Paige Weber Dept of Energy & Resources Group environmental economics, energy markets, energy policy, environmental justice
Martin White 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
Junqiao Wu Dept of Materials Science and Engineering semiconductors, nanotechnology, energy materials, condensed matter physics and materials science
Ming Wu Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) silicon photonics, MEMS, photonic integrated circuits, data center networks, 3D sensing, solid state LiDAR, optofluidics
Omar M. Yaghi Dept of Chemistry Reticular Chemistry, metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, Carbon Capture, gas storage systems, water harvesting from desert air.
Peidong Yang Dept of Chemistry materials chemistry, solid state chemistry, nanoscience, energy science, semiconductor nanowires, Nanophotonics, artificial photosynthesis, electrochemistry, photoelectrochemistry, electrocatalysis, photocatalysis.
Katherine A. Yelick Division of Computer Science (EECS) high performance computing, partitioned Global Address Space programming, communication-avoiding algorithms, automatic performance tuning, high performance data analytics, computational biology
Dimitrios Zekkos Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering geotechnical engineering; landslides; drones; satellites; earthquakes; natural hazards; infrastructure resilience; informatics, geoenvironmental engineering; landfills
Wenjun Zhang Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering chemical biology, microbiology, natural product biosynthesis, enzyme discovery and characterization, drug discovery
Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng Dept of Materials Science and Engineering additive manufacturing, metamaterials, robotics, antenna, artificial intelligence
David Zilberman Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics marketing, biotechnology, water, risk management, biofuels, natural resources, agricultural and environmental policy, the economics of innovation
Robert S. Zucker Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Dept of Neuroscience synaptic transmission, cellular neurophysiology; synaptic biophysics, properties of neural circuits, photolysis, vital dyes of vesicle membrane, electrophysiological techniques, neuromodulator
Michael W. Zuerch Dept of Chemistry collective phenomena in material, chemical material dynamics in surfaces and interfaces, symmetry-broken states and their emergence in condensed-phase systems, dynamical properties in artificial and correlated superlattices, ultrafast spectroscopy from THz to X-rays