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Photo Berkeley Library Gašper Beguš
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
Kannan Ramchandran Kannan Ramchandran
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
statistical and sparse signal processing, adversarial and distributed machine learning, coded computing, privacy and security, scalable distributed video-on-demand delivery, coding theory, communications, information theory, peer-to-peer networking, blockchains
James F. O'Brien James O'Brien
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
School of Optometry
computer graphics, fluid dynamics, computer simulation, physically based animation, finite element simulation, human perception, image forensics, video forensics, computer animation, special effects for film, video game technology, motion capture, machine learning, facial animation, artificial intelligence, geometric algorithms, geometric design and modeling
wdt William (Bill) D. Thompson
Dept of Psychology
cognition, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, learning, Problem solving, Reasoning, decision-making, Bayesian statistics, natural language processing, machine learning, computational modeling, collective decision-making, social networks
headshot of Joel Fajans Joel Fajans
Dept of Physics
astrophysics, plasma processing, physics, basic plasma physics, non-neutral plasmas, basic plasma physics experiments, pure electron plasma traps, cyrogenic plasmas, plasma bifurcations, basic non-linear dynamics, autoresonance
Ramamoorthy Ramesh Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
Dept of Physics
Atomic-scale synthesis of complex oxide heterostructures, 2D materials, spin-charge coupling, polar and magnetic topologies, electron microscopy, piezoforce microscopy, NV magnetometry, materials processing for devices, energy efficient electronics(12634)
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
Michael Reich Michael Reich
Dept of Economics
minimum wage, living wages, labor market segmentation, low wage labor markets
Kristin Hanson Kristin Hanson
Dept of English
linguistics, English, poetry, meter, rhyme, alliteration, textsetting, phonological theory, English grammar and usage
headshot of Katherine Newman Katherine Newman
Dept of Sociology
Goldman School of Public Policy
low wage labor markets, social mobility, inequality
Khalid M. Mosalam Khalid M. Mosalam
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
bridges, concrete and masonry structures, damage mechanics, earthquake engineering, fracture mechanics, machine learning
Qiang Zhou Qiang Zhou
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
biochemistry of HIV gene expression, transcriptional elongation, Tat activation, stage of transcriptional elongation, HIV replication, anti-HIV therapy
Person placeholder image Kristen Whissel
Dept of Film and Media
Cinema and technological change, cinema and modernity, computer-generated images and contemporary cinema, digital visual effects, stereoscopic 3D cinema and media, the history and theory of special effects, cinema in transition, American film history, modernity and early cinema, cinema and globalization, cinema and the environment/elements
Sydnee Caldwell Sydnee Caldwell
Dept of Economics
Haas School of Business
personnel economics, labor economics, gender wage gap, applied microeconomics
John Gerhart John Gerhart
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
developmental biology, Xenopus laevis, Spemann's organizer, cortical rotation, cell cycle after fertilization, vegetal materials, blastula stage, egg cytoplasm
Patrick Kline Patrick Kline
Dept of Economics
inequality, Place Based Policies, firm wage setting policies, employment discrimination, econometrics, discrimination
David Levine David Levine
Haas School of Business
economic development, labor and organizational economics, health economics, wage determination, corporate social responsibility
headshot of Peter Hosemann Peter Hosemann
Dept of Nuclear Engineering
microscopy, nanomaterials, Nuclear materials, material science, radiation damage, corrosion in liquid metals, materials development, materials under extremes, nuclear applications, ion beam microscopy, nanoscale mechanical testing
Jonas Wellendorf Jonas Wellendorf
Dept of Scandinavian
Old Norse language and literature, Scandinavian mythology, Scandinavian cultural history (Viking Age and Middle ages)
Austin Roorda standing with an adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope. Austin John Roorda
School of Optometry
adaptive optics, eye, vision, ophthalmoscopy, scanning laser ophthalmoscope, ophthalmology
Lange faculty portrait Henrike C. Lange
Dept of History of Art
art, architecture, literature, afterlife of antiquity, middle ages & Renaissance / early modern age, Giotto, Donatello, Mantegna, Botticelli, Raphael, 19th and 20th century historiography, Aby Warburg, total solar eclipses, theology, creativity and interdisciplinarity
Ali Javey sitting in lab with equipment in background Ali Javey
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
nanotechnology, low power electronics, flexible electronics and sensors, nanofabrication, energy harvesting and conversion, programmable matter
Linda Burton Linda Burton
School of Social Welfare
child welfare, poverty
James Sethian James A. Sethian
Dept of Mathematics
mathematics, applied mathematics, partial differential equations, computational physics, level set Methods, computational fluid mechanics and materials sciences, fast marching methods
Photo of Steve Conolly circa 2018 Steven Conolly
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
instrumentation, medical imaging reconstruction, contrast, MRI, Magnetic Particle Imaging
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