George F. Smoot Dept of Physics cosmology, physics, astrophysics experiments, observational astrophysics, observing our galaxy, the cosmic background radiation, ground-based radio-telescope observations, balloon-borne instrumentation, satellite experiments, the NASA cosmic background
Ion Stoica Division of Computer Science (EECS) networking and distributed computer systems, quality of service (Q of S) and resources management, modeling and performance analysis
Frederic Theunissen Dept of Neuroscience Dept of Psychology behavior, cognition, brain, psychology, birdsong, vocal learning, audition, neurophysiology, speech perception, computational neuroscience, theoretical neuroscience
Rajan Udwani Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research algorithms, optimization under uncertainty, Revenue Management, pricing, online platforms
Umesh Vazirani Division of Computer Science (EECS) quantum computation, hamiltonian complexity, analysis of algorithms, computer security
Allon Wagner Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Division of Computer Science (EECS) computational biology, single-cell genomics, immunology, systems biology, metabolism
Joni Wallis Dept of Neuroscience prefrontal cortex, neurophysiology, executive control, decision making
K. Birgitta Whaley Dept of Chemistry quantum information and quantum computation, control and simulation of complex quantum systems, quantum effects in biological systems, quantum physics, quantum mechanics
John Wright Division of Computer Science (EECS) quantum state learning, quantum complexity theory, property testing, approximation algorithms
Lining Yao Dept of Mechanical Engineering sustainable design, morphing material mechanisms, ecology, sustainability
Katherine A. Yelick Division of Computer Science (EECS) high performance computing, partitioned Global Address Space programming, communication-avoiding algorithms, automatic performance tuning, high performance data analytics, computational biology
Damon Young Dept of Film and Media Dept of French film theory, digital media, global art cinema, gender and sexuality studies, critical theory
Bin Yu Dept of Statistics machine learning, trustworthy data science and AI, interdisciplinary research in biomedicine, neuroscience, and climate science.