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Research Expertise and Interest

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Name

Department

Avishay Tal

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

theory(THY), complexity theory, analysis of Boolean functions, randomness in computation, quantum computation

Alessandra Lanzara

Dept of Physics

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

Kwabena Bediako in lab

Kwabena Bediako

Dept of Chemistry

inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry, quantum transport, optoelectronics, low-dimensional and nanoscale structures

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

Dept of Mathematics

mathematics, partial differential equations, mathematical physics, mathematical aspects of quantum mechanics, scattering theory, microlocal analysis

Dept of Physics

experimental study of quantum magnetism in nanostructures, condensed matter physics, materials science experimentation

Picture of Professor Gray outside the physics department.

Dept of Physics

particle physics, machine learning, algorithms, quantum algorithms, general purpose computation on the GPU (GPGPU)

William H. Miller

William H. Miller

Dept of Chemistry

theoretical chemistry, chemical dynamics, quantum mechanical and semiclassical theories, dynamical chemical processes at the molecular level, photodissociation, femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy, calculations of rate constants for chemical reactions

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

John D. Kubiatowicz

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

computer architecture, quantum computer design, internet-scale storage systems and peer-to-peer networking, operating systems & networking, computer security

Nina Maggi Kelly

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

remote sensing, drones, ecosystem sciences, forests, geoinformatics, participatory web, GIS

Dept of Physics

physics, theoretical condensed matter, topological phase transitions, high-temperature superconductivity, organization principles enabling microscopic degrees of freedom to behave cooperatively, matter and their formation mechanisms, low dimensional quantum magnets, strongly correlated Fermi and Bose fluids

Michael Marletta

Michael A. Marletta

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

chemical biology, molecular biology, structure/function relationships in proteins, catalytic and biological properties of enzymes, cellular signaling, nitric oxide synthase, soluble guanylate cyclase, gas sensing, cellulose degradation, polysaccharide monooxygenases

Michael (Miki) Lustig

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

medical imaging, MRI, compressed sensing

Chris Hoofnagle

Chris Jay Hoofnagle

consumer protection, internet law, privacy, computer crime, criminal procedure, law and technology, public choice theory, federal trade commission, federal communications commission, class action litigation, cyber security, cybersecurity, quantum information, national security

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

environmental and resource economics, remote sensing, climate change, water resources, health effects of air pollution

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

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

chemical engineering, nanoengineering, catalytic imprinted silicas, catalysts in biological systems, catalysis, chemical sensing

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

Dept of Geography

global change ecology, biogeography, spectral ecology, remote sensing, climate change impacts on biodiversity and ecological functioning

Jeffrey Q. Chambers

Dept of Geography

forests, climate change, trees, tropical forests, remote sensing, Drought, hurricanes, fires

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

infrastructure sensing, infrastructure modeling, performance-based design, underground structures, energy geotechnics, geomechanics

Manuela Girotto's photo

Manuela Girotto

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

hydrologic response, natural and human driven processes, remote sensing, sea level change, snow hydrology

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

landscape ecology, remote sensing, GIS, spatial analysis, urban geography, ecosystem change, biodiversity, ecosystem services, wetlands, urban regions, landscape dynamics

Professor Silver sampling soils

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

climate change, global change, greenhouse gases, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, grasslands, tropical forests, carbon sequestration, environmental sensing