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Mathew Welch Matthew Welch
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
biology, cell motility, the role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell locomotion, shape change, actin filament assembly, bacterial and viral pathogens
Robert Zucker Robert S. Zucker
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
synaptic transmission, cellular neurophysiology: synaptic biophysics, properties of neural circuits, photolysis, vital dyes of vesicle membrane, electrophysiological techniques, neuromodulator
SHAOFAN LI Shaofan Li
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in engineering and sciences, structural mechanics, computational mechanics, computational materials, computational mechanics and computational physics, finite element methods and meshfree particle methods, ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, atomistic simulation and multiscale simulations, nonlinear continuum mechanics, soft matter mechanics, wave propagations, modeling and simulation of fracture, dislocations, modeling and simulation of material failures, nano-mechanics, bio-mechanics and bio-physics, cellular mechanics, micromechanics & composite materials, mechanics and physics of amorphous materials
Person placeholder image Kristen Whissel
Dept of Film and Media
Cinema and technological change, cinema and modernity, computer-generated images and contemporary cinema, digital visual effects, stereoscopic 3D cinema and media, the history and theory of special effects, cinema in transition, American film history, modernity and early cinema, cinema and globalization, cinema and the environment/elements
Wally Wang standing in front of a white board Jen-Chywan (Wally) Wang
Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
steroid hormones, glucocorticoids, molecular physiology, Metabolic Diseases, Type 2 diabetes, cellular signaling, factors regulated glucose/insulin homeostasis, fatty liver
Gloria Brar Gloria Brar
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
meiosis, translation, sORFs, stress responses
Sarah Stanley Sarah Stanley
School of Public Health
mechanisms of pathogenesis and immune subversion in tuberculosis, protective immunity to tuberculosis, metabolic interactions between hosts and pathogens, development of novel therapeutics for tuberculosis, scientific capacity building, tuberculosis
Simon Schleicher Simon Schleicher
Dept of Architecture
biomimetics, structural engineering, architectural design, 3D printing, 3D scanning, digital fabrication, fabrication, composite structures, finite element analysis, parametric design, bio-inspired structures, robotics manufacturing, robotics
Katherine Snyder Katherine Snyder
Dept of English
19th through 21st century Literature in English, narrative and the novel, gender studies, post-traumatic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Mary Comerio Mary Comerio
Dept of Architecture
disaster recovery, housing impacts in disasters, loss modeling, performance based design
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
Dr. Ünal in the lab Elçin Ünal
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
gametogenesis, biology of aging, gene regulation, genetics, genomics and development
Placeholder image Djordje Popović
Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav literature, critical theory, comparative literature
headshot of Mohammad R. K. Mofrad Mohammad Reza Kaazempur Mofrad
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
molecular cell biomechanics, bacterial communities / microbiomes, deep learning for biology and medicine
Christine Philliou Christine Philliou
Dept of History
Mediterranean, Modern Greece and Turkey, Middle East, Ottoman Empire political and social history, Turkey and Greece as parts of the post-Ottoman world
Michael Mascarenhas Michael Mascarenhas
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
environmental justice, critical race theory, Post-colonial theory, Science and Technology studies
James F. O'Brien James O'Brien
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
School of Optometry
computer graphics, fluid dynamics, computer simulation, physically based animation, finite element simulation, human perception, image forensics, video forensics, computer animation, special effects for film, video game technology, motion capture, machine learning, facial animation, artificial intelligence, geometric algorithms, geometric design and modeling
Stephen Collier Stephen Collier
Dept of City & Regional Planning
urban vulnerability and resilience, insurance and climate change, Soviet urban planning and post-Soviet urban and social welfare transformation, infrastructure and politics, neoliberalism and governmental rationality, emergency government in the United States
headshot of Eos Trinidad Jose Eos Trinidad
School of Education
education policy, institutional change, organizational theory, civil society, sociology of education
headshot of Cindy Cox Cindy Cox
Dept of Music
composition, music analysis and theory, post-tonal music, piano, music and live electronics, text-setting
Joseph Farrell Joseph Farrell
Dept of Economics
economics, price theory models of anticompetitive exclusive dealing, switching costs, network effects, formal standardization
headshot of Alexei Yurchak Alexei Yurchak
Dept of Anthropology
social and political theory, communism and post-communism, language philosophy, the image, the body, avant-garde artistic experiments, science studies, ideology, Soviet and post-Soviet culture and society
Per Peterson Per F. Peterson
Dept of Nuclear Engineering
nuclear engineering, heat and mass transfer, reactor thermal hydraulics, nuclear reactor design, radioactive waste, nuclear materials management
John Lie John Lie
Dept of Sociology
social theory, political economy, East Asia
Daniel O'Neill Daniel O'Neill
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
East Asian literatures and cinema, gender and sexuality studies, environmental humanities and media theory
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