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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Katherine A. Yelick

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

high performance computing, partitioned Global Address Space programming, communication-avoiding algorithms, automatic performance tuning, high performance data analytics, computational biology

Stuart Russell in outdoor environment

Stuart J. Russell

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

artificial intelligence, computational biology, algorithms, machine learning, real-time decision-making, probabilistic reasoning

Daniela Kaufer standing with part of a human skull nearby

Dept of Integrative Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

neuroscience, aging, dementia, stress, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, blood brain barrier, resilience, trauma, psychedelics, glia, myelin

Dr. Chris Schell sets a wildlife camera trap in the East Bay, CA. His lab uses these devices and other techniques (e.g., GPS collars, roadkill collections) to monitor how wildlife populations adapt to life in cities.

Christopher Schell

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

behavioral ecology, urban ecology, One Health, social-ecological dynamics, environmental justice

Dept of Psychology

bipolar disorder, healthy lifestyles, time-restricted eating, impulsivity, suicidality, community-engaged research/scholarship

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

theoretical ecology, stochastic processes, optimal control, decision theory, ecoinformatics, data science, tipping points

Robert Levenson at Davos

Robert W. Levenson

Dept of Psychology

aging, gender, culture, brain, psychology, emotion, psychophysiology, marriage, clinical science, interpersonal interactions, dementia, relationships, neurodegenerative disease

Joshua Goldstein

Joshua Goldstein

Dept of Demography

mortality, fertility, aging, social inequality, mathematical demography, economic demography, quantitative methods, United States, Europe

Dept of Chemistry

computational genomics, Genomic susceptibility of common diseases, Genomic Tree of Life, Demography of human genome diversity

Michael Lucey delivering a lecture.

Dept of Comparative Literature

the novel, sexuality studies, comparative literature, French, French literature, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, British literature and culture, social and literary theory, cultural studies of music, studies of language in use, linguistic anthropology, theories of practice, twentieth-century American literature

N. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez

Norma Cecilia Martinez-Gomez

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

microbial physiology, one-carbon metabolism, microbial molecular biology, bacteria, enzymes, enzyme activity, enzymology, enzyme kinetics, protein biochemistry, protein characterization

Field work in on Oahu

George Roderick

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

global change, environmental science, sustainability, biodiversity, invasive species, population genomics

Dept of Physics

physics, theoretical condensed matter, topological phase transitions, high-temperature superconductivity, organization principles enabling microscopic degrees of freedom to behave cooperatively, matter and their formation mechanisms, low dimensional quantum magnets, strongly correlated Fermi and Bose fluids

Dept of Political Science

political economy, ethnic politics, comparative clientelism in developing countries, research design, causal inference, statistical methods, multi-method research

Dept of Architecture

architecture, high-performance buildings, energy use, indoor environmental quality, post-occupancy evaluation, comfort and adaptation in buildings, natural ventilation and mixed mode

Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology

gene expression, microRNAs, Mammalian Cell Metabolism, Metabolic Diseases, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, NAFLD/NASH, cancer therapies

Dept of Economics

Africa, education, development economics, human capital, health, ethnic divisions, social capital, civil conflict, war, pre-analysis plans, water

Dept of Economics

inequality, taxation, redistribution

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

Dept of Geography

global change ecology, biogeography, spectral ecology, remote sensing, climate change impacts on biodiversity and ecological functioning

Ajay Pillarisetti setting at desk with computer monitor and microphone in background

Ajay Pillarisetti

School of Public Health

energy use, health effects of air pollution, climate change, exposure assessment, global health, health impacts of energy use, heat and health, air pollution measurement, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships, social justice research

Photo of Jennifer Ahern

School of Public Health

mental health, epidemiology, social epidemiology, population health, neighborhood characteristics and health, methodological issues and novel methodological applications in social, traumatic events, substance use, behavioral health, birth outcomes and maternal health

Lu Chen, MD, PhD, FARVO

School of Optometry

lymph and blood vascular biology, corneal inflammation, transplantation immunity, glaucoma

Faculty Photo, Clayton R. Critcher, 09/27/23

Clayton Critcher

Haas School of Business

moral psychology, consumer behavior and decision making, self and social judgment

Zaijun Chen

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

physical electronics, artificial intelligence, computer architecture & engineering, information / data / network / communication science, integrated circuits

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