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wdt William (Bill) D. Thompson
Dept of Psychology
cognition, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, learning, Problem solving, Reasoning, decision-making, Bayesian statistics, natural language processing, machine learning, computational modeling, collective decision-making, social networks
Olivia Natan standing with arms crossed in outdoor setting Olivia Natan
Haas School of Business
product variety, platform markets, information frictions, consumer search
Rebecca Tarvin in the field holding a snake Rebecca Tarvin
Dept of Integrative Biology
natural history, molecular genomics, phylogenetics, amphibians, chemical ecology, evolutionary ecology, evolutionary biology, adaptation, evolution, molecular evolution, physiology, molecular phylogenetics, educational equity, biodiversity, diversity of team members, equity and inclusion in academia, decolonization, collaboration, reptiles, Drosophila, genomes, evolution of novelty, conservation, nudibranchs
headshot of Matteo Benetton Matteo Benetton
Haas School of Business
regulation in lending markets, competition in lending markets, household finance, mortgage product design, housing markets, mortgage markets
Hillel Adesnik Hillel Adesnik
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
neural basis of perception, neuroscience, neurobiology
headshot of Michel Maharbiz Michel Maharbiz
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
neural interfaces, bioMEMS, microsystems, MEMS, microsystems for the life sciences
headshot of Michael DeWeese Michael DeWeese
Dept of Neuroscience
Dept of Physics
machine learning, computation, systems neuroscience, auditory cortex, neural coding, statistical mechanics
Jose Carmena Jose M. Carmena
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
brain-machine interfaces, neural ensemble computation, neuroprosthetics, sensorimotor learning and control
Ehud Isacoff Ehud Isacoff
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
Ion channel function, synaptic plasticity, neural excitability, synaptic transmission, the synapse
Megan Martik Megan Martik
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
neural crest gene regulatory network, vertebrate embryonic development, regeneration of tissue
Alice M. Agogino Alice M. Agogino
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
intelligent learning systems, information retrieval and data mining, multiobjective and strategic product design, nonlinear optimization, probabilistic modeling, intelligent control and manufacturing, sensor validation and fusion and diagnostics, wireless sensor networks, multimedia and computer-aided design, design databases, design theory and methods, MEMS Synthesis and CAD, artificial intelligence and decision and expert systems, gender equity
Kosa Goucher-Lambert Kosa Goucher-Lambert
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
design theory and methods, automation, decision-making applied to engineering teams and individuals, ideation and creativity, analogical reasoning in design, preference modeling and design attribute optimization, design cognition, neuroimaging methods applied to design, sustainable design, New product development, crowdsourcing and collaboration
Prof. Echeverri Ochoa birdwatching in Caribbean mangroves Alejandra Echeverri Ochoa
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
conservation science, neotropical biodiversity, conservation psychology, community ecology, cultural values of nature, women/Latinx in STEM
Lawrence Hall Lawrence Hall
Dept of Physics
physics, standard model of particle physics, symmetries of nature, the symmetry of the electroweak interaction, spacetime symmetries: weak scale supersymmetry, constrained theories for the quark and charged lepton masses, supersymmetric theory
Chunlei Liu inside Stanley Hall Chunlei Liu
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
brain imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, remote neural modulation, biosystems and computational biology, signal processing
Raphael Bousso Raphael Bousso
Dept of Physics
physics, quantum mechanics, gravity, unified description of nature, string theory, quantum properties of black holes, the geometry of spacetime, covariant entropy bound, cosmological constant
Jake Kosek Jake Kosek
Dept of Geography
cultural politics of nature and difference, cultural geography, Science and Technology studies, critical race theory, critical cartography, biopolitics, human and the non-human, environmental politics
Robert Zucker Robert S. Zucker
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
synaptic transmission, cellular neurophysiology: synaptic biophysics, properties of neural circuits, photolysis, vital dyes of vesicle membrane, electrophysiological techniques, neuromodulator
Matthew Potts Matthew Potts
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
carbon removal, climate change mitigation, nature based climate solutions, forest management, biofuels, plantation agriculture, land use planning, land use policy, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, tropical ecology, environmental economics, public impact research/scholarship, research practice partnership, community-based research partnerships
Gerald Westheimer Gerald Westheimer
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
neurobiology; psychophysics, primate visual cortex, neural circuits, brain mechanisms, response modifications, active perception, learning, stereoscopic vision, optometryoptics of the eye, ophthalmic instrumentation
headshot of Joel Fajans Joel Fajans
Dept of Physics
astrophysics, plasma processing, physics, basic plasma physics, non-neutral plasmas, basic plasma physics experiments, pure electron plasma traps, cyrogenic plasmas, plasma bifurcations, basic non-linear dynamics, autoresonance
Dan Stamper-Kurn in laboratory Dan Stamper-Kurn
Dept of Physics
atomic physics, the use of ultra-cold neutral atoms, studies of microscopic and macroscopic quantum phenomena, cavity quantum electrodynamics, Bose-Einstein condensation, precision and quantum measurement
headshot of Hedy Kober Hedy Kober
Dept of Psychology
craving, regulation of craving, alcohol and substance use disorder, treatments for substance use and eating disorders, neural and psychological mechanisms of treatment, emotion regulation, mindfulness, meditation
headshot of Robert T. Knight 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
Luba Golburt Luba Golburt
Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Russian poetry from the 18th century to contemporary, lyric theory, nature lyric, Pushkin, Russian literature and art of the 18th and 19th centuries, Derzhavin, Turgenev, history and literataure, historical novel
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