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Department

Paul Fine

Dept of Integrative Biology

speciation, plant ecology, plant evolutionary biology, floristics and phytogeography

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

Rhona S. Weinstein

Rhona S. Weinstein

Dept of Psychology

community psychology, educational inequality and the achievement gap, teacher expectations and self-fulfilling prophecies, classroom and school reform

Dmitry Taubinsky

Dmitry Taubinsky

Dept of Economics

behavioral economics, tax policy, soda taxes, payday loans, household consumption and portfolio choice, energy policy, health, gambling, state-run lotteries, inflation expectations, nudges

Kristine Madsen

Kristine Madsen

School of Public Health

health disparities, children, schools, policy, nutrition, physical activity, obesity, accelerometers, physical education

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

wastes and the circular economy, global environmental governance, climate change politics, globalization, environmental politics and policy, environmental movements

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

transcription regulation during cellular differentiation, gene expression control mechanism, biophysical rules of nuclear organization

photo of Professor Smart

opera and politics, music and data, music and language, theater, gender, opera, performance, singers, voice, staging of opera, 19th century music, 19th century Italy

Placeholder image for Andrew Barshay

Dept of History

social thought, social sciences in modern Japan, marxism, Japanese history, Japanese-Russian relations

Gloria Brar

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

meiosis, translation, sORFs, stress responses

Janet Napolitano

Janet Napolitano

Goldman School of Public Policy

education, leadership and management, politics

Dr. Chris Schell sets a wildlife camera trap in the East Bay, CA. His lab uses these devices and other techniques (e.g., GPS collars, roadkill collections) to monitor how wildlife populations adapt to life in cities.

Christopher Schell

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

behavioral ecology, urban ecology, One Health, social-ecological dynamics, environmental justice

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

cell fate determination, chromosome architecture, developmental biology, gene expression, genetic determination of sex, regulatory genes, chromosome dynamics, X-chromosome

Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton

Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton

Dept of Psychology

diversity, intergroup relations, education, prejudice, stigma

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

chemical engineering, nanoengineering, catalytic imprinted silicas, catalysts in biological systems, catalysis, chemical sensing

Robert Birgeneau

Dept of Physics

Goldman School of Public Policy

physics, phase transition behavior of novel states of matter

Shannon Boettcher

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Dept of Chemistry

electrochemistry, materials chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, hydrogen generation, electrolysis, batteries, membrane science

Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures

China, lyric poetry, Chinese literature, Chinese culture, poetic theory

Charles L Briggs

Charles L Briggs

Dept of Anthropology

social cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, folklore and performance, racialization, linguistic anthropology

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

globalization, sustainability, labor and environmental policy, supply chains, consumers, information-based regulation, environmental justice, sustainability transitions, disruptive innovation

Edward C. Morse

Edward C. Morse

Dept of Nuclear Engineering

applied plasma physics: fusion technology: microwaves, experimental investigation of RF plasma heating, experimental studies of compact toroids spectral method for magnetohydrodynamic stability

Oscar Dubon

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

magnetic, optical materials, processing, properties in electronic

Photo of Professor Barbara Laraia

School of Public Health

nutrition, obesity, Food Insecurity, Perinatal Health, diabetes

Dept of History

Byzantine studies

Maria Paz Gutierrez

Maria Paz Gutierrez

Dept of Architecture

natural waste composites and additive manufacturing, flood resilience, multifunctional building systems, biologically inspired technologies, robotics and additive manufacturing