Find UC Berkeley Faculty

Research Expertise and Interest

Use quotes to search for an exact phrase. Example: "computational biology"

Name

Department

Teresa Head-Gordon standing with hands crossed in front

Teresa Head-Gordon

Dept of Bioengineering

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Dept of Chemistry

Computational chemistry, machine learning, chemical physics, biophysics, biomolecules, materials, catalysis, computational science

Shannon Boettcher

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Dept of Chemistry

electrochemistry, materials chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, hydrogen generation, electrolysis, batteries, membrane science

Dept of Physics

condensed matter theory, Materials Physics, nanoscience, physical chemistry, Electronic Structure Theory, Transport, Hard-Soft Interfaces, Complex Oxides, renewable energy, energy conversion

Ehud Altman

Dept of Physics

atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed matter physics and materials science

Per F. Peterson

Dept of Nuclear Engineering

nuclear engineering, heat and mass transfer, reactor thermal hydraulics, nuclear reactor design, radioactive waste, nuclear materials management

J. Theodore Peña

J. Theodore Peña

Dept of Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Roman archaeology, Roman and pre-Roman Italy, city of Rome, Pompeii, ancient economy, ceramic analysis, material culture studies

Dept of Chemistry

single-molecule spectroscopy, quantum optics, colloidal semiconductor nanostructures, optoelectronics, bio-nanophotonics, materials chemistry

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Physics

atomic molecular and optical physics, biophysics, condensed matter physics and material science

Of Envelopes and Air, Gálvez.

Liz Gálvez

Dept of Architecture

design, architecture and environment, materials, heating and cooling, building technologies, sustainable design

Ziqi Wang

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

structural engineering, mechanics and materials, structural reliability, earthquake engineering, uncertainty quantification

Sophie Volpp standing in outside setting.

Dept of Comparative Literature

Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures

Chinese literature, Ming and Qing fiction and drama, material culture, pre-modern women poets and dramatists

Dept of Physics

nanoscience, nuclear magnetic resonance, semiconductors, metals, physics, fullerenes, nanotubes, condensed matter theory, surfaces, defects, nanostructure materials, clusters, many-electron effects in solids

Felix Raoul Fischer

Felix Raoul Fischer

Dept of Chemistry

Organic and Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Molecular Electronics, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Graphene Nanomaterials

Kyriakos Komvopoulos

Kyriakos Komvopoulos

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

contact mechanics, fracture and fatigue of engineering materials, finite element modeling of surface contact and machining, thin-film processing and characterization, adhesion and fatigue of MEMS devices, plasma-assisted surface functionalization of biomaterials, surface patterning for cell adhesion and growth control, mechanics & tribology of magnetic recording devices, microfibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering, tribology and mechanics of artificial joints, mechanical metamaterials

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, cell culture, biocatalyst engineering, microsystems, extremozymes, genomics of extremophiles, metabolic flux analysis, enzyme technology, bioactive materials

Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng

Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

additive manufacturing, metamaterials, robotics, antenna, artificial intelligence

James Quail leaning over a park sign that reads "QUAIL"

James Q. Davies

19th century music, political ecology, performance studies, pianism, vocal knowledge, medical anthropology, historical materialism

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

surface and interfacial science and engineering, nanotechnology, harsh-environment sensors, silicon carbide, green construction, biologically-inspired materials synthesis

Dept of History

gender, history, East Asian studies, early China, the fifth century BC to the fifth century AD, with an emphasis on the sociopolitical context, aesthetic theories and material culture, belief

James Casey

Dept of Bioengineering

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

continuum mechanics, finite elasticity, continuum thermodynamics, plasticity, theories of elastic-plastic materials, history of mechanics, dynamics

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

developmental biology, Xenopus laevis, Spemann's organizer, cortical rotation, cell cycle after fertilization, vegetal materials, blastula stage, egg cytoplasm

Dept of Chemistry

materials chemistry, solid state chemistry, nanoscience, energy science, semiconductor nanowires, nanophotonics, artificial photosynthesis, electrochemistry, photoelectrochemistry, electrocatalysis, photocatalysis

Ting Xu in lab looking at samples

Ting Xu

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

polymer, nanocomposite, biomaterial, membrane, directed self-assembly, drug delivery, protein therapeutics, block copolymers, nanoparticles

Mariane C. Ferme

Dept of Anthropology

Material culture and agrarian landscapes, gender, historical anthropology, Sierra Leone, contemporary Africa, political culture, transitional justice in post-conflict societies

Dept of Anthropology

anthropology, historical archaeology, oral history, material culture and ethnic identity, family and gender relations, North America, Northern California, Caribbean, Bahamas, African consumerism, creolization, multi-ethnic community