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profFinder finds faculty who match your research, drafts outreach that sounds like you, and keeps every reply in one place. One workspace built for academic email.

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Discover

Find professors by research fit

Search by topics, recent papers and real academic signals instead of whoever ranks on Google. Swipe through your matches and save the ones worth an email.

  • Fit score grounded in real research signals
  • Filter by field, department and topic
  • Add anyone by pasting a faculty email
Andrew Ng
Strong match
Andrew Ng
Stanford University · Computer Science
97%match
Why it's a 97% matchClosely matches your interest in deep learning and building practical machine-learning systems at scale.
H-index150
Citations512,000+
deep learningmachine learningreinforcement learning
Draft

Drafts that sound like you

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The first draft is grounded in your resume, your interests and the professor in front of you. Compare every suggestion next to your own words before anything is sent.

  • Grounded in your real profile and files
  • Accept suggestions line by line
  • Attach your resume and transcript in one step
Track

Every reply, one inbox

Subjects, attachments, replies and next steps stay tied to each professor. Nothing scatters across tabs, and you always know whose turn it is.

  • Threads tied to the professor and the files
  • Reply status at a glance
  • Sent from your own Gmail, always with your approval
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Your outreach conversations
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Rajkumar Buyya
Rajkumar Buyya8d ago
Interested in Cloud Computing
Dear Professor Buyya, My name is…
Ebrahim Bagheri
Ebrahim Bagheri9d ago
Interested in Machine Learning
Dear Professor Bagheri, My name is…
Jonathan Cagan
Jonathan Cagan10d ago
Interested in Mechanical Engineering
Dear Professor Cagan, My name is…
How it works

From “who do I email?” to “they replied.”

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Discover and add

Swipe through professors matched to your research, or paste any faculty email.

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Refine with AI

Generate a first draft grounded in your profile. You decide what lands.

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Send with your files

Resume, transcript, subject and body, reviewed once and sent from your Gmail.

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Track every reply

Threads stay tied to the professor, the files and the subject. Nothing slips.

Privacy by design

Your email stays yours

You approve every send

profFinder never emails anyone on your behalf without your explicit review and approval.

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Gmail access is encrypted at rest and used only for the outreach features you ask for. Never for ads, never sold.

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Who it’s for

Built for the email that could change your path

Grad school applicants

PhD and master’s hopefuls emailing potential advisors before the deadline.

Research seekers

Undergrads and gap year students looking for a lab, an RA role, or a first project.

International students

Reaching faculty across borders, where a strong first email matters most.

Loved by students

Emails that actually get replies

I went from staring at a blank draft to sending five grounded emails in an afternoon. Two professors wrote back.
MMayaPhD applicant · Computer Science
It found faculty I would never have surfaced on Google, and the drafts genuinely sounded like me.
DDanielResearch seeker · Bioengineering
As an international student, getting the first email right mattered. This made it feel effortless.
AAishaMaster's applicant · Data Science

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