University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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359 faculty · 200 courses · data as of 2026-07-02
Bertram Ludascher, Professor and Director, Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship h-index 40
Notable: “Scientific workflow management and the Kepler system” (2005) · 1,696 citations
J. Stephen Downie, Professor, Executive Associate Dean and Co-Director HathiTrust Research Center h-index 32
Notable: “Music information retrieval” (2003) · 376 citations
Halil Kilicoglu, Associate Professor h-index 30
Notable: “SemMedDB: a PubMed-scale repository of biomedical semantic predications” (2012) · 392 citations
Nigel Bosch, Associate Professor h-index 29
Courses: Exploring the iSchool with a Human-Centered Lens · Introduction to Information Sciences · Data Science Discovery · Social History of Games and Gaming · Mapping Inequalities · Independent Study +34 more
Tamer Basar, Swanlund Endowed Chair Emeritus and CAS Professor Emeritus h-index 92
Notable: “H/sup ∞/-0ptimal Control and Related Minimax Design Problems: A Dynamic Game Approach” (1996) · 1,069 citations
Stephen Boppart, Professor h-index 86
Notable: “In Vivo Endoscopic Optical Biopsy with Optical Coherence Tomography” (1997) · 1,366 citations
Rashid Bashir, Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering Dean h-index 81
Notable: “Nanopore sensors for nucleic acid analysis” (2011) · 1,309 citations
Narendra Ahuja, Donald Biggar Willett Professor Emeritus h-index 74
Notable: “Single image super-resolution from transformed self-exemplars” (2015) · 3,498 citations
Courses: Exploring Digital Information Technologies for Non-Engineers · Introduction to Electronics · Introduction to Computing · First-Year Design Laboratory · Special Topics · Undergraduate Open Seminar +34 more
Nenad Miljkovic, Founder Professor; Director, ACRC h-index 69
Notable: “Solar steam generation by heat localization” (2014) · 2,250 citations
Placid Ferreira, Tungchao Julia Lu Professor h-index 54
Notable: “High-resolution electrohydrodynamic jet printing” (2007) · 1,476 citations
Anthony Jacobi, Department Head, Richard W. Kritzer Distinguished Professor h-index 54
Notable: “Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer at Micro- and Meso-Scales With Application to Heat Exchanger Design” (2000) · 530 citations
Iwona M. Jasiuk, Professor; Richard W. Kritzer Faculty Scholar h-index 51
Notable: “Experimental trends in polymer nanocomposites—a review” (2004) · 1,213 citations
Courses: Computer-Aided Design · Undergraduate Open Seminar · Thermodynamics · Design for Manufacturability · Seminar · Introductory Independent Study +34 more
Lin-Feng Chen, Professor of Biochemistry h-index 125
Cancer Genome Architecture, Chromatin, and Gene Regulation Infectious Disease and Host-Pathogen Interactions Edit Your Profile Professor of Biochemistry Chen Lab page Research Interests Research Topics Chromatin Structure, Host-Pathogen Int
Notable: “Hydroxyl radicals based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for remediation of soils contaminated with organic compounds: A review” (2015) · 1,245 citations
Benita S. Katzenellenbogen, Swanlund Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology h-index 100
Cancer Endocrinology and Metabolism Genome Architecture, Chromatin, and Gene Regulation Immunology and Inflammation Pharmacology and Small Molecule Discovery Protein Biogenesis, Structure, and Function RNA Biology Signal Transduction and Ce
Notable: “Phenol red in tissue culture media is a weak estrogen: implications concerning the study of estrogen-responsive cells in culture.” (1986) · 1,318 citations
John E. Cronan, Alumni Professor of Microbiology h-index 95
Membrane and Ion Channel Biology Microbial Physiology Protein Biogenesis, Structure, and Function Edit Your Profile Alumni Professor of Microbiology Professor of Microbiology Professor of Biochemistry Research Interests Enzymology, Genetics
Notable: “Detecting and characterizing N -acyl-homoserine lactone signal molecules by thin-layer chromatography” (1997) · 751 citations
James A. Imlay, Professor of Microbiology; Swanlund Endowed Chair h-index 74
Infectious Disease and Host-Pathogen Interactions Microbial Physiology Microbiome and Microbial Communities Edit Your Profile Professor of Microbiology; Swanlund Endowed Chair; Associate Head, Department of Microbiology Imlay Lab page Resea
Notable: “Pathways of Oxidative Damage” (2003) · 2,206 citations
Benjamin L Hankin, Fred and Ruby Kanfer Endowed Professor h-index 78
Clinical-Community Social-Personality Edit Your Profile Fred and Ruby Kanfer Endowed Professor Research Interests Developmental psychopathology Research Description Benjamin Hankin’s research takes a developmental psychopathological approac
Notable: “Development of depression from preadolescence to young adulthood: Emerging gender differences in a 10-year longitudinal study.” (1998) · 2,316 citations
Gabriele Gratton, Professor Emeritus h-index 74
Cognitive Neuroscience Edit Your Profile Professor Emeritus Research Description Gabriele Gratton's interests are in cognitive neuroscience, specifically in the basic organization (spatial, temporal, and functional) of elementary cognitive
Notable: “A new method for off-line removal of ocular artifact” (1983) · 5,096 citations
Monica Fabiani, Assistant Head for Faculty Development h-index 71
Cognitive Neuroscience Edit Your Profile Assistant Head for Faculty Development Professor Research Interests Monica Fabiani's research interests are in the cognitive neuroscience of human memory and aging, as well as in the development of t
Notable: “To See or Not to See: Prestimulus α Phase Predicts Visual Awareness” (2009) · 1,088 citations
R. Chris Fraley, Professor h-index 67
Social-Personality Edit Your Profile Professor
Notable: “An item response theory analysis of self-report measures of adult attachment.” (2000) · 2,604 citations
Jeffrey R Brown, Josef and Margot Lakonishok Professor of Business (Affiliate) h-index 56
Notable: “Launching PCORnet, a national patient-centered clinical research network” (2014) · 667 citations
Jing Cynthia Wu, Professor h-index 50
Notable: “Activity and Connectivity of Brain Mood Regulating Circuit in Depression: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Study” (2005) · 801 citations
Don Fullerton, Professor of Finance (Affiliate) h-index 46
Notable: “The Taxation of Income from Capital” (1984) · 555 citations
Heitor Almeida, Professor of Finance (Affiliate) h-index 44
Notable: “The Cash Flow Sensitivity of Cash” (2004) · 3,297 citations
Courses: Microeconomic Principles · Macroeconomic Principles · Economics at Illinois · Undergraduate Open Seminar · Economic Statistics I · Economic Statistics II +34 more
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About University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, IL reports an overall acceptance rate of 36.6%, an early-round acceptance rate of 39.0%, an SAT middle 50% of 1390–1510, a class size of 9,008, and a yield of 29.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. Top CS and engineering programs. Large international student population. Strong STEM research.