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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
Manuela Girotto's photo Manuela Girotto
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
hydrologic response, natural and human driven processes, remote sensing, sea level change, snow hydrology
Kristina Hill with underwater robot for intertidal photography Kristina Hill
Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
landscape architecture and environmental planning, urban hydrology, climate change adaptation, flooding, urban wildland interface fire, community engaged research, 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
Paolo D'Odorico wearing a blue shirt, with unfocused greenery in background Paolo D'Odorico
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
hydrology, ecohydrology, water resources, Water and Society, environmental sciences, Drylands, Desertification
Madison Douglas standing in streambed 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
Joelle Frechette Joelle Frechette
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
soft materials, interfacial science, adhesion, surface & colloid science technology, interfacial surfactant transport, emulsions
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
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
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
Mathias Kondolf wearing hat and holding notebook at the Bill Williams River in Arizona G. Mathias Kondolf
Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
environmental planning, fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, flood risk management, river restoration, urban rivers, environmental impact assessment, river corridor management, sediment management, hydropower, strategic dam planning, integrating energy planning and river management
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
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
Celine Pallud Céline Pallud
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
biogeochemistry, iron reduction, metals and contaminants, soil aggregates, selenium, 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, phytoremediation, soil health, photovoltaic farm, soil remediation
Headshot of Lucas Vargas Zeppetello Lucas Vargas Zeppetello
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
global climate change, land-atmosphere interactions, ecohydrology, ecosystem response to climate change
Iryna Dronova Iryna Dronova
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
landscape ecology, remote sensing, GIS, spatial analysis, urban geography, ecosystem change, biodiversity, ecosystem services, wetlands, urban regions, landscape dynamics
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
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
headshot of Yoram Rubin Yoram Rubin
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
risk assessment, hydrogeology, contaminant transport, geostatistics
Inez Fung Inez Fung
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
climate change, carbon cycle, terrestrial biosphere
headshot of Thomas Schutzius Thomas Schutzius
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
nanoscale transport phenomena, micro/nanofabrication techniques, interfacial optical methods, thermodynamic and interfacial modeling
Alexander Katz Alexander Katz
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
chemical engineering, nanoengineering, catalytic imprinted silicas, catalysts in biological systems, catalysis, chemical sensing
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