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Research Expertise and Interest

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Name

Department

Dept of Psychology

sleep, neuroscience

Andrew Scharlach

Andrew Scharlach

School of Social Welfare

aging, social welfare, family issues, aging-friendly communities, long-term care policies

Dept of Physics

nuclear physics, particle physics

Photo of Catherine Ceniza Choy

Catherine Ceniza Choy

Dept of Ethnic Studies

Asian American history, Filipino American studies, race and gender, migration, nursing history, adoption studies, public impact research/scholarship, social justice research

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

isotopes, mass spectrometry, geochemistry, geochronology

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

wave propagation, Inverse theory, geophysics, Earthquake strong ground motion, Seismic source modeling, Seismic forensics, Nuclear explosion monitoring, Induced seismicity, Volcanic seismicity

Bethanie Edwards

Bethanie Edwards

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

oceanography, chemical oceanography, environmental microbiology, molecular tools for microbial ecology, mass spectrometry, lipidomics, lipid metabolism, marine biogeochemistry, microbial carbon cycling, ocean carbon cycle dynamics

John Flannery photo

John G. Flannery

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

School of Optometry

neurobiology, optometry, vision science, cell and molecular biology of the retina in normal and diseased states

Erwin Chemerinsky standing outside Berkeley Law

Erwin Chemerinsky

constitutional law, criminal procedure, federal jurisdiction

Nora Jacobsen Ben Hammed standing in outdoor setting

Nora Jacobsen Ben Hammed

Dept of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

continued life of Islamic philosophy

Caitlin Rosenthal

Caitlin Rosenthal

Dept of History

American history, capitalism, economic history, slavery, human resources

Dept of Physics

physics, quantum mechanics, gravity, unified description of nature, string theory, quantum properties of black holes, the geometry of spacetime, covariant entropy bound, cosmological constant

Alex Zettl

Dept of Physics

physics, condensed matter physics, fullerenes, condensed matter experiments, characterize novel materials with unusual electronic and magnetic ground states, low-dimensional and nanoscale structures, superconductors, giant magnetoresistance materials, nanotubes, graphene, boron nitride nanostructures, neural probes, NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems)

Charles Marshall sitting between skulls of T. rex and a giant extinct marine Mesozoic monster

Charles Marshall

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

Dept of Integrative Biology

paleontology

Dept of City & Regional Planning

Affordable housing, homelessness, access to credit, community development, the Community Reinvestment Act, neighborhood change, homeownership and mortgage finance (with a focus on low-income and minority households)

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

immunology, molecular medicine

Joni Wallis

Dept of Neuroscience

prefrontal cortex, neurophysiology, executive control, decision making

Kurt C. Organista

Kurt C. Organista

School of Social Welfare

social welfare, race/ethnicity, HIV prevention, social behavior

David Kirp

Goldman School of Public Policy

public policy, law, social policy, higher education policy, politics and policy, primary and secondary education policy, race and ethnicity, early childhood policy

Dipti Nayak

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Mike Boots

Dept of Integrative Biology

ecology and epidemiology, evolution of infectious disease

Renee in dean's office

Dept of Architecture

urban design, architectural design

Dept of Architecture

architecture, high-performance buildings, energy use, indoor environmental quality, post-occupancy evaluation, comfort and adaptation in buildings, natural ventilation and mixed mode

John Efron

Dept of History

Cultural and social history of German Jewry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

genetics, developmental biology, evolutionary biology, evolution, quantitative genetics, developmental genetics, evolutionary genetics, craniofacial development