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Research Expertise and Interest

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Name

Department

Dept of Mathematics

Dept of Physics

string theory, mathematical physics

Roberto Horowitz

Roberto Horowitz

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

adaptive control, machine learning, learning and nonlinear control, control of robot manipulators, computer mechatronics systems, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), intelligent vehicle, highways systems

Kristin Persson holding molecule model

Kristin Persson

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

Lithium-ion Batteries, multivalent batteries, organic electrolytes, polar materials, datamining of materials properties for energy applications

Denise Herd

School of Public Health

public health, epidemiology, specialty area in multicultural health, behaviorial science, social movements, race and ethnicity, medical anthropology, American popular culture

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

wave propagation, Inverse theory, geophysics, Earthquake strong ground motion, Seismic source modeling, Seismic forensics, Nuclear explosion monitoring, Induced seismicity, Volcanic seismicity

Ignacio Chapela

Ignacio Chapela

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

agriculture, biotechnology, environmental science, microbial biology, policy and management

Dept of Statistics

applied statistics, functional genomics, translational bioinformatics, high dimensional and integrative genomic/genetic data analysis, network modeling, hierarchical multi-lable classification

School of Education

Dept of Psychology

Problem solving, knowledge representation & reorganization, explanatory coherence & inference, conceptual change, societal implications, science instruction, global climate change psychology, numeracy in journalism, naïve/informal physics, computational models of cognition, perceptual-cognitive interactions, intelligent tutoring systems, understandings of biological evolution, Reasoning, qualitative & quantitative thinking

Haas School of Business

nonverbal behavior, prejudice and discrimination, power and status, social perception, automaticity, social behavior and market outcomes

Goldman School of Public Policy

climate change regulation, public policy, economic organization, environmental markets, school finance, utility regulation, criminal justice

Amanda Brewster

Amanda Brewster

School of Public Health

coordination of health care and social services, performance improvement, implementation of new practices

Dept of History

20th century U.S. history, with a focus on political economy, civil rights, education, law, the west

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

Archaeologists confer at the Yarumela site in Honduras

Rosemary A. Joyce

Dept of Anthropology

Latin America, anthropology, cultural heritage, gender, archaeology, sexuality, museums, ethics, Central America, feminism

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

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

Charles Hirschkind

Charles Hirschkind

Dept of Anthropology

Islam, anthropology, religious practice, media technologies, political community, Middle East, Europe

Nicole Starosielski standing in outdoor setting

Nicole Starosielski

Dept of Film and Media

communications infrastructure

Ekédi Mpondo-Dika

Dept of Sociology

emotions, poverty, family and personal relationships, mental health

Jeffrey L Edleson

Jeffrey L Edleson

School of Social Welfare

program evaluation, family violence, child maltreatment, engaging men, violence prevention

Dept of Psychology

bipolar disorder, healthy lifestyles, time-restricted eating, impulsivity, suicidality, community-engaged research/scholarship

Dept of English

English, 19th century American literature, 17th and 18th century American literature, African American literature, Herman Melville, race in American culture, literature and history, discourse and ideology, word and image studies, close reading

Rauri C.K. Bowie

Dept of Integrative Biology

ornithology, Africa, evolutionary biology

Uros Seljak in 2023

Uros Seljak

Dept of Physics

astrophysics, cosmology, machine learning, Bayesian statistics

School of Journalism

Documentary Film, television, Investigative Reporting, International Reporting