G. Mathias Kondolf Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning environmental planning, fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, flood risk management, river restoration, urban rivers, environmental impact assessment, river corridor management, sediment management, hydropower, strategic dam planning, integrating energy planning and river management
Dimitrios Konstantinidis Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering structural dynamics, earthquake engineering, nonstructural components, seismic isolation, passive control, engineering mechanics
Jake Kosek Dept of Geography cultural politics of nature and difference, cultural geography, Science and Technology studies, critical race theory, critical cartography, biopolitics, human and the non-human, environmental politics
Douglas Koshland Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology higher order chromosome structure, genome integrity, sister chromatid cohesion, chromosome condensation, desiccation tolerance, microbial genetics
Britt Koskella Dept of Integrative Biology Bacteriophage, Microbiome, plant-pathogen interactions, disease ecology
Richard H. Kramer Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Neurons, synaptic transmission, photopharmacology, ion channels, action potentials, optical imaging, vision, learning and memory
Ksenia Krasileva Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology genome evolution, innate immunity, plant health, fungi
Laura Kray Haas School of Business gender, negotiations, stereotypes, decision making, mindsets, motivated cognition
Lance Kriegsfeld Dept of Integrative Biology Dept of Psychology Dept of Neuroscience Neuroendocrinology, NeuroendocrinologyCircadian Biology, cognition, mental health, Neuroimmunology, animal behavior
Prasad Krishnamurthy School of Law financial regulation, consumer finance, antitrust and competition policy, law and economics, distributive justice
John D. Kubiatowicz Division of Computer Science (EECS) computer architecture, quantum computer design, internet-scale storage systems and peer-to-peer networking, operating systems & networking, computer security
Akash Kumar Dept of Italian Studies medieval Italian literature, history of science, history of philosophy, Mediterranean studies, digital humanities
Sanjay Kumar Dept of Bioengineering Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering biomaterials, molecular and cellular bioengineering, stem cells, cancer biology, translational medicine
John Kuriyan Dept of Chemistry Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology structural and functional studies of signal transduction, DNA replication, cancer therapies, phosphorylation
Leslie Kurke Dept of Ancient Greek & Roman Studies Dept of Comparative Literature classics, Greek literature and culture, archaic Greek poetry, Herodotus, Aesop, Ancient Greek popular culture
SanSan Kwan Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies dance studies, performance studies, Asian American studies
Eileen A. Lacey Dept of Integrative Biology evolutionary biology, population, mammals, behavioral ecology, vertebrates, molecular genetics, subterranean rodents, Argentina, Chile
Patricia Lang Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology plant climate change adaptation, historical functional genomics, plant development
Henrike C. Lange Dept of History of Art art, architecture, literature, afterlife of antiquity, middle ages & Renaissance / early modern age, Giotto, Donatello, Mantegna, Botticelli, Raphael, 19th/20th cent. historiography, Aby Warburg, total solar eclipses, theology, creativity and interdisciplinarity
Alessandra Lanzara Dept of Physics quantum materials, van der Waals heterostructures, superconductivity, topological phases of matter, sustainable materials