Micah Khater Dept of African American Studies African American history, Black feminist theory, carceral studies, disability studies, racial formation in Arabic-speaking communities
Matei Zaharia Division of Computer Science (EECS) operating systems & networking, artificial intelligence, database management systems
Phillip Messersmith Dept of Bioengineering Dept of Materials Science and Engineering adhesion, polymers, regenerative medicine, sustainable polymers, biomimetics, medical devices
Peter Jenks Dept of Linguistics syntax, semantics, morphology, linguistic theory, Thai, Southeast Asian languages, African languages
Rebecca W. Heald Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology cell division, Xenopus, mitotic spindle assembly and function, size control of intracellular structures
David Bilder Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology genetics, cancer, Drosophila, cell biology, cell polarity, tumor suppressor, epithelial architecture, polarity, proliferation control, tumor-host interaction, morphogenesis
Joan Walker Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering behavioral modeling, discrete choice analysis, travel behavior
Saul Perlmutter Dept of Physics cosmology, dark energy, physics, astrophysics experiments, observational astrophysics, supernovae, accelerating universe
William (Bill) D. Thompson Dept of Psychology cognition, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, learning, Problem solving, Reasoning, decision-making, Bayesian statistics, natural language processing, machine learning, computational modeling, collective decision-making, social networks
Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering civil infrastructure systems, geosystems, geotechnical engineering, landslides, drones, satellites, earthquakes, natural hazards, infrastructure resilience, bioinformatics, engineering justice
Na Ji Dept of Neuroscience Dept of Physics neuroscience, microscopy techniques, in vivo imaging, biophotonics, biophysics, adaptive optics, optics
David Romer Dept of Economics financial crises, fiscal policy, monetary policy, new Keynesian economics
Daryl C. Chrzan Dept of Materials Science and Engineering materials science and engineering, computational materials science, metals and metallic compounds, defects in solids, growth of nanostructures
Gerbrand Ceder Dept of Materials Science and Engineering energy storage, computational modeling, machine learning, autonomous laboratories
Dan Stamper-Kurn Dept of Physics atomic physics, the use of ultra-cold neutral atoms, studies of microscopic and macroscopic quantum phenomena, cavity quantum electrodynamics, Bose-Einstein condensation, precision and quantum measurement
Jiyun Kang Dept of Materials Science and Engineering physical metallurgy, manufacturing, autonomous metal processing, correlative microscopy
Daniel A. Rodríguez Dept of City & Regional Planning transportation planning, transportation policy, environmental planning, healthy cities
David Card Dept of Economics education, immigration, unemployment, inequality, race and gender, program evaluation
Jeffrey Bokor Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) nanoscience, electrical engineering, nanoelectronics
Peter Bartlett Dept of Statistics Division of Computer Science (EECS) machine learning, statistical learning theory, adaptive control
Caitlin Patler Goldman School of Public Policy US immigration and criminal laws, immigration, immigration detention, legal statuses, maternal and child health, history of immigration in U.S., population health with focus on social determinants of health
Paige Weber Dept of Energy & Resources Group environmental economics, energy markets, energy policy, environmental justice