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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Mary Scott

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

structural materials, electronic materials, magnetic materials, optical materials, chemical and electrochemical material

Daryl C. Chrzan

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

materials science and engineering, computational materials science, metals and metallic compounds, defects in solids, growth of nanostructures

Grace Gu

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

Composites, additive manufacturing, in-situ monitoring and process control, artificial intelligence and machine learning, bioinspired materials, generative AI for aerospace, soft robotics

Phillip Messersmith

Phillip Messersmith

Dept of Bioengineering

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

adhesion, polymers, regenerative medicine, sustainable polymers, biomimetics, medical devices

Professor Ahmad Omar sitting in front of a glass whiteboard marked with equations related to his research.

Ahmad Omar

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

statistical mechanics, active matter, biophysics, physical chemistry, polymer science, directed self-assembly

Jie Yao

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

optical materials, nanophotonics, optoelectronics, magnetic materials, ferroelectrics

Naomi Ginsberg photo 2026

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Physics

condensed matter physics and material science, physical chemistry, statistical mechanics, biophysics, atomic molecular and optical physics

Dept of Nuclear Engineering

microscopy, nanomaterials, nuclear materials, material science, radiation damage, corrosion in liquid metals, materials development, materials under extremes, nuclear applications, ion beam microscopy, nanoscale mechanical testing

Lining Yao

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

sustainable design, morphing material mechanisms, ecology, sustainability

Mark Asta

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

computational materials science

Michael Zuerch in front of vacuum chamber.

Michael W. Zuerch

Dept of Chemistry

collective phenomena in material, chemical material dynamics in surfaces and interfaces, symmetry-broken states and their emergence in condensed-phase systems, dynamical properties in artificial and correlated superlattices, ultrafast spectroscopy from THz to X-rays

Junqiao Wu holding a wafer with his reflection

Junqiao Wu

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

semiconductors, nanotechnology, energy materials, condensed matter physics and materials science

Alessandra Lanzara

Dept of Physics

materials science, ultrafast science, quantum materials, sustainable materials, topological phases of matter

Frances Hellman

Frances Hellman

Dept of Physics

condensed matter physics and materials science

Dept of Gender and Women's Studies

Transnational and Postcolonial Feminist Studies, cultural studies, Commodity Cultures, Visual and Material Cultures of Religion, Immigration and Diaspora Studies, Middle East Studies, Iranian Studies

Dept of Anthropology

anthropology, historical archaeology, oral history, material culture and ethnic identity, family and gender relations, North America, Northern California, Caribbean, Bahamas, African consumerism, creolization, multi-ethnic community

Raymond Jenaloz

Raymond Jeanloz

Dept of Astronomy

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

planetary geophysics, high-pressure physics, national and international security, science-based policy

Cori Hayden

Dept of Anthropology

Latin America, Mexico, social and cultural anthropology, kinship, anthropology of science, technology, medicine, post-colonial science, gender, queer studies

Joelle Frechette

Joelle Frechette

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

soft materials, interfacial science, adhesion, surface & colloid science technology, interfacial surfactant transport, emulsions

Dept of Nuclear Engineering

nuclear science data, nuclear engineering, experimental nuclear physics, isotopes, nuclear astrophysics, nuclear science, nuclear weapons

Dept of Nuclear Engineering

nuclear security, nuclear energy, fundamental science

Hany Farid

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

School of Information

digital forensics, forensic science, misinformation, human perception

Hans-Rudolf Wenk

Hans-Rudolf Wenk

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

crystallography, earth & planetary science, structural geology & rock deformation, seismic anisotropy

Dept of Art Practice

art, digital media installations, photography, data science, new technology, video games