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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Don Tilley in his office

Dept of Chemistry

inorganic, organometallic, polymer and materials chemistry, transition metal compounds, catalysis, new chemical transformations, advanced solid state materials, renewable energy, solar fuels

Robert Birgeneau

Dept of Physics

Goldman School of Public Policy

physics, phase transition behavior of novel states of matter

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

hydrogeology, fluid mechanics, geomorphology, earth & planetary science, geological processes involving fluids, including problems in physical volcanology, geodynamics, dynamics of suspensions, flow & transport in porous materials, percolation theory

Shannon Boettcher

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Dept of Chemistry

electrochemistry, materials chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, hydrogen generation, electrolysis, batteries, membrane science

Ali Javey sitting in lab with equipment in background

Ali Javey

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

nanotechnology, low power electronics, flexible electronics and sensors, nanofabrication, energy harvesting and conversion, programmable matter

School of Public Health

obesity, maternal and child health, epidemiology, nutrition, health disparities, pregnancy

Feng Wang

Dept of Physics

condensed matter physics, photonics, nanoscience

School of Public Health

maternal and child health

Marvin L. Cohen

Marvin L. Cohen

Dept of Physics

nanoscience, semiconductors, nanotechnology, physics, condensed matter physics, new properties of condensed matter systems, superconductivity, applications of BCS theory, superluminal velocities

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

cement chemistry, advanced characterization methods for cementitious materials, low-carbon concrete, supplementary cementitious materials, calcined clay technology, LCA of cement-based materials

Peter B. Zinoman

Dept of History

Vietnam, Vietnam War, Vietnamese literature, Southeast Asian history, communism, nationalism, colonialism

Paulo J. M. Monteiro

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

concrete behavior, structural materials

Ellen Robey

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

fate determination in the T-lymphocyte lineage, T cell development in the mouse, thymic development, cellular maturation, parasitic infection, chronic infection, host-pathogen interactions, Toxoplasma gondii

Joseph Orenstein in lab

Joseph Orenstein

Dept of Physics

optical properties of quantum materials, magnetism, superconductivity, spin transport

Joelle Frechette

Joelle Frechette

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

soft materials, interfacial science, adhesion

Susanna Elm

Dept of History

history of the Later Roman Empire, pagan - Christian interactions, ancient medicine, slavery and the evolution of Christianity, leadership and empire, gender and imperial rule, reception of antiquity

Walter Hood

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

urban design, community development, landscape architecture, environmental planning, landscape design, citizen participation, design of architecture and landscape

Dept of Integrative Biology

freshwater ecology, food webs, trophic dynamics, northern California rivers, watersheds

17th and 18th century French literature and culture, history and theory of the novel, quantitative literary history and digital humanities, history of aesthetics, cinema (French New Wave)

Lining Yao

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

sustainable design, morphing material mechanisms, ecology, sustainability

Maria Paz Gutierrez

Maria Paz Gutierrez

Dept of Architecture

natural waste composites and additive manufacturing, flood resilience, multifunctional building systems, biologically inspired technologies, robotics and additive manufacturing

Prof. Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos standing on a damaged levee in Grand Isle, LA, following Hurricane Ida.

Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

civil infrastructure systems, geosystems, geotechnical engineering, landslides, drones, satellites, earthquakes, natural hazards, infrastructure resilience, bioinformatics, engineering justice

Dept of Astronomy

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

radio, planetary science, infrared, observations

Hitoshi Murayama

Dept of Physics

physics, particle physics, the universe, fundamental constituents of matter, Higgs boson, anti-matter, neutrino oscillations, finite value of the cosmological constant, triple coincidence of energy densities