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Kai Vetter Kai Vetter
Dept of Nuclear Engineering
nuclear physics, radiation detection, nuclear instrumentation, nuclear measurements, multi-sensor systems and data fusion, radiological resilience
George F. Smoot George F. Smoot
Dept of Physics
cosmology, physics, astrophysics experiments, observational astrophysics, observing our galaxy, the cosmic background radiation, ground-based radio-telescope observations, balloon-borne instrumentation, satellite experiments, the NASA cosmic background
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
Alvin Cheung Alvin Cheung
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
program analysis, program synthesis, database application performance, big systems, big data, database management, database management systems, database design and construction, programming languages and compilers, programming languages
headshot Adib Kanafani Adib Kanafani
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
transportation economics, transportation planning, transportation systems analysis, aviation policy and planning, urban and regional planning, air transportation
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
Ajay Pillarisetti setting at desk with computer monitor and microphone in background Ajay Pillarisetti
School of Public Health
energy use, health effects of air pollution, climate change, exposure assessment, global health, health impacts of energy use, heat and health, air pollution measurement, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships, social justice research
Olga Matich Olga Matich
Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Slavic languages and literatures, Russian symbolism and post-Stalin literature, women in Russian literature, Zinaida Gippius, Russian emigre literature, conceptualization of love in Russian culture, theory and practice of private life
Anne Nesbet Anne Nesbet
Dept of Film and Media
Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures
culture, film studies, Slavic languages, early Soviet culture, Sergei Eisenstein, silent film, Soviet film, GDR history, children's literature & Stalinism, the Soviet Union
Matthew Potts Matthew Potts
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
carbon removal, climate change mitigation, nature based climate solutions, forest management, biofuels, plantation agriculture, land use planning, land use policy, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, tropical ecology, environmental economics, public impact research/scholarship, research practice partnership, community-based research partnerships
Kristina Hill Kristina Hill
Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
landscape architecture and environmental planning, urban design, urban ecology, surface hydrology, groundwater, sea level rise, climate change, adaptation, environmental justice, adaptation to flooding, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, social justice research, client-based studio teaching, community-based studio teaching
Sai Balakrishnan Sai Balakrishnan
Dept of City & Regional Planning
spatial forms of urbanization, land-use changes
Omri Even-Tob Omri Even-Tov
Haas School of Business
Accounting and Financial Disclosures, Economic Consequences of Regulatory Changes, Corporate Debt, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, The Information Content of Credit Rating Changes
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
Timothy Hampton in an outdoor setting Timothy Hampton
Dept of Comparative Literature
Dept of French
culture, politics, English, comparative literature, popular music, history of emotion, French, renaissance and early modern European culture, the romance languages, the ideology of literary genre, the literary construction of nationhood, the rhetoric of historiography
headshot of Koushik Sen Koushik Sen
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
computer science, programming systems, software engineering, programming languages, computational logic, software testing, verification, model checking, runtime monitoring, performance evaluation
headshot of Sanjit Seshia Sanjit Seshia
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
formal methods, computational logic, electronic design automation, computer security, dependable computing, Cyber-Physical Systems, programming languages
Michelle Chang Michelle Chang
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
biochemistry, enzymology, synthetic biology, biophysics
headshot of Asad Ahmed Asad Q. Ahmed
Dept of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures
Islam (social and intellectual history)
Stephen R. Leone in lab Stephen R. Leone
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Physics
attosecond physics, attosecond chemistry, ultrafast spectroscopy, ultrafast laser, atomic and molecular dynamics, semiconductors, quantum materials, high harmonic generation, soft x-ray, charge transfer, charge migration, nonadiabatic dynamics, conical intersection, carrier dynamics, phonon dynamics, spin dynamics, core exciton dynamics
Ehud Isacoff Ehud Isacoff
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
Ion channel function, synaptic plasticity, neural excitability, synaptic transmission, the synapse
Yu-Ling Chang Yu-Ling Chang
School of Social Welfare
poverty and inequality, Social Safety Net Programs, Unemployment and Labor Studies, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, research practice partnership, social justice research
Panos N. Patatoukas Panos N. Patatoukas
Haas School of Business
corporate financial reporting and financial statement analysis and corporate valuation, corporate sustainability measurement and disclosure and investing, cross-industry economic links and value creation along the supply chain, measurement of economic performance at the firm level and in the national accounts, nowcasting and forecasting economic performance using financial and alternative and non-financial data
Rich Lyons standing in outside setting with students in background Rich Lyons
Haas School of Business
stablecoins, foreign exchange markets, culture, innovation, entrepreneurship, online education, blockchains
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
Dept of Economics
Haas School of Business
economics, exchange rate, lending booms, consumption, capital flows, global imbalances, external adjustment, international prices, international portfolios, financial crises, eurozone crisis
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