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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Dept of Architecture

architecture, urban design

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

chromosome structure and function, higher order chromosome structure, cell cycle controls, chromosome remodeling and reorganization during meiosis, spatial pattern formation in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, genome mapping, eukaryotic genomes, whole-genome analysis

Michael B. Eisen

Michael B. Eisen

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

genomics, genome sequencing, bioinformatics, animal development

Dept of Psychology

cognition, human brain function, development

Wally Wang standing in front of a white board

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

School of Social Welfare

child welfare, poverty

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

somatosensory system

Rebecca W. Heald

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

cell division, Xenopus, mitotic spindle assembly and function, size control of intracellular structures

School of Social Welfare

adolescent violence and victimization, polyvictimization rates among vulnerable adolescents, bullying involvement roles and mental health, sexual orientation and gender identity microaggressions, impact of family-level microaggressions and microaffirmations on mental health, disability, anti-ableism

Alain de Janvry

Alain De Janvry

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

economics, labor management and policy

School of Social Welfare

development, social development, social policy, community development, International social welfare, global poverty and inequality

Karthik Shekhar

Karthik Shekhar

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

cellular and systems biology, statistical inference, single-cell genomics

Cecilia Hyunjung Mo

Cecilia Hyunjung Mo

Dept of Political Science

Goldman School of Public Policy

inequality, immigration, human trafficking, political behavior, voting and elections, political socialization, research design and empirical methods

Andrew F. Jones

Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures

East Asian languages and cultures, Chinese popular music, sonic culture, media technology, modern Chinese fiction, children's literature, literary translation

Lab principal investigator wearing a hard hat carrying a cooler of samples in a forest

Benjamin Wong Blonder

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

climate change, science education

Professor Blackman in the field with sunflowers

Benjamin Blackman

Dept of Integrative Biology

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

evolution, adaptation, domestication, phenotypic plasticity, flowering time, evo-devo, genomics, plant biology

Laura C. Nelson

Dept of Gender and Women's Studies

gender and medicine and politics, breast cancer in South Korea, cultural impacts of ultra-low fertility, demographic undertow, structures on cultural temporality and anti-poverty policies in the U.S. and South Korea

Jay D. Keasling

Jay D. Keasling

Dept of Bioengineering

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, metabolic engineering of microorganisms, environmentally friendly synthesis, biodegradable and recyclable polymers, production of biofuels and bioproducts, natural products

Ian Duncan

Dept of English

English, the novel, British literature 1750-1900, Scottish literature, history and theory of fiction, Scottish enlightenment/romanticism, Scott, literature and the human sciences, Darwin

Placeholder image for Andrew Barshay

Dept of History

social thought, social sciences in modern Japan, marxism, Japanese history, Japanese-Russian relations

Diana Bautista, Professor of Cell Biology, Development & Physiology, mentoring in the lab.

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

ion channels, sensory physiology, chemosensation, touch, thermosensation, somatosensory system, itch

Field work in on Oahu

George Roderick

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

global change, environmental science, sustainability, biodiversity, invasive species, population genomics

Dept of Economics

Africa, education, development economics, human capital, health, ethnic divisions, social capital, civil conflict, war, pre-analysis plans, water

Dept of Bioengineering

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

medical imaging, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, low temperature biology, micro and nano bionic technologies, electrical impedance tomography, bio-electronics, biomedical devices biomedical numerical analysis, bio-heat and mass transfer, electroporation light imaging

Sheng Luan

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

microbial biology, plant biology