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Michael DeWeese

Dept of Neuroscience

Dept of Physics

machine learning, computation, systems neuroscience, auditory cortex, neural coding, statistical mechanics

Hillel Adesnik

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

neural basis of perception, neuroscience, neurobiology

Venkatesan Guruswami

Dept of Mathematics

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

theoretical computer science, coding theory, approximate optimization, randomness in computation, computational complexity

Venkat Anantharam

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

game theory, applied probability, electrical engineering, communications, control, communication networks, error control coding

Michel Maharbiz

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

neural interfaces, bioMEMS, microsystems, MEMS, microsystems for the life sciences

Jose M. Carmena

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

brain-machine interfaces, neural ensemble computation, neuroprosthetics, sensorimotor learning and control

Ehud Isacoff

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

Ion channel function, synaptic plasticity, neural excitability, synaptic transmission, the synapse

Megan Martik

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

neural crest gene regulatory network, vertebrate embryonic development, regeneration of tissue

Jack L. Gallant

Dept of Neuroscience

computational neuroscience, vision science, attention, fMRI, language, natural scene perception, brain encoding, brain decoding

Chunlei Liu

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

brain imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, remote neural modulation, biosystems and computational biology, signal processing

Kannan Ramchandran

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

statistical and sparse signal processing, adversarial and distributed machine learning, coded computing, privacy and security, scalable distributed video-on-demand delivery, coding theory, communications, information theory, peer-to-peer networking, blockchains

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

Gerald Westheimer

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

neurobiology; psychophysics, primate visual cortex, neural circuits, brain mechanisms, response modifications, active perception, learning, stereoscopic vision, optometryoptics of the eye, ophthalmic instrumentation

Robert Thomas Knight

Dept of Psychology

cognitive neuroscience, language, physiology, memory, attention, psychology, working memory, neuropsychology, human prefrontal cortex, neural mechanisms of cognitive processing, sensory gating, sustained attention, ad novelty detection

Hedy Kober

Dept of Psychology

craving, regulation of craving, alcohol and substance use disorder, treatments for substance use and eating disorders, neural and psychological mechanisms of treatment, emotion regulation, mindfulness, meditation

Louise P. Fortmann

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

natural resource sociology, political ecology, rural development, gender

Philip Marcus

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

algorithms, fluid mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, atmospheric flows, convection, ocean flows, numerical analysis, wind energy, Bayesian optimization, neural networks, turbulence, planet formation, internal gravity waves, inertial waves, desalination, protoplanetary disks

Alex Zettl

Dept of Physics

physics, condensed matter physics, fullerenes, condensed matter experiments, characterize novel materials with unusual electronic and magnetic ground states, low-dimensional and nanoscale structures, superconductors, giant magnetoresistance materials, nanotubes, graphene, boron nitride nanostructures, neural probes, NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems)

Ahmad Nabhan

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

decoding stem-niche communication

Yang Dan

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

neuronal circuits, mammalian visual system, electrophysiological, imaging, prefrontal cortex, sleep

Kathryn Abrams

School of Law

law, feminist jurisprudence, voting rights, constitutional law

Michael Pollan

School of Journalism

agriculture, environment, obesity, science, nutrition, journalism, food, cooking, gardening

Liz Gálvez

Dept of Architecture

design, architecture and environment, materials, heating and cooling, building technologies, sustainable design

Evelyn Nakano Glenn

Dept of Ethnic Studies

Dept of Gender and Women's Studies

labor, citizenship, undocumented students, caring work, settler colonialism, skin color bias

David Wagner

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

computer security, secure electronic voting, web security, mobile security, cellphone security

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