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Research Expertise and Interest

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Name

Department

Kevin Edward Healy

Dept of Bioengineering

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

bioengineering, biomaterials engineering, bioinspired materials, regenerative medicine, stem cell engineering, microphysiological systems, organs on a chip, drug screening and discovery

Brian A. Barsky

Brian A. Barsky

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

School of Optometry

computer science, geometric design and modeling, computer graphics, computer aided cornea modeling and visualization, medical imaging, virtual environments for surgical simulation

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Stephanie Carlson

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

fish ecology, stream ecology, freshwater ecology, northern California rivers, Pacific salmon, conservation biology

Per F. Peterson

Dept of Nuclear Engineering

nuclear engineering, heat and mass transfer, reactor thermal hydraulics, nuclear reactor design, radioactive waste, nuclear materials management

K. Birgitta Whaley

K. Birgitta Whaley

Dept of Chemistry

quantum information and quantum computation, control and simulation of complex quantum systems, quantum effects in biological systems, quantum physics, quantum mechanics

Dept of Linguistics

linguistics, phonological theory, typology, African languages, the Niger-Congo family, especially the comparative and historical study of the Bantu language family

John Arnold

Dept of Chemistry

organometallic chemistry, organometallic catalysis, materials chemistry, coordination chemistry

John Chuang

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

School of Information

climate informatics, biosensory computing, brainwave authentication, information economics and policy

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

Robert Sharf standing with group of students in library, holding a plague and flowers

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

Justin Bashares in lab with taxidermy animals

Justin Brashares

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

wildlife, biodiversity, ecology, conservation, sustainability, climate change, human livelihoods

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

chromosome structure and function, higher order chromosome structure, cell cycle controls, chromosome remodeling and reorganization during meiosis, spatial pattern formation in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, genome mapping, eukaryotic genomes, whole-genome analysis

School of Education

Dept of Psychology

Problem solving, knowledge representation & reorganization, explanatory coherence & inference, conceptual change, societal implications, science instruction, global climate change psychology, numeracy in journalism, naïve/informal physics, computational models of cognition, perceptual-cognitive interactions, intelligent tutoring systems, understandings of biological evolution, Reasoning, qualitative & quantitative thinking

Lisa Maher

Dept of Anthropology

archaeology, hunter-gatherers, prehistory, geoarchaeology, landscape use, stone tools technology, emergence of social complexity, ancient technology

Goldman School of Public Policy

public policy, quantitative methods, environmental policy, public management, arts policy

School of Social Welfare

adolescent violence and victimization, polyvictimization rates among vulnerable adolescents, bullying involvement roles and mental health, sexual orientation and gender identity microaggressions, impact of family-level microaggressions and microaffirmations on mental health, disability, anti-ableism

Anne Walsh

Dept of Art Practice

video, performance, audio, photography, text

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

animal behavior, behavioral ecology, animal communication, neuroethology, sensory systems

Steven P. Segal

School of Social Welfare

psychiatry, methodology, social welfare, mental health and social policy

School of Education

ideologies and discourses in education, education

Costas J. Spanos

Costas J. Spanos

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

integrated circuits, solid-state devices, sensors, semiconductor manufacturing, energy efficiency, smart buildings

Jamie H. D. Cate

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

protein synthesis by the ribosome, RNA, antibiotics, human translation, escherichia coli

Rhona S. Weinstein

Rhona S. Weinstein

Dept of Psychology

community psychology, educational inequality and the achievement gap, teacher expectations and self-fulfilling prophecies, classroom and school reform

Dept of Mathematics

mathematics, representation theory, integrable systems, mathematical physics

Dept of City & Regional Planning

water, sanitation, basic services delivery, food justice, urban agriculture, poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability, environmental justice, urban governance, participatory planning, community-based development, international development, development planning, sustainable development, African studies