Jen-Chywan (Wally) Wang Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology steroid hormones, glucocorticoids, molecular physiology, Metabolic Diseases, Type 2 diabetes, cellular signaling, factors regulated glucose/insulin homeostasis, fatty liver
Steven Weber Dept of Political Science School of Information political science, international security, international political economy, information science
Kevin Weiner Dept of Psychology visual perception, face processing, comparative neuroanatomy, development, translational applications for patient populations
Dan Weisz Dept of Astronomy observational astrophysics, galaxies, stars, cosmology, early Universe, dark matter
Matthew Welch Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology biology, cell motility, the role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell locomotion, shape change, actin filament assembly, bacterial and viral pathogens
Hans-Rudolf Wenk Dept of Earth and Planetary Science crystallography, earth & planetary science, structural geology & rock deformation, seismic anisotropy, investigating development of preferred orientation under expreme conditions using neutron diffraction, synchrotron x-rays, & electron microscopy
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
Noah Whiteman Dept of Integrative Biology Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology adaptation, evolutionary biology, genomics, genetics, toxicology, insect biology, plant biology, microbiology, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
David Whitney Dept of Psychology cognitive neuroscience, cognition, attention, visual perception, vision, visually guided action, human factors
Linda Wilbrecht Dept of Psychology neuroscience, adolescence, autism, early life adversity, neuroplasticity, dopamine, Food Insecurity, bipolar disorder
Christine Wildsoet School of Optometry optometry, vision science, myopia, refractive errors, accommodation, aberrations, eye growth, ocular therapeutics, optical myopia control, pharmacological myopia control, ocular tissue engineering, ocular stem cells, basic and clinical research with social implications
Martha Wilfahrt Dept of Political Science African politics, political economy of development, redistributive politics
Michelle Wilkerson School of Education K-12 math and science education, science education, mathematics education, computing education, design-based research, computers in K-12 education, data literacy, data science education
David C. Wilson Goldman School of Public Policy political psychology, politics, race and public policy, race, racial justice
Mark Wilson School of Education measurement, psychometrics, assessment, development of assessment resources, assessment systems
Winnie Wong Dept of Rhetoric labor and creativity, Modern Art, contemporary art, contemporary art and law, China studies
Frank C. Worrell School of Education development, education, cognition, academic talent development, adolescence, African American, at-risk youth, English-speaking Caribbean, ethnic identity, gifted, psychosocial development, racial identity, school psychology, teacher effectiveness, Trinidad and Tobago, time perspective
John Wright Division of Computer Science (EECS) quantum state learning, quantum complexity theory, property testing, approximation algorithms
Junqiao Wu Dept of Materials Science and Engineering semiconductors, nanotechnology, energy materials, condensed matter physics and materials science