Michael Frenklach Dept of Mechanical Engineering chemical kinetics, computer modeling, uncertainty quantification, combustion chemistry, pollutant formation (carbon black, soot), chemical vapor deposition of diamond films, homogeneous nucleation of silicon, diamond and graphene, diamond powders; interstellar dust formation
Alexander Katz Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering chemical engineering, nanoengineering, catalytic imprinted silicas, catalysts in biological systems, catalysis, chemical sensing
Christina Romer Dept of Economics economics, the federal reserve, monetary shocks, the great depression
Mary Ann Doane Dept of Film and Media feminist theory, cultural theory, archaeology of media technology, film and modernity, film theory, psychoanalytic theory
Ellie Tubman Dept of Nuclear Engineering magnetic fusion, collisionless shock waves, electromagnetic methods
Alexis T. Bell Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering chemical engineering, heterogeneous catalysts, spectroscopic techniques, chemical reaction engineering
Roya Maboudian Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering surface and interfacial science and engineering, nanotechnology, harsh-environment sensors, silicon carbide, green construction, biologically-inspired materials synthesis
Enrique Iglesia Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering chemical engineering, catalytic materials, heterogeneous catalysis, chemical reaction engineering, methane and biomass coversion processes, refining processes, hydrogen generation, alkane activation deoxygenatiion and desulfurization catalysis, zeolites
Wenjun Zhang Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering chemical biology, microbiology, natural product biosynthesis, enzyme discovery and characterization, drug discovery
Anne Nesbet Dept of Film and Media Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures culture, film studies, Slavic languages, early Soviet culture, Sergei Eisenstein, silent film, Soviet film, GDR history, children's literature & Stalinism, the Soviet Union
Mark Sandberg Dept of Film and Media Dept of Scandinavian silent film, late nineteenth-century visual culture, theater history, comedy, Scandinavian design, serial television, film historiography, Scandinavian film history, Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian literature, Nordic literary history
Neil Razdan Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering catalysis, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics
Damon Young Dept of Film and Media Dept of French film theory, digital media, global art cinema, gender and sexuality studies, critical theory
AnnaLee Saxenian School of Information innovation, information management, entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley, regional economic development, high skilled immigration, Asian development
Vladimir Stojanovic Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) integrated circuits, silicon photonics, high-speed links, mixed-signal circuits, VLSI, emerging device technologies
Ming Wu Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) silicon photonics, MEMS, photonic integrated circuits, data center networks, 3D sensing, solid state LiDAR, optofluidics
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
William H. Miller Dept of Chemistry theoretical chemistry, chemical dynamics, quantum mechanical and semiclassical theories, dynamical chemical processes at the molecular level, photodissociation, femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy, calculations of rate constants for chemical reactions
Liwei Lin Dept of Mechanical Engineering nanotechnology, MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems), design and manufacturing of microsensors, microactuators, development of micromachining processes, silicon surface/bulk micromachining, micromolding process
Jeffrey A. Reimer Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering materials chemistry, chemical engineering, magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy, nanostructures, spin
Jay D. Keasling Dept of Bioengineering Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, metabolic engineering of microorganisms, environmentally friendly synthesis, biodegradable and recyclable polymers, production of biofuels and bioproducts, natural products
Douglas Clark Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, cell culture, biocatalyst engineering, microsystems, extremozymes, genomics of extremophiles, metabolic flux analysis, enzyme technology, bioactive materials
Jun-Chau Chien Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS) biosensors, bioelectronics, microfluidics, molecular engineering, analog, RF/mm-wave, mixed-signal circuits, microsystems design, multi-physics, silicon photonics
David L. Sedlak Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering fate and transport of and transformation of chemicals in the aquatic environment, water reuse and water recycling, urban water infrastructure, engineered treatment wetlands