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
William J. Drummond School of Journalism politics, journalism, reporting, national security, freelancing in both print and radio
Michel DuPage Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology immunology, cancer, tumor immunity, immune responses, chronic inflammation and cancer, tumor biology, epigenetics
Alison Gopnik Dept of Psychology A.I., learning, philosophy, psychology, cognitive development, theory of mind, young children, children's causal knowledge, Bayes Net formalism
Adam Yala Computational Precision Health Program Dept of Statistics Division of Computer Science (EECS) artificial intelligence, health
Nora Jacobsen Ben Hammed Dept of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures continued life of Islamic philosophy
Jun-Chau Chien Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) biosensors, bioelectronics, microfluidics, molecular engineering, analog, RF/mm-wave, mixed-signal circuits, microsystems design, multi-physics, silicon photonics
Long Le-Khac Dept of Ethnic Studies relational race studies, literatures of Asian Americans and Latinxs
Richard K. Hernandez School of Journalism journalism, new media, Mobile, visual storytelling, virtual reality, film/video production, photojournalism
Ulrike Malmendier Dept of Economics Haas School of Business corporate finance, behavioral finance, behavioral economics, applied, microeconomics
Darya Kavitskaya Dept of Linguistics Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures phonological theory, phonetics/phonology interface, historical phonology, Slavic, Turkic, Uralic
Armando Fox Division of Computer Science (EECS) online education, MOOC, blended learning, parallel programming, software engineering, Web development
Shereen Marisol Meraji School of Journalism audio journalism, Podcasting, Race and Ethnicity in the United States
Helen Bateup Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Dept of Neuroscience molecular and cellular neuroscience, neurodevelopmental disorders, autism, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease
Roya Maboudian Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering surface and interfacial science and engineering, nanotechnology, harsh-environment sensors, silicon carbide, green construction, biologically-inspired materials synthesis
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
Wen-hsin Yeh Dept of History history, East Asian studies, Qing and Modern China, Maritime Asia, Taiwan, Pacific Rim societies
John Chuang Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) School of Information climate informatics, biosensory computing, brainwave authentication, information economics and policy
Sofia Villas-Boas Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics economics, industrial organization and applied econometrics, agricultural & resource economics, consumer behavior and decision making
Khatharya Um Dept of Ethnic Studies education, memory, Southeast Asian Studies, Asian American histories and communities, Southeast Asian diaspora, refugees, international migration, transnational and diaspora studies, genocide studies
Sunaura Taylor Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management disability studies, disability crip theory, ableism, animal studies, animal ethics, multispecies justice, environmental humanities, ecofeminism, environmental justice