Jack Tseng Dept of Integrative Biology paleontology, jaws, bite force, macroevolutionary trends and patterns, mammals, vertebrates, evolution, vertebrate evolutionary morphology, mammalian systematics, evolution of form and function
Cihan Tugal Dept of Sociology political sociology, social movements, religion, Islam and the Middle East, culture, poverty and class, social theory, ethnography
Ken Ueno Dept of Music music composition, decolonizing music, noise, sound installations, music of Japan, extended vocal techniques, overtone singing, musical culture of Japan, experimental improvisation
Mark van der Laan Dept of Statistics School of Public Health targeted learning, real-world data integration in RCTs, sequential adaptive designs, computational biology and genomics, censored data and survival analysis, medical research, inference in longitudinal studies
Umesh Vazirani Division of Computer Science (EECS) quantum computation, hamiltonian complexity, analysis of algorithms, computer security
Niek Veldhuis Dept of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures digital humanities, intellectual history, Sumerian, cuneiform, Mesopotamia
Paul A. Vojta Dept of Mathematics mathematics, algebraic geometry, diophantine geometry, Nevanlinna theory, Arakelov theory
Leti Volpp School of Law citizenship, law and culture, identity (especially race and gender), immigration and migration, Asian American studies
David Wagner Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) computer security, secure electronic voting, web security, mobile security, cellphone security
Marvalee H. Wake Dept of Integrative Biology development, evolution, systematics, amphibians, reproductive biology, vertebrate evolutionary morphology, fishes, reptiles, comparative analysis, biodiversity issues
Johan Walden Haas School of Business finance, asset pricing, investments, financial modeling, heavy-tailed risks, insurance
Joan Walker Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering behavioral modeling, discrete choice analysis, travel behavior
Nancy Wallace Haas School of Business housing price indices, real estate price dynamics, mortgage valuation models: prepayment and default, mortgage contract design, mortgage backed security trading and valuation, executive stock option valuation, energy efficient mortgage underwriting, climate risk
Ian Wang Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management genetics and genomics, genomics, landscape genetics, evolution, population genetics, conservation, herpetology, GIS, spatial analysis, statistical methods, epigenetics
Ziqi Wang Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering structural engineering, mechanics and materials, structural reliability, earthquake engineering, uncertainty quantification
Franziska Weber Dept of Mathematics applied mathematics, mathematical analysis, numerical analysis, nonlinear partial differential equations
Ramon Weber Dept of Architecture computational design, sustainability, structural modeling, generative design, embodied carbon
Steven Weber Dept of Political Science School of Information political science, international security, international political economy, information science
David Weisblat Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology leech embryo, evolution & development, cell fate determination, lineage tracing, specification of neuronal phenotypes, genome evolution
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
Martin White Dept of Astronomy Dept of Physics cosmology, formation of structure in the universe, dark energy, expansion of the universe, cosmic microwave background, quasars, redshift surveys
William White Dept of Anthropology historical archaeology, African American archaeology, historic preservation, heritage conservation, community based participatory research
Jon Wilkening Dept of Mathematics applied mathematics, numerical analysis, computational solid and fluid mechanics
Michelle Wilkerson School of Education K-12 math and science education, science education, mathematics education, computing education, design-based research, computers in K-12 education, data literacy, data science education
Evan R. Williams Dept of Chemistry spectroscopy, molecular structure and dynamics, analytical chemistry, biophysical chemistry, structure and reactivity of biomolecules and biomolecule/water interactions, mass spectrometry, separations, protein conformation, protein and DNA sequencing