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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

computationally efficient machine learning and deep learning, AI

Jill Banfield working at the East River watershed field site in Colorado

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

genomics, geomicrobiology, biogeochemistry, carbon cycling, minerology

Scott L. Stephens

Scott L. Stephens

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

fire, forestry, fire ecology, fire behavior, environmental biology/ecology, forest policy

Charlan Jeanne Nemeth

Charlan Jeanne Nemeth

Dept of Psychology

decision making, jury decision making, influence and persuasion, creativity in small groups, managing innovation in organizations, psychology of creative scientists and entrepreneurs, corporate cultures, diversity of team members, brainstorming, psychology and law

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

algorithms, fluid mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, atmospheric flows, convection, ocean flows, numerical analysis, wind energy, Bayesian optimization, neural networks, turbulence, planet formation, internal gravity waves, inertial waves, desalination, protoplanetary disks

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

economics, environmental policy

Alex Zettl

Dept of Physics

physics, condensed matter physics, fullerenes, condensed matter experiments, characterize novel materials with unusual electronic and magnetic ground states, low-dimensional and nanoscale structures, superconductors, giant magnetoresistance materials, nanotubes, graphene, boron nitride nanostructures, neural probes, NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems)

Jonathan Wurtele

Jonathan Wurtele

Dept of Physics

physics, stability, plasma theory, advanced accelerator concepts, intense laser-plasma interaction, the basic equilibrium, radiation properties of intense charged particle beams, simulation and the development of proof-of-principle experiments

Niyogi checking plants in the Oxford Tract greenhouse. Photo credit: Mathew Burciaga.

Krishna K. Niyogi

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

genetics, plant and microbial biology, algae, photosynthesis, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, carbon sequestration

Grace Gu

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

Composites, additive manufacturing, in-situ monitoring and process control, artificial intelligence and machine learning, bioinspired materials

Katherine Snyder

Katherine Snyder

Dept of English

19th through 21st century Literature in English, narrative and the novel, gender studies, post-traumatic and post-apocalyptic fiction

Richmond Sarpong

Richmond Sarpong

Dept of Chemistry

organic and organometallic chemistry

Ronald Amundson

Ronald Amundson

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

soils, environmental science, isotope biogeochemistry, pedology, environmental history & ethics, soilsbiogeochemistry, ecosystems

Caroline Williams

Caroline Williams

Dept of Integrative Biology

evolution, physiology, ecophysiology, metabolism, insect, winter, adaptation, thermal biology

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

Systematic Entomology

Madison Douglas standing in streambed from website

Madison Douglas

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

landscape evolution, permafrost environments, periglacial geomorphology, Earth's surface, sediment transport

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

geotechnical earthquake engineering, wireless sensors, seismic slope stability, seismic earth pressure, rock erosion, groundwater remediation, numerical modeling of solid-fluid interaction, geotechnical engineering, geological engineering

School of Journalism

agriculture, environment, obesity, science, nutrition, journalism, food, cooking, gardening

Paige Weber

Dept of Energy & Resources Group

environmental economics, energy markets, energy policy, environmental justice

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

marine ecology, land-sea connectivity, coastal resilience, geospatial data, ocean policy and governance, social-ecological dynamics, coral reef, California current system

Julian Chun-Chung

Julian Chun-Chung Chow

School of Social Welfare

East Asian studies, social welfare, community practice and service delivery in urban poverty, ethnic, immigrant neighborhoods, community analysis and needs assessment, program planning and development, cultural competency services

Dimitrios Konstantinidis

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

structural dynamics, earthquake engineering, nonstructural components, seismic isolation, passive control, engineering mechanics

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

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

Dept of Architecture

architecture, urban design

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