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Michelle Wilkerson Michelle Wilkerson
School of Education
K-12 math and science education, science education, mathematics education, computing education, design-based research, computers in K-12 education, data literacy, data science education
Dora Zhang in outside environment Dora Zhang
Dept of Comparative Literature
Dept of English
narrative & the novel, 20th and 21st century Britain, 20th and 21st century U.S., Asian American literature, affect theory, critical theory, philosophy and literature
headshot of Gerónimo Barrera de la Torre Gerónimo Barrera de la Torre
Dept of Geography
geospatial representation, political economy, critical environments, social mapping, political ecology, historical and political geography, environmental history, indigenous/campesino ontologies and epistemologies, Latin American geographies, videography
Andrew Wooyoung Kim Andrew Wooyoung Kim
Dept of Anthropology
intergenerational trauma, culture and mental health, psychiatric epidemiology, stress physiology, epigenetics, developmental origins of health and disease, biocultural anthropology, racial justice, critical and decolonial approaches to biological anthropology
headshot of Debarati Sanyal Debarati Sanyal
Dept of French
Border studies, race, postcolonialism, politics of aesthetic form, nineteenth-century French studies, memory studies, World War Two, Holocaust studies, critical refugee studies, contemporary fiction and film
Kenneth Raymond 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
Alvin Cheung Alvin Cheung
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
program analysis, program synthesis, database application performance, big systems, big data, database management, database management systems, database design and construction, programming languages and compilers, programming languages
Zamansele Nsele standing in outdoor setting Zamansele Nsele
Dept of History of Art
modern & contemporary African diaspora visual art, modern & contemporary African visual art, Black art, Black & African feminisms, critical theories of Blackness, African modernism, theories of nostalgia and melancholia, visual activism
Pheng Cheah Pheng Cheah
Dept of Rhetoric
world literature, human rights, nationalism, legal philosophy, feminism, 18th-20th century continental philosophy & contemporary critical theory, postcolonial theory & anglophone postcolonial literatures, cosmopolitanism & globalization, social & political thought
Elisabeth Semel Elisabeth Semel
School of Law
capital punishment, criminal law, criminal procedure
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
Raluca O. Scarlat Raluca O. Scarlat
Dept of Nuclear Engineering
molten salt, graphite, advanced nuclear reactors, tritium, fusion blankets, electrochemistry, corrosion, thermodynamics, nuclear reactor safety, nuclear reactor design, nuclear reactor licensing, nuclear energy, advanced reactors, high temperature rheology, high temperature tribology, engineering ethics, ethics
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
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
Kristina Hill Kristina Hill
Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
landscape architecture and environmental planning, urban design, urban ecology, surface hydrology, groundwater, sea level rise, climate change, adaptation, environmental justice, adaptation to flooding, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, social justice research, client-based studio teaching, community-based studio teaching
Stefano Schiavon Stefano Schiavon
Dept of Architecture
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
energy, architecture, sustainability, thermal comfort, indoor air quality, building energy efficiency, indoor environment quality, productivity, wellbeing, sustainable building design, personal environmental control system, energy simulation, underfloor air distribution, radiant, post-occupancy evaluation, mechanical systems, heating, building ventilation, climate and architecture, cooling, heat stress, daylighting in buildings
Nicholas Jewell Nicholas Jewell
School of Public Health
Dept of Statistics
AIDS, statistics, epidemiology, infectious diseases, dengue fever, Wolbachia, Ebola Virus Disease, SARS, H1N1 influenza, adverse cardiovascular effects of pharmaceuticals, counting civilian casualties during conflicts
Lia Fernald photo Lia Fernald
School of Public Health
poverty, obesity, child development, public health nutrition, global health, psychosocial and biological determinants of health, overweight, nutritional and epidemiologic transition, chronic disease, malnutrition, child health and development, early experience, inequality and health disparities, Latino health, Mexican-Americans and other immigrant groups, stress hormones, salivary cortisol
Cihan Tugal Cihan Tugal
Dept of Sociology
political sociology, social movements, religion, Islam and the Middle East, culture, poverty and class, social theory, ethnography
David Schaffer in lab David V. Schaffer
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
biomolecular engineering, bioengineering, neuroscience, stem cell biology, gene therapy
Elliot Turiel Elliot Turiel
School of Education
development, education, cognition, human development, development of social judgments and action, the development of moral reasoning, children’s conceptions of authority, rules in school settings, culture and social development
Michael O'Hare Michael O'Hare
Goldman School of Public Policy
public policy, quantitative methods, environmental policy, public management, arts policy
Robert Tijian Robert Tjian
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
eukaryotic molecular biology; biochemistry, cellular differentiation, chromatin function, RNA synthesis, single cell imaging, single molecule imaging
John F. Canny John F. Canny
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
computer science, activity-based computing, livenotes, mechatronic devices, flexonics
Brian DeLay Brian DeLay
Dept of History
US, the Americas, International History, 19th century, Native American history, American West, Borderlands, firearms, Second Amendment
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