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54 Experts beginning with "B"
Vadim Backman
Assistant professor, biomedical engineering
Office: 847-491-3536
Email: v-backman@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
OPTICS
Assistant professor, biomedical engineering
Office: 847-491-3536
Email: v-backman@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
OPTICS
Sandeep Baliga
Associate professor, managerial economics and decision sciences
Office: 847-467 4613
Areas of expertise:
ECONOMICS: Game theory
ECONOMICS: Microeconomics
Associate professor, managerial economics and decision sciences
Office: 847-467 4613
Areas of expertise:
ECONOMICS: Game theory
ECONOMICS: Microeconomics
Scott Barnett
Professor, materials science and engineering
Office: (847) 491-2447
Email: s-barnett@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
FUEL CELLS
Professor, materials science and engineering
Office: (847) 491-2447
Email: s-barnett@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
FUEL CELLS
Hirsch Barton
Professor, Education & social policy
Office: 847-491-4418
Email: bhirsch@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CHILDREN: Adolescent development
EDUCATION: After-school programs
Professor, Education & social policy
Office: 847-491-4418
Email: bhirsch@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CHILDREN: Adolescent development
EDUCATION: After-school programs
Joseph Bass, MD
Assistant professor, medicine
Office: (847) 467--5973
Email: j-bass@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ENDOCRINOLOGY: Obesity
Assistant professor, medicine
Office: (847) 467--5973
Email: j-bass@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ENDOCRINOLOGY: Obesity
Carrie Lambert Beatty
Assistant professor, art history
Office: 847-491-7788
Email: c-lambert@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ART: American
ART: Contemporary
Assistant professor, art history
Office: 847-491-7788
Email: c-lambert@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ART: American
ART: Contemporary
Bernard Beck
Associate professor, sociology
Office: 847-491-2704
Email: b-beck@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
POPULAR CULTURE
SOCIOLOGY: Popular culture
Associate professor, sociology
Office: 847-491-2704
Email: b-beck@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
POPULAR CULTURE
SOCIOLOGY: Popular culture
Frank S. Becker, MD
Assistant professor, medicine
Office: 312-695-2808
Email: fbecker@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CANCER: Lung
Assistant professor, medicine
Office: 312-695-2808
Email: fbecker@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CANCER: Lung
Robert W. Bennett
Professor, law
Office: 312-503-8430
Email: r-bennett@law.northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
LAW: Constitutional
Professor, law
Office: 312-503-8430
Email: r-bennett@law.northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
LAW: Constitutional
Al B. Benson, MD
Professor, medicine (hematology/oncology)
Office: 312-695-6180
Email: a-benson@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CANCER: Colorectal
Professor, medicine (hematology/oncology)
Office: 312-695-6180
Email: a-benson@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CANCER: Colorectal
Keith Benzuly, MD
Assistant professor, medicine
Office: 312-926-2144
Email: k-benzuly@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CARDIOLOGY: Angioplasty
CARDIOLOGY: Coronary artery disease
CARDIOLOGY: Heart attack
CARDIOLOGY: Interventional
Assistant professor, medicine
Office: 312-926-2144
Email: k-benzuly@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CARDIOLOGY: Angioplasty
CARDIOLOGY: Coronary artery disease
CARDIOLOGY: Heart attack
CARDIOLOGY: Interventional
Raymond Bergan, MD
Assistant professor, medicine (hematology/oncology)
Office: 312-908-5284
Email: r-bergan@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CANCER: Lung
Assistant professor, medicine (hematology/oncology)
Office: 312-908-5284
Email: r-bergan@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CANCER: Lung
Lyle Berkowitz, MD
Assistant professor, medicine
Office: 312-926-3627
Email: lberkowi@nmh.org
Areas of expertise:
HEALTH CARE: Information systems
Assistant professor, medicine
Office: 312-926-3627
Email: lberkowi@nmh.org
Areas of expertise:
HEALTH CARE: Information systems
Paul Berliner
Professor, music academic studies and composition
Office: 847-491-7106
Email: pbe256@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
MUSIC: African
MUSIC: Improvisational
Professor, music academic studies and composition
Office: 847-491-7106
Email: pbe256@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
MUSIC: African
MUSIC: Improvisational
David A. Besanko
Professor, management and strategy
Office: 847-491-7753
Email: d-besanko@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
MANAGEMENT: Competitive strategy
MANAGEMENT: Organizational
Professor, management and strategy
Office: 847-491-7753
Email: d-besanko@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
MANAGEMENT: Competitive strategy
MANAGEMENT: Organizational
Eileen H. Bigio, MD
Associate professor, pathology
Office: 312-926-9543
Email: e-bigio@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
AGING: Dementia
Associate professor, pathology
Office: 312-926-9543
Email: e-bigio@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
AGING: Dementia
Lester I. Binder
Professor, cell and molecular biology
Office: 312-503-0823
Email: l-binder@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
BIOLOGY: Cell and molecular
Professor, cell and molecular biology
Office: 312-503-0823
Email: l-binder@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
BIOLOGY: Cell and molecular
Helen Binns
Associate professor, pediatrics and preventive medicine
Office: 773-327-9515
Email: hbinns@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
PEDIATRICS: Lead poisoning
TOXICOLOGY: Lead poisoning in children
Associate professor, pediatrics and preventive medicine
Office: 773-327-9515
Email: hbinns@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
PEDIATRICS: Lead poisoning
TOXICOLOGY: Lead poisoning in children
Martha Biondi
Assistant professor, African American studies; political science
Office: 847-491-4806
Email: m-biondi@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
HISTORY: African American
RACE: Social movements
Assistant professor, African American studies; political science
Office: 847-491-4806
Email: m-biondi@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
HISTORY: African American
RACE: Social movements
Neal E. Blair
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: 847-491-8790
Email: n-blair@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ENERGY: Off-shore drilling
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: 847-491-8790
Email: n-blair@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ENERGY: Off-shore drilling
Neal E. Blair
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: 847-491-8790
Email: n-blair@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ENERGY: carbon cycle
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: 847-491-8790
Email: n-blair@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ENERGY: carbon cycle
Neal E. Blair
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: 847-491-8790
Email: n-blair@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CHEMISTRY: Environmental
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: 847-491-8790
Email: n-blair@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CHEMISTRY: Environmental
Robert Blattberg
Professor, marketing
Office: 847-491-2721
Email: r-blattberg@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
MARKETING: Databases
Professor, marketing
Office: 847-491-2721
Email: r-blattberg@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
MARKETING: Databases
Caroline H. Bledsoe
Professor, anthropology
Office: 847-491-4825
Email: cbledsoe@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
AFRICA: Anthropology
ANTHROPOLOGY: Demography
ANTHROPOLOGY: Reproduction
Professor, anthropology
Office: 847-491-4825
Email: cbledsoe@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
AFRICA: Anthropology
ANTHROPOLOGY: Demography
ANTHROPOLOGY: Reproduction
Martin Block
Professor, integrated marketing communications
Office: 847-491-5298
Email: mp-block@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ADVERTISING
Professor, integrated marketing communications
Office: 847-491-5298
Email: mp-block@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ADVERTISING
E. Richard Blonsky, MD
Professor, neurology
Office: 312-337-6661
Email: e-blonsky@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
PAIN: Management
Professor, neurology
Office: 312-337-6661
Email: e-blonsky@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
PAIN: Management
J. Lawrie Bloom
Lecturer, music performance studies
Office: 847-491-4781
Email: l-bloom@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
MUSIC: Chamber
Lecturer, music performance studies
Office: 847-491-4781
Email: l-bloom@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
MUSIC: Chamber
Matthew Blum
Assistant professor, cardiothoracic surgery
Office: 312-695-3121
Email: mblum@nmh.org
Areas of expertise:
SURGERY: Thoracic
Assistant professor, cardiothoracic surgery
Office: 312-695-3121
Email: mblum@nmh.org
Areas of expertise:
SURGERY: Thoracic
Steven R. Boas, MD
Associate professor, pediatrics
Office: 773-880-8150
Email: sboas@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ASTHMA: Exercise-induced
ASTHMA: Pediatric
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
PEDIATRICS: Asthma and allergies
Associate professor, pediatrics
Office: 773-880-8150
Email: sboas@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ASTHMA: Exercise-induced
ASTHMA: Pediatric
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
PEDIATRICS: Asthma and allergies
Alan A. Boghosian
Assistant professor, surgery
Office: 312-266-6316
Email: boghosian@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
SURGERY: Dental
Assistant professor, surgery
Office: 312-266-6316
Email: boghosian@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
SURGERY: Dental
Robert O. Bonow, MD
Professor, medicine
Office: 312-908-1052
Email: r-bonow@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CARDIOLOGY
CARDIOLOGY: Cardiac imaging
CARDIOLOGY: Heart attack
Professor, medicine
Office: 312-908-1052
Email: r-bonow@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CARDIOLOGY
CARDIOLOGY: Cardiac imaging
CARDIOLOGY: Heart attack
James R. Booth
Assistant professor, communication sciences and disorders
Office: 847-491-2519
Email: j-booth@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
NEUROSCIENCE: Cognitive
SPEECH PATHOLOGY: Reading and oral language disorders
Assistant professor, communication sciences and disorders
Office: 847-491-2519
Email: j-booth@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
NEUROSCIENCE: Cognitive
SPEECH PATHOLOGY: Reading and oral language disorders
Nelson Borelli, MD
Assistant professor, psychiatry and behavioral sciences
Office: 312-649-9270
Email: n-borelli@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ETHICS: Mental health care
PSYCHIATRY: Ethics
Assistant professor, psychiatry and behavioral sciences
Office: 312-649-9270
Email: n-borelli@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ETHICS: Mental health care
PSYCHIATRY: Ethics
Cynthia G. Bowman
Professor, law
Office: 312-503-6607
Email: cgbowman@law.northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
LAW: Domestic violence
LAW: Family
LAW: Feminist legal theory
LAW: Sexual harrassment
WOMEN: Feminist legal theory
Professor, law
Office: 312-503-6607
Email: cgbowman@law.northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
LAW: Domestic violence
LAW: Family
LAW: Feminist legal theory
LAW: Sexual harrassment
WOMEN: Feminist legal theory
Roger Boye
Associate professor, journalism
Office: 847-491-2069
Email: r-boye@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
JOURNALISM: Newswriting
Associate professor, journalism
Office: 847-491-2069
Email: r-boye@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
JOURNALISM: Newswriting
Kenny Bozorgi, MD
Assistant professor, obstetrics and gynecology
Office: 847-570-2639
Email: kbozorgi@enh.org
Areas of expertise:
CANCER: Ovarian
SURGERY: Ovarian cancer
Assistant professor, obstetrics and gynecology
Office: 847-570-2639
Email: kbozorgi@enh.org
Areas of expertise:
CANCER: Ovarian
SURGERY: Ovarian cancer
Mark P. Bradley
Associate professor, history
Office: 847-467-5429
Email: m-bradley3@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
HUMAN RIGHTS
POLITICAL SCIENCE: Southeast Asia
VIETNAM
Associate professor, history
Office: 847-467-5429
Email: m-bradley3@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
HUMAN RIGHTS
POLITICAL SCIENCE: Southeast Asia
VIETNAM
Ann Bradlow
Assistant professor, linguistics
Office: 847-491-8052
Email: abradlow@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
LINGUISTICS: Phonetics
Assistant professor, linguistics
Office: 847-491-8052
Email: abradlow@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
LINGUISTICS: Phonetics
Alice Brandfonbrener, MD
Assistant professor, medicine
Office: 312-238-2787
Email: agbmppa@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
HEALTH CARE: Performing arts medicine
Assistant professor, medicine
Office: 312-238-2787
Email: agbmppa@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
HEALTH CARE: Performing arts medicine
Robert Brannigan, MD
Assistant professor, urology
Office: 312-695-6124
Email: r-brannigan@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
UROLOGY
Assistant professor, urology
Office: 312-695-6124
Email: r-brannigan@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
UROLOGY
Douglas Breunlin
Professor, education and social policy
Office: 847-733-4300
Email: d-breunlin@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
BUSINESS: Family
Professor, education and social policy
Office: 847-733-4300
Email: d-breunlin@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
BUSINESS: Family
Catherine Brinson
Professor, mechanical engineering
Office: 847-467-2347
Email: cbrinson@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
MATERIALS SCIENCE: Polymers
Professor, mechanical engineering
Office: 847-467-2347
Email: cbrinson@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
MATERIALS SCIENCE: Polymers
Linda J. Broadbelt
Associate professor, chemical and biological engineering
Office: 847-491-5351
Email: broadbelt@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ENGINEERING: Catalysis
Associate professor, chemical and biological engineering
Office: 847-491-5351
Email: broadbelt@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ENGINEERING: Catalysis
Bruce Brockstein, MD
Assistant professor, medicine
Office: 847-570-2515
Email: b-brockstein@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CANCER: Melanoma
Assistant professor, medicine
Office: 847-570-2515
Email: b-brockstein@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
CANCER: Melanoma
David A. Brown
Assistant professor, physical medicine and rehabilitation; physical therapy and human movement sciences
Office: 312-908-0976
Email: d-brown1@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
PHYSICAL THERAPY AND REHABILITATION: Stroke
Assistant professor, physical medicine and rehabilitation; physical therapy and human movement sciences
Office: 312-908-0976
Email: d-brown1@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
PHYSICAL THERAPY AND REHABILITATION: Stroke
James A. Brown
Professor, anthropology
Office: 847-491-7982
Email: jabrown@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ANTHROPOLOGY: Complex societies
Professor, anthropology
Office: 847-491-7982
Email: jabrown@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ANTHROPOLOGY: Complex societies
Elizabeth M. Brumfiel
Professor, anthropology
Office: 847-491-4564
Email: ebrumfiel@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ARCHAEOLOGY: Aztec civilization
Professor, anthropology
Office: 847-491-4564
Email: ebrumfiel@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ARCHAEOLOGY: Aztec civilization
Elizabeth Buccheri
Senior lecturer, music
Office: 847-491-3242
Email: e-buccheri@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
MUSIC: Chamber
Senior lecturer, music
Office: 847-491-3242
Email: e-buccheri@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
MUSIC: Chamber
Alan L. Buchman, MD
Associate professor, medicine
Office: 312-695-4514
Email: a-buchman@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
GASTROENTEROLOGY: Crohn's disease
GASTROENTEROLOGY: Digestive diseases
Associate professor, medicine
Office: 312-695-4514
Email: a-buchman@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
GASTROENTEROLOGY: Crohn's disease
GASTROENTEROLOGY: Digestive diseases
Scott Budinger
Assistant professor, Medicine
Office: 312-503-2548
Email: s-buding@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
MEDICINE: Pulmonary
POLLUTION: Air quality and treatment
Assistant professor, Medicine
Office: 312-503-2548
Email: s-buding@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
MEDICINE: Pulmonary
POLLUTION: Air quality and treatment
Stephen C. Burnett
Professor, management and strategy
Office: 847-467-7009
Email: sburnett@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
BUSINESS: Corporate strategy
BUSINESS: Executive education
Professor, management and strategy
Office: 847-467-7009
Email: sburnett@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
BUSINESS: Corporate strategy
BUSINESS: Executive education
Robert P. Burns
Professor, law
Office: 312-503-8576
Email: r-burns@law.northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ETHICS: Legal
LAW: Evidence
LAW: Trial advocacy
Professor, law
Office: 312-503-8576
Email: r-burns@law.northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
ETHICS: Legal
LAW: Evidence
LAW: Trial advocacy
Richard Burt, MD
Associate professor, medicine
Office: 312-908-5400
Email: rburt@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
TRANSPLANTS, ORGAN AND TISSUE: Bone marrow
Associate professor, medicine
Office: 312-908-5400
Email: rburt@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
TRANSPLANTS, ORGAN AND TISSUE: Bone marrow
John Bushnell
Professor, history
Office: 847-491-3406
Email: j-bushnell@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
HISTORY: Russian
Professor, history
Office: 847-491-3406
Email: j-bushnell@northwestern.edu
Areas of expertise:
HISTORY: Russian