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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

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Dept of English

feminist theory, psychoanalysis, British and American Modernism, Virginia Woolf, race and gender

Mark Haiman

Dept of Mathematics

mathematics, algebraic geometry, algebra, combinatorics, diagonal coinvariants, Hilbert schemes

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

leech embryo, evolution & development, cell fate determination, lineage tracing, specification of neuronal phenotypes, genome evolution

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

computer security, secure electronic voting, web security, mobile security, cellphone security

Dept of Mathematics

mathematics, algebraic geometry, diophantine geometry, Nevanlinna theory, Arakelov theory

Gabor A. Somorjai

Gabor A. Somorjai

Dept of Chemistry

physical chemistry, catalysis, surface science, low-energy electron diffraction, solid state chemistry, macroscopic surface phenomena, adhesion, lubrication, biocompatibility, bonding, reactivity at solid surfaces, scanning tunneling

Dept of Integrative Biology

energetics, comparative biomechanics, arthropod, adhesion, comparative physiology, locomotion, neuromechanics, biomimicry, biological inspiration, reptile, gecko, amphibian, robots, artificial muscles

School of Education

language, culture, society, literacy, literacy learning of urban youth, African American students in schools, writing development, effective teaching, learning strategies in multicultural urban schools and communities, studies of race - class - and gender, Leaders for Equity and Democracy EdD - LEAD

Dan Nomura in lab setting with others in the background.

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

chemistry, molecular and cell biology, chemical biology, cancer, drug discovery, chemoproteomics, undruggable

School of Education

mathematical cognition, design-based research, mixed-media design for mathematics learning environments, embodied interaction

Robert Sharf standing with group of students in library, holding a plague and flowers

Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures

East Asian languages and cultures, medieval Chinese Buddhism, Chan Buddhism, Japanese Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism, Buddhist art, ritual studies, Buddhist philosophy, methodological issues in the study of religion

Dept of Gender and Women's Studies

Transnational and Postcolonial Feminist Studies, cultural studies, Commodity Cultures, Visual and Material Cultures of Religion, Immigration and Diaspora Studies, Middle East Studies, Iranian Studies

Dean Sara Guyer sitting in library setting.

Sara Guyer

Dept of English

19th century British, critical theory, poetry

Wide photo of R. Jay Wallace in outside setting

Dept of Philosophy

ethics, moral philosophy, philosophy

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

plant epigenetics, cell identity

Dept of Integrative Biology

Dept of Statistics

evolution, molecular evolution, population genetics, human variation, human genetics, phylogenetics, applied statistics, genetics, evolutionary processes, evolutionary biology

Professor Michi Taga with Petri plate

Michi Taga

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

molecular biology, genetics, microbial biology, chemical biology, cofactors, nutrient exchange, microbial communities, bacteria

Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies

literary theory, South and Southeast Asian studies, Sanskrit literature, Indian epic studies, psychoanalytically oriented cultural studies

Ken Ueno

music composition, decolonizing music, noise, sound installations, music of Japan, extended vocal techniques, overtone singing, musical culture of Japan, experimental improvisation

Ali Javey sitting in lab with equipment in background

Ali Javey

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

nanotechnology, low power electronics, flexible electronics and sensors, nanofabrication, energy harvesting and conversion, programmable matter

Derfogail Delcassian

Derfogail Delcassian

Dept of Bioengineering

Michael B. Eisen

Michael B. Eisen

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

genomics, genome sequencing, bioinformatics, animal development

Marvin L. Cohen

Marvin L. Cohen

Dept of Physics

nanoscience, semiconductors, nanotechnology, physics, condensed matter physics, new properties of condensed matter systems, superconductivity, applications of BCS theory, superluminal velocities

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

genetics and genomics, evolution of animals, genetic diversity in animals and plants

Anthony D. Joseph

Anthony D. Joseph

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

internet security, mobile/distributed computing, wireless communications, networking and telephony