Aaron Schirmer
2009’09 PhD
(NUIN)
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125 Years of PhD Degrees Alumni Spotlight Series
In honor of the 125th anniversary of the first PhD degree being conferred at Northwestern University in 1896, The Graduate School is highlighting stories and experiences of our PhD alumni community.
Throughout 2021, we will publish PhD alumni profiles aimed at building community, bridging knowledge, recognizing achievements, and inspiring others.
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Azurii Collier
2012’12 PhD
(Psychology)
Barbara Posadas
1976’76 PhD
(History)
Alicia McGeachy
2018’18 PhD
(Chemistry)
Barbara and Roger Blomquist
1979’79 PhD, ’79 PhD
(Barbara: Social Studies Education; Roger: Engineering Sciences)
Bruce Bingman
1967, 1969, 1971’67, ’69 MS, ’71 PhD
(Engineering Science, Mechanical Engineering, Reactor Physics)
Courtney Patterson-Faye
2016’16 PhD
(African American Studies)
Carol Gelderman
1972’72 PhD
(History)
Ethan Buhr
2008’08 PhD
(Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN))
Meghan Anzelc
2008’08 PhD
(Physics and Astronomy)
Michael Nichols
2010’10 PhD
(Religious Studies)
Franz Böhm
1989’89 PhD
(Mechanical Engineering)
Mrittika Sen
2017’17 PhD
(Communication Studies)
Nathan Wolek
2005’05 PhD
(Music Technology)
Nicholas Thornburg
2017’17 PhD
(Chemical Engineering)
Ilhan Dilber
1985'85 PhD
(Mechanical Engineering)
Warren Miller
1973'73 PhD
(Engineering Sciences)
Grayson Marshall
1972’72 PhD, ’86 DDS
(Material Science)
Cynthia Pierre
2009’09 PhD
(Materials Science & Engineering)
Floyd Myers
1971’71 PhD
(Material Science)
Gauthier "Walter" Belhomme
1989’89 PhD
(Civil Engineering)
George Nemhauser
1961’61 PhD
(Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences)
George P. Nassos
1965’65 PhD
(Chemical Engineering)
Jennifer Johnson-Hanks
2000’00 PhD
(Anthropology)
Huseyin Atila Ozgener
1981’81 PhD
(Nuclear Engineering)
Keith Clifton
1998’98 PhD
(Musicology)
Kristen Syrett
2007’07 PhD
(Linguistics)
Neal Hulkower
1977’77 PhD
(Applied Mathematics)
Kristen Brown
2015’15 PhD
(Chemistry)
Richard Campbell
1986’86 PhD
(Radio/Television/Film)
Sonya Grier
1996’87, ’91, ’96 PhD
(Marketing)
Barbara Olin Taylor
1984’78 MBA, ’84 PhD
( Education Administration and Policy Science)
Brian Aguado
2015’15 PhD
(Biomedical Engineering)
Laural Briggs
1978’78 PhD
(Nuclear Engineering)
Faith (Boman) Savanhu
2008’08 PhD
(Chemistry)
Hazel Wagner
1975’65 BA, ’68 MA, ’75 PhD
(Mathematics)
James Rauff
1988’88 PhD
(Linguistics)
Jennifer Saak
2001’01 PhD
(Materials Science and Engineering)
John Sears
2004’04 PhD
(Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences)
Lonnie Edward Haefner
1971’71 PhD
(Civil Engineering)
Karl Otto
1967’67 PhD
(Germanic Languages)
Kathryn Ibata-Arens
2001´01 PhD
(Political Science)
Kelly Fahrbach
2004´04 PhD
(Integrated Life Sciences)
Nathan Gochman
1958´58 PhD
(Chemistry)
Patrick John Ryan
2011´11 PhD
(Chemical Engineering)
Robert Parker
1968’68 PhD
(English and English Education)
William Summers
1972’72 PhD
(Chemistry)
Robin Brewer
2017´17 PhD
(Technology and Social Behavior)
Samuel Seaver
2011´11 PhD
(Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences (IBiS))
Stanley Krippner
1961´61 PhD
(Education)
Rebecca Webber Gaudiosi
2004’04 PhD
(Materials Science and Engineering)
James Dolan
2008’08 PhD
(Driskill Graduate Program)
Jessica Koski
2015’15 PhD
(Sociology)
Martin Walter
2013’13 PhD
(Political Science)
Alexandra Bradner
2005’05 PhD
(Philosophy)
James Allen Kuhlman
1971’63, ’68 MA, ’71 PhD
(Political Science)
James Edward Bourdeau
1973’73 PhD
(Experimental Pathology)
John Young
1998’98 PhD
(English)
Elsy Buitrago-Delgado
2019’19 PhD
( Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Graduate Program)
Kristi Woodward Bain
2014’14 PhD
(Religious Studies)
Jennifer Hobbs
2015’08, ’10 MS, ’15 PhD
(Physics and Astronomy)
Jennifer E. Hobbs
2006’06 PhD
(Driskill Graduate Program in the Life Sciences)
Seong H. Kim
1998’98 PhD
(Chemistry)
Joseph Hibdon
2011’11 PhD
(Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics)
Long Hei
2007’07 PhD
( Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences)
Simon Greenwold
1993’93 PhD
(Slavic Languages and Literature)
Austin Evans
2020'20 PhD
(Chemistry)