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Lisa Alvarez-Cohen Lisa Alvarez-Cohen
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
environmental microbiology, biodegradation of environmental contaminants, microbial carbon cycling, molecular tools for microbial ecology, metagenomics, biological hazardous waste treatment, bioremediation of groundwater pollutants
Neyran Turan thumbnail photo facing the camera with a white wall background. Neyran Turan
Dept of Architecture
architectural design and climate change, planetary imagination and architectural design, climate futures, architecture and the Anthropocene, architectural construction and climate change, low-carbon architectural construction, hempcrete construction, bio-materials and design
James F. O'Brien James O'Brien
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
School of Optometry
computer graphics, fluid dynamics, computer simulation, physically based animation, finite element simulation, human perception, image forensics, video forensics, computer animation, special effects for film, video game technology, motion capture, machine learning, facial animation, artificial intelligence, geometric algorithms, geometric design and modeling
Kristie Boering in her UC Berkeley laboratory with graduate student Katie Mar Kristie Boering
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
physical chemistry, climate change, atmospheric chemistry, environmental chemistry, ozone, earth and planetary science, isotopic compositions of atmospheric trace gases, stratospheric ozone, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, molecular hydrogen, methane
Matthew Potts Matthew Potts
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
carbon removal, climate change mitigation, nature based climate solutions, forest management, biofuels, plantation agriculture, land use planning, land use policy, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, tropical ecology, environmental economics, public impact research/scholarship, research practice partnership, community-based research partnerships
Aaron Parsons in front of the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array in South Africa Aaron Parsons
Dept of Astronomy
cosmic reionization, experimental cosmology, radio interferometry, digital signal processing, observational astrophysics
Carlos F. Noreña Carlos Norena
Dept of History
Roman history
Gabriel Goldberg Gabriel Goldberg
Dept of Mathematics
set theory, large cardinals, inner model theory, infinite combinatorics
Qiang Zhou Qiang Zhou
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
biochemistry of HIV gene expression, transcriptional elongation, Tat activation, stage of transcriptional elongation, HIV replication, anti-HIV therapy
David Savage David Savage
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
biochemistry, metabolism, photosynthetic systems, Systems and Synthetic Biology, protein engineering
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
photo of Professor Smart Mary Ann Smart
Dept of Music
opera and politics, music and data, music and language, theater, gender, opera, performance, singers, voice, staging of opera, 19th century music, 19th century Italy
Marc A. Rieffel Marc A. Rieffel
Dept of Mathematics
mathematics, operator algebras, non-commutative geometry, non-commutative harmonic analysis, quantum geometry, quantum information theory
Duncan Callaway in outdoor setting Duncan Callaway
Dept of Energy & Resources Group
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
energy systems analysis, grid decarbonization, modeling and control and optimization for electric power systems
Michael Lindsey Michael J. Lindsey
Dept of Mathematics
applied mathematics, mathematical analysis, probability, numerical analysis, optimization, Monte Carlo methods
Peidong Yang Peidong Yang
Dept of Chemistry
materials chemistry, solid state chemistry, nanoscience, energy science, semiconductor nanowires, nanophotonics, artificial photosynthesis, electrochemistry, photoelectrochemistry, electrocatalysis, photocatalysis
Polly L Arnold Polly Arnold
Dept of Chemistry
synthetic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, actinide, rare earth catalysis
John Gerhart John Gerhart
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
developmental biology, Xenopus laevis, Spemann's organizer, cortical rotation, cell cycle after fertilization, vegetal materials, blastula stage, egg cytoplasm
Shannon in lab Shannon Boettcher
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Dept of Chemistry
electrochemistry, materials chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, hydrogen generation, electrolysis, batteries, membrane science
Burkhard Militzer Burkhard Militzer
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
density functional methods, equation of state calculations, planetary interiors, materials at high pressure, theoretical mineral physics, path integration Monte Carlo, planet formation, quantum Monte Carlo method
Steph wearing a denim coat with collar upturned, and with a big blue sky and white puffy clouds in the distance. Stephanie Carlson
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
fish ecology, stream ecology, freshwater ecology, northern California rivers, Pacific salmon, conservation biology
William Holzpfel William Holzapfel
Dept of Physics
cosmology, physics, measurement and interpretation of anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background, the universe, density of energy, baryonic matter in the universe, the degree angular scale interferometer, the arcminute cosmology bolometer array
Michael Marletta Michael A. Marletta
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
chemical biology, molecular biology, structure/function relationships in proteins, catalytic and biological properties of enzymes, cellular signaling, nitric oxide synthase, soluble guanylate cyclase, gas sensing, cellulose degradation, polysaccharide monooxygenases
William Lester, Jr. William A. Lester, Jr.
Dept of Chemistry
theoretical and physical chemistry, advances in basic theory, computational methods, study of molecular electronic structure, quantum Monte Carlo method, Born-Oppenheimer approximation
Stephen R. Leone in lab Stephen R. Leone
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Physics
attosecond physics, attosecond chemistry, ultrafast spectroscopy, ultrafast laser, atomic and molecular dynamics, semiconductors, quantum materials, high harmonic generation, soft x-ray, charge transfer, charge migration, nonadiabatic dynamics, conical intersection, carrier dynamics, phonon dynamics, spin dynamics, core exciton dynamics
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