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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Ali Mesbah

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

model predictive control, learning-based control, low-temperature plasma processing, machine learning and control for plasmas, semiconductor manufacturing

Lab principal investigator wearing a hard hat carrying a cooler of samples in a forest

Benjamin Wong Blonder

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

climate change, science education

Kathleen Collins posing in a laboratory.

Kathleen Collins

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

retrotransposon, reverse transcriptase, genome engineering, RNA sequencing

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

chemical engineering, nanoengineering, catalytic imprinted silicas, catalysts in biological systems, catalysis, chemical sensing

Jimmy A. McGuire

Jimmy A. McGuire

Dept of Integrative Biology

historical biogeography, evolutionary biology, Southeast Asia, population genetics, hummingbirds, functional morphology, vertebrate systematics, phylogenetic analysis, life history evolution, Bayesian methods, Southeast Asian flying lizards

Gül Dölen

Dept of Neuroscience

Dept of Psychology

behavioral and systems neuroscience, psychedelics, critical periods, octopus, social behavior, evolution, synaptic plasticity, extracellular matrix, oxytocin and stroke, Fragile X, autism, PTSD, addiction

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

biochemistry, metabolism, photosynthetic systems, Systems and Synthetic Biology, protein engineering

Dept of Economics

Africa, education, development economics, human capital, health, ethnic divisions, social capital, civil conflict, war, pre-analysis plans, water

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

eukaryotic molecular biology; biochemistry, cellular differentiation, chromatin function, RNA synthesis, single cell imaging, single molecule imaging

Cati V. de los Ríos

Cati V. de los Ríos

School of Education

literacy, bi/multilingual education

Constantin Teleman

Constantin Teleman

Dept of Mathematics

algebraic geometry, Lie groups, topology, topological quantum field theory

Juana María Rodríguez

Juana María Rodríguez

Dept of Ethnic Studies

race and sexual politics, LGBTQ communities, Latino/a/x and Caribbean literatures and cultures, women of color feminisms, queer activism in the Americas, transgender studies, sex work

Jack Gallant in outdoor setting

Jack L. Gallant

Dept of Neuroscience

computational neuroscience, vision science, attention, fMRI, language, natural scene perception, brain encoding, brain decoding

Britt Koskella in the greenhouse

Dept of Integrative Biology

Bacteriophage, Microbiome, plant-pathogen interactions, disease ecology, agricultural sustainability, Environmental Microbiology of Bacteria and Viruses, plant microbiome, evolutionary ecology

Daniel A. Portnoy

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

microbiology, bacteriology, infectious diseases, intracellular pathogens, innate immunity, adaptive immunity, vaccines, cell biology

Kwabena Bediako in lab

Kwabena Bediako

Dept of Chemistry

inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry, quantum transport, optoelectronics, low-dimensional and nanoscale structures

Wide photo of R. Jay Wallace in outside setting

Dept of Philosophy

ethics, moral philosophy, philosophy

Picture of Professsor Bacchetta

Paola Bacchetta

Dept of Gender and Women's Studies

transnational feminist and queer theory, decolonial feminist and queer theory, activisms / artivisms / practices / movements /alliances / right-wings, geographic specializations: U.S.; France; India; Italy; Brazil

Kenneth Raymond

Kenneth N. Raymond

Dept of Chemistry

chemistry, bacteria, bioinorganic chemistry, biophysical chemistry, coordination, design of specific chelating agents for metal ions, human iron storage and transport proteins, low-molecular weight chelating agents, metals in medicine, metal-ligands

Jamie H. D. Cate

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

protein synthesis by the ribosome, RNA, antibiotics, human translation, escherichia coli

Michael Mascarenhas

Michael Mascarenhas

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

environmental justice, critical race theory, Post-colonial theory, Science and Technology studies

Carole S. Hickman

Dept of Integrative Biology

systematics, evolutionary paleobiology, morphology, molluscs, macroevolutionary trends and patterns, Cenozoic Era, fossil record, evolutionary history and structure

Nicole Starosielski standing in outdoor setting

Nicole Starosielski

Dept of Film and Media

communications infrastructure

Alex Zettl

Dept of Physics

physics, condensed matter physics, fullerenes, condensed matter experiments, characterize novel materials with unusual electronic and magnetic ground states, low-dimensional and nanoscale structures, superconductors, giant magnetoresistance materials, nanotubes, graphene, boron nitride nanostructures, neural probes, NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems)

School of Education

Dept of African American Studies

educational policy, charter schools, politics of education, race and education, school choice, desegregation, philanthropy and education, advocacy