New faculty join a long tradition of inquiry
Like the scholarship they produce, University of Chicago faculty are diverse, provocative, and dynamic. We proudly welcome these newest members of our community. The following members joined the University of Chicago faculty in calendar year 2021 (through January 1, 2022).

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Message from the Provost
Today’s new faculty members join the University of Chicago at a time of transition as we embark on a journey to a new normal in education and life in general. In the face of a global pandemic, the University has continued to provide excellent instruction and facilitate field-defining research, while fostering its distinctive community of scholars and culture of intellectual discourse and rigorous inquiry. In their scholarship and ambition, our new faculty members reflect the best traditions of the University while bringing unique insights and approaches to our academic community.
The intellectual vibrancy of our University is fundamentally driven by the quality of the faculty we are able to recruit and retain. As we welcome our new faculty to the University our task is to provide an environment and culture where they can thrive, discover new insights and solutions, create new fields and areas of inquiry, and inspire generations of new students.
This year’s cohort has already proven its ability to uphold the University’s high standards in the face of unprecedented challenge, and we look forward to the impact its members will make as they continue their pursuit of deeper knowledge. We welcome our newest faculty members and thank them for their contributions, already begun, to our collective undertaking.
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Eman Abdelhadi
Assistant Professor
Department of Comparative Human Development and the College
Paul Alivisatos
John D. MacArthur Distinguished Service Professor
Department of Chemistry, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the College
President of the University of Chicago
Milena Almagro
Assistant Professor
Chicago Booth
Briseis (Brisa) Aschebrook-Kilfoy
Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences
Maureen Beederman
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Andrew Benjamin
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Neha Bhardwaj
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lin Bian
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology and the College
Curtis Bradley
Professor
Law School
Cara Brook
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolution and the College
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Laura Cavallone
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Lydia Chelala
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Nan Chen
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Naema Chowdhury
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Julianna Clark-Wronski
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Aloni Cohen
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and the College
Naida Cole
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Laurie Comstock
Professor
Department of Microbiology and the College
Anna Costello
Professor
Chicago Booth
Michael Drazer
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Anne Eakin Moss
Assistant Professor
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the College
Terra Edwards
Assistant Professor
Department of Comparative Human Development and the College
Brandon Faubert
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Daniel Friedman
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Joshua Frieman
Professor
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College
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Marina Chiara Garassino
Professor
Department of Medicine
Princy George
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Charles German
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Rachel Glennerster
Associate Professor
Division of the Social Sciences and the College
Seth Green
Dean
Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies
Israel Gross
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Jihye Ha
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Hiba A. Haider
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
Rana Hanocka
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and the College
Christopher Harris
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Marion Henry
Professor
Department of Surgery
Mary Hicks
Assistant Professor
Department of History and the College
Aimee Hilado
Assistant Professor
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Moon Hee Hur
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Michael Hurley
Professor
Department of Radiology
Alan Jackson
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Lindsay Jaeger
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Rajesh Jain
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Alexander (Alex) Ji
Assistant Professor
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College
Austin Joyce
Assistant Professor
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College
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Anne Karing
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College
Rasika Karnik
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Margaret Kay-Stacey
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Emily Kern
Assistant Professor
Department of History and the College
Elizabeth Kertowidjojo
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Lucas Kimmig
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Richard Koya
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Shivani Kumar
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Divya Kumari
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Daniel Kurz
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Grigorios Lamaris
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine
John LaMattina
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Andrea (Justine) Landi
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Alejandra Lastra
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Yuan Chang Leong
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology and the College
Kevin Little
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Diandra Lucia
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
M
Cong Ma
Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics and the College
Tennison Malcolm
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Isabel Malone
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Eduardo Montero
Assistant Professor
Harris Public Policy
Kenneth B. Moss
Harriet and Ulrich E. Meyer Professor of Jewish History
Department of History and the College
Tomas Muñoz
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
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Ken Nakagaki
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and the College
Mariam Nawas
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Khanh Nguyen
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Adekunle (Kunle) Odunsi
AbbVie Foundation Distinguished Service Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Medicine
Molly Offer-Westort
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science and the College
Daniel Olson
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Nisa Ören
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Allison Ostdiek
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Sunyoung Park
Assistant Professor
Department of Geophysical Sciences and the College
William Parker
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Olga Pasternak-Wise
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Anand Patel
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Hena Patel
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Andrea Piunti
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Eric Polley
Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences
Justin Porter
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
John Proios
Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy and the College
Omer Raheem
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Patrice Rankine
Professor
Department of Classics and the College
Andrew Rausch
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Mary E. Rinella
Professor
Department of Medicine
Gilmer Rodriguez
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Jon Rogowski
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science and the College
Joseph Root
Assistant Professor
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College
Susan Rowell
Professor
Department of Surgery
Roshni Roy Chowdhury
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine and the College
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Christopher Salerno
Professor
Department of Surgery
Nathan Schoettler
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
William Schultz
Assistant Professor
Divinity School
Harita Shah
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Sarah Shubeck
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Amy Siston
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Kinga Skowron-Olórtegui
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Suisui Song
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
Anton Strezhnev
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science and the College
Ted Timothy
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Shivika Trivedi Kapadia
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Quentin Vandeweyer
Assistant Professor
Chicago Booth
Andrea Vannucci
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Melissa Van Wyk
Assistant Professor
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College
Joel Voss
Professor
Department of Neurology
Sara Shippee Wallace
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine
Shaoda Wang
Assistant Professor
Harris Public Policy
Anna Wuttig
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and the College
Jianzhou Thomas Xiao
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Amy Xu
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Lindsay Yassan
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology