KDIS Faculty, Staff, and Affiliated Faculty

Najva Akbari, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Physics of Living Systems

PhD, Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University

(Joining January 2026)

Rui Cheng, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Physics of Climate, Energy, and the Environment

PhD, Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology

RDSC 353

[email protected]

Zeynep Enkavi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Neuroscience

PhD, Psychology (Neuroscience), Stanford University

RDSC 361

[email protected]

Emily Kolenbrander Ho, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Developmental Biology

PhD, Developmental Biology, Stanford University

RDSC 226

[email protected] 

Jason Keller, Ph.D.

Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences: Ecology

PhD, Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame

RDSC 359

[email protected]

Pranav Khandelwal, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Physics of Living Systems

PhD, Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

RDSC 356

[email protected]

Shaun Lee, Ph.D.

Kravis Associate Professor of Integrated Sciences: Molecular Biology and Microbiology

PhD, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health Sciences University

RDSC 250

[email protected]

Ran Libeskind-Hadas, Ph.D.

Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences: Computational Biology and Founding Chair

PhD, Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

RDSC 347

[email protected]

Erica Moscarello, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Chemistry

PhD, Chemistry, The Ohio State University

RDSC 363

[email protected]

Avaneesh Narla, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Physics of Living Systems

PhD, Physics, University of California San Diego

(Joining January 2026)

David Nembhard, Ph.D.

Director of Applied Science Programs

PhD, Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan

(On leave AY 25-26)

[email protected]

Paul Nerenberg, Ph.D.

Kravis Associate Professor of Integrated Sciences: Computational Science 

PhD, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

RDSC 352

[email protected]

Jon Raberg, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Chemistry of Climate, Energy, and the Environment

PhD, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder

(Joining January 2026)

Colin Rathbun, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Chemistry

PhD, Chemistry, University of California, Irvine

RDSC 249

[email protected]

Lars Schmitz, Ph.D.

Kravis Associate Professor of Integrated Sciences: Biology

PhD, Geology, University of California, Davis

RDSC 358

[email protected]

Eric Schuppe, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Neuroscience

PhD, Biology, Wake Forest University

(Joining January 2026)

Nia Walker, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Biology

PhD, Biology (Ecology and Evolution) Stanford University

RDSC 227

[email protected]

Emily Wiley, Ph.D.

Director of Program Development

PhD, Molecular Genetics, University of Washington

RDSC 354

[email protected]

Branwen Williams, Ph.D.

George R. Roberts Professor of Integrated Sciences: Environmental Science

PhD, Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University

RDSC 360

[email protected]

Diana Williams, Ph.D.

Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences: Neuroscience

PhD, Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience), University of Pennsylvania

RDSC 228

[email protected]

Shibu Yooseph, Ph.D.

Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

PhD, Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania

RDSC 362

[email protected]