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Karine Gibbs, photograph by Adam Sings in the Timber Karine Gibbs
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbiology, microbial development, molecular genetics, biochemistry, microbial social behaviors, bacterial communities / microbiomes, collective behaviors
Eileen Lacey Eileen A. Lacey
Dept of Integrative Biology
evolutionary biology, population, mammals, behavioral ecology, vertebrates, molecular genetics, subterranean rodents, Argentina, Chile
Professor Michi Taga with Petri plate Michi Taga
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
molecular biology, genetics, microbial biology, chemical biology, cofactors, nutrient exchange, microbial communities, bacteria
Fred Wilt Fred Wilt
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
molecular embryology, cell biology, regulation of gene expression, sea urchin embryos, blastomeres, endoskeletal spicule of the larva, glycoproteins, immunoelectron microscopy, fluorescent labeling
Steven E. Brenner Steven E. Brenner
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
molecular biology, computational biology, evolutionary biology, bioengineering, structural genomics, computational genomics, cellular activity, cellular functions, personal genomics
Laura C. Nelson photo dated 2023 Laura C. Nelson
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
gender and medicine and politics, breast cancer in South Korea, cultural impacts of ultra-low fertility, demographic undertow, structures on cultural temporality and anti-poverty policies in the U.S. and South Korea
Jere H. Lipps Jere Lipps
Dept of Integrative Biology
ecology, paleontology, molecular phylogenetics, evolution of marine biotas, paleoenvironments, coral reef, Antarctic habitats, seismic histories, astrobiology, Charles Darwin
Felix Raoul Fischer Felix Raoul Fischer
Dept of Chemistry
Organic and Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Molecular Electronics, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Graphene Nanomaterials
Elena Conis Elena Conis
School of Journalism
history of medicine, history of public health, environmental history, US history, global health history, pesticides, vaccines, infectious disease, epidemics, science communication, public understanding of science, measles, mumps, chicken pox, hepatitis B, HPV, smallpox, polio
Michael Marletta Michael A. Marletta
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
chemical biology, molecular biology, structure/function relationships in proteins, catalytic and biological properties of enzymes, cellular signaling, nitric oxide synthase, soluble guanylate cyclase, gas sensing, cellulose degradation, polysaccharide monooxygenases
Headshot Rasmus Nielsen
Dept of Integrative Biology
Dept of Statistics
evolution, molecular evolution, population genetics, human variation, human genetics, phylogenetics, applied statistics, genetics, evolutionary processes, evolutionary biology
Wally Wang standing in front of a white board Jen-Chywan (Wally) Wang
Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
steroid hormones, glucocorticoids, molecular physiology, Metabolic Diseases, Type 2 diabetes, cellular signaling, factors regulated glucose/insulin homeostasis, fatty liver
headshot of Jun-Chau Chien Jun-Chau Chien
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
biosensors, bioelectronics, microfluidics, molecular engineering, analog, RF/mm-wave, mixed-signal circuits, microsystems design, multi-physics, silicon photonics
Daniel M. Neumark Daniel M. Neumark
Dept of Chemistry
physical chemistry, molecular structure and dynamics, spectroscopy and dynamics of transition states, radicals, clusters, frequency and time-domain techniques, state-resolved photodissociation, photodetachment of negative ion beams
N. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez Norma Cecilia Martinez-Gomez
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbial physiology, one-carbon metabolism, microbial molecular biology, bacteria, enzymes, enzyme activity, enzymology, enzyme kinetics, protein biochemistry, protein characterization
Nilah Ioannidis Nilah Ioannidis
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
computational biology, machine learning, artificial intelligence, genomics, personal genome interpretation, precision health, rare diseases, statistical genetics, molecular biology, biophysics
William Lester, Jr. William A. Lester, Jr.
Dept of Chemistry
theoretical and physical chemistry, advances in basic theory, computational methods, study of molecular electronic structure, quantum Monte Carlo method, Born-Oppenheimer approximation
Judith Klinman Judith P. Klinman
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
catalytic & regulatory mechanisms in enzyme-catalyzed reactions, kinetic, spectroscopic, stereochemical biological techniques, peptide- derived cofactors, nuclear tunneling & role of protein dynamics in catalysis, enzymatic activation of molecular oxygen
William H. Miller William H. Miller
Dept of Chemistry
theoretical chemistry, chemical dynamics, quantum mechanical and semiclassical theories, dynamical chemical processes at the molecular level, photodissociation, femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy, calculations of rate constants for chemical reactions
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen Lisa Alvarez-Cohen
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
environmental microbiology, biodegradation of environmental contaminants, microbial carbon cycling, molecular tools for microbial ecology, metagenomics, biological hazardous waste treatment, bioremediation of groundwater pollutants
Evan R. Williams Evan R. Williams
Dept of Chemistry
spectroscopy, molecular structure and dynamics, analytical chemistry, biophysical chemistry, structure and reactivity of biomolecules and biomolecule/water interactions, mass spectrometry, separations, protein conformation, protein and DNA sequencing
Kristie Boering in her UC Berkeley laboratory with graduate student Katie Mar Kristie Boering
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
physical chemistry, climate change, atmospheric chemistry, environmental chemistry, ozone, earth and planetary science, isotopic compositions of atmospheric trace gases, stratospheric ozone, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, molecular hydrogen, methane
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
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
F. Dean Toste Dean Toste
Dept of Chemistry
organometallic chemistry, organic, development of new synthetic methods, enantioselective catalysts, strategies for the synthesis of natural products, synthesis of complex molecules, formation of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds, olefins, Supramolecular Chemistry, redox flow batteries, medicinal chemistry, bioconjugation, homogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, biomass, fluorination
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