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Karen Nakamura Karen Nakamura
Dept of Anthropology
disability, Japan, disability studies, queer studies, LGBTQ communities, social cultural anthropology, medical and psychiatric anthropology, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships
Kyriakos Komvopoulos Kyriakos Komvopoulos
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
contact mechanics, fracture and fatigue of engineering materials, finite element modeling of surface contact and machining, thin-film processing and characterization, adhesion and fatigue of MEMS devices, plasma-assisted surface functionalization of biomaterials, surface patterning for cell adhesion and growth control, mechanics & tribology of magnetic recording devices, microfibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering, tribology and mechanics of artificial joints, mechanical metamaterials
Karthik Shekhar Karthik Shekhar
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
cellular and systems biology, statistical inference, single-cell genomics
Stephen R. Leone in lab Stephen R. Leone
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Physics
attosecond physics, attosecond chemistry, ultrafast spectroscopy, ultrafast laser, atomic and molecular dynamics, semiconductors, quantum materials, high harmonic generation, soft x-ray, charge transfer, charge migration, nonadiabatic dynamics, conical intersection, carrier dynamics, phonon dynamics, spin dynamics, core exciton dynamics
Professor Danica Chen standing in front of audience with microphone in hand Danica Chen
Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
aging, stem cell, metabolism, diseases of aging
Cecil S. Giscombe Cecil S. Giscombe
Dept of English
Creative Writing
Eric Stanley Eric A. Stanley
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
critical prison studies, queer/trans social movements, anti-colonial feminism, gentrification, California housing market, critical theory
Joni Wallis Joni Wallis
Dept of Neuroscience
prefrontal cortex, neurophysiology, executive control, decision making
Mark Mueller in outdoor environment Mark W. Mueller
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
robotics, UAVs, estimation, control
headshot of Scott Shenker in indoor setting Scott Shenker
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
computer science, internet architecture, software-defined networking, network function virtualization, game theoretic approaches to resource allocation, large-scale distributed systems, edge computing
Don Tilley in his office T. Don Tilley
Dept of Chemistry
inorganic, organometallic, polymer and materials chemistry, transition metal compounds, catalysis, new chemical transformations, advanced solid state materials, renewable energy, solar fuels
photo of Aaron Fisher Aaron Fisher
Dept of Psychology
Idiographic Science, Group-to-Individual Generalizability, Personalization, EMA, Time Series, physiology, Methods and Statistics
Claude Fischer Claude Fischer
Dept of Sociology
social networks, American social history, technology, urban sociology, sociology
Lilla Balint Lilla Balint
Dept of German
contemporary German literature and media, theories of the contemporary, aesthetics and politics, transnationalism and translation, digital writing, European Jewish literature, literary and cultural theory, theories of the novel
Matt F. Traxler Matt F. Traxler
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
bacterial interspecies interactions, specialized metabolism
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
Headshot of Ying Cui Mohamed Wajdi Ben Hammed
Dept of Comparative Literature
Nilah Ioannidis Nilah Ioannidis
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
computational biology, machine learning, artificial intelligence, genomics, personal genome interpretation, precision health, rare diseases, statistical genetics, molecular biology, biophysics
Boubacar Kante Boubacar Kante
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
optoelectronics, quantum optics, optimization, Antennas, Biophysics and Sensing
Alex Zettl 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)
Polly L Arnold Polly Arnold
Dept of Chemistry
synthetic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, actinide, rare earth catalysis
Eric Betzig Eric Betzig
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Physics
imaging microscopy, biophysics
Raymond Jenaloz Raymond Jeanloz
Dept of Astronomy
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
planetary geophysics, high-pressure physics, national and international security, science-based policy
David Barstow David Barstow
School of Journalism
Investigative Reporting
Clifton Schor Clifton M. Schor
School of Optometry
stereopsis, optometry, vision science, binocular vision, ocular motility, strabismus, accommodation, presbyopia
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