Russell Vance Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology immunology, microbiology, infectious disease, molecular and cell biology
Lucas Vargas Zeppetello Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management global climate change, land-atmosphere interactions, ecohydrology, ecosystem response to climate change
Evan Variano Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering fluid mechanics, turbulence, wetlands, imaging, plankton, sediment transport
Paula Varsano Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures classical Chinese poetry and poetics (3rd-11th centuries), traditional Chinese literary theory, phenomenology, translation, comparative literature, aesthetics, epistemology
Sarah E. Vaughn Dept of Anthropology sociocultural anthropology, Science and Technology studies, environment, climate change, new materialism, historicism, theories of liberalism, Caribbean/Latin America
Yasmin Vobis Dept of Architecture architecture, design, construction, vernacular architecture, industrial and non-industrial building methods, sustainable construction
Dan-Virgil Voiculescu Dept of Mathematics operator algebras, free probability theory, random matrices, K-theory of operator algebras, single operator theory
Leti Volpp School of Law citizenship, law and culture, identity (especially race and gender), immigration and migration, Asian American studies
Alexander von Rospatt Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies ritual studies, Nepalese studies, Buddhist traditions of South Asia, doctrinal history, Newar Buddhism
Bryan Wagner Dept of English community-engaged research/scholarship, research practice partnership, community-based research partnerships
David Wagner Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) computer security, secure electronic voting, web security, mobile security, cellphone security
Katherine Wagner Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics public finance, environmental and energy economics
Martin J. Wainwright Dept of Statistics Division of Computer Science (EECS) statistical machine learning, statistics, Optimization and algorithmss., artificial intelligence
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, and energy efficient mortgage underwriting, and climate risk