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David Sedlak standing in pool with sculpture to his right. David L. Sedlak
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
fate and transport of and transformation of chemicals in the aquatic environment, water reuse and water recycling, urban water infrastructure, engineered treatment wetlands
George F. Smoot 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
Stephen Collier Stephen Collier
Dept of City & Regional Planning
urban vulnerability and resilience, insurance and climate change, Soviet urban planning and post-Soviet urban and social welfare transformation, infrastructure and politics, neoliberalism and governmental rationality, emergency government in the United States
Karen Trapenberg Frick Karen Trapenberg Frick
Dept of City & Regional Planning
political polarization, politics of infrastructure, transportation policy and planning
William Tuten William Tuten
School of Optometry
Mario Telò at a desk with books in the background Mario Telò
Dept of Rhetoric
Greek literature, Roman drama, critical theory, continental philosophy
Lange faculty portrait Henrike C. Lange
Dept of History of Art
art, architecture, literature, afterlife of antiquity, middle ages & Renaissance / early modern age, Giotto, Donatello, Mantegna, Botticelli, Raphael, 19th and 20th century historiography, Aby Warburg, total solar eclipses, theology, creativity and interdisciplinarity
Jacob Steinhardt Jacob Steinhardt
Dept of Statistics
artificial intelligence, machine learning
Dr. Ünal in the lab Elçin Ünal
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
gametogenesis, biology of aging, gene regulation, genetics, genomics and development
Patrick Hsu in the lab Patrick Hsu
Dept of Bioengineering
generative biology, language models, virtual cell models, genome mining and editing, synthetic biology, AI agents for science
headshot of Weiqiang Zhu Weiqiang Zhu
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
earthquake physics, geophysical signal discovery
Donald DePaolo Donald DePaolo
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
isotopes, mass spectrometry, geochemistry, geochronology
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
Ronald Amundson Ronald Amundson
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
soils, environmental science, isotope biogeochemistry, pedology, environmental history & ethics, soilsbiogeochemistry, ecosystems
headshot of Imke de Prater Imke de Pater
Dept of Astronomy
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
radio, planetary science, infrared, observations
Image of Courtney Dressing (Photo by Ben Ailes) Courtney Dressing
Dept of Astronomy
exoplanets, stars, habitability, astrobiology
Daniel Stolper in lab setting Daniel Stolper
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
biogeochemistry, earth history, geobiology, global climate studies, organic geochemistry, stable isotope geochemistry
Paolo D'Odorico wearing a blue shirt, with unfocused greenery in background Paolo D'Odorico
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
hydrology, ecohydrology, water resources, Water and Society, environmental sciences, Drylands, Desertification
Roger Falcone Roger Falcone
Dept of Physics
physics, lasers, x-rays, plasma physics, materials, atomic physics, ultrafast science
Kyriakos Komvopoulos Kyriakos Komvopoulos
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
contact mechanics, fracture and fatigue of engineering materials, finite element modeling of surface contact and machining, thin-film processing and characterization, adhesion and fatigue of MEMS devices, plasma-assisted surface functionalization of biomaterials, surface patterning for cell adhesion and growth control, mechanics & tribology of magnetic recording devices, microfibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering, tribology and mechanics of artificial joints, mechanical metamaterials
Kurt M Cuffey Kurt M. Cuffey
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
Dept of Geography
continuum mechanics, climate, geomorphology, glaciers, glaciology, climate history, stable isotopes, geographical thought
Madison Douglas standing in streambed from website Madison Douglas
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
landscape evolution, permafrost environments, periglacial geomorphology, Earth's surface, sediment transport
head shot of Grigory Tikhomirov Grigory Tikhomirov
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
bioengineering, nanofabrication, nanorobotics, biosystems and computational biology, energy, integrated circuits, micro/nano electro mechanical systems, physical electronics
Wenjun Zhang Wenjun Zhang
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
chemical biology, microbiology, natural product biosynthesis, enzyme discovery and characterization, drug discovery
Raluca O. Scarlat Raluca O. Scarlat
Dept of Nuclear Engineering
molten salt, graphite, advanced nuclear reactors, tritium, fusion blankets, electrochemistry, corrosion, thermodynamics, nuclear reactor safety, nuclear reactor design, nuclear reactor licensing, nuclear energy, advanced reactors, high temperature rheology, high temperature tribology, engineering ethics, ethics
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