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cryo-EM, biochemistry, complex biological assemblies, structure and regulation of the cytoskeleton, microtubule dynamics, human transcriptional initiation machinery, epigenetics, gene silencing, biophysics

Richard H. Kramer

Dept of Neuroscience

Neurons, synaptic transmission, photopharmacology, ion channels, action potentials, optical imaging, vision, learning and memory, retina, neurodegenrative disease(1551)

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

Yang Dan

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

neuronal circuits, mammalian visual system, electrophysiological, imaging, prefrontal cortex, sleep

Mohammad Reza Kaazempur Mofrad

Dept of Bioengineering

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

molecular cell biomechanics, bacterial communities / microbiomes, deep learning for biology and medicine

Jacob Steinhardt

Dept of Statistics

artificial intelligence, machine learning

William Tuten

School of Optometry

Donald Rio

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

molecular genetics, drosophila melanogaster, transposable elements, RNA splicing, neurodegenerative diseases, nucleic acid rearrangement reactions, P elements and their cellular host

Gloria Brar

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

meiosis, translation, sORFs, stress responses

Dacher Keltner

Dept of Psychology

culture, conflict, behavior, love, psychology, emotion, social interaction, individual differences in emotion, negotiation, embarrassment, desire, juvenile delinquency, laughter, anger, social perception, negotiating morality

Alexander Katz

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

chemical engineering, nanoengineering, catalytic imprinted silicas, catalysts in biological systems, catalysis, chemical sensing

Dennis Baldocchi

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

biometeorology, climate change and ecosystems, biosphere-atmosphere interactions, agricultural meteorology, ecosystem ecology, carbon cycle, evaporation, ecohydrology

T. Don Tilley

Dept of Chemistry

inorganic, organometallic, polymer and materials chemistry, transition metal compounds, catalysis, new chemical transformations, advanced solid state materials, renewable energy, solar fuels

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

Patrick Hsu

Dept of Bioengineering

generative biology, language models, virtual cell models, genome mining and editing, synthetic biology, AI agents for science

Mario Telò

Dept of Rhetoric

Greek literature, Roman drama, critical theory, continental philosophy

Polly Arnold

Dept of Chemistry

synthetic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, actinide, rare earth catalysis

Kenneth N. Raymond

Dept of Chemistry

chemistry, bacteria, bioinorganic chemistry, biophysical chemistry, coordination, design of specific chelating agents for metal ions, human iron storage and transport proteins, low-molecular weight chelating agents, metals in medicine, metal-ligands

Ken Ueno

Dept of Music

music composition, decolonizing music, noise, sound installations, music of Japan, extended vocal techniques, overtone singing, musical culture of Japan, experimental improvisation

Sofia Villas-Boas

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

economics, industrial organization and applied econometrics, agricultural & resource economics, consumer behavior and decision making

John W. Morris, Jr

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

structural materials, computational materials, the limits of strength, deformation mechanisms, non-destructive testing with SQUID microscopy, mechanisms of grain refinement in high strength steels, lead-free solders for microelectronics

Carlos Norena

Dept of History

Roman history

Weiqiang Zhu

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

earthquake physics, geophysical signal discovery

Frederic Theunissen

Dept of Integrative Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

behavior, cognition, brain, psychology, birdsong, vocal learning, audition, neurophysiology, speech perception, computational neuroscience, theoretical neuroscience

Susan Marqusee

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

amino acids, determinants of protein structure and folding, biophysical, structural and computational techniques, translocation, protein synthesis

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