Michael A. Marletta Dept of Chemistry Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology chemical biology, molecular biology, structure/function relationships in proteins, catalytic and biological properties of enzymes, cellular signaling, nitric oxide synthase, soluble guanylate cyclase, gas sensing, cellulose degradation, polysaccharide monooxygenases
Richard A. Mathies Dept of Chemistry genomics, biophysical, bioanalytical, physical chemistry, laser spectroscopy, resonance Raman, excited-state reaction dynamics photoactive proteins, rhodopsins, microfabricated chemical biochemical analysis devices, forensics, infectious disease detection
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
Charlan Jeanne Nemeth Dept of Psychology decision making, jury decision making, influence and persuasion, creativity in small groups, managing innovation in organizations, psychology of creative scientists and entrepreneurs, corporate cultures, diversity of team members, brainstorming, psychology and law
George F. Smoot Dept of Physics cosmology, physics, astrophysics experiments, observational astrophysics, observing our galaxy, the cosmic background radiation, ground-based radio-telescope observations, balloon-borne instrumentation, satellite experiments, the NASA cosmic background
Karen Trapenberg Frick Dept of City & Regional Planning political polarization, politics of infrastructure, transportation policy and planning
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
Henrike C. Lange Dept of History of Art art, architecture, literature, afterlife of antiquity, middle ages & Renaissance / early modern age, Giotto, Donatello, Mantegna, Botticelli, Raphael, 19th and 20th century historiography, Aby Warburg, total solar eclipses, theology, creativity and interdisciplinarity
Elçin Ünal Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology gametogenesis, biology of aging, gene regulation, genetics, genomics and development
Patrick Hsu Dept of Bioengineering generative biology, language models, virtual cell models, genome mining and editing, synthetic biology, AI agents for science
Estelle Tarica Dept of Spanish and Portuguese Latin America, Jewish Latin America, Andes, Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Guatemala, Holocaust, genocide, race, nationalism, Spanish, mestizaje, indigeneity, Quechua
Keith Feldman Dept of Ethnic Studies critical theory, U.S. cultural studies, Israel-Palestine, theories of race and ethnicity, comparative diaspora studies, public humanities
Katherine Newman Dept of Sociology Goldman School of Public Policy low wage labor markets, social mobility, inequality
Osagie K. Obasogie School of Law School of Public Health law, bioethics, reproductive and genetic technologies, race
Ivonne del Valle Dept of Spanish and Portuguese colonial period in México, internal colonialism in Mexico, Jesuits (Loyola, Acosta, Baegert), Baroque and Enlightenment from a colonial perspective, technology and environment, drainage of Mexico City lakes, Christianity and pre-Hispanic religions
Catherine Ceniza Choy Dept of Ethnic Studies Asian American history, Filipino American studies, race and gender, migration, nursing history, adoption studies, public impact research/scholarship, social justice research
Jacob Dalton Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies religion, ritual, Tibet, Buddhism, Tantra, Dunhuang
Ann Keller School of Public Health political science, health politics, public policy, public administration, disaster response, expertise in public decision-making
Saira Mohamed School of Law criminal law, international law, human rights, International Criminal Law
Ussama Makdisi Dept of History Ottoman history, Arab history, U.S.-Arab relations, U.S. missionary work in the Middle East
Zamansele Nsele Dept of History of Art modern & contemporary African diaspora visual art, modern & contemporary African visual art, Black art, Black & African feminisms, critical theories of Blackness, African modernism, theories of nostalgia and melancholia, visual activism