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headshot of Meng Lin Meng C. Lin
School of Optometry
contact lenses, vision, clinical trials (phase I - Phase IV), clinical trial designs, tear film, biomedical devices, ocular surface
Gabor A. Somorjai Gabor A. Somorjai
Dept of Chemistry
physical chemistry, catalysis, surface science, low-energy electron diffraction, solid state chemistry, macroscopic surface phenomena, adhesion, lubrication, biocompatibility, bonding, reactivity at solid surfaces, scanning tunneling
headshot of Christine Wildsoet smiling Christine Wildsoet
School of Optometry
optometry, vision science, myopia, refractive errors, accommodation, aberrations, eye growth, ocular therapeutics, optical myopia control, pharmacological myopia control, ocular tissue engineering, ocular stem cells, basic and clinical research with social implications
Jorge Otero-Millan Jorge Otero-Millan
School of Optometry
ocular motor control, vision while moving, measuring eye movements, eye movements for diagnosis
Clifton Schor Clifton M. Schor
School of Optometry
stereopsis, optometry, vision science, binocular vision, ocular motility, strabismus, accommodation, presbyopia
Madison Douglas standing in streambed from website Madison Douglas
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
landscape evolution, permafrost environments, periglacial geomorphology, Earth's surface, sediment transport
Kyriakos Komvopoulos Kyriakos Komvopoulos
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
contact mechanics, fracture and fatigue of engineering materials, finite element modeling of surface contact and machining, thin-film processing and characterization, adhesion and fatigue of MEMS devices, plasma-assisted surface functionalization of biomaterials, surface patterning for cell adhesion and growth control, mechanics & tribology of magnetic recording devices, microfibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering, tribology and mechanics of artificial joints, mechanical metamaterials
A photo of the faculty in the paramo in Ecuador Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
ecohydrology, remote sensing, satellite experiments, stable isotopes, plant biology, surface hydrology, wetlands, methane
Roya Maboudian Roya Maboudian
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
surface and interfacial science and engineering, nanotechnology, harsh-environment sensors, silicon carbide, green construction, biologically-inspired materials synthesis
David Steigmann David J. Steigmann
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
finite elasticity, mechanics, continuum, shell theory, variational methods, stability, surface stress, capillary phenomena, mechanics of thin films
Jonathan Shewchuk Jonathan Shewchuk
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
scientific computing, computational geometry (especially mesh generation, numerical robustness, surface reconstruction, numerical methods, machine learning, physically-based animation
Liwei Lin in lab Liwei Lin
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
nanotechnology, MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems), design and manufacturing of microsensors, microactuators, development of micromachining processes, silicon surface/bulk micromachining, micromolding process
Clayton J. Radke Clayton J. Radke
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
chemical engineering, surface & colloid science technology, protein/polymer/surfactant adsorption from solution, two-phase enzymatic catalysis, interfacial surfactant transport, electrokinetics, pore-level fluid mechanics, contact-lens & eye mechanics
Kristina Hill Kristina Hill
Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
landscape architecture and environmental planning, urban design, urban ecology, surface hydrology, groundwater, sea level rise, climate change, adaptation, environmental justice, adaptation to flooding, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, social justice research, client-based studio teaching, community-based studio teaching
Steven Louie Steven Louie
Dept of Physics
nanoscience, nuclear magnetic resonance, semiconductors, metals, physics, fullerenes, nanotubes, condensed matter theory, surfaces, defects, nanostructure materials, clusters, many-electron effects in solids
Michael Crommie Michael Crommie
Dept of Physics
physics, electronic properties of atomic-scale structures at surfaces, atomic-scale structures, morphology and dynamics of mesoscopic systems, atomic manipulation, visualizing low dimensional electronic behavior
Matthew Hough Matthew Hough
Dept of Music
music composition, music theory, popular music, music performance, music pedagogy
Sandra Eder Sandra Eder
Dept of History
gender, sexuality, medicine, science, US History 20th century, popular culture
Leslie Kurke Leslie Kurke
Dept of Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Dept of Comparative Literature
classics, Greek literature and culture, archaic Greek poetry, Herodotus, Aesop, Ancient Greek popular culture
Jocelyne Guilbault Jocelyne Guilbault
Dept of Music
power relations, global industrialization, labor practices, work ethics in Caribbean popular musics, diaspora, cultural entrepreneurship
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
Brandi Catanese Brandi Wilkins Catanese
Dept of African American Studies
Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
critical race theory, African American theater, non-traditional casting, racial performativity, gender studies, sexuality studies, American popular culture
Shannon Steen Shannon Steen
Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
critical race theory, performance theory, American studies, U.S. histories of popular performance, U.S. urban development, globalization studies
Andrew Jones Andrew F. Jones
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
East Asian languages and cultures, Chinese popular music, sonic culture, media technology, modern Chinese fiction, children's literature, literary translation
Celine Pallud Céline Pallud
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
biogeochemistry, iron reduction, metals and contaminants, soil aggregates, selenium kinetics of organic matter degradation, nitrate reduction, soil and environmental biogeophysics, biogeochemical cycles, fate and transport of nutrients, sulfate reduction, wetland soils, littoral sediments, spatial variation in biogeochemical processes
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