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Niyogi checking plants in the Oxford Tract greenhouse. Photo credit: Mathew Burciaga. Krishna K. Niyogi
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
genetics, plant and microbial biology, algae, photosynthesis, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, carbon sequestration
Onja Razafindratsima surrounded by trees Onja Razafindratsima
Dept of Integrative Biology
tropical ecology, community ecology, plant-animal interactions, primatology, biodiversity
Nikki Jones Head Shot Nikki Jones
Dept of African American Studies
African American communities, policing, racial/gender disparities and the criminal justice system, violence and violence interventions
Yan Long Yan Long
Dept of Sociology
globalization, social movements, authoritarian politics, international development, organizations, public health, technology
Mara Loveman Mara Loveman
Dept of Sociology
comparative and historical sociology, political sociology, ethnoracial politics, development, demography, Latin America
headshot of Meng Lin Meng C. Lin
School of Optometry
contact lenses, vision, clinical trials (phase I - Phase IV), clinical trial designs, tear film, biomedical devices, ocular surface
Erin Kerrison Erin Michelle Turner Kerrison
School of Social Welfare
crime, criminal justice, drug control, gender, health disparities, inequality, law, mass incarceration, mental health, mixed methods, policing, policy, poverty, prisons, punishment, race, risk, reentry, substance abuse, trauma, violence, race and gender, artificial intelligence, data science, social work and education, social work, public impact research/scholarship, social justice research
Patrice Douglass Patrice D. Douglass
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
Black feminist theory, Afro-pessimism, feminist philosophy, gender and sexual violence, feminist legal theory, legal theory, political philosophy, Black political thought
Professor Blackman in the field with sunflowers Benjamin Blackman
Dept of Integrative Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
evolution, adaptation, domestication, phenotypic plasticity, flowering time, evo-devo, genomics, plant biology
Ann Keller Ann Keller
School of Public Health
political science, health politics, public policy, public administration, disaster response, expertise in public decision-making
Picture of Professor Merchant Sabeeha Merchant
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
chloroplast, photosynthesis, algae, trace metals, genomics, synthetic biology, designer lipids, Chlamydomonas, Auxenochlorella, Dunaliella
Zachary Lamb Zachary Lamb
Dept of City & Regional Planning
urban spatial politics, ecological design, environmental hazards of climate change, Affordable housing, shared equity housing, manufactured housing, adaptation to flooding
Manisha Shah headshot Manisha Shah
Goldman School of Public Policy
applied microeconomics, international development, global health, gender
Eugene Chiang Eugene Chiang
Dept of Astronomy
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
planetary science, theoretical astrophysics, dynamics, planet formation, circumstellar disks
Alan Tansman in outdoor setting Alan Tansman
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Modern Japanese Literature, literary and cultural theory, aesthetics and politics, Comparative Responses to Violence, literary history
image of Geeta Anand in outside setting, black and white Geeta Anand
School of Journalism
journalism, health care, equity, social justice, politics, ethics, media, disinformation, India, international affairs
Khiara Bridges standing in an outdoor setting. Khiara M. Bridges
School of Law
race, class, reproductive rights
Zamansele Nsele standing in outdoor setting Zamansele Nsele
Dept of History of Art
modern & contemporary African diaspora visual art, modern & contemporary African visual art, Black art, Black & African feminisms, critical theories of Blackness, African modernism, theories of nostalgia and melancholia, visual activism
Joseph Farrell Joseph Farrell
Dept of Economics
economics, price theory models of anticompetitive exclusive dealing, switching costs, network effects, formal standardization
Yuri Slezkine Yuri Slezkine
Dept of History
Russia, Late Modern Europe
Kirk Bansak Kirk Bansak
Dept of Political Science
causal inference, experimental design and analysis, algorithmic decision-making, refugee resettlement and asylum politics, public opinion, survey methodology
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
Alex Filippenko Alex Filippenko
Dept of Astronomy
supernovae, active galaxies, black holes, gamma-ray bursts, expansion of the universe
headshot of Reinhard Genzel Reinhard Genzel
Dept of Physics
physics, existence and formation of black holes in galactic nuclei, the nature of the power source, the evolution of (ultra)luminous infrared galaxies, gas dynamics, the fueling of active galactic nuclei, the properties evolution of starburst galaxies
Photo by Diamela Cutiño Courtney Desiree Morris
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
Black women's social movement, state violence and authoritarianism, racial formations in Latin American, racial formations in the Caribbean, racial formations in the U.S., feminist and queer theory, environmental ethics, Black visual culture and aestetics
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