Thesis Advisers

MSTP students select thesis advisers and committee members from over 400 graduate faculty in 36 different academic departments across Northwestern University's Chicago and Evanston campuses. Many MSTP students select two faculty members to co-advise their thesis project in order to take full advantage of the institution's interdisciplinary and translational research opportunities. The wide range of faculty mentors available to MSTP students allows them to build research projects and mentoring teams tailored to their unique training goals. Below is a list of our current MSTP faculty mentors that demonstrates the diverse range of fields and disciplines our students choose for their PhD research. 

Once students select a thesis adviser or co-advisers, they then choose the graduate program in which they would like to complete their PhD training. Learn more about the PhD programs available to Northwestern MSTP students.

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Luis N Amaral

• Professor, Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
  Professor, McCormick School of Engineering

Rajeshwar Awatramani

• Professor, Neurology (Movement Disorders)
  Professor, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
• r-awatramani( at )northwestern.edu

Vadim Backman

• Professor, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology), Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
  Professor, McCormick School of Engineering

Joseph T Bass

• Professor, Medicine (Endocrinology)
  Professor, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
• j-bass( at )northwestern.edu

Bruce S Bochner

• Professor Emeritus, Medicine (Allergy and Immunology)
• bruce.bochner( at )northwestern.edu

Melissa A Brown

• Professor Emeritus, Microbiology-Immunology
• m-brown12( at )northwestern.edu

Paul W Burridge

• Associate Professor, Pharmacology
• paul.burridge( at )northwestern.edu

Navdeep S Chandel

• Professor, Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care), Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
• nav( at )northwestern.edu

Jaehyuk Choi

• Adjunct Professor, Dermatology (Medical Dermatology)
• jaehyuk.choi( at )northwestern.edu

Richard T D'Aquila

• Professor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
• richard.daquila( at )northwestern.edu

Hongxin Dong

• Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (General Psychiatry), Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department
• h-dong( at )northwestern.edu

Nathan Gianneschi, PhD

• Professor of Chemistry
• nathan.gianneschi( at )northwestern.edu

Kathleen J Green

• Professor, Pathology (Experimental Pathology), Dermatology
• kgreen( at )northwestern.edu

Alan R Hauser

• Professor, Microbiology-Immunology, Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
• ahauser( at )northwestern.edu

Xiao-Lin He

• Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

John A Kessler

• Professor, Neurology (Comprehensive Neurology), Pharmacology

Sinan Keten, PhD

• Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering
• s-keten( at )northwestern.edu

Dimitri Krainc

• Professor, Neurology (Movement Disorders), Neuroscience, Neurological Surgery
  Professor, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Joshua Leonard, PhD

• Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
• j-leonard( at )northwestern.edu

Richard M Longnecker

• Professor, Microbiology-Immunology
• r-longnecker( at )northwestern.edu

Michael Markl

• Professor, Radiology (Basic and Translational Radiology Research)
  Professor, McCormick School of Engineering

Joseph R Mazzulli

• Associate Professor, Neurology (Movement Disorders)

Thomas J Meade

• Professor, Radiology
  Professor, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
• tmeade( at )northwestern.edu

Marc L Mendillo

• Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
• mendillo( at )northwestern.edu

Chad A Mirkin

• Professor, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology)
  Professor, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Alfonso Mondragon, PhD

• Professor of Molecular Biosciences
• a-mondragon( at )northwestern.edu

Richard I Morimoto

• Professor, Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department
  Professor, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Milan Mrksich

• Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology
  Professor, McCormick School of Engineering

William A Muller

• Professor, Pathology (Experimental Pathology), Pathology (Autopsy)
• wamuller( at )northwestern.edu

Todd B Parrish

• Professor, Radiology (Basic and Translational Radiology Research), Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences
  Professor, McCormick School of Engineering
• toddp( at )northwestern.edu

Peter Penzes

• Professor, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Eric J Perreault

• Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  Professor, McCormick School of Engineering

Amanda Petford-Long, PhD

• Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
• petford.long( at )anl.gov

Leonidas C Platanias

• Professor, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology), Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Murali Prakriya

• Professor, Pharmacology, Medicine (Allergy and Immunology)

Jelena Radulovic

• Adjunct Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
• j-radulovic( at )northwestern.edu

Karl A Scheidt

• Professor, Pharmacology
  Professor, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Amee L Seitz

• Associate Professor, Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences
• Amee.Seitz( at )northwestern.edu

Gordon MG Shepherd

• Professor, Neuroscience

Alexander H Stegh

• Adjunct Professor, Neurology (Neuro-oncology)
• a-stegh( at )northwestern.edu

Samuel I Stupp

• Professor, Medicine (Endocrinology)
  Professor, McCormick School of Engineering, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

D James Surmeier

• Professor, Neuroscience
• j-surmeier( at )northwestern.edu

Igal G Szleifer

• Professor, Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
  Professor, McCormick School of Engineering

Colby S Thaxton

• Associate Professor, Urology

Praveen Thumbikat

• Professor, Urology, Pathology
• thumbikat( at )northwestern.edu

Chyung-Ru Wang

• Professor, Microbiology-Immunology
• Chyung-ru-wang( at )northwestern.edu

Jason Albert Wertheim

• Adjunct Professor, Surgery (Organ Transplantation)