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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
Venkatesan Guruswami Venkatesan Guruswami
Dept of Mathematics
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
theoretical computer science, coding theory, approximate optimization, randomness in computation, computational complexity
Alva Noë Alva Noë
Dept of Philosophy
cognitive science, phenomenology, consciousness, philosophy, theory of perception, theory of art, Wittgenstein, analytic philosophy origins
Robert Spear Robert Spear
School of Public Health
public health, environmental health science
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
Cori Hayden Cori Hayden
Dept of Anthropology
Latin America, Mexico, social and cultural anthropology, kinship, anthropology of science, technology, medicine, post-colonial science, gender, queer studies
Michael Pollan Michael Pollan
School of Journalism
agriculture, environment, obesity, science, nutrition, journalism, food, cooking, gardening
headshot of Nasser Zakariya Nasser Zakariya
Dept of Rhetoric
science and narrative and documentary, history and philosophy of mathematics and physics
Pheng Cheah Pheng Cheah
Dept of Rhetoric
world literature, human rights, nationalism, legal philosophy, feminism, 18th-20th century continental philosophy & contemporary critical theory, postcolonial theory & anglophone postcolonial literatures, cosmopolitanism & globalization, social & political thought
John Battles pointing out changes in forest composition during a field trip at Blodgett Forest Research Station. John J. Battles
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
forest ecology, sustainability, ecosystem dynamics, disturbance ecology, tree demography, carbon ecology and storage, Sierra Nevada, northern forest
Avideh Zahkor Avideh Zakhor
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
signal processing, image processing, computer vision, Deep Learning
Kristin Primus in outside environment with mosaic in background. Kristin Primus
Dept of Philosophy
Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, 17th and 18th century philosophy
Lisa Pruitt Lisa A. Pruitt
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
tissue biomechanics, biomaterial science, fatigue and fracture micromechanisms, orthopedic polymers for total joint replacement, synthetic cartilage
Shafi Goldwasser Shafi Goldwasser
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
cryptography, computational number theory, complexity theory, fault tolerant distributed computing, probabilistic proof systems, approximation algorithms, theory(THY)
Jonathan Sheehan Jonathan Sheehan
Dept of History
intellectual history, religion, Christianity, Europe, history of science, secularism, Secularization
Judith Butler Judith Butler
Dept of Comparative Literature
critical theory, gender and sexuality studies, comparative literature, 19th and 20th century continental philosophy, social and political thought, philosophy and literature
Susana Chung Susana Chung
School of Optometry
optometry, low vision, vision science, pattern vision, reading, cortical adaptation and plasticity
headshot of Tianna Bruno Tianna Bruno
Dept of Geography
racial geographies, environmental justice, earth system science
Alper Atamturk Alper Atamturk
Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
sparse learning, integer programming, computational optimization, robust optimization, logistics
Guanghan with "Light Fury" Guanghan Meng
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
School of Optometry
biomedical optics, clinical science, molecular and cell biology, neuroscience
headshot of Anna Stilz Anna Stilz
Dept of Political Science
history of political thought, nationalism, collective agency, migration, environmental and climate justice
Dennis Levi wearing optical machinery Dennis M. Levi
School of Optometry
optometry, vision science, pattern vision, abnormal visual development
Scott Moura Scott Moura
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
control systems, optimization, data science, batteries, electric vehicles, energy systems
Kevin O'Brien Kevin J. O'Brien
Dept of Political Science
social movements, Chinese politics, peasant politics
photo of Susan Hyde Susan Hyde
Dept of Political Science
election fraud, democracy promotion, elections, election violence, international norms, field experiments, foreign aid, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, research practice partnership
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