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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

Prasad Raghavendra in outdoor setting

Prasad Raghavendra

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

theory(THY), optimization, complexity theory, approximation algorithms

Dept of Political Science

School of Information

political science, international security, international political economy, information science

Mahesh Srinivasan

Mahesh Srinivasan

Dept of Psychology

flexible and pragmatic uses of language, representation of abstract concepts, linguistic relativity, social cognitive development in different cultural contexts

andreja novakovic

Andreja Novakovic

Dept of Philosophy

19th and 20th century European philosophy, G.W.F. Hegel

Robert Birgeneau

Dept of Physics

Goldman School of Public Policy

physics, phase transition behavior of novel states of matter

Alex Zettl

Dept of Physics

physics, condensed matter physics, fullerenes, condensed matter experiments, characterize novel materials with unusual electronic and magnetic ground states, low-dimensional and nanoscale structures, superconductors, giant magnetoresistance materials, nanotubes, graphene, boron nitride nanostructures, neural probes, NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems)

Joanna M Picciotto

Joanna M Picciotto

Dept of English

Renaissance literature, early modern literature, 18th century British literature

Dept of Psychology

A.I., learning, philosophy, psychology, cognitive development, theory of mind, young children, children's causal knowledge, Bayes Net formalism

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

Dept of Economics

inequality, Place Based Policies, firm wage setting policies, employment discrimination, econometrics, discrimination

Haas School of Business

economic development, labor and organizational economics, health economics, wage determination, corporate social responsibility

Dept of Physics

astrophysics, geophysics, physics, nonlinear dynamics of dissipative systems, bifurcation theory, low-dimensional behavior of continuous systems, the theory of nonlinear waves, pattern formation in fluid systems, geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics, reaction-diffusion systems

Dan Stamper-Kurn in laboratory

Dan Stamper-Kurn

Dept of Physics

atomic physics, the use of ultra-cold neutral atoms, studies of microscopic and macroscopic quantum phenomena, cavity quantum electrodynamics, Bose-Einstein condensation, precision and quantum measurement

School of Social Welfare

aging, caregiving, long-term care, workplace rights, health policy, LGBTQ+

Kathryn Teigen De Master

Kathryn De Master

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

agriculture, environment, rural conservation and development, agri-food systems, sociology and political ecology of agriculture

Gloria Brar

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

meiosis, translation, sORFs, stress responses

Donald Rio

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

molecular genetics, drosophila melanogaster, transposable elements, RNA splicing, neurodegenerative diseases, nucleic acid rearrangement reactions, P elements and their cellular host

Kristin Primus in outside environment with mosaic in background.

Dept of Philosophy

Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, 17th and 18th century philosophy

Dept of English

19th century British literature, critical theory, disability studies, poetry, Wordsworth, Carlyle, Hardy, Rousseau, the French Revolution, Marxist theory

Fiona McFarlane

Fiona McFarlane

Dept of English

Creative Writing, narrative and the novel, the short story

Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby

Dept of History of Art

18th through 20th century French, 18th through 20th century French and American art, history of slavery, colonialism, race, gender, visual and material culture

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

signal processing, image processing, computer vision, Deep Learning

Dept of English

American literature to 1900, American painting and visual arts, literature and philosophy, nineteenth century intellectual history

Pradeep Chhibber

Pradeep Chhibber

Dept of Political Science

political parties, South Asia, electoral politics, politics of India