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Research Expertise and Interest

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Name

Department

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

earthquake physics, geophysical signal discovery

Peter S. Menell

intellectual property, property law, environmental law & policy, entertainment law, law and economics, federal courts

folklore, Dutch studies, transatlantic slavery, German literature, Portuguese Studies, post-colonial studies, hybridity

Michael Zaletel

Michael Zaletel

Dept of Physics

condensed matter theory

Eileen Gambrill

Eileen D. Gambrill

School of Social Welfare

social welfare, professional ethics and education, social learning theory, behavioral methods

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Dept of Linguistics

computational linguistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, Generative AI, Deep Learning, speech processing, NLP, phonology, articulatory and acoustic phonetics, historical linguistics, Indo-European linguistics

Brooks Abel

Dept of Chemistry

Polymer Chemistry, organic chemistry, stereoselective catalysis, polymer recycling

Professor Ahmad Omar sitting in front of a glass whiteboard marked with equations related to his research.

Ahmad Omar

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

statistical mechanics, active matter, biophysics, physical chemistry, polymer science, directed self-assembly

Jeffrey R. Long

Jeffrey R. Long

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Dept of Chemistry

inorganic and materials chemistry, synthesis of inorganic molecules and higher dimensional solids, precise tailoring of chemical and physical properties, gas storage, molecular separations and catalysis in porous materials, magnetic and conductive materials

Shamik Dasgupta

Shamik Dasgupta

Dept of Philosophy

metaphysics, philosophy of science

Rebecca W. Heald

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

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

Cindy Cox

composition, music analysis and theory, post-tonal music, piano, music and live electronics, text-setting

Hiroshi Nikaido

Hiroshi Nikaido

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

membrane biochemistry, bacterial physiology, bacteria, channel-forming proteins of the outer membrane, the diffusion of lipophilic compounds, mechanism and regulation of multidrug efflux transport systems, mycobacterial cell wall

Utqiagvik Alaska tundra sampling

Robert Rhew

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

Dept of Geography

trace gases, biogeochemistry, stratospheric ozone depletion, biosphere-atmosphere interactions, atmospheric chemistry and composition, biogenic VOCs, terrestrial ecosystems, halocarbons, methyl halides, greenhouse gases

Nicholas Jewell

Nicholas Jewell

School of Public Health

Dept of Statistics

AIDS, statistics, epidemiology, infectious diseases, dengue fever, Wolbachia, Ebola Virus Disease, SARS, H1N1 influenza, adverse cardiovascular effects of pharmaceuticals, counting civilian casualties during conflicts

James K. B. Bishop

James K. B. Bishop

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

ocean carbon cycle dynamics, remote sensing, aquatic chemistry, marine biogeochemistry, land - ocean biogeochemistry, chemical oceanography, ocean sensors and autonomous observing systems, Carbon Explorer, Carbon Flux Explorer

Fei Xu

Dept of Psychology

cognitive development, language development, learning mechanisms, statistical learning and statistical inference, conceptual development, developmental psychology, word learning, physical reasoning, social cognition in infants and children, learning in infants and young children, computational models of cognitive development, cognitive development and AI models, psychology and philosophy

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

earthquake engineering, structural engineering, reinforced concrete, performance-based earthquake engineering, high-rise buildings, lifeline systems, rehabilitation (retrofitting), laboratory testing

Prof. Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos standing on a damaged levee in Grand Isle, LA, following Hurricane Ida.

Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

civil infrastructure systems, geosystems, geotechnical engineering, landslides, drones, satellites, earthquakes, natural hazards, infrastructure resilience, bioinformatics, engineering justice

Steven E. Brenner

Steven E. Brenner

Dept of Bioengineering

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

molecular biology, computational biology, evolutionary biology, bioengineering, structural genomics, computational genomics, cellular activity, cellular functions, personal genomics

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

Karthik Shekhar

Karthik Shekhar

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

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

Dept of Political Science

comparative politics, Russian politics, democracy, religion and politics, legislative process

Eileen A. Lacey

Dept of Integrative Biology

evolutionary biology, population, mammals, behavioral ecology, vertebrates, molecular genetics, subterranean rodents, Argentina, Chile

Yasunori Nomura

Dept of Physics

quantum gravity, cosmology, Theoretical Particle Physics, quantum information