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Research Expertise and Interest

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Name

Department

Jie Yao

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

optical materials, nanophotonics, optoelectronics, magnetic materials, ferroelectrics

Ashok Ajoy

Dept of Chemistry

physical chemistry, nanoscale NMR spectroscopy

Daniel Siefman in outside setting

Dept of Nuclear Engineering

neutronics, criticality safety, nuclear data validation, machine learning, neutron noise, reactor dosimetry

Dept of Economics

economics, price theory models of anticompetitive exclusive dealing, switching costs, network effects, formal standardization

Priya Moorjani standing in front of map of the world

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Human evolutionary genetics, human genetics, ancient DNA, population genetics, statistical genetics

Dept of Chemistry

theoretical chemistry

Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

economics, algorithms, financial engineering, risk management, planning, optimization, operation of electric power systems, market based coordination of network systems, trading instruments

Shimon Kolkowitz

Dept of Physics

precision measurements, nanoscale sensing, precision metrology, timekeeping, tests of relativity, quantum sensing, quantum

Dept of City & Regional Planning

environmental planning, climate planning, sustainability and resilience, environmental and climate justice, geographic and spatial analysis, urban policy and political economy, global environmental governance, community engagement

Joni Wallis

Dept of Neuroscience

prefrontal cortex, neurophysiology, executive control, decision making

Kirk Bansak

Dept of Political Science

causal inference, experimental design and analysis, algorithmic decision-making, refugee resettlement and asylum politics, public opinion, survey methodology

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

Khalid M. Mosalam

Khalid M. Mosalam

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

bridges, concrete and masonry structures, damage mechanics, earthquake engineering, fracture mechanics, machine learning

Dept of Neuroscience

behavioral neurophysiology of spatial learning and memory, hippocampus replay, computational models of reinforcement learning and navigationf

School of Public Health

causal inference, targeted learning, statistical issues in epidemiology, precision medicine and public health

Dept of Physics

astrophysics, particle physics

An image of Dr. Lofgren standing outdoors

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

comparative genomics, bioinformatics, ecology, mycology

Omar Yaghi in lab

Dept of Chemistry

Reticular Chemistry, metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, Carbon Capture, gas storage systems, water harvesting from desert air

Maria Laura Delle Monache

Maria Laura Delle Monache

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

control, transportation, traffic flow theory and control, nonlinear partial differential equations, mathematical modeling, mixed autonomy transportation

A photo of Trevor Keenan

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

global change, natural climate solutions, Dynamic Vegetation, carbon cycle, ecophysiology, land-atmosphere interactions, biogeochemistry, micrometeorology, remote sensing, mathematics and data science

Mark Asta

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

computational materials science

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

synthetic biology, plant biology, microbiology, evolutionary biology

Jay D. Keasling

Jay D. Keasling

Dept of Bioengineering

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, metabolic engineering of microorganisms, environmentally friendly synthesis, biodegradable and recyclable polymers, production of biofuels and bioproducts, natural products

Photograph of Karl van Bibber in 2019

Karl van Bibber

Dept of Nuclear Engineering

Particle Astrophysics, experimental nuclear physics, Accelerator Technology and Neutron Sources