PhD (2001) Duke University

Wallach, Dan Seth, 1998. Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1993) University of California–Berkeley; MA (1995), PhD (1998) Princeton University

Wallach, Steve, 2010. Adjunct Professor of Computer Science
BSEE (1966) Polytechnic University; MSEE (1967) University of Pennsylvania; MBA (1973) Boston University

Walton, Chelsea, 2020. Professor of Mathematics
BS (2005) Michigan State University; MS (2007), PhD (2011) University of Michigan

Wamble, Mark S., 1991. Professor in the Practice of Architecture
BDes (1983) Texas A&M University; DiplSt (1987) Cambridge; MArch (1988) Harvard University

Wang, Haotian, 2019. William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (2011), PhD (2016) Stanford University

Wang, Stephen, 2015. Associate Teaching Professor of Mathematics
AB (1998) Harvard University; PhD (2006) University of Chicago

Ward, Kerry, 2001. Associate Professor of History
BA (1983) University of Adelaide; BA (1985), MA (1992) University of Cape Town; PhD (2002) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Ward, Robin A., 2008. Clinical Assistant Professor of Wiess School of Natural Sciences
BA (1986) Immaculata College; MA (1989) Villanova University; PhD (1997) University of Virginia 

Ward-Griffin, Danielle, 2019. Assistant Professor of Musicology
ARCT (2002) Royal Conservatory of Music; BMus (2005) McGill University; MA(2010), MPhil (2010), PhD (2012) Yale University

Warmflash, Aryeh, 2014. Associate Professor of BioSciences and Bioengineering
BA (2003) University of Pennsylvania; PhD (2008) University of Chicago

Warren, Joe D., 1986. Professor of Computer Science
BA (1983), MS (1985) Rice University; PhD (1986) Cornell University

Washington, Bryan, 2022. Assistant Professor of English
BA (2015) University of Houston; MFA (2017) University of New Orleans

Weckstrom, Virginia, 2012. Artist Teacher of Piano Chamber Music and Accompanying
BA (1969) Western College of Women; MMus (1971) Yale University School of Music

Wehmeyer, Geoffrey, 2018. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
BS (2013) University of Texas–Austin; PhD (2018) University of California–Berkeley

Weinberg, Armin D., 2010. Adjunct Professor of Kinesiology
BSc (1966), PhD (1971) Ohio State University

Weinersmith, Kelly, 2015. Adjunct Assistant Professor of BioSciences
BS (2004), MS (2007) Bowling Green State University; PhD (2014) University of California-Davis

Weisheit, Jon, 1988. Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (1966) University of Texas; MS (1969), PhD (1970) Rice University 

Weisman, R. Bruce, 1979. Professor of Chemistry 
BA (1971) Johns Hopkins University; PhD (1977) University of Chicago

Wensel, Theodore G., 2010.  Adjunct Professor of BioSciences
BS (1980) University of South Florida; PhD (1984) University of California

West, Julian, 2019.  Assistant Professor of Chemistry
BScH (2013) University of British Columbia Vancouver; MA (2014), PhD (2017) Princeton University

Weston, James P., 2000. Harmon Whittington Professor in Finance
BA (1993) Trinity College; MA (1996), PhD (2000) University of Virginia

Wettergreen, Matthew, 2009. Associate Teaching Professor in Bioengineering, Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen
BS (2001) University of Illinois at Chicago; PhD (2008) Rice University

Whitmire, Kenton H., 1982. Associate Dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences, Professor of Chemistry
BS (1977) Roanoke College; MS (1978), PhD (1982) Northwestern University

Whitmore, Mihriban, 1999. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences
BS (1983) Middle East Technical University; MS (1988), PhD (1991) Wichita State University

Whitson, Peggy, 1997. Adjunct Associate Professor of BioSciences
BS (1981) Iowa Wesleyan College; PhD (1986) Rice University

Wickham, Hadley, 2017. Adjunct Professor of Statistics
BHB (1999) University of Auckland; B.Sc (2002) University of Auckland; M.Sc (2004) University of Auckland; PhD (2008) Iowa State University

Wildenthal, Lora, 2003. John Antony Weir Professor of History, Director of Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
BA (1987) Rice University; MA (1991), PhD (1994) University of Michigan

Wilson, Jennifer S., 2012. Senior Lecturer and Director of the Program in Writing and Communication
​BA (1993) Rice University; MA (2004) University of Houston; PhD (2012) University of Toronto

Wilson, Patrick “Burke”, 2015. Lecturer of Kinesiology
BA (2003) Texas A&M University; DPT (2012) UT Southwestern Medical Center

Windsor, Duane, 1977. Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Management
BA (1969) Rice University; AM (1973), PhD (1978) Harvard University

Winer, Rachel T., 2004. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (1992) Barnard College; MA (2000), PhD (2002) St. John’s University

Winkler, Kathleen, 1992. Dorothy Richard Starling Professor of Classical Violin
BMus (1972) Indiana University; MMus (1974) University of Michigan

Winningham, Geoffrey L., 1969. Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Humanities, Professor of Visual and Dramatic Arts
BA (1965) Rice University; MS (1968) Illinois Institute of Technology

Winograde, Joshua, 2023. Professor of Opera, Opera Studies Program Director
BM (1998) MMus (2000) Julliard School

Wisneski, John, 2023. Assistant Clinical Professor of Organizational Behavior
BS, BA (1996) University of Dayton; MBA (2003) University of Notre Dame; PhD (2015) Indiana University 

Wolfe, Cary E., 2003. Bruce and Elizabeth Dunlevie Professor of English
BA (1984), MA (1986) University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill; PhD (1990) Duke University

Wolynes, Peter G., 2011. D.R.Bullard-Welch Foundation Professor of Science, Professor of Chemistry, BioSciences, and Physics and Astronomy, Co-Director of Center for Theoretical Biological Physics
AB (1971) Indiana University; AM (1972) Harvard University; PhD (1976) Harvard University

Womack, Anne-Marie, 2021. Assistant Teaching Professor of Brown School of Engineering
BA (2003) Texas A&M University-Kingsville; PhD (2011) Texas A&M University

Wong, Michael S., 2001. Tina and Sunit Patel Professor in Molecular Nanotechnology, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry, and Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
BS (1994) California Institute of Technology; MS (1997), PhD (2000) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Wong, Stephen B., 2001. Lecturer of Computer Science
BA (1981) Swarthmore College; PhD (1988) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Wood, Philip R., 1990. Associate Professor of French Studies
BA (1974) University of Cape Town; MA (1980) University of York; PhD (1988) Yale University

Woods, Gary L., 2008. Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BA, BSEE (1988) Rice University; MS (1991), PhD (1997) Stanford University

Wooten, Kevin C., 1994. Adjunct Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (1976), MA (1978) University of Houston–Clear Lake; PhD (1991) Tulane University

Worth, David S., 2002. Senior Lecturer of Humanities, Director of Forensics
BA (1992), MA (1995) Texas Tech University; PhD (2003) University of Oklahoma

Wright, Anthony A., 1980. Adjunct Professor of Psychological Sciences
BA (1965) Stanford University; MA (1970), PhD (1971) Columbia University

Xiao, Han, 2017. Norman Hackerman-Welch Young Investigator and Associate Professor of Chemistry, Bioengineering, and BioSciences
BS (2010) University of Science and Technology of China; PhD (2015) The Scripps Research Institute

Xie, Chong, 2020. Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering, Neuroengineering Initiative
BS (2004) University of Science and Technology of China; MS (2006) University of Notre Dame; PhD (2011) Stanford University

Xie, Yonglong, 2023. Assistant Professor of Physics
BS (2011), MS (2013) École Normale Supérieure; PhD (2019) Princeton University

Xing, Yuhang, 2003. Associate Professor of Finance, Faculty Director of the El Paso Finance Center
BA (1997) Peking University; MS (1998) Northwestern University; PhD (2003) Columbia University

Yamagami, Momona, 2023. Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (2016) Rice University; MS (2019), PhD (2022) University of Washington

Yakobson, Boris I., 1999. Karl F. Hasselmann Professor of Engineering, Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and of Chemistry
MS (1978) Novosibirsk State University; PhD (1982) Russian Academy of Sciences

Yang, Kaiyuan, 2017. Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (2012) Tsinghua University, China; MS (2014), PhD (2017) University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Yao, Vicky, 2019. Assistant Professor of Computer Science
BA (2011), MS (2011) University of Chicago; PhD (2018) Princeton University

Yarbrough, Fay, 2013. Professor of History, Associate Dean of Humanities for Faculty and Graduate Programs
BA (1997) Rice University, MA (2000), PhD (2003) Emory University

Yearty, Kasey Leigh, 2019. Instructor of Chemistry
BS (2013), PhD (2019) University of Georgia

Yeh, Meng, 2001. Teaching Professor of Chinese
BA (1986) Tamkang University; MA (1988), PhD (1993) University of Texas–Austin

Yekovich, Robert A., 2003. Elma Schneider Professor of Music
BMus (1978), MMus (1980) University of Denver; DMA (1991) Columbia University

Yepes, Pablo P., 1994. Associate Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (1982), MS (1983), PhD (1988) University of Santiago de Compostela

Yeung, Laurence, 2015. M. Ewing Career Development Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BA (2004) Oberlin College; PhD (2010) California Institute of Technology

Yi, Ming, 2018. Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (2007) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD (2014) Stanford University

Young, Joseph, 2021. Assistant Teaching Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (2015) North Carolina State University; MS (2018), PhD (2020) Rice University

Young, Olivia, 2021. Assistant Professor of Art History
BA (2010) Emory University; MA (2015), PhD (2020) University of California, Berkeley

Yruegas, Samantha, 2022. Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.A. (2014) Texas A&M University; Ph.D. (2019) Baylor University 

Yu, Lam, 2012. Associate Teaching Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (2000) Trinity University; MS (2004), PhD (2006) Rice University

Yuan, Ying, 2010. Adjunct Professor of Statistics
BS (1995) Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China; MA, MS (2000) Brandeis University; PhD (2005) University of Michigan

Yunis, Harvey E., 1987. Andrew W. Mellon Chair in Humanities, Professor of Classical Studies
BA (1978) Dartmouth College; BA (1982), MA (1985) University of Cambridge; PhD (1987) Harvard University

Zavyalova, Anastasiya, 2012. Associate Professor of Strategic Management
BS (2006) Methodist University; PhD (2012) University of Maryland, College Park

Zeff, Stephen A., 1978. Keith Anderson Professor of Accounting 
BS (1955), MS (1957) University of Colorado; MBA (1960), PhD (1962) University of Michigan; Dr. Econ. (Hon.) (1990) Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland; DLitt (Hon.) (2010) University of Waterloo, Canada; Dr. Econ. Mgmt Sci (Hon.) (2011) Universidad de Alcalá, Spain

Zelt, Colin A., 1995. Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
BS (1984) University of Victoria; PhD (1989) University of British Columbia

Zhang, David, 2022. Assistant Professor of Finance
B.A. (2013) Amherst College; Ph.D. (2022) Harvard University

Zhang, Lu, 2023. Assistant Professor of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
MS (2017), PhD (2020) Southern Methodist University

Zhang, Qingbo, 2019. Assistant Research Professor of Bioengineering<
BS (1976), MS (1981) Shandong University; PhD (1987) Lehigh University

Zhang, Yan Anthea, 2001. Fayez Sarofim Vanguard Professor of Management
BA (1992), MA (1995) Nanjing University; MA (1997) City University of Hong Kong; PhD (2001) University of Southern California

Zhao, Yuji, 2021. Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (2008) Fudan University; PhD (2012) University of California-Santa Barbara

Zhong, Lin 2020. Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS (1998), MS (2000) Tsinghua University; PhD (2005) Princeton University

Zhou, Jing, 2003. Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management and Psychology, Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs in the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business
BS (1987), MA (1990) Peking University; PhD (1996) University of Illinois–Urbana

Zhu, Hanyu, 2018. Assistant Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and Physics and Astronomy
BS (2011) Tsinghua University; PhD (2016) University of California–Berkeley

Zhu, Jian-Xin, 2010. Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
BS (1990), MS (1993) Nanjing University; PhD (1997) University of Hong Kong

Zimmerman, Carissa A., 2011. Senior Lecturer of Psychological Sciences, Director of Social Sciences Quantitative Methods
BA (2005) Trinity University; MS (2008), PhD (2010) Florida State University

Zodrow, George, 1979. Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Chair of Economics
BA, MME (1973) Rice University; MA (1977), PhD (1980) Princeton University

Zubarev, Eugene, 2005. Associate Professor of Chemistry 
MS (1993) Moscow State University; PhD (1996) Russian Academy of Sciences

Zygourakis, Kyriacos, 1980. A.J. Hartsook Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Professor of Bioengineering
Diploma (1975) National Technical University of Athens; PhD (1981) University of Minnesota