Matthew DeJong Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, infrastructure, soil/structure interaction, monitoring, heritage conservation, masonry structures
Peidong Yang Dept of Chemistry materials chemistry, solid state chemistry, nanoscience, energy science, semiconductor nanowires, nanophotonics, artificial photosynthesis, electrochemistry, photoelectrochemistry, electrocatalysis, photocatalysis
Reinhard Genzel Dept of Physics physics, existence and formation of black holes in galactic nuclei, the nature of the power source, the evolution of (ultra)luminous infrared galaxies, gas dynamics, the fueling of active galactic nuclei, the properties evolution of starburst galaxies
Mengjie Yu Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) physical electronics, artificial intelligence, integrated circuits, micro/nano electro mechanical systems
Saul Perlmutter Dept of Physics cosmology, dark energy, physics, astrophysics experiments, observational astrophysics, supernovae, accelerating universe
James Hurley Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Structural Biology, reconstitution, membrane biology, autophagy, HIV, x-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy
Tracy Becker Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering advanced structural systems, structural dynamics, structural design, earthquake engineering, isolation and other high performance systems, use of novel materials in design
Roger Falcone Dept of Physics physics, lasers, x-rays, plasma physics, materials, atomic physics, ultrafast science
Petr Horava Dept of Physics cosmology, physics, quantum geometry, particle physics, string (and M-) theory, quantum gravity
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
Daniel McKinsey Dept of Physics dark matter, noble gases, cryogenics, high voltages, particle physics, astrophysics, low temperature physics, detector physics, neutrinos
George F. Smoot Dept of Physics cosmology, physics, astrophysics experiments, observational astrophysics, observing our galaxy, the cosmic background radiation, ground-based radio-telescope observations, balloon-borne instrumentation, satellite experiments, the NASA cosmic background
Zaijun Chen Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) physical electronics, artificial intelligence, computer architecture & engineering, information / data / network / communication science, integrated circuits
Yury Kolomensky Dept of Physics particle physics, precision measurements, electroweak interactions, neutrino physics, QCD, BaBar, E158, CUORE, Mu2e
Robert Birgeneau Dept of Physics Goldman School of Public Policy physics, phase transition behavior of novel states of matter