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Photo of Oliver O'Reilly standing near Sather Gate on the UC Berkeley campus.

Oliver O'Reilly

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

continuum mechanics, vibrations, dynamics

Shirshendu Ganguly

Shirshendu Ganguly

Dept of Statistics

probability theory, statistical mechanics

David Steigmann

David J. Steigmann

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

finite elasticity, mechanics, continuum, shell theory, variational methods, stability, surface stress, capillary phenomena, mechanics of thin films

Simo Mäkiharju in lab setting

Simo Mäkiharju

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

experimental fluid dynamics, fluid dynamics, Cavitation, multiphase flow, drag reduction, ocean renewable energy, particle image velocimetry, Time-Resolved X-Ray Densitometry, Droplet and particle transport

Dept of Statistics

probability, mathematical probability, statistical mechanics

Kyriakos Komvopoulos

Kyriakos Komvopoulos

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

contact mechanics, fracture and fatigue of engineering materials, finite element modeling of surface contact and machining, thin-film processing and characterization, adhesion and fatigue of MEMS devices, plasma-assisted surface functionalization of biomaterials, surface patterning for cell adhesion and growth control, mechanics & tribology of magnetic recording devices, microfibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering, tribology and mechanics of artificial joints, mechanical metamaterials

David Romps

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

climate, atmosphere, atmospheric science, weather, clouds, fluid dynamics

Richard S. Dodd

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

environmental policy, environmental science, forestry, wildlife, plant biology

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

wastes and the circular economy, global environmental governance, climate change politics, globalization, environmental politics and policy, environmental movements

Joshua Apte in back of vehicle looking at laptop

Joshua Apte

School of Public Health

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

air pollution, Atmospheric Aerosol, exposure assessment, risk assessment, environmental justice, environmental engineering, environmental sensors, climate change mitigation, environmental issues in developing countries

Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

environmental microbiology, biodegradation of environmental contaminants, microbial carbon cycling, molecular tools for microbial ecology, metagenomics, biological hazardous waste treatment, bioremediation of groundwater pollutants

Dept of Physics

astrophysics, geophysics, physics, nonlinear dynamics of dissipative systems, bifurcation theory, low-dimensional behavior of continuous systems, the theory of nonlinear waves, pattern formation in fluid systems, geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics, reaction-diffusion systems

Ronald Amundson

Ronald Amundson

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

soils, environmental science, isotope biogeochemistry, pedology, environmental history & ethics, soilsbiogeochemistry, ecosystems

Hayden Taylor (third from left) with group members and collaborators holding components produced by computed axial lithography

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

manufacturing, microfabrication, nanofabrication, semiconductor manufacturing, computational mechanics, nanoimprint lithography

Dept of Integrative Biology

biomechanics, insects, invertebrate functional morphology, fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, marine animals, filtration, gliding vertebrates

Ziqi Wang

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

structural engineering, mechanics and materials, structural reliability, earthquake engineering, uncertainty quantification

Paige Weber

Dept of Energy & Resources Group

environmental economics, energy markets, energy policy, environmental justice

Dimitrios Konstantinidis

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

structural dynamics, earthquake engineering, nonstructural components, seismic isolation, passive control, engineering mechanics

Mathias Kondolf wearing hat and holding notebook at the Bill Williams River in Arizona

G. Mathias Kondolf

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

environmental planning, fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, flood risk management, river restoration, urban rivers, environmental impact assessment, river corridor management, sediment management, hydropower, strategic dam planning, integrating energy planning and river management

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

economics, environmental policy

Daniel A. Farber

environmental law, constiutional law, freedom of speech

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

globalization, sustainability, labor and environmental policy, supply chains, consumers, information-based regulation, environmental justice, sustainability transitions, disruptive innovation

Michael DeWeese

Dept of Neuroscience

Dept of Physics

machine learning, computation, systems neuroscience, auditory cortex, neural coding, statistical mechanics

Martin P. Head-Gordon

Martin P. Head-Gordon

Dept of Chemistry

theoretical chemistry, electronic structure calculations, development of novel theories and algorithms, quantum mechanics

Portrait of Danielle Rivera

Danielle Rivera

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

environmental justice, environmental and climate justice, urban planning, urban design, Puerto Rico, Borderlands, California, adaptation to flooding