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headshot of Fotini Chow Fotini Chow
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
environmental fluid mechanics, wind energy applications, clouds, large-eddy simulation, turbulence modeling, atmospheric boundary layer flow, flow over complex terrain, wildfire smoke transport, methane emissions, urban dispersion modeling, urban air quality
James K. B. Bishop James K. B. Bishop
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
ocean carbon cycle dynamics, remote sensing, aquatic chemistry, marine biogeochemistry, land - ocean biogeochemistry, chemical oceanography, ocean sensors and autonomous observing systems, Carbon Explorer, Carbon Flux Explorer
Wenjun Zhang Wenjun Zhang
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
chemical biology, microbiology, natural product biosynthesis, enzyme discovery and characterization, drug discovery
Raphael Bousso Raphael Bousso
Dept of Physics
physics, quantum mechanics, gravity, unified description of nature, string theory, quantum properties of black holes, the geometry of spacetime, covariant entropy bound, cosmological constant
Edgar Knobloch Edgar Knobloch
Dept of Physics
astrophysics, geophysics, physics, nonlinear dynamics of dissipative systems, bifurcation theory, low-dimensional behavior of continuous systems, the theory of nonlinear waves, pattern formation in fluid systems, geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics, reaction-diffusion systems
headshot of Holger Mueller Holger Mueller
Dept of Physics
atomic, molecular, optical physics, advanced electron microscopy, cryo-EM
Roya Maboudian Roya Maboudian
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
surface and interfacial science and engineering, nanotechnology, harsh-environment sensors, silicon carbide, green construction, biologically-inspired materials synthesis
SHAOFAN LI Shaofan Li
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in engineering and sciences, structural mechanics, computational mechanics, computational materials, computational mechanics and computational physics, finite element methods and meshfree particle methods, ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, atomistic simulation and multiscale simulations, nonlinear continuum mechanics, soft matter mechanics, wave propagations, modeling and simulation of fracture, dislocations, modeling and simulation of material failures, nano-mechanics, bio-mechanics and bio-physics, cellular mechanics, micromechanics & composite materials, mechanics and physics of amorphous materials
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
Raymond Jenaloz Raymond Jeanloz
Dept of Astronomy
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
planetary geophysics, high-pressure physics, national and international security, science-based policy
Joseph Orenstein in lab Joseph Orenstein
Dept of Physics
optical properties of quantum materials, magnetism, superconductivity, spin transport
Nicholas Dirks Nicholas Dirks
Dept of Anthropology
Dept of History
History and anthropology of South Asia, social and cultural theory, history of imperialism, historiography, cultural studies, globalization
Costas Grigoropoulos Costas P. Grigoropoulos
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
heat transfer, laser materials processing, nano-manufacturing, energy systems and technology
Alastair Iles Alastair Iles
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
chemicals policy and politics, sustainable food systems, environmental STS, sustainability transitions, sustainability learning and societal change
Alex Zettl 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)
Photo of Sanjay Kumar Sanjay Kumar
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
biomaterials, molecular and cellular bioengineering, stem cells, cancer biology, translational medicine
Gerbrand Ceder Gerbrand Ceder
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
energy storage, computational modeling, machine learning, autonomous laboratories
Allen Goldstein Allen Goldstein
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
global change, air pollution, environmental science, biogeochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, indoor air quality
headshot of Gail Brager Gail S. Brager
Dept of Architecture
architecture, high-performance buildings, energy use, indoor environmental quality, post-occupancy evaluation, comfort and adaptation in buildings, natural ventilation and mixed mode
Kevin Shokat Kevan Shokat
Dept of Chemistry
chemistry, bio-organic chemistry, diabetes, protein phosphorylation, fundamental signal transduction pathways in cells and whole organisms, kinase, drug development, asthma, multiple forms of cancer, neurological disorders, drug addiction
Paul Gertler Paul Gertler
Dept of Demography
Haas School of Business
School of Public Health
health economics, public health, health care financing, economic development, industrial organizaition
Picture of Professor Merchant Sabeeha Merchant
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
chloroplast, photosynthesis, algae, trace metals, genomics, synthetic biology, designer lipids, Chlamydomonas, Auxenochlorella, Dunaliella
Nicholas Jewell Nicholas Jewell
School of Public Health
Dept of Statistics
AIDS, statistics, epidemiology, infectious diseases, dengue fever, Wolbachia, Ebola Virus Disease, SARS, H1N1 influenza, adverse cardiovascular effects of pharmaceuticals, counting civilian casualties during conflicts
Kris Pister Kristofer Pister
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
micro robotics, synthetic insects, smart dust
headshot of Kunxin Luo Kunxin Luo
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
signal transduction pathways, mechanisms controlling the receptor kinases, regulation of mammary epithelial cell differentiation, breast carcinogenesis
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