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Roger Falcone Roger Falcone
Dept of Physics
physics, lasers, x-rays, plasma physics, materials, atomic physics, ultrafast science
head shot of James Hurley James Hurley
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Structural Biology, reconstitution, membrane biology, autophagy, HIV, x-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy
Jennifer Doudna holding an model of CRISPR. 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
Michael Zuerch in front of vacuum chamber. Michael W. Zuerch
Dept of Chemistry
collective phenomena in material, chemical material dynamics in surfaces and interfaces, symmetry-broken states and their emergence in condensed-phase systems, dynamical properties in artificial and correlated superlattices, ultrafast spectroscopy from THz to X-rays
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
Simo Mäkiharju in lab setting Simo Mäkiharju
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
experimental fluid dynamics, fluid dynamics, Cavitation, multiphase flow, drag reduction, ocean renewable energy, particle image velocimetry, Time-Resolved X-Ray Densitometry, Droplet and particle transport
headshot of Robert Birgeneau Robert Birgeneau
Dept of Physics
Goldman School of Public Policy
physics, phase transition behavior of novel states of matter
Frances Hellman Frances Hellman
Dept of Physics
condensed matter physics and materials science
Nitash Balsara in his lab Nitash P. Balsara
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
electrochemical energy conversion, polymer properties, small angle scattering, nanoscale and microscale sciences
Hans-Rudolf Wenk Hans-Rudolf Wenk
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
crystallography, earth & planetary science, structural geology & rock deformation, seismic anisotropy
John Arnold John Arnold
Dept of Chemistry
organometallic chemistry, organometallic catalysis, materials chemistry, coordination chemistry
Daniel M. Neumark Daniel M. Neumark
Dept of Chemistry
physical chemistry, molecular structure and dynamics, spectroscopy and dynamics of transition states, radicals, clusters, frequency and time-domain techniques, state-resolved photodissociation, photodetachment of negative ion beams
James Sethian James A. Sethian
Dept of Mathematics
mathematics, applied mathematics, partial differential equations, computational physics, level set Methods, computational fluid mechanics and materials sciences, fast marching methods
Alex Filippenko Alex Filippenko
Dept of Astronomy
supernovae, active galaxies, black holes, gamma-ray bursts, expansion of the universe
Benjamin Safdi Benjamin Safdi
Dept of Physics
astrophysics, particle physics
Stuart D. Bale Stuart Bale
Dept of Physics
experimental space physics, plasma astrophysics, solar physics, low frequency radio astronomy
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)
Martin P. Head-Gordon Martin P. Head-Gordon
Dept of Chemistry
theoretical chemistry, electronic structure calculations, development of novel theories and algorithms, quantum mechanics
Andy Martin in lab Andy Martin
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
26S proteasome, Ubiquitin-Proteasome System, AAA+ ATPases, Molecular motor proteins
Jeffrey R. Long 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
Picture of Professor Merchant 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
William Holzpfel William Holzapfel
Dept of Physics
cosmology, physics, measurement and interpretation of anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background, the universe, density of energy, baryonic matter in the universe, the degree angular scale interferometer, the arcminute cosmology bolometer array
Raffaella Margutti Raffaella Margutti
Dept of Astronomy
Dept of Physics
astrophysics, compact object mergers, core-collapse supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, Neutron Stars, radio astronomy, space astrophysics, stellar evolution, supernova shockwaves, supernovae, tidal disruption events
Robert Tijian Robert Tjian
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
eukaryotic molecular biology; biochemistry, cellular differentiation, chromatin function, RNA synthesis, single cell imaging, single molecule imaging
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