Welcome to Duke's Newest Faculty!
We invite you to browse the list of new faculty below and learn more about them, their research and teaching interests. New faculty members contribute to the depth and dynamism of our academic community and enrich our intellectual life. Please take the time to reach out and welcome them to Duke and to the community.
The Office for Faculty Advancement is committed to serving all Duke faculty and providing them with the resources and support needed to succeed and thrive, and we invite you to take advantage of the resources and programs our office provides. These include our Faculty Advancement and Success (FAS) workshop series, our programs and initiatives, and our best practices for teaching, mentoring, promotion and tenure, and other topics for your professional success.
Information provided by the Office of Institutional Research includes regular rank faculty with start dates of July 2025 or later, plus off-cycle hires since last year’s list. Some are not new to Duke; their inclusion reflects recent appointment as regular rank faculty, or a return to Duke. Start dates are July 1, 2025, unless otherwise noted.
Divinity School
Nina Balmaceda, Irene and William McCutchen Associate Professor of the Practice of Reconciliation (see related article)
James Abbington, Joseph B. Bethea Professor of the Practice of Sacred Music and Black Church Studies (see related article)
Natalie Carnes, Professor of Theology (see related article)
Cat Tran, Professor of Theological Ethics (see related article)
Fuqua School of Business
Francesco Beraldi, Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Jason Gaitonde, Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Zhiying Ren, Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Mengjie Xu, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, 1/1/2025 start date
Law School
Aslihan Asil, Assistant Professor of Law (see related article)
Chelsea Cook, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law (Teaching)
Catherine Lawson, Associate Clinical Professor of Law (Teaching)
Gregory Pawlowski, Associate Clinical Professor of Law (Teaching)
Shane Stansbury, Professor of the Practice of Law
Nicholas School of the Environment
Jason Donaldson, Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental Natural Science, 1/1/2025 start date (see related article)
Liyin He, Assistant Professor of Ecology, 1/1/2025 start date (see related article)
Yichun Fan, Assistant Professor of Climate Economics in Environmental Social Systems
Kimberly Marion Suiseeya, Associate Professor in the Division of Environmental Social Systems, 1/1/2025 start date (see related article)
Pratt School of Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Julian Nicenboim, Assistant Research Professor, 4/1/2025 start date
Pengfei Song, Associate Professor, 1/1/2025 start date (see related article)
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Xiang Cheng, Assistant Professor (see related article)
Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Joanna Bertram, Assistant Professor, 12/9/2024 start date (see related article)
Xianyi Cheng, Assistant Professor, 12/1/2024 start date (see related article)
Kip Coonley, Assistant Professor, 1/1/2025 start date
Simon Divilov, Assistant Research Professor
Christopher Douglas, Assistant Professor, 1/1/2025 start date (see related article)
Sanford School of Public Policy
CJ Appleton, Assistant Professor (see related article)
Celina Scott-Buechler, Accenture Assistant Professor of Public Policy (see related article)
Anne Washington, Rothermere Associate Professor of Technology Policy (see related article)
School of Medicine
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Nicoleta Economou-Zavlanos, Assistant Professor, 12/1/2024 start date
Bo Hu, Professor, 1/1/2025 start date (see related article)
Taylor Krajewski, Assistant Professor
Cell Biology
Nicole Scott-Hewitt, Assistant Professor, 1/15/2025 start date
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Anna Bauer, Assistant Research Professor, 1/6/2025 start date
Population Health Sciences
Catherine Paquette, Medical Instructor, 1/1/2025 start date
Sophie Ravanbakht, Medical Instructor, 1/1/2025 start date
Robert Turner, Associate Professor
School of Nursing
Casey Brown, Assistant Clinical Professor, 12/9/2024 start date
Ernest Grant, Consulting Professor, 10/1/2025 start date (see related article)
Lemuel Scott, Assistant Clinical Professor, 8/1/2025 start date
Lawrence Yang, Pauline Gratz Distinguished Professor, 8/1/2025 start date (see related article)
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Mira Xenia Schwerda, Assistant Professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Sung Eun Kim, Assistant Professor of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, 8/1/2025 start date
Biology
Rachel Wadleigh, Assistant Research Professor, 1/1/2025 start date
Chemistry
Edwin Alfonzo, Assistant Professor
Evert Njomen, Assistant Professor
Computer Science
Siqi Liu, Assistant Professor
Shuyan Zhou, Assistant Professor, 8/1/2025 start date
Economics
Yingni Guo, Associate Professor
Wendy Morrison, Assistant Professor
Christopher Walker, Assistant Professor
Education
Linlin Yao, Lecturer
English
Timothy Heimlich, Assistant Professor (see related article)
Marguerite Nguyen, Associate Professor (see related article)
Richard So, Associate Professor (see related article)
Evolutionary Anthropology
Mayowa Adegboyega, Assistant Research Professor
Katarina Evans, Assistant Research Professor
Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies
Catherine Clune-Taylor, Assistant Professor
History
Alika Bourgette, Assistant Professor
Mathematics
Stefano Filipazzi, Assistant Professor
Music
Clara Rottsolk, Assistant Professor
Political Science
Allison Anoll, Associate Professor
Jiawei Fu, Assistant Professor
Francisco Garfias, Associate Professor
Psychology & Neuroscience
Phia Salter, Fred W. Shaffer Associate Professor (see related article)
Religious Studies
Daniel Herskowitz, Smart Family Associate Professor in Judaic Studies, 1/1/2025 start date (see related article)
Neena Mahadev, Assistant Professor
Raffaella Taylor-Seymour, Assistant Professor
Sociology
Wenhao Jiang, Assistant Professor
Daniel Smith, Assistant Professor
Statistical Science
Anya Katsevich, Assistant Professor
Sifan Liu, Assistant Professor
Omar Melikechi, Assistant Professor
Lasse Vuursteen, Assistant Professor
Thompson Writing Program
Madeline Sutton, Assistant Professor of the Practice
University Institutes & Centers
Hy Huynh, Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Duke Global Health Institute, 11/1/2024 start date (see related article)
Wenhui Mao, Assistant Research Professor in the Duke Global Health Institute, 5/15/2025 start date
Zhongyuan Yu, Associate Professor of the Practice in the Social Science Research Institute