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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Dora Zhang in outside environment

Dora Zhang

Dept of Comparative Literature

Dept of English

narrative & the novel, 20th and 21st century Britain, 20th and 21st century U.S., Asian American literature, affect theory, critical theory, philosophy and literature

Elora Shehabuddin

Elora Shehabuddin

Dept of Gender and Women's Studies

transnational feminism, history and politics of feminist movement, activism, critical approaches to development, political economy, South Asia, Middle East, Global South, United States

environmental law, natural resource law, law and science, biodiversity conservation, public and private land management, property rights

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

Robert L. Taylor

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

computational mechanics, mechanics of solids, finite element methods, finite element software

Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

theater, Playwriting, Indie Film, New Music Opera, Asian American, Japanese American

Teresa Head-Gordon standing with hands crossed in front

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

Dept of Film and Media

media studies, computer graphics, history of technology, Science and Technology studies, queer theory, new media, art and technology

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

Amanda Brewster

Amanda Brewster

School of Public Health

coordination of health care and social services, performance improvement, implementation of new practices

Frances Hellman

Frances Hellman

Dept of Physics

condensed matter physics and materials science

Eva Nogales in lab

Eva Nogales

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

cryo-EM, biochemistry, complex biological assemblies, structure and regulation of the cytoskeleton, microtubule dynamics, human transcriptional initiation machinery, epigenetics, gene silencing, biophysics

Cindy Cox

composition, music analysis and theory, post-tonal music, piano, music and live electronics, text-setting

Glynda Hull

School of Education

language, culture, society, education, literacy, writing in and out of schools, multi-media technology, new literacies, adult learning, work, community, school, university collaborations

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

geotechnical earthquake engineering, wireless sensors, seismic slope stability, seismic earth pressure, rock erosion, groundwater remediation, numerical modeling of solid-fluid interaction, geotechnical engineering, geological engineering

john powell at lectern

john powell

Dept of African American Studies

Dept of Ethnic Studies

Civil rights and civil liberties, structural racialization, racial justice and regionalism, concentrated poverty and urban sprawl, opportunity based housing, voting rights, affirmative action in the United States, South Africa and Brazil, racial and ethnic identity, spirituality and social justice, needs of citizens in a democratic society

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

Mark Asta

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

computational materials science

Dept of Mathematics

applied mathematics, numerical analysis, computational solid and fluid mechanics

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

chemical biology, microbiology, natural product biosynthesis, enzyme discovery and characterization, drug discovery

Jie Yao

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

optical materials, nanophotonics, optoelectronics, magnetic materials, ferroelectrics

Xiudi Li

School of Public Health

causal inference, data integration, federated learning and transfer learning, electronic health records, clinical trials, High Dimensional Data Analysis

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

Bernadette Pérez

Bernadette Pérez

Dept of History

history, United States, Latinx, American West, indigenous history, migration, labor, agriculture, Borderlands, the Americas, colonialism, environment

Dept of Political Science

political economy or comparative political economy, market governance, regulation, the Japanese model of capitalism, Japanese politics, political science