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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Alexis Kaminski in outdoor setting

Alexis Kaminski

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

fluid dynamics, stratified flows, upper-ocean dynamics, physical oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, mixing, internal waves, shear instabilities

Daniel M. Neumark

Daniel M. Neumark

Dept of Chemistry

physical chemistry, molecular structure and dynamics, spectroscopy and dynamics of transition states, radicals, clusters, frequency and time-domain techniques, state-resolved photodissociation, photodetachment of negative ion beams

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

formal methods, computational logic, electronic design automation, computer security, dependable computing, Cyber-Physical Systems, programming languages

head shot of Grigory Tikhomirov

Grigory Tikhomirov

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

bioengineering, nanofabrication, nanorobotics, biosystems and computational biology, energy, integrated circuits, micro/nano electro mechanical systems, physical electronics

Eli Yablonovitch

Eli Yablonovitch

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

optoelectronics, physical electronics, high speed optical communications, nanocavity lasers, photonic crystals at optical and microwave frequencies, quantum computing and communication

Gopala Krishna Anumanchipalli

Gopala Krishna Anumanchipalli

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

biosystems and computational biology, artificial intelligence, cyber-physical systems and design automation, human-computer interaction, signal processing, intelligent systems and robotics

William Lester, Jr.

William A. Lester, Jr.

Dept of Chemistry

theoretical and physical chemistry, advances in basic theory, computational methods, study of molecular electronic structure, quantum Monte Carlo method, Born-Oppenheimer approximation

Pierluigi Nuzzo

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

cyber-physical systems and design automation, control and intelligent systems and robotics, integrated circuits, computer architecture & engineering, artificial intelligence, power and energy, programming systems, security

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

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli sitting with hand extended in front of diagram.

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

Cyber-Physical Systems, System design, Electronic Design Systems, embedded system design, control, integrated circuits, theory, Machine learning applications to Energy Efficient Building and Health

Richard A. Mathies

Richard A. Mathies

Dept of Chemistry

genomics, biophysical, bioanalytical, physical chemistry, laser spectroscopy, resonance Raman, excited-state reaction dynamics photoactive proteins, rhodopsins, microfabricated chemical biochemical analysis devices, forensics, infectious disease detection

Jeffrey R. Long

Jeffrey R. Long

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Dept of Chemistry

inorganic and materials chemistry, synthesis of inorganic molecules and higher dimensional solids, precise tailoring of chemical and physical properties, gas storage, molecular separations and catalysis in porous materials, magnetic and conductive materials

Gabor A. Somorjai

Gabor A. Somorjai

Dept of Chemistry

physical chemistry, catalysis, surface science, low-energy electron diffraction, solid state chemistry, macroscopic surface phenomena, adhesion, lubrication, biocompatibility, bonding, reactivity at solid surfaces, scanning tunneling

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

hydrogeology, fluid mechanics, geomorphology, earth & planetary science, geological processes involving fluids, including problems in physical volcanology, geodynamics, dynamics of suspensions, flow & transport in porous materials, percolation theory

Kristie Boering in her UC Berkeley laboratory with graduate student Katie Mar

Kristie Boering

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

physical chemistry, climate change, atmospheric chemistry, environmental chemistry, ozone, earth and planetary science, isotopic compositions of atmospheric trace gases, stratospheric ozone, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, molecular hydrogen, methane

Alessandra Lanzara

Dept of Physics

materials science, ultrafast science, quantum materials, sustainable materials, topological phases of matter

Fei Xu

Dept of Psychology

cognitive development, language development, learning mechanisms, statistical learning and statistical inference, conceptual development, developmental psychology, word learning, physical reasoning, social cognition in infants and children, learning in infants and young children, computational models of cognitive development, cognitive development and AI models, psychology and philosophy

Steven Kahn

Dept of Astronomy

Dept of Physics

astrophysics, cosmology, optical astrophysics

Geoff Penington

Dept of Physics

Dept of Astronomy

Dept of Physics

astrophysics, black hole, dark matter, cosmology, formation and evolution of galaxies, cosmic microwave background radiation

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

Shimon Kolkowitz

Dept of Physics

precision measurements, nanoscale sensing, precision metrology, timekeeping, tests of relativity, quantum sensing, quantum

Luca Victor Iliesiu

Dept of Physics

quantum field theory, quantum gravity

Joseph Orenstein in lab

Joseph Orenstein

Dept of Physics

optical properties of quantum materials, magnetism, superconductivity, spin transport

Michael Zaletel

Michael Zaletel

Dept of Physics

condensed matter theory