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Maurice Obstfeld Maurice Obstfeld
Dept of Economics
economics, monetary and fiscal remedies for deflation, open-market purchases in a liquidity trap, exchange rates, monetary policy, international finance, open-economy macroeconomics, macroeconomic history
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
coe photo Maya Carrasquillo
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
infrastructure justice, food-energy-water systems, urban water infrastructure, equitable decision-making, environmental justice, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships, social justice research
Valerie Shapiro Valerie Shapiro
School of Social Welfare
social and emotional learning, social work, prevention, mental health, coalition, collaboration, research practice partnership, strength, school, assessment, screening, resilience, translation, dissemination, implementation, communities that care, children, DESSA, community-engaged research/scholarship, research practice partnerships
headshot of Ann Swidler Ann Swidler
Dept of Sociology
religion, culture, Africa, AIDS, political sociology, theory, development, NGOs, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, research practice partnership, community-based research partnerships, social justice research
Aarti Sethi Aarti Sethi
Dept of Anthropology
agrarian anthropology, ruralism, feminist anthropology, political economy, Comparative Religion, South Asia, debt and capitalism, climate change, cinema and media culture, caste, socio-economic inequality, the politics of knowledge, multi-species ethnography
Meredith Fowlie Meredith Fowlie
Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics
energy markets, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, air pollution
Shari Huhndorf Shari Huhndorf
Dept of Ethnic Studies
interdisciplinary Native American studies, Alaska Native studies, cultural studies, gender studies, American studies, literary and visual culture
Niyogi checking plants in the Oxford Tract greenhouse. Photo credit: Mathew Burciaga. Krishna K. Niyogi
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
genetics, plant and microbial biology, algae, photosynthesis, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, carbon sequestration
headshot of Jonathan Gould Jonathan S. Gould
School of Law
politics and law, Congress
Cecil S. Giscombe Cecil S. Giscombe
Dept of English
Creative Writing
Ralph Catalano Ralph Catalano
School of Public Health
public health, mental health services, economic antecendents, stress related illness
Philip B. Stark Philip B. Stark
Dept of Statistics
elections, astrophysics, law, statistics, litigation, causal inference, inverse problems, geophysics, uncertainty quantification, educational technology, soil science, race and gender bias and discrimination, nonparametrics, climate, natural disasters, sustainable food systems, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships, social justice research, research in the public interest, active transportation, earthquake hazard mitigation, natural hazards
Ali Javey sitting in lab with equipment in background Ali Javey
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
nanotechnology, low power electronics, flexible electronics and sensors, nanofabrication, energy harvesting and conversion, programmable matter
Jennifer Doudna holding an model of CRISPR. Jennifer A. Doudna
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
RNA machines, hepatitis C virus, RNA interference, ribosomes, x-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Charisma Acey Charisma Acey
Dept of City & Regional Planning
water, sanitation, basic services delivery, food justice, urban agriculture, poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability, environmental justice, urban governance, participatory planning, community-based development, international development, development planning, sustainable development, African studies
Chunyan Yang Chunyan Yang
School of Education
resilience, risk, culture, teacher wellness, school climate, school violence and school climate, children and adolescents, mental health, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, research practice partnership, community-based research partnerships, social justice research
john powell at lectern john powell
Dept of African American Studies
Dept of Ethnic Studies
School of Law
Civil rights and civil liberties, structural racialization, racial justice and regionalism, concentrated poverty and urban sprawl, opportunity based housing, voting rights, affirmative action in the United States, South Africa and Brazil, racial and ethnic identity, spirituality and social justice, needs of citizens in a democratic society
James Robinson, Professor of Health Economics James Robinson
School of Public Health
industrial policy in the life sciences, pharmaceutical pricing, regulation of medical devices, comparative health systems
Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz
Dept of Sociology
race and ethnicity, sociology of knowledge and culture, Latinx politics and identify, political sociology, Du Boisian sociology, ethnographic methods, qualitative methods, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships, social justice research
Aila Matanock at work in Berkeley Aila Matanock
Dept of Political Science
post-conflict elections, policing, peace processes, civil conflict, foreign intervention, armed actor governance, armed actor social support, counterinsurgency, survey experiments, mixed-method research design, Central America, Colombia, Solomon Islands, West Africa
Jodi Halpern Jodi Halpern
School of Public Health
public health, bioethics, patient autonomy
headshot of Daniel Sargent Daniel Sargent
Dept of History
Goldman School of Public Policy
American history, International History, contemporary History
Mark Gergen Mark Gergen
School of Law
contracts, torts, federal income taxation, partnership tax
Egyptian Museum Turin, facsimile of the Book of the Dead of Iuefankh Rita Lucarelli
Dept of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures
Egyptology, Egyptian, afrofuturism, magic, demonology, digital humanities, 3D modeling, virtual reality, prison higher education, ritual and religion
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