Robert Kaufman Dept of Comparative Literature modern/contemporary poetry and poetics; aesthetics, literary theory, & history of criticism; Frankfurt School Critical Theory and the arts
Darya Kavitskaya Dept of Linguistics Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures phonological theory, Slavic phonology, phonetics/phonology interface, field linguistics, specific language impairment
Jay D. Keasling Dept of Bioengineering Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, metabolic engineering of microorganisms, environmentally friendly synthesis, biodegradable and recyclable polymers, production of biofuels and bioproducts, natural products
Trevor Keenan Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management global change, natural climate solutions, Dynamic Vegetation, carbon cycle, ecophysiology, land-atmosphere interactions, biogeochemistry, micrometeorology, remote sensing, mathematics and data science
Ann Keller School of Public Health political science, health politics, public policy, public administration, disaster response, expertise in public decision-making
Nina Maggi Kelly Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management remote sensing, drones, ecosystem sciences, forests, geoinformatics, participatory web, GIS
Dacher Keltner Dept of Psychology culture, conflict, behavior, love, psychology, emotion, social interaction, individual differences in emotion, negotiation, embarrassment, desire, juvenile delinquency, laughter, anger, social perception, negotiating morality
Kurt Keutzer Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) computationally efficient machine learning and deep learning, AI
Preeya Khanna Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) biosystems and computational biology, human-computer interaction, signal processing
Roshanak Kheshti Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies race, gender, queer theory, anthropology, sound studies, film, performance studies, diaspora, psychoanalysis
Celeste Kidd Dept of Psychology attention, curiosity, learning, computational modeling, cognitive development, machine learning, belief formation
Nicole King Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology choanoflagellates, multicellularity, evolution of animals, host-microbe interactions, bacterial cues
David Kirp Goldman School of Public Policy public policy, law, social policy, higher education policy, politics and policy, primary and secondary education policy, race and ethnicity, early childhood policy
Stanley Klein School of Optometry optometry, vision science, spatial vision modeling, psychophysical methods and vision test design, corneal topography and contact lens design, source localization of evoked potentials, fMRI, amblyopia
Judith P. Klinman Dept of Chemistry Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology catalytic & regulatory mechanisms in enzyme-catalyzed reactions, kinetic, spectroscopic, stereochemical biological techniques, peptide- derived cofactors, Nuclear tunneling & role of protein dynamics in catalysis, enzymatic activation of molecular oxygen
Jeffrey Knapp Dept of English English literature, Shakespeare, English renaissance, Spenser, drama, theater, American film history, film theory and production, critical theory, imperialism, nationalism, mass entertainment, authorship
Robert Thomas Knight Dept of Psychology Dept of Neuroscience cognitive neuroscience, language, physiology, memory, attention, psychology, working memory, neuropsychology, human prefrontal cortex, neural mechanisms of cognitive processing, sensory gating, sustained attention, ad novelty detection
Edgar Knobloch Dept of Physics astrophysics, geophysics, physics, nonlinear dynamics of dissipative systems, bifurcation theory, low-dimensional behavior of continuous systems, the theory of nonlinear waves, pattern formation in fluid systems, reaction-diffusion systems
Yury Kolomensky Dept of Physics particle physics, precision measurements, electroweak interactions, neutrino physics, QCD, BaBar, E158, CUORE, Mu2e
Arash Komeili Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology microbiology, Biomineralization, bacterial organelles, Magnetic Nanoparticles
Yaniv Konchitchki Haas School of Business Monetary economics, macroeconomics, macro-finance, Financial-based solutions to world’s grand challenges, capital markets research, financial accounting, FinTech, financial technology and innovation, financial statement analysis, asset pricing, macro-accounting