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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Asta Mønsted standing in outside setting

Dept of Scandinavian

Greenlandic Inuit, archaeology, oral history, Arctic, indigenous knowledge, colonialism and globalization

Anant Sahai

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

machine learning, artificial intelligence, information theory, communications theory, wireless communication, cognitive radio, distributed control, spectrum sensing, spectrum sharing, spectrum policy, power consumption in communications systems

Lynn Huntsinger

Lynn Huntsinger

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

conservation biology, ecosystems, rangeland ecology and management, natural resources, Native American history, livestock, China

Eli Yablonovitch

Eli Yablonovitch

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

optoelectronics, physical electronics, high speed optical communications, nanocavity lasers, photonic crystals at optical and microwave frequencies, quantum computing and communication

Dept of Ethnic Studies

critical theory, U.S. cultural studies, Israel-Palestine, theories of race and ethnicity, comparative diaspora studies, public humanities

David Marno

Dept of English

drama, Renaissance literature, early modern literature, poetry

Dept of Physics

physics, theoretical condensed matter, topological phase transitions, high-temperature superconductivity, organization principles enabling microscopic degrees of freedom to behave cooperatively, matter and their formation mechanisms, low dimensional quantum magnets, strongly correlated Fermi and Bose fluids

Poulomi Saha standing in front of decorative wood panels, hands in pockets

Dept of English

Asian American studies, critical theory, postcolonial theory, spirituality, comparative race and gender, cults

Mel Y Chen

Dept of Gender and Women's Studies

queer and feminist theory, disability theory, critical animal studies, materiality studies, cultural politics of race and sexuality and ability and immigration, critical linguistics, paradigms of inter and transdisciplinarity

Keith Johnson at lectern

Dept of Linguistics

phonetics

James Quail leaning over a park sign that reads "QUAIL"

James Q. Davies

19th century music, political ecology, performance studies, pianism, vocal knowledge, medical anthropology, historical materialism

Na Ji

Dept of Neuroscience

Dept of Physics

neuroscience, microscopy techniques, in vivo imaging, biophotonics, biophysics, adaptive optics, optics

Massimiliano Fratoni

Dept of Nuclear Engineering

nuclear reactor design, fuel cycle analysis, fusion reactors, nuclear power, nuclear engineering, nuclear reactor physics, nuclear reactor safety

A photograph of Abhishek Kaicker

Abhishek Kaicker

Dept of History

South Asia, Mughal, early modern, cities, history, Persian, India, politics, Asia

criminal law, international law, human rights, International Criminal Law

Dept of Astronomy

Dept of Physics

cosmology, formation of structure in the universe, dark energy, expansion of the universe, cosmic microwave background, quasars, redshift surveys

contemporary German literature and media, theories of the contemporary, aesthetics and politics, transnationalism and translation, digital writing, European Jewish literature, literary and cultural theory, theories of the novel

Dept of Anthropology

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

immigration and migration, medical anthropology with foci on social theory and ethnography, social studies of medicine and science, social difference related to race, social difference related to socioeconomic status, social difference related to citizenship, social difference related to gender, social difference related to sexuality, the naturalization and normalization of social hierarchies and health disparities, social suffering and symbolic violence, urban and rural Latin America and North America, population health with focus on global health, population health with focus on health disparities, population health with focus on social determinants of health

head shot of Grigory Tikhomirov

Grigory Tikhomirov

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

bioengineering, nanofabrication, nanorobotics, biosystems and computational biology, energy, integrated circuits, micro/nano electro mechanical systems, physical electronics

Dept of History

North America, Native American history, indigenous methodologies, Tewa philosophy, community-based research, oral history, history of physics, colonialism

William F. Hanks

William F. Hanks

Dept of Anthropology

social and cultural anthropology, linguistics, shamanism, language, Yucatan Mexico, Maya culture

Hannah Stuart working with Laura Treers on a burrowing robot

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

robotics, dynamics, design-based research, exoskeleton systems, bioinspired robots, marine systems, dexterous manipulation, hands, grasping, Mechanism Design, human-robot interaction

Kris D. Gutiérrez

Kris D. Gutiérrez

School of Education

designed learning environments, Cultural dimensions of learning, language and literacy learning for dual language learners, biliteracy, new media literacies, the social organization of learning, ethnographic methodology and qualitative approaches to inquiry, design experiment/social design experiments, education of Latino, immigrant, migrant youth, urban education, teacher learning, educational and language policy

Douglas Koshland

Douglas Koshland

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

higher order chromosome structure, genome integrity, sister chromatid cohesion, chromosome condensation, desiccation tolerance, microbial genetics

martha wilfahrt

Martha Wilfahrt

Dept of Political Science

African politics, political economy of development, redistributive politics