Mahesh Srinivasan Dept of Psychology flexible and pragmatic uses of language, representation of abstract concepts, linguistic relativity, social cognitive development in different cultural contexts
Douglas Koshland Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology higher order chromosome structure, genome integrity, sister chromatid cohesion, chromosome condensation, desiccation tolerance, microbial genetics
Michael Pollan School of Journalism agriculture, environment, obesity, science, nutrition, journalism, food, cooking, gardening
Timothy Tangherlini Dept of Scandinavian School of Information folklore, Danish culture, Danish cinema, Danish literature, 19th and 20th Century Scandinavian literature, digital humanities, culture analysis, machine learning, networks, Korean culture, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship
Luisa Caldas Dept of Architecture virtual and augmented reality for building design and simulation, net zero energy and sustainable design, parametric and generative design systems for sustainable architecture, daylighting, daylighting in buildings, housing solutions for the developing world and refugee camps
Aditya Parameswaran Division of Computer Science (EECS) School of Information database management systems, human-computer interaction, data science, information visualization
Alanna Schepartz Dept of Chemistry Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology chemical biology, synthetic biology, organic chemistry, biophysics
Thomas Maimone Dept of Chemistry organic synthesis, total synthesis, natural products chemistry, catalysis, synthetic methodology, medicinal chemistry, organic chemistry, drug discovery
Sugata Ray Dept of History of Art Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies climate change, early modern, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean, art history, environment, globalization, ecology, Eco Art History, global art history
Barbara Meyer Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology cell fate determination, chromosome architecture, developmental biology, gene expression, genetic determination of sex, regulatory genes, chromosome dynamics, X-chromosome
Gary Karpen Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology gene expression, cell biology, chromosome structure and function, drosophila melanogaster, centromere identity and function, biophysics, condensed phases
Diana Bautista Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology ion channels, sensory physiology, chemosensation, touch, thermosensation, somatosensory system, itch
Filipa Rijo-Ferreira Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology School of Public Health molecular parasitology, mosquito vector biology in malaria infection, host-parasite interactions, host circadian rhythms, immunology, metabolism
Dmitry Taubinsky Dept of Economics behavioral economics, tax policy, soda taxes, payday loans, household consumption and portfolio choice, energy policy, health, gambling, state-run lotteries, inflation expectations, nudges
Megan Martik Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology neural crest gene regulatory network, vertebrate embryonic development, regeneration of tissue
Karsten Gronert School of Optometry inflammatory diseases, innate immune responses, lipid mediators, lipidomics, leukocytes, inflammatory resolution, eicosanoids, omega-3 PUFA, Dry Eye, lipxoygenase, cycloooxygenase, resolution pharmacology, neuroprotection, adaptive immunity, glaucoma
Abhishek Kaicker Dept of History South Asia, Mughal, early modern, cities, history, Persian, India, politics, Asia
Francesco Borrelli Dept of Mechanical Engineering automotive control systems, distributed and robust constrained control, manufacturing control systems, energy efficient buildings, model predictive control
Raphael Bousso Dept of Physics physics, quantum mechanics, gravity, unified description of nature, string theory, quantum properties of black holes, the geometry of spacetime, covariant entropy bound, cosmological constant
S. Shankar Sastry Dept of Bioengineering Dept of Mechanical Engineering Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) embedded and cyberphysical systems, artificial intelligence, AR/VR, computer science, robotics, arial robots, cybersecurity, cyber defense, homeland defense, nonholonomic systems, control of hybrid systems, sensor networks, interactive visualization, robotic telesurgery, rapid prototyping