Michael Botchan Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology eukaryotic gene expression, drosophila chromosomes, papilloma viral DNA, chromosomal dynamics
Kimberley Seed Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology interactions between bacteria and their viral predators
Laurent Coscoy Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology immunology, viruses, viral infection, immune responses, immune evasion
Andrea Roth School of Law forensic science, criminal procedure, criminal law, DNA, evidence law, criminal justice
Priya Moorjani Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Human evolutionary genetics, human genetics, ancient DNA, population genetics, statistical genetics
Matthew Welch Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology biology, cell motility, role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell locomotion, shape change, actin filament assembly, bacterial and viral pathogens
Samantha Lewis Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology mitochondrial biogenesis, mitochondrial genome inheritance, organelle assembly, DNA replication, cell metabolism, interactions between membrane-bound organelles
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
Jasper Rine Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology biology, cell biology, DNA replication, gene regulation, saccharomyces cerevisiae, genetic analysis, genome, cholesterol biosynthetic pathway, modification of proteins, prenylated proteins
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
Brent D. Mishler Dept of Integrative Biology evolutionary biology, development, ecology, systematics, phylogeny, comparative genomics, green plants, bryophytes, mosses, reproductive biology, phylogenetics, chloroplast DNA, classification, species concepts, biodiversity, Darwin, conservation biology
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
Rachel Carlson 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
Olivia Bailey Dept of Philosophy moral psychology, moral philosophy, feminist philosophy, history of philosophy
Giuseppe Loianno Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) robotics, artificial intelligence, visual perception
Zamansele Nsele Dept of History of Art modern & contemporary African diaspora visual art, modern & contemporary African visual art, Black art, Black & African feminisms, critical theories of Blackness, African modernism, theories of nostalgia and melancholia, visual activism
Bruno Olshausen Dept of Neuroscience School of Optometry visual perception, computational neuroscience, computational vision
Kathleen Collins Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology retrotransposon, reverse transcriptase, genome engineering, RNA sequencing
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