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Alessandra Lanzara headshot Alessandra Lanzara
Dept of Physics
materials science, ultrafast science, quantum materials, sustainable materials, topological phases of matter
Raymond Jenaloz Raymond Jeanloz
Dept of Astronomy
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
planetary geophysics, high-pressure physics, national and international security, science-based policy
Alexander Givental Alexander Givental
Dept of Mathematics
mathematics, mathematical physics, symplectic geometry, singularities, mirror symmetry
Steven Kahn Steven Kahn
Dept of Astronomy
Dept of Physics
astrophysics, cosmology, optical astrophysics
Teresa Head-Gordon standing with hands crossed in front Teresa Head-Gordon
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Dept of Chemistry
Computational chemistry, machine learning, chemical physics, biophysics, biomolecules, materials, catalysis, computational science
Aditi Krishnapriyan Aditi Krishnapriyan
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
machine learning, geometric deep learning, differentiable physics, dynamical systems, numerical methods, computational geometry, optimization
K. Birgitta Whaley K. Birgitta Whaley
Dept of Chemistry
quantum information and quantum computation, control and simulation of complex quantum systems, quantum effects in biological systems, quantum physics, quantum mechanics
Headshot of Geoff Penington Geoff Penington
Dept of Physics
Lee Bernstein Lee Bernstein
Dept of Nuclear Engineering
nuclear science data, nuclear engineering, experimental nuclear physics, isotopes, nuclear astrophysics, nuclear science, nuclear weapons
Kai Vetter Kai Vetter
Dept of Nuclear Engineering
nuclear physics, radiation detection, nuclear instrumentation, nuclear measurements, multi-sensor systems and data fusion, radiological resilience
headshot of Dmitri Brown Dmitri Brown
Dept of History
North America, Native American history, indigenous methodologies, Tewa philosophy, community-based research, oral history, history of physics, colonialism
Chung-Pei Ma Chung-Pei Ma
Dept of Astronomy
Dept of Physics
astrophysics, black hole, dark matter, cosmology, formation and evolution of galaxies, cosmic microwave background radiation
Jonathan Shewchuk Jonathan Shewchuk
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
scientific computing, computational geometry (especially mesh generation, numerical robustness, surface reconstruction, numerical methods, machine learning, physically-based animation
Cathryn Carson. Credit: Brandon Sánchez Mejia/UC Berkeley Cathryn Carson
Dept of History
science and society, data science, ethics, artificial intelligence, history of science and technology, history of physics, nuclear waste, intellectual history, interdisciplinarity
SHAOFAN LI Shaofan Li
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in engineering and sciences, structural mechanics, computational mechanics, computational materials, computational mechanics and computational physics, finite element methods and meshfree particle methods, ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, atomistic simulation and multiscale simulations, nonlinear continuum mechanics, soft matter mechanics, wave propagations, modeling and simulation of fracture, dislocations, modeling and simulation of material failures, nano-mechanics, bio-mechanics and bio-physics, cellular mechanics, micromechanics & composite materials, mechanics and physics of amorphous materials
Maciej Zworski Maciej Zworski
Dept of Mathematics
mathematics, partial differential equations, mathematical physics, mathematical aspects of quantum mechanics, scattering theory, microlocal analysis
Christian H. Borgs Christian Borgs
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
theoretical computer science, probability theory, combinatorics, complex networks, statistical physics, artificial intelligence, applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in engineering and sciences
headshot of Alistair Sinclair Alistair Sinclair
Dept of Statistics
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
algorithms, applied probability, statistics, random walks, Markov chains, computational applications of randomness, Markov chain Monte Carlo, statistical physics, combinatorial optimization
Fratoni's Headshot Massimiliano Fratoni
Dept of Nuclear Engineering
nuclear reactor design, fuel cycle analysis, fusion reactors, nuclear power, nuclear engineering, nuclear reactor physics, nuclear reactor safety
Burkhard Militzer Burkhard Militzer
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
density functional methods, equation of state calculations, planetary interiors, materials at high pressure, theoretical mineral physics, path integration Monte Carlo, planet formation, quantum Monte Carlo method
headshot of Jun-Chau Chien Jun-Chau Chien
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
biosensors, bioelectronics, microfluidics, molecular engineering, analog, RF/mm-wave, mixed-signal circuits, microsystems design, multi-physics, silicon photonics
James Sethian James A. Sethian
Dept of Mathematics
mathematics, applied mathematics, partial differential equations, computational physics, level set Methods, computational fluid mechanics and materials sciences, fast marching methods
James F. O'Brien James O'Brien
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
School of Optometry
computer graphics, fluid dynamics, computer simulation, physically based animation, finite element simulation, human perception, image forensics, video forensics, computer animation, special effects for film, video game technology, motion capture, machine learning, facial animation, artificial intelligence, geometric algorithms, geometric design and modeling
Headshot of Shimon Kolkowitz Shimon Kolkowitz
Dept of Physics
precision measurements, nanoscale sensing, precision metrology, timekeeping, tests of relativity, quantum sensing, quantum
Martin White Martin White
Dept of Astronomy
Dept of Physics
cosmology, formation of structure in the universe, dark energy, expansion of the universe, cosmic microwave background, quasars, redshift surveys
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