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Research Expertise and Interest

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Name

Department

John Chuang

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

School of Information

climate informatics, biosensory computing, brainwave authentication, information economics and policy

Streets in his Stanley Hall Laboratory. Photo credit: Michelle Tran

Dept of Bioengineering

bioengineering, computational biology, biophysics, data science, microfluidics, microscopy, genomics

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

Orin Kerr

criminal procedure, computer crime law, surveillance technologies, fourth amendment, information privacy law

Prof. Jessica Lu and the Keck Observatory Laser-Guided Adaptive Optics System.

Jessica Lu

Dept of Astronomy

black holes, star and cluster formation, galactic centers, adaptive optics, astronomy, instrumentation, infrared instrumentation, astrometry

Photo of Alex Dimakis

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

generative models

Michael DeWeese

Dept of Neuroscience

Dept of Physics

machine learning, computation, systems neuroscience, auditory cortex, neural coding, statistical mechanics

David Bamman in office setting with bookcase in background

School of Information

natural language processing, machine learning, digital humanities, computational social science, data science

Frederic Theunissen

Frederic Theunissen

Dept of Integrative Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

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

William Collins

William Collins

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

climate change, uncertainty of extremes, climate modeling, coupled models of the climate system, global climate models, solar and terrestrial radiation

The Hydra mm-Wave (140 GHz) Testbed

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

analog integrated circuits, RF microwave circuits, biomedical CMOS sensors, communication systems, scientific computing, applied electromagnetics, mm-waves, THz, radar, mm-wave and microwave imaging

Daryl C. Chrzan

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

materials science and engineering, computational materials science, metals and metallic compounds, defects in solids, growth of nanostructures

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

Jose M. Carmena

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

brain-machine interfaces, neural ensemble computation, neuroprosthetics, sensorimotor learning and control

Kranthi K. Mandadapu

Kranthi K. Mandadapu

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

statistical mechanics, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, biological membranes, active matter, glassy dynamics

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

Joshua Apte in back of vehicle looking at laptop

Joshua Apte

School of Public Health

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

air pollution, Atmospheric Aerosol, exposure assessment, risk assessment, environmental justice, environmental engineering, environmental sensors, climate change mitigation, environmental issues in developing countries

Joan Walker

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

behavioral modeling, discrete choice analysis, travel behavior

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

computational optical imaging, light field cameras, metrology and inspection, phase retrieval, inverse problems in imaging, optical coherence theory, 3D imaging and display

Dept of Film and Media

media studies, computer graphics, history of technology, Science and Technology studies, queer theory, new media, art and technology

School of Education

Dept of Psychology

Problem solving, knowledge representation & reorganization, explanatory coherence & inference, conceptual change, societal implications, science instruction, global climate change psychology, numeracy in journalism, naïve/informal physics, computational models of cognition, perceptual-cognitive interactions, intelligent tutoring systems, understandings of biological evolution, Reasoning, qualitative & quantitative thinking

Dept of African American Studies

African American history, Black feminist theory, carceral studies, disability studies, racial formation in Arabic-speaking communities

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

electrical engineering, computer sciences, integrated circuits, sensors, micro electromechanical systems, signal processors, frequency control, RF communications, micromachining technology

A photo of Emily Cooper

School of Optometry

3D vision, depth perception, computational neuroscience, augmented and virtual reality, assistive technology

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

microbiology, Biomineralization, bacterial organelles, Magnetic Nanoparticles