John J. Battles Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management forest ecology, ecosystem dynamics, disturbance ecology, tree demography, carbon ecology and storage, Sierra Nevada, northern forest
David B. Bogy Dept of Mechanical Engineering fluid mechanics, mechanics in computer technology, tribology in hard-disk drives, laser measurement systems, numerical simulations, static and dynamic problems in solid mechanics
Van P. Carey Dept of Mechanical Engineering mechanical engineering, statistical thermodynamics, near-interface micro- and nanoscale thermophysics and transport in liquid-vapor systems, computational modeling and simulation of energy conversion and transport processes at scales ranging from the molecular level to the device and system level, use of machine learning to enhance energy technology research and the efficiency of energy conversion and transport in applications, and use of machine learning to create next-generation energy technologies that autonomously adapt to maximize their performance and reduce their environmental impact .
Gerbrand Ceder Dept of Materials Science and Engineering energy storage, computational modeling, machine learning
Connie J. Chang-Hasnain Division of Electrical Engineering/EECS semiconductor optoelectronic devices, nano-optoelectronics, broadband communications, high throughput biosensing
Robert Dibble Dept of Mechanical Engineering mechanical engineering, laser diagnostics, carbon capture and storage
Venkatesan Guruswami Division of Computer Science/EECS theoretical computer science, coding theory, approximate optimization, randomness in computation, (computational complexity
John D. Kubiatowicz Division of Computer Science/EECS computer architecture, quantum computer design, internet-scale storage systems and peer-to-peer networking, operating systems & networking, computer security
Jeffrey R. Long Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Dept of Chemistry inorganic and materials chemistry, synthesis of inorganic molecules and higher dimensional solids, precise tailoring of chemical and physical properties, gas storage, molecular separations and catalysis in porous materials, magnetic and conductive materials
Lisa Maher Dept of Anthropology archaeology, hunter-gatherers, prehistory, geoarchaeology, landscape use, stone tools technology, emergence of social complexity, ancient technology
Lane W. Martin Dept of Materials Science and Engineering Complex Oxides, novel electronic materials, thin films, materials processing, materials characterization, memory, logic, information technologies, energy conversion, thermal properties, dielectrics, ferroelectrics, pyroelectrics, piezoelectrics, magnetics, multiferroics, transducers, devices
Bryan D. McCloskey Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering electrochemical energy storage, electrocatalysis, molecular and ionic transport through polymers
Anders Näär Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology gene expression, microRNAs, Mammalian Cell Metabolism, Metabolic Diseases, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, NAFLD/NASH, cancer therapies
James Olzmann Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology lipid droplet, lipotoxicity, ferroptosis, ubiquitin, proteasome, ER protein quality control, metabolism, cancer, drug resistance, metabolic disease
Kristin Persson Dept of Materials Science and Engineering Lithium-ion Batteries, multivalent batteries, organic electrolytes, polar materials, datamining of materials properties for energy applications
Robert Pilawa-Podgurski Division of Electrical Engineering/EECS power electronics, energy systems, renewable energy, photovoltaics, electric vehicles
Kameshwar Poolla Dept of Mechanical Engineering Division of Electrical Engineering/EECS modeling, control, estimation, smart grids, renewable energy, electricity markets, transportation networks, integrated circuit design and manufacturing
Mary E. Power Dept of Integrative Biology freshwater ecology, food webs, trophic dynamics, northern California rivers, watersheds
Ramamoorthy Ramesh Dept of Materials Science and Engineering Dept of Physics processing of complex oxide heterostructures, spin-charge coupling, nanoscale characterization/device structures, thin film growth and materials physics of complex oxides, materials processing for devices, information technologies
Kenneth N. Raymond Dept of Chemistry chemistry, bacteria, bioinorganic chemistry, biophysical chemistry, coordination, design of specific chelating agents for metal ions, human iron storage and transport proteins, low-molecular weight chelating agents, metals in medicine, metal-ligands
Brian Wright Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics innovation, economics, catastrophe insurance, intellectual property, agricultural policy, patents, commodity markets, storage, speculation
Jonathan Wurtele Dept of Physics physics, stability, plasma theory, advanced accelerator concepts, intense laser-plasma interaction, the basic equilibrium, radiation properties of intense charged particle beams, simulation and the development of proof-of-principle experiments
Omar M. Yaghi Dept of Chemistry Reticular Chemistry, metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, Carbon Capture, gas storage systems, water harvesting from desert air.