Edward C. Morse Dept of Nuclear Engineering applied plasma physics: fusion technology: microwaves, experimental investigation of RF plasma heating, experimental studies of compact toroids spectral method for magnetohydrodynamic stability
Susan Marqusee Dept of Chemistry Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology amino acids, determinants of protein structure and folding, biophysical, structural and computational techniques, translocation, protein synthesis
Wick Haxton Dept of Physics astrophysics, neutrino physics, nuclear astrophysics, tests of symmetries and conservation laws in nuclear and particle and atomic physics, many-body theory, effective theories
William A. Lester, Jr. Dept of Chemistry theoretical and physical chemistry, advances in basic theory, computational methods, study of molecular electronic structure, quantum Monte Carlo method, Born-Oppenheimer approximation
Rikky Muller Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) integrated circuits, biosystems and computational biology, micro/nano electro mechanical systems
Krishna K. Niyogi Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology genetics, plant and microbial biology, algae, photosynthesis, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, carbon sequestration
Dennis Baldocchi Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management biometeorology, climate change and ecosystems, biosphere-atmosphere interactions, agricultural meteorology, ecosystem ecology, carbon cycle, evaporation, ecohydrology, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship
Marvin L. Cohen Dept of Physics nanoscience, semiconductors, nanotechnology, physics, condensed matter physics, new properties of condensed matter systems, superconductivity, applications of BCS theory, superluminal velocities
Thomas Schutzius Dept of Mechanical Engineering nanoscale transport phenomena, micro/nanofabrication techniques, interfacial optical methods, thermodynamic and interfacial modeling
Omar M. Yaghi Dept of Chemistry Reticular Chemistry, metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, Carbon Capture, gas storage systems, water harvesting from desert air
Dimitrios Zekkos Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering geotechnical engineering, landslides, drones, satellites, earthquakes, natural hazards, infrastructure resilience, informatics, geoenvironmental engineering, landfills
Brooks Abel Dept of Chemistry Polymer Chemistry, organic chemistry, stereoselective catalysis, polymer recycling
Hayden Taylor Dept of Mechanical Engineering manufacturing, microfabrication, nanofabrication, semiconductor manufacturing, computational mechanics, nanoimprint lithography
Evan Variano Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering fluid mechanics, turbulence, wetlands, imaging, plankton, sediment transport
Robert Birgeneau Dept of Physics Goldman School of Public Policy physics, phase transition behavior of novel states of matter
Ke Xu Dept of Chemistry biophysical chemistry, cell biology at the nanoscale, super-resolution microscopy, single-molecule spectroscopy
Sabeeha Merchant Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology chloroplast, photosynthesis, algae, trace metals, genomics, synthetic biology, designer lipids, Chlamydomonas, Auxenochlorella, Dunaliella