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Kimberley Seed Kimberley Seed
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
interactions between bacteria and their viral predators
Michael Botchan Michael Botchan
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
eukaryotic gene expression, drosophila chromosomes, papilloma viral DNA, chromosomal dynamics
Patrick Hsu in the lab Patrick Hsu
Dept of Bioengineering
generative biology, language models, virtual cell models, genome mining and editing, synthetic biology, AI agents for science
Robert Sharf standing with group of students in library, holding a plague and flowers Robert Sharf
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
East Asian languages and cultures, medieval Chinese Buddhism, Chan Buddhism, Japanese Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism, Buddhist art, ritual studies, Buddhist philosophy, methodological issues in the study of religion
Robert Zucker 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
Mathew Welch Matthew Welch
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
biology, cell motility, the role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell locomotion, shape change, actin filament assembly, bacterial and viral pathogens
Prof. Iris D. Tommelein in Sutardja Dai Hall Iris D. Tommelein
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
lean construction, lean production, design management, sustainability, supply-chain management, life-cycle engineering, civil infrastructure systems, adaptive project leadership, engineering project management, megaproject delivery, construction process engineering, integrated project delivery IPD, building information modeling BIM, virtual design and construction VDC
Luisa Caldas Luisa Caldas
Dept of Architecture
virtual and augmented reality for building design and simulation, net zero energy and sustainable design, parametric and generative design systems for sustainable architecture, daylighting, daylighting in buildings, housing solutions for the developing world and refugee camps
Austin Roorda standing with an adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope. Austin John Roorda
School of Optometry
adaptive optics, eye, vision, ophthalmoscopy, scanning laser ophthalmoscope, ophthalmology
headshot of Scott Shenker in indoor setting Scott Shenker
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
computer science, internet architecture, software-defined networking, network function virtualization, game theoretic approaches to resource allocation, large-scale distributed systems, edge computing
Maurice Obstfeld Maurice Obstfeld
Dept of Economics
economics, monetary and fiscal remedies for deflation, open-market purchases in a liquidity trap, exchange rates, monetary policy, international finance, open-economy macroeconomics, macroeconomic history
Hertha D. Sweet Wong Hertha D. Sweet Wong
Dept of English
American literature, Native American literature, autobiography, ethnic American literature
James Bartolome James W. Bartolome
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
plant ecology, grazing, biodiversity, grasslands, environmental science, rangelands, fire, mediterranean ecosystems
Shannon Jackson Shannon Jackson
Dept of History of Art
Dept of Rhetoric
Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
rhetoric, performance studies, American studies, 20th century art movements and critical theory, local culture and intercultural citizenship in turn-of-the-century United States, history and theory of theatre and performance art
Coye Cheshire Coye Cheshire
School of Information
sociology, trust, social media, social psychology, misinformation, disinformation, social networks, collective action, social exchange, information exchange, social incentives, reputation, internet research, online research, online behavior, human-computer interaction, data science, biosensors, virtual reality
Damian Elias Damian Elias
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
animal behavior, behavioral ecology, animal communication, neuroethology, sensory systems
Nicholas Sitar Nicholas Sitar
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
Professor Tackett in China examining a recently excavated ninth-century funerary epitaph. Nicolas Tackett
Dept of History
Chinese history (Tang, Song, Liao dynasties), global middle ages, sino-steppe relations, aristocracies, meritocracy, elites, political culture, death ritual, premodern cities, premodern empires, imperialism, ethnicity, nationalism, national identity, social networks, frontiers, boundaries and borderlands, digital methodologies
A head shot of me smiling in the English Department lecture room in Wheeler Hall. Elizabeth Abel
Dept of English
feminist theory, psychoanalysis, British and American Modernism, Virginia Woolf, race and gender
Deniz Göktürk Deniz Göktürk
Dept of German
German literature, German cinema, transnational cinemas, German-Turkish-European-American intersections in cinema, performance and spectatorship and reception, intertextuality and intermediality and translation, the politics and poetics of migration and globalization, urban imaginaries and mediations of place, theories of diversity and nationalism, comedy and community, modern rituals of regulating identity and authority and mobility
Enrico Moretti Enrico Moretti
Dept of Economics
labor economics, urban economics
Susana Chung Susana Chung
School of Optometry
optometry, low vision, vision science, pattern vision, reading, cortical adaptation and plasticity
Olga Matich Olga Matich
Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Slavic languages and literatures, Russian symbolism and post-Stalin literature, women in Russian literature, Zinaida Gippius, Russian emigre literature, conceptualization of love in Russian culture, theory and practice of private life
Turner with digital reconstruction of Villa Farnesina in 1512 James Grantham Turner
Dept of English
gender, sexuality, English, 16th-18th century English, Italian and French literature, art and literature, 17th century political writing, landscape and the city, Enlightenment materialism, sexuality in Renaissance Italian art and Antiquity, ecocriticism in literature and art
Karl Kullmann Karl Kullmann
Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
Landscape and urban design, landscape and urban theory, digital representation
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