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Victor Ortega Jiménez with computer projection in background

Víctor Ortega Jiménez

Dept of Integrative Biology

electrical and capillary forces on small animals, evolutionary biology, bio-inspired robotics

School of Optometry

optometry, vision science, eye development and diseases, lens development

Tyrone B. Hayes

Tyrone B. Hayes

Dept of Integrative Biology

genetics, amphibians, developmental endocrinology, steroid hormones, metamorphosis, sex differentiation, hormonal differentiation, African clawed frog, Japnanes Kajika, Pine Barrens treefrog

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)

David Schaffer in lab

David V. Schaffer

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

biomolecular engineering, bioengineering, neuroscience, stem cell biology, gene therapy

Dept of Physics

condensed matter physics, superconducting qubits, quantum limited amplifiers, quantum circuits

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

nanoscience, electrical engineering, nanoelectronics

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

Shimon Kolkowitz

Dept of Physics

precision measurements, nanoscale sensing, precision metrology, timekeeping, tests of relativity, quantum sensing, quantum

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

microbiology, Biomineralization, bacterial organelles, Magnetic Nanoparticles

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

chemical biology, microbiology, natural product biosynthesis, enzyme discovery and characterization, drug discovery

Nitash Balsara in his lab

Nitash P. Balsara

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

electrochemical energy conversion, polymer properties, small angle scattering, nanoscale and microscale sciences

Lynn Huntsinger

Lynn Huntsinger

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

conservation biology, ecosystems, rangeland ecology and management, natural resources, Native American history, livestock, China

Stuart Bale

Dept of Physics

experimental space physics, plasma astrophysics, solar physics, low frequency radio astronomy

Rui Wang

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

theoretical polymer, soft materials, electrostatic double layer

Suzanne MJ. Fleiszig

Suzanne M.J. Fleiszig

School of Optometry

immunology, eye, microbiology, infectious disease, corneal physiology, tear film physiology, bacterial pathogenesis, contact lenses, pseudomonas aeruginosa, epithelial cell biology, innate immunity

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

mechanical engineering, use of machine learning to develop high performance energy conversion and thermal management technologies, micro-to-nanoscale modeling of the thermophysics of multiphase systems, waste plastic transport in environmental watersheds, waste plastic recycling

Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology

gene expression, microRNAs, Mammalian Cell Metabolism, Metabolic Diseases, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, NAFLD/NASH, cancer therapies

Richard S. Dodd

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

environmental policy, environmental science, forestry, wildlife, plant biology

Koushil Sreenath in outside environment

Koushil Sreenath

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

nonlinear control, Legged Robotics, Aerial Robotics

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

Dept of Geography

continuum mechanics, climate, geomorphology, glaciers, glaciology, climate history, stable isotopes, geographical thought

Daniel McKinsey

Daniel McKinsey

Dept of Physics

dark matter, noble gases, cryogenics, high voltages, particle physics, astrophysics, low temperature physics, detector physics, neutrinos

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

fluid mechanics

K. Birgitta Whaley

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

Liwei Lin in lab

Liwei Lin

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

nanotechnology, MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems), design and manufacturing of microsensors, microactuators, development of micromachining processes, silicon surface/bulk micromachining, micromolding process