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Professional photograph of Rizvana Bradley Rizvana Bradley
Dept of Film and Media
aesthetic theory, art history, Black studies, contemporary art, contemporary film theory, critical theory, moving image installation, postcolonial studies, race and the philosophy of media
Bruno Olshausen Bruno Olshausen
Dept of Neuroscience
School of Optometry
visual perception, computational neuroscience, computational vision
Costas J. Spanos Costas J. Spanos
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
integrated circuits, solid-state devices, sensors, semiconductor manufacturing, energy efficiency, smart buildings
Anneka Lenssen Anneka Lenssen
Dept of History of Art
global modern art, the Middle East, theories of decolonization, visual culture, contemporary art
George F. Smoot George F. Smoot
Dept of Physics
cosmology, physics, astrophysics experiments, observational astrophysics, observing our galaxy, the cosmic background radiation, ground-based radio-telescope observations, balloon-borne instrumentation, satellite experiments, the NASA cosmic background
Peter Maxted Peter Maxted
Haas School of Business
household finance, behavioral finance, macro-finance
Kent Puckett Kent Puckett
Dept of English
critical theory, narrative & the novel, 19th century British literature, poetry, film, literary theory, sociability, psychoanalysis
Sukanya Banerjee Sukanya Banerjee
Dept of English
19th century British, South Asian, critical theory, cultural studies, narrative and the novel
Kathleen Collins posing in a laboratory. Kathleen Collins
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
retrotransposon, reverse transcriptase, genome engineering, RNA sequencing
Bethanie Edwards Bethanie Edwards
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
oceanography, chemical oceanography, environmental microbiology, molecular tools for microbial ecology, mass spectrometry, lipidomics, lipid metabolism, marine biogeochemistry, microbial carbon cycling, ocean carbon cycle dynamics
headshot of Sylvia Ratnasamy Sylvia Ratnasamy
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
operating systems & networking
Abby Dernburg Abby Dernburg
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
chromosome structure and function, higher order chromosome structure, cell cycle controls, chromosome remodeling and reorganization during meiosis, spatial pattern formation in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, genome mapping, eukaryotic genomes, whole-genome analysis
headshot of Xi Wu Xi Wu
Haas School of Business
securities regulation, corporate governance, capital markets, FinTech
Mark Danner Mark Danner
Dept of English
School of Journalism
foreign affairs, voting and elections, journalism, Central America, politics, Balkans, Haiti, documentaries, terrorism, the Middle East, contemporary literature, modernist writers, contemporary literature and film
headshot of Christine Wildsoet smiling Christine Wildsoet
School of Optometry
optometry, vision science, myopia, refractive errors, accommodation, aberrations, eye growth, ocular therapeutics, optical myopia control, pharmacological myopia control, ocular tissue engineering, ocular stem cells, basic and clinical research with social implications
Mark D'Esposito, M.D. Mark D'Esposito
Dept of Psychology
cognitive neuroscience, psychology, working memory, frontal lobe function, functional MRI, neurology, brain imaging, dopamine
Luyi Yang Luyi Yang
Haas School of Business
service operations, economics of queues, Business Model Innovation, Operations-Marketing Interface, digital marketplace, Sustainable Operations
Omar Yaghi in lab Omar M. Yaghi
Dept of Chemistry
Reticular Chemistry, metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, Carbon Capture, gas storage systems, water harvesting from desert air
Fiona McFarlane Fiona McFarlane
Dept of English
Creative Writing, narrative and the novel, the short story
coe photo Maya Carrasquillo
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
infrastructure justice, food-energy-water systems, urban water infrastructure, equitable decision-making, environmental justice, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships, social justice research
Tom McEnaney in outside setting Tom McEnaney
Dept of Comparative Literature
Dept of Spanish and Portuguese
Latin American literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, media studies, radio, 20th century American literature, architecture, linguistic anthropology, digital humanities
Allan deSouza Al-An deSouza
Dept of Art Practice
photography, contemporary art, Art Pedagogy, performance, postcolonial studies, gender, queer, trans studies, contemporary African Art, South Asian Art, art of the Global South, global modernisms
Roy Caldwell Roy L. Caldwell
Dept of Integrative Biology
ecology, evolution, Invertebrates, animal behavior, behavioral ecology, marine biology, stomatopods, crustaceans, cephalopods, octopus, mating systems, communication, sensory ecology, aggressive behavior, coral reef restoration
Evan R. Williams Evan R. Williams
Dept of Chemistry
spectroscopy, molecular structure and dynamics, analytical chemistry, biophysical chemistry, structure and reactivity of biomolecules and biomolecule/water interactions, mass spectrometry, separations, protein conformation, protein and DNA sequencing
Kenneth Polse Kenneth A. Polse
School of Optometry
optometry, vision science, tear mixing, epithelial barrier function, contact lens extended wear
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