Rui Wang Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering theoretical polymer, soft materials, electrostatic double layer
Ziqi Wang Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering structural engineering, mechanics and materials, structural reliability, earthquake engineering, uncertainty quantification
Paige Weber Dept of Energy & Resources Group environmental economics, energy markets, energy policy, environmental justice
Steven Weber Dept of Political Science School of Information political science, international security, international political economy, information science
Jonathan Weigel Haas School of Business political economy, state capacity, development, corruption, taxation, religion
Kevin Weiner Dept of Psychology visual perception, face processing, comparative neuroanatomy, development, translational applications for patient populations
Rhona S. Weinstein Dept of Psychology community psychology, educational inequality and the achievement gap, teacher expectations and self-fulfilling prophecies, classroom and school reform
David Weisblat Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology leech embryo, evolution & development, cell fate determination, lineage tracing, specification of neuronal phenotypes, genome evolution
Charles D. Weisselberg School of Law law reform, criminal procedure, police interrogation, federal prisons
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
Jonas Wellendorf Dept of Scandinavian Old Norse language and literature, Scandinavian mythology, Scandinavian cultural history (Viking Age and Middle ages)
David E. Wemmer Dept of Chemistry nuclear magnetic resonance, nucleic acids, biophysical chemistry: proteins, NMR spectroscopy, magnetic resonance methods, structure of proteins and DNA, conformational fluctuations, biopolymers
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
Rebecca Wexler School of Law evidence law, criminal procedure, privacy, intellectual property protection
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
Kristen Whissel Dept of Film and Media Cinema and technological change, cinema and modernity, computer-generated images and contemporary cinema, digital visual effects, stereoscopic 3D cinema and media, the history and theory of special effects, cinema in transition, American film history, modernity and early cinema.
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
William White Dept of Anthropology historical archaeology, African American archaeology, historic preservation, heritage conservation, community based participatory research
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
Linda Wilbrecht Dept of Psychology neuroscience, adolescence, autism, early life adversity, neuroplasticity, dopamine, Food Insecurity, bipolar disorder