Raphael Bousso Dept of Physics physics, quantum mechanics, gravity, unified description of nature, string theory, quantum properties of black holes, the geometry of spacetime, covariant entropy bound, cosmological constant
Sabeeha Merchant Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology chloroplast, photosynthesis, algae, trace metals, genomics, synthetic biology, designer lipids, Chlamydomonas, Auxenochlorella, Dunaliella
Dan Feldman Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Dept of Neuroscience neurobiology, learning, neurophysiology, sensory biology
Robert S. Zucker Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Dept of Neuroscience synaptic transmission, cellular neurophysiology: synaptic biophysics, properties of neural circuits, photolysis, vital dyes of vesicle membrane, electrophysiological techniques, neuromodulator
Ellie Tubman Dept of Nuclear Engineering magnetic fusion, collisionless shock waves, electromagnetic methods
Costas P. Grigoropoulos Dept of Mechanical Engineering heat transfer, laser materials processing, nano-manufacturing, energy systems and technology
Jennifer A. Doudna Dept of Chemistry Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology RNA machines, hepatitis C virus, RNA interference, ribosomes, x-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Seth Yalcin Dept of Philosophy philosophy of language, cognitive science, semantics, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophical logic
Alexis T. Bell Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering chemical engineering, heterogeneous catalysts, spectroscopic techniques, chemical reaction engineering
Raymond Jeanloz Dept of Astronomy Dept of Earth and Planetary Science planetary geophysics, high-pressure physics, national and international security, science-based policy
Kimberley Seed Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology interactions between bacteria and their viral predators
Seth Finnegan Dept of Integrative Biology paleobiology, paleoecology, paleoenvironments, mass extinctions, marine ecosystems
Carlos Fernandez-Pello Dept of Mechanical Engineering fire, combustion, flammability of materials, wildland fire spotting, wildland fire propagation, ignition and fire spread, smoldering and flaming, self heating and ignition, small scale energy generation
Steven E. Brenner Dept of Bioengineering Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology molecular biology, computational biology, evolutionary biology, bioengineering, structural genomics, computational genomics, cellular activity, cellular functions, personal genomics
Marla Feller Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Dept of Neuroscience neurophysiology, developmental neuroscience
Gerald Westheimer Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Dept of Neuroscience neurobiology; psychophysics, primate visual cortex, neural circuits, brain mechanisms, response modifications, active perception, learning, stereoscopic vision, optometryoptics of the eye, ophthalmic instrumentation
Steve Tadelis Haas School of Business ecommerce, contracts and procurement, economics of organization, game theory, theory of the firm and industrial organization
Karen Trapenberg Frick Dept of City & Regional Planning political polarization, politics of infrastructure, transportation policy and planning
Rachel Brem Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology molecular evolution, ecological genetics, genetics and genomics, fungal genetics
Shannon Steen Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies critical race theory, performance theory, American studies, U.S. histories of popular performance, U.S. urban development, globalization studies