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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Dept of Astronomy

Dept of Physics

astrophysics, black hole, dark matter, cosmology, formation and evolution of galaxies, cosmic microwave background radiation

Asta Mønsted standing in outside setting

Dept of Scandinavian

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

Alan H. Schoenfeld

Alan H. Schoenfeld

School of Education

thinking, teaching, learning, productive learning environments, professional development, mathematics education, modeling thinking and decision making

School of Education

artificial intelligence, technology, learning, mathematics, science, education, science teaching, gender equity, design of learning environments

Egyptian Museum Turin, facsimile of the Book of the Dead of Iuefankh

Dept of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Egyptology, Egyptian, afrofuturism, magic, demonology, digital humanities, 3D modeling, virtual reality, prison higher education, ritual and religion

Saul Perlmutter sitting at a desk with figures drawn on a white board behind him.

Saul Perlmutter

Dept of Physics

cosmology, dark energy, physics, astrophysics experiments, observational astrophysics, supernovae, accelerating universe

School of Education

knowledge representation, adaptive learning, artificial intelligence, learning analytics, Recommender Systems, higher education, data science, Digital Learning Environments, cognitive modeling, Big Data in Education, Knowledge Tracing, Formative Assessment, intelligent tutoring systems, Online Learning, psychometrics, Educational Data Mining

Dept of History

modern East and Central European political and social history, comparative education, history of nationalism and racism, history of Catholicism, Late Modern Europe

John Coates in lab with equipment in background

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

Precision fermentation, Bioprocess scale-up, environmental microbiology, Industrial bioprocesses, sustainability, carbon sequestration, Bioremediation, alternative energy production, biogeochemistry

Sophie Volpp standing in outside setting.

Dept of Comparative Literature

Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures

Chinese literature, Ming and Qing fiction and drama, material culture, pre-modern women poets and dramatists

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

Enrique Iglesia

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

chemical engineering, catalytic materials, heterogeneous catalysis, chemical reaction engineering, methane and biomass coversion processes, refining processes, hydrogen generation, alkane activation deoxygenatiion and desulfurization catalysis, zeolites

Dept of Sociology

poverty, inequality, causal inference, mixed methods, incarceration, prisoner reentry, education, neighborhoods, urban, community, adolescence, public impact research/scholarship

Dept of Economics

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

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

Scott Saul

Dept of English

20th and 21st century American literature, African American literature, cultural studies, drama, film

Richard A. Mathies

Richard A. Mathies

Dept of Chemistry

genomics, biophysical, bioanalytical, physical chemistry, laser spectroscopy, resonance Raman, excited-state reaction dynamics photoactive proteins, rhodopsins, microfabricated chemical biochemical analysis devices, forensics, infectious disease detection

Photo of Professor Marti Hearst in her office on the UC Berkeley campus

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

School of Information

information visualization, web search, search user interfaces, human-computer interaction, user interfaces, empirical computational linguistics, natural language processing, online education

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

Glynda Hull

School of Education

language, culture, society, education, literacy, writing in and out of schools, multi-media technology, new literacies, adult learning, work, community, school, university collaborations

Daniel McKinsey

Daniel McKinsey

Dept of Physics

dark matter, noble gases, cryogenics, high voltages, particle physics, astrophysics, low temperature physics, detector physics, neutrinos

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

Dept of History

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

Dept of History of Art

art history, Modern Art, Art of the United States, American art, visual culture, material culture studies, photography, Race and Visuality, regionalism, Art Education, creativity, Amateurism