Kai Vetter Dept of Nuclear Engineering nuclear physics, radiation detection, nuclear instrumentation, nuclear measurements, multi-sensor systems and data fusion, radiological resilience
Marvalee H. Wake Dept of Integrative Biology development, evolution, systematics, amphibians, reproductive biology, vertebrate evolutionary morphology, fishes, reptiles, comparative analysis, biodiversity issues
Joni Wallis Dept of Neuroscience prefrontal cortex, neurophysiology, executive control, decision making
Jen-Chywan (Wally) Wang Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology steroid hormones, glucocorticoids, molecular physiology, Metabolic Diseases, Type 2 diabetes, cellular signaling, factors regulated glucose/insulin homeostasis, fatty liver
Franziska Weber Dept of Mathematics applied mathematics, mathematical analysis, numerical analysis, nonlinear partial differential equations
Steven Weber Dept of Political Science School of Information political science, international security, international political economy, information science
Jonathan Weigel Haas School of Business political economy, state capacity, development, corruption, taxation, religion
Kevin Weiner Dept of Neuroscience Dept of Psychology visual perception, face processing, comparative neuroanatomy, development, translational applications for patient populations
Rhona S. Weinstein Dept of Psychology community psychology, educational inequality and the achievement gap, teacher expectations and self-fulfilling prophecies, classroom and school reform
David Weisblat Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology leech embryo, evolution & development, cell fate determination, lineage tracing, specification of neuronal phenotypes, genome evolution
Matthew Welch Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology biology, cell motility, the role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell locomotion, shape change, actin filament assembly, bacterial and viral pathogens
Hans-Rudolf Wenk Dept of Earth and Planetary Science crystallography, earth & planetary science, structural geology & rock deformation, seismic anisotropy
Noah Whiteman Dept of Integrative Biology Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology adaptation, evolutionary biology, genomics, genetics, toxicology, insect biology, plant biology, microbiology, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Linda Wilbrecht Dept of Neuroscience Dept of Psychology neuroscience, adolescence, autism, early life adversity, neuroplasticity, dopamine, Food Insecurity, bipolar disorder
Christine Wildsoet School of Optometry optometry, vision science, myopia, refractive errors, accommodation, aberrations, eye growth, ocular therapeutics, optical myopia control, pharmacological myopia control, ocular tissue engineering, ocular stem cells, basic and clinical research with social implications
Martha Wilfahrt Dept of Political Science African politics, political economy of development, redistributive politics
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
Laurie Wilkie Dept of Anthropology anthropology, historical archaeology, oral history, material culture and ethnic identity, family and gender relations, North America, Northern California, Caribbean, Bahamas, African consumerism, creolization, multi-ethnic community
Mark Wilson School of Education measurement, psychometrics, assessment, development of assessment resources, assessment systems
Fred Wilt Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology molecular embryology, cell biology, regulation of gene expression, sea urchin embryos, blastomeres, endoskeletal spicule of the larva, glycoproteins, immunoelectron microscopy, fluorescent labeling
Frank C. Worrell School of Education development, education, cognition, academic talent development, adolescence, African American, at-risk youth, English-speaking Caribbean, ethnic identity, gifted, psychosocial development, racial identity, school psychology, teacher effectiveness, Trinidad and Tobago, time perspective
Jonathan Wurtele Dept of Physics physics, stability, plasma theory, advanced accelerator concepts, intense laser-plasma interaction, the basic equilibrium, radiation properties of intense charged particle beams, simulation and the development of proof-of-principle experiments