UIC Undergraduate Research Experience (URE): Information for Students
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Note: URE is available for UIC undergraduate students only.
Interested researchers
The following is a list of faculty members who have indicated that they have active projects. Click on their name to find out more about what they are researching.
NOTE: All names denoted with an asterisk(*) are researchers who are participating in the Chancellor's Undergraduate Research Award program.
Total: 433
* Achinivu, Ezinne Chemical Engineering
* Ackerman, Steven Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Adami, Guy R Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
* Adler, Naiche Physiology and Biophysics
* Aggarwal, Suresh K Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
* Ai, Ning Urban Planning and Policy
* Ajilore, Olusola Alade Psychiatry
* Alapati, Satish B. Endodontics
* Albrecht, Kate Rose Public Administration
* Alfonso, Aixa Biological Sciences
* Alsberg, Eben Bioengineering
Amirouche, Farid Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
* Anand, Sushant Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
* Archias, S Elise Art History
* Arslan Ayaydin, Ozgur Finance
* Ashton, Jennifer English
* Atsawasuwan, Phimon Orthodontics
* Avanaki, Kamran Bioengineering
* Awanou, Gerard Math, Statistics, and Computer Science
* Awe, Clara Pharmacy Admin
* Ayitou, A. Jean-Luc Ayitou Chemistry
* Bagchi, Srilata Center for Molecular Biology of Oral Disease
* Bair, Kelly Architecture
* Balcazar, Fabricio E Disability and Human Development
* Banerjee, Prashant Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
* Barnes, Natasha B. English
Barrett, Richard Sociology
* Baty, Austin A Physics
Bauer, Brian Anthropology
* Becker, Catherine Art History
Bennett, Larry Jane Addams Social Work
* Berg, Kristin Lee Disability and Human Development
* Berkelhammer, Max Earth and Environmental Sciences
* Berry, Vikas Chemical Engineering
* Bhounsule, Pranav Audhut Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
* Bolf, Victoria A English
* Bona, Jerry Math, Statistics, and Computer Science
* Bongarzone, Ernesto Anatomy and Cell Biology
* Boyd, Andrew Biomed and Health Info Sciences
Brady, Scott Anatomy and Cell Biology
Brezinsky, Kenneth Chemical Engineering
* Brickson, Shelley Managerial Studies
* Brier, Jennifer Gender and Women's Studies
* Brown, David Architecture
Brunskill, Amelia F University Library
Bruzik, Karol Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Burdette, Joanna E Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Burns, Krishni Schaefgen Classics and Mediterran Studies
* Cabana-Jimenez, Jordi Chemistry
* Cabrelli Amaro, Jennifer Lauren Hispanic and Italian Studies
* Caracotsios, Michael Chemical Engineering
* Carrithers, Michael D Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine
* Casey, Marcus D Economics
* Chan, Kee Health Policy Administration
* Chang, Chieh Biological Sciences
* Chaplin, Brian P Chemical Engineering
* Chaudhuri, Santanu Civil and Materials Engineering
* Chen, Hsiu-lang Finance
* Chen, Liaohai Leo Surgery
* Cheng, Jun Bioengineering
* Cheng, Shih-Ying Jane Addams Social Work
* Chi, Sheng-Wei Civil and Materials Engineering
* Cho, Wonhwa Chemistry
* Chriqui, Jamie F. Health Policy Administration
* Chuang, Chiou-Fen Biological Sciences
* Clark, Ginevra Chemistry
* Cluggish, Stephanie Theatre and Music
* Coba-Rodriguez, Sarai Estefania Educational Psychology
Conrad, Karen Health Policy Administration
* Cordoba-Chacon, Jose Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Department of Medicine
* Cordova, Teresa L Urban Planning and Policy
* Coskun, Izzet Math, Statistics, and Computer Science
Cruz, Isabel Computer Science
* Dai, Ting Educational Psychology
* Daly, Jonathan W. History
* Daly, Matthew Civil and Materials Engineering
* Darbar, Dawood Division of Cardiology; Department of Medicine
Das, Somnath Accounting
* Davis, Lennard English
* De Groote, Sandy University Library
* Derrible, Sybil Jean Civil and Materials Engineering
* Diaz Martin, Esther Latin American and Latino Studies
Djalilian, Ali R Ophthalmology and Visual Science
* Doane, Molly Anthropology
* Dorevitch, Samuel Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
* Drew, Kevin Biological Sciences
* Driver, Tom Chemistry
Du, Xiaoping Pharmacology
* Duarte, Guillermo Theatre and Music
DuBois, David Community Health Sciences
* Eisenberg, Yochai Disability and Human Development
* Eisenschmidt, Alexander Architecture
* Eldeirawi, Kamal Health Systems Science
* Engel, Kathryn Psychology
* Engelmann, Stephen G Political Science
* Erez, Edna Criminology, Law, and Justice
* Eriksson, Jakob L Computer Science
* Erricolo, Danilo Electrical and Computer Engineering
* Esmailbeigi, Hananeh Bioengineering
* Eustaquio, Alessandra Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Evdokimov, Olga Physics
Feinerman, Alan Electrical and Computer Engineering
* Fernandez, Lilia History
* Filindra, Alexandra Political Science
* Fitzgibbon, Marian Pediatrics
* Floros, Katharine Political Science
Foreman, Marquis Biobehavioral Health Science
* Foster, Craig Civil and Materials Engineering
* Foucher, Kharma C Kinesiology and Nutrition
Freeman, Lisa English
Friend-Kendall, Ashley D. Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science
* Ganesh, Balaji Baskaran Pharmacology
* Gao, Yu Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Gaponenko, Vadim Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
* Gehm, Lisa Emergency Medicine
* Geissler, Beate Art and Design
* Gemeinhart, Richard Biopharmaceutical Sciences
George, Anne Oral Biology
Ghadeer, Amira Faculty Affairs HR
* Gibson, Grant Architecture
* Girotti, Jorge Alberto Medical Education
* Glover, Elizabeth J Psychiatry
* Glusac, Ksenija D Chemistry
* Goben, Abigail H University Library
* Gondi, Christopher Sumeet-Babu Internal Medicine
* Gonzalez-Meler, Miguel Angel Biological Sciences
* Gordon, Rachel A Sociology
* Gorka, Stephanie M Psychiatry
* Gowrishankar, Swetha Anatomy and Cell Biology
* Grippo, Paul Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Department of Medicine
Gude, Olivia School of Art and Design
* Guevarra, Anna Asian American Studies
Guidotti, Alessandro Psychiatry
* Gutierrez, Elena Rebeca Gender and Women's Studies
* Hall, Sara Frances Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics
* Hanakahi, Leslyn Biopharmaceutical Sciences
* Handler, Arden Community Health Sciences
* Harmansah, Omur Art History
* Hasnain, Rooshey Disability and Human Development
* Havrelock, Rachel English
* He, Bin Microbiology and Immunology
* Hebert-Beirne, Jennifer Community Health Sciences
* Hendrickson, Mitchel J Anthropology
* Henke, Matt Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Hernandez Uribe, David Earth and Environmental Sciences
* Hernandez-Pecoraro, Rosilie Hispanic and Italian Studies
* Hicks, Stewart Roger Architecture
* Higgins, Hannah B Art History
* Hilbert, David Philosophy
Hostetler, Laura E History
* Hu, Guochang Anesthesiology
* Hu, Ying Samuel Chemistry
* Igic, Boris Biological Sciences
* Izci Balserak, Bilgay Biobehavioral Health Science
* Jackson, Lynette Gender and Women's Studies
* Jarrett, Jennifer B Pharmacy Practice
* Jeffery, Constance J Biological Sciences
* Jeremiah, Rohan Dexter Women, Child, and Family Health Sciences
* Jiang, Nan Chemistry
* Jiang, Yuwei Physiology and Biophysics
* Johnson, Jeremy Pharmacy Practice
* Johnston, Robert History
* Jursich, Gregory Richard and Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering
* Kadkhodaei, Sara Civil and Materials Engineering
* Kadur Lakshminarasimha Murthy, Preetish Pharmacology
* Kamps, Jordan Theatre and Music
* Kanich, Chris Computer Science
* Kannampallil, Thomas George Family Medicine
* Karatas, Aslihan Civil and Materials Engineering
* Karpov, Eduard Civil and Materials Engineering
* Keen, Ralph History
* Kelley, Jayne Architecture
* Kenig, Fabien P H Earth and Environmental Sciences
* Khalaf, Christelle Public Administration
* Khalili Araghi, Fatemeh Physics
* Khetani, Mary A Occupational Therapy
Kiefer, John Chemical Engineering
* Kim, Kiwook Pharmacology
* Kim, Sangil Chemical Engineering
* Kindelsperger, Abigail Parker English
* Kineman, Rhonda D Endocrinology
* Kitsiou, Spyridon Biomed and Health Info Sciences
* Klein-Banai, Cynthia Lee Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
* Klie, Robert Physics
* Koenig, Mary Dawn Women, Child, and Family Health Sciences
* Komarova, Yulia Pharmacology
* Kostadinova, Petia A Political Science
* Kral, Petr Chemistry
* Kuchay, Shafi M Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
* Kurwa, Rahim Criminology, Law, and Justice
* Labbe, Delphine Disability and Human Development
* Lazarov, Orly Anatomy and Cell Biology
* Leathers, Sonya Social Work
* Lee, James C. Bioengineering
* Lee, Lisa Yun Art History
* Lee, Monica Physiology and Biophysics
* Lee, Steve Biopharmaceutical Sciences
* Leiderman MD PhD, Yannek Isaac Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
* Leitzinger, Jocelyn Managerial Studies
* LeRoux, Kelly Public Administration
* Leshikar, Eric Duane Psychology
* Levitan, Irena Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy; Department of Medicine
* Li, Weiguo Bioengineering
* Liang, Jiaqi Public Administration
* Liew, Chong Wee Physiology and Biophysics
* Linninger, Andreas Bioengineering
* Liotine, Matthew Information and Decision Sciences
Liu, Derong Electrical and Computer Engineering
* Liu, Jing Surgery
* Liu, Ying Chemical Engineering
* Liu, Yuru Pharmacology
* Loeb, Jeffrey Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine
* Loentz, Elizabeth Germanic Studies
* Lofton, Saria Health Systems Science
* Lopez, Luis F Hispanic and Italian Studies
* Lundberg, Hannah Bioengineering
* Lutz, Sarah Elizabeth Anatomy and Cell Biology
* Lyles, Kevin L Political Science
* Lynch, John Wiley Managerial Studies
* Lyons, Leilah Computer Science
* Lysakowski, Anna Anatomy and Cell Biology
* Lyster, Clare Architecture
* Macias, Patrisia Sociology
* Madhavan, Sangeetha Physical Therapy
* Magasi, Susan Occupational Therapy
* Mahamid, Mustafa Civil and Materials Engineering
* Maki, Pauline Psychiatry
* Malagrino, Silvia A Photo/Film/Video
Malik, Asrar Pharmacology
* Mankad, Neal Chemistry
Mansky, William Ernest Computer Science
* Marquez, David Xavier Kinesiology and Nutrition
* Marullo, Francesco Architecture
* Mashayek, Farzad Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
* Mathew, Mathew Restorative Dentistry
McAleer, Jessica Psychiatry
* McCarty, William Patrick Criminology, Law, and Justice
* McClure, Ellen French and Francophone Studies
* McCollam, Neal Joseph Theatre and Music
* McKenzie, Evan Political Science
* McKown, Clark Psychology
* McLachlan, Alan Microbiology and Immunology
McMahon, Timothy Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
* Medwid, Laura Government Finance Research Center
* Megaridis, Constantine Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
* Mehraeen, Shafigh Chemical Engineering
* Mehta, Dolly Pharmacology
* Mekinda, Jonathan Art and Design
* Mermelstein, Robin J Psychology
* Merrill, Brad J Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
* Merrill, Kate Department of Medicine
Metlushko, Vitali Electrical and Computer Engineering
* Metzger, Matthew Art and Design
* Meyer-Dombard, D'Arcy Earth and Environmental Sciences
* Miller, David Thomas Hispanic and Italian Studies
* Miller, Rachel E Bioengineering
* Miranda, Fabio Computer Science
* Mirza, Mansha Occupational Therapy
* Mohamed, Abeer Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Department of Medicine
* Mohanraj, Mary English
* Mohr, Justin T Chemistry
* Molina, Yamile Community Health Sciences
* Moore, Terry Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Morales, P. Zitlali Curriculum and Instruction
* Morfini, Gerardo A Anatomy and Cell Biology
* Morrison, Donald A Biological Sciences
* Morton, Terrell R Educational Psychology
* Movahedzadeh, Farah Tuberculosis Research/Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Muchow, Ashley Criminology, Law, and Justice
* Muramatsu, Naoko Community Health Sciences
* Murphy, Brian Thatcher Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Naba, Alexandra Physiology and Biophysics
* Naber, Nadine Gender and Women's Studies
* Nakamura, Toru Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
* Natarajan PhD, Viswanathan Pharmacology
* Nelson, Pete C Computer Science
* Nguyen, Andy I Chemistry
* Nguyen, Nicole Educational Policy Studies
* Nicholas, Christina Lynne Orthodontics
* Niebylski, Dianna Hispanic and Italian Studies
* Niederberger, Craig Urology
* Nikolic, Dejan Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Odoms-Young, Angela Human Nutrition
* Orenic, Teresa Vales Biological Sciences
* Orjala, Jimmy Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Ost, Ben Economics
* Ouksel, Aris Information and Decision Sciences
* Ozdogru, Unsal Information and Decision Sciences
* Pajcini, Kostandin Pharmacology
* Pan, Yayue Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
* Pandey, Subhash Psychiatry
* Paprotny, Igor Electrical and Computer Engineering
* Park, Hyowon Physics
* Park, Yoon Soo Medical Education
* Parker-Katz, Michelle Beth Special Education
* Parkinson, William Arthur Anthropology
* Passarotti, Alessandra Psychiatry
* Pasupathy, Kal Biomed and Health Info Sciences
Pauli, Guido Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Peiravian, Farideddin Civil and Materials Engineering
* Pesavento, Russell Oral Biology
* Peters, Karen Community Health Sciences
* Petukhov, Pavel A Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Phillips, Shane Physical Therapy
* Pillers, De-Ann Pediatrics
Popov, Sergey Physiology and Biophysics
* Poretsky, Rachel Biological Sciences
* Potowski, Kim Hispanic and Italian Studies
* Pradhan, Amynah Psychiatry
* Preissner, Paul Architecture
* Prins, Gail Urology
* Quinn, Kelly Ann Communication
* Quinn, Lauretta T Biobehavioral Health Science
* Quinn, Therese Maura Art History
* Ragozzino, Michael Psychology
* Ransby, Barbara Gender and Women's Studies
Rao, Mrinalini Physiology and Biophysics
* Rao, Wenjing Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rasenick, Mark Physiology and Biophysics
Raychaudhuri, Pradip Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
* Razfar, Aria Curriculum and Instruction
* Razzano, Lisa Psychiatry
* Reading, Jean Family Medicine
* Reames, Robin English
* Reddy, Gayatri Gender and Women's Studies
* Reddy, Krishna R Civil and Materials Engineering
* Revelo Alonso, Renata Alejandra Electrical and Computer Engineering
* Rhoden Neita, Michelle- Ann Jane Addams Social Work
* Rhodes, Jane African American Studies
* Richner, Justin M Microbiology and Immunology
* Riley, Andrew Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Risman, Barbara J Sociology
* Risser, Heather Criminology, Law, and Justice
Rockne, Karl Civil and Materials Engineering
* Rojecki, Andrew Communication
* Roosevelt, Anna C Anthropology
* Ross, Susan R Microbiology and Immunology
* Roth, Steven Anesthesiology
* Rott, Susanne Germanic Studies
* Royston, Tom J. Bioengineering
* Said, Atef Sociology
Salti, George Surgical Oncology
* Sanchez, Bernadette Educational Psychology
* Sanchez, Liliana Elizabeth Hispanic and Italian Studies
* Sanchez-Johnsen, Lisa Psychiatry
* Sandahl, Carrie Disability and Human Development
* Sano, Teruyuki Microbiology and Immunology
* Sant, Shilpa Biopharmaceutical Sciences
* Saunders, Harris S Theatre and Music
Schiavo, Leda French and Francophone Studies
* Schlossman, Mark L Physics
* Schuck, Amie Criminology, Law, and Justice
* Schulenberg, Joseph W Civil and Materials Engineering
* Schutz, Kristine Marie Curriculum and Instruction
* Schwartz, Alan Medical Education
* Schwartz, Joel Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
Shabana, Ahmed Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
* Shah, Reshma Pediatrics
* Shahbazian-Yassar, Reza Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
* Shahrara, Shiva Medical Education
* Sharma, Kamal Anatomy and Cell Biology
* Sharma, Vivek Chemical Engineering
* Shaye, Daniel David Physiology and Biophysics
* Shin, Jae-Won Pharmacology
Shroff, Adhir Cardiology
Shukla, Deepak Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
* Siciliano, Michael D Public Administration
* Sidiropoulos, Anastasios Computer Science
* Simpson, Dick W Political Science
* Sjostrom, Katharine Sullivan English
* Smalheiser, Neil R Psychiatry
* Snee, Preston T. Chemistry
* Sodhi, Monsheel Sonia Pharmacy Practice
Solworth, Jon Computer Science
* Soni, Nikita Computer Science
* Sparks, John Information and Decision Sciences
* Spearing, Lauryn Civil and Materials Engineering
* Spille, Jan-Hendrik Physics
* Stewart, Lorelei Art History
* Stimson, Blake Art History
* Sufian, Sandy M Medical Education
Swanson, Steven Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Swirsky, Eric S Biomed and Health Info Sciences
* Tai, Leon Anatomy and Cell Biology
* Takoudis, Christos Chemical Engineering
Tao, Lin Oral Biology
* Taylor, Renee R Occupational Therapy
* Tepe, Sultan Political Science
* Thatcher, Gregory Rj Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Thomas, Douglas David Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
* Thorkildsen, Theresa (Terri) A Educational Psychology
* Torres, Stephanie Andrea Educational Psychology
* Tozer, Steven Education
* Tsachor, Rachelle Palnick Theatre and Music
* Tucker, Kevin Math, Statistics, and Computer Science
* Tussing-Humphreys, Lisa Marie Division of Academic Internal Medicine and Geriatrics; Department of Medicine
* Ucker, David Microbiology and Immunology
* Ugalde, Claudio Physics
* Ullman, Sarah Criminology, Law, and Justice
* Underhill, Karen Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures
* Vajaranant, Thasarat Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
* Varelas, Maria Curriculum and Instruction
* Verschelde, Jan Math, Statistics, and Computer Science
* Viana, Marlos Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
* Villegas, Jose Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
Wang, Z. Jim Pharmaceutical Sciences
* Wardrop, Duncan Chemistry
* Warpeha, Katherine Mary Biological Sciences
* Wary, Kishore Pharmacology
* Webb, Torica L Curriculum and Instruction
* Weber, Elizabeth Hispanic and Italian Studies
Wedgewood, Lewis Chemical Engineering
* Wietecha, Mateusz S Oral Biology
* Wiley, Jennifer Psychology
* Wilkens, Kimberlee Marie Art and Design
* Wilkie, Diana Biobehavioral Health Science
* Wink, Donald Chemistry
* Yamada, Kaori Pharmacology
* Yang, Jie Math, Statistics, and Computer Science
* Yang, Shaolin Psychiatry
* Yang-Clayton, Kathleen Public Administration
* Younge, Jewel S Pharmacy Practice
* Yuan, Jingyan Elaine Communication
* Zalake, Mohan Biomed and Health Info Sciences
* Zefran, Milos Electrical and Computer Engineering
* Zhang, Wei Biomedical Science
* Zhao, Zongmin Biopharmaceutical Sciences
* Zheleva, Elena Computer Science
* Zheng, Yonghui Microbiology and Immunology
* Zhou, Xiaofeng Charles Periodontics
* Ziebart, Brian D Computer Science
* Zuck, Lenore Computer Science