Jennifer A. Doudna Dept of Chemistry Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology RNA machines, hepatitis C virus, RNA interference, ribosomes, x-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Hillel Adesnik Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Dept of Neuroscience neural basis of perception, neuroscience, neurobiology
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
Gabor A. Somorjai Dept of Chemistry physical chemistry, catalysis, surface science, low-energy electron diffraction, solid state chemistry, macroscopic surface phenomena, adhesion, lubrication, biocompatibility, bonding, reactivity at solid surfaces, scanning tunneling
James Olzmann Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology lipid droplet, lipotoxicity, ferroptosis, ubiquitin, proteasome, ER protein quality control, metabolism, cancer, drug resistance, metabolic disease
Sabeeha Merchant Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology chloroplast, photosynthesis, algae, trace metals, genomics, synthetic biology, designer lipids, Chlamydomonas, Auxenochlorella, Dunaliella
David E. Wemmer Dept of Chemistry nuclear magnetic resonance, nucleic acids, biophysical chemistry: proteins, NMR spectroscopy, magnetic resonance methods, structure of proteins and DNA, conformational fluctuations, biopolymers
Kristofer Pister Division of Computer Science (EECS) Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) micro robotics, synthetic insects, smart dust
Xiaohua Gong School of Optometry optometry, vision science, eye development and diseases, lens development
Tyrone B. Hayes Dept of Integrative Biology genetics, amphibians, developmental endocrinology, steroid hormones, metamorphosis, sex differentiation, hormonal differentiation, African clawed frog, Japnanes Kajika, Pine Barrens treefrog
Sanjay Govindjee Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering finite element analysis, Theoretical and computational solid mechanics, constitutive theory, micromechanics, polymer mechanics, elastomer modeling, battery modeling, thermomechanics, continuum mechanics, failure analysis
David V. Schaffer Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering biomolecular engineering, bioengineering, neuroscience, stem cell biology, gene therapy
Robert Thomas Knight Dept of Psychology cognitive neuroscience, language, physiology, memory, attention, psychology, working memory, neuropsychology, human prefrontal cortex, neural mechanisms of cognitive processing, sensory gating, sustained attention, ad novelty detection
Clayton J. Radke Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering chemical engineering, surface & colloid science technology, protein/polymer/surfactant adsorption from solution, two-phase enzymatic catalysis, interfacial surfactant transport, electrokinetics, pore-level fluid mechanics, contact-lens & eye mechanics
Arash Komeili Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology microbiology, Biomineralization, bacterial organelles, Magnetic Nanoparticles
Wenjun Zhang Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering chemical biology, microbiology, natural product biosynthesis, enzyme discovery and characterization, drug discovery
T. Don Tilley Dept of Chemistry inorganic, organometallic, polymer and materials chemistry, transition metal compounds, catalysis, new chemical transformations, advanced solid state materials, renewable energy, solar fuels
Martin P. Head-Gordon Dept of Chemistry theoretical chemistry, electronic structure calculations, development of novel theories and algorithms, quantum mechanics
Suzanne M.J. Fleiszig School of Optometry immunology, eye, microbiology, infectious disease, corneal physiology, tear film physiology, bacterial pathogenesis, contact lenses, pseudomonas aeruginosa, epithelial cell biology, innate immunity
John Arnold Dept of Chemistry organometallic chemistry, organometallic catalysis, materials chemistry, coordination chemistry
Aaron Streets Dept of Bioengineering bioengineering, computational biology, biophysics, data science, microfluidics, microscopy, genomics