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Department

Somayeh Sojoudi

Somayeh Sojoudi

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

large-scale complex systems

Oskar Hallatschek

Oskar Hallatschek

Dept of Physics

biophysics, evolutionary dynamics, soft matter, statistical physics, theory and experiments

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dept of Geography

hydroecology, geomorphology, complex systems, restoration ecology, environmental modeling, wetlands, sediment transport, environmental fluid mechanics

Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

control theory, optimization, power systems

Dept of Physics

physics, theoretical condensed matter, topological phase transitions, high-temperature superconductivity, organization principles enabling microscopic degrees of freedom to behave cooperatively, matter and their formation mechanisms, low dimensional quantum magnets, strongly correlated Fermi and Bose fluids

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli sitting with hand extended in front of diagram.

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

Cyber-Physical Systems, System design, Electronic Design Systems, embedded system design, control, integrated circuits, theory, Machine learning applications to Energy Efficient Building and Health

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

operating systems & networking, computer architecture, large-scale distributed systems

Ramamoorthy Ramesh

Ramamoorthy Ramesh

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

Dept of Physics

Atomic-scale synthesis of complex oxide heterostructures, 2D materials, spin-charge coupling, polar and magnetic topologies, electron microscopy, piezoforce microscopy, NV magnetometry, materials processing for devices, energy efficient electronics(12634)

Eva Nogales in lab

Eva Nogales

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

cryo-EM, biochemistry, complex biological assemblies, structure and regulation of the cytoskeleton, microtubule dynamics, human transcriptional initiation machinery, epigenetics, gene silencing, biophysics

Adam Arkin

Dept of Bioengineering

Systems and Synthetic Biology, Environmental Microbiology of Bacteria and Viruses, Biomanufacturing, Biomedicine, Bioremediation, space, green and sustainable manufacturing, infectious disease, Biological Data Science

Aditya Parameswaran

Aditya Parameswaran

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

School of Information

database management systems, human-computer interaction, data science, information visualization

Eyitayo Opabola

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

civil infrastructure systems, climate change impact, multihazard risk, community resilience, adaptive climate risk mitigation

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

chemical engineering, nanoengineering, catalytic imprinted silicas, catalysts in biological systems, catalysis, chemical sensing

Vadim Gorin with book "Probability" by Albert Shiryaev

Vadim Gorin

Dept of Mathematics

Dept of Statistics

integrable probability, random matrices, asymptotic representation theory, 2d statistical mechanics, interacting particle systems, high-dimensional statistics

Dept of Architecture

virtual and augmented reality for building design and simulation, net zero energy and sustainable design, parametric and generative design systems for sustainable architecture, daylighting, daylighting in buildings, housing solutions for the developing world and refugee camps

Prof. Iris D. Tommelein in Sutardja Dai Hall

Iris D. Tommelein

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

lean construction, lean production, design management, sustainability, supply-chain management, life-cycle engineering, civil infrastructure systems, adaptive project leadership, engineering project management, megaproject delivery, construction process engineering, integrated project delivery IPD, building information modeling BIM, virtual design and construction VDC

Kameshwar Poolla

Kameshwar Poolla

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

modeling, control, estimation, smart grids, renewable energy, electricity markets, transportation networks, integrated circuit design and manufacturing

Jacob Steinhardt

Jacob Steinhardt

Dept of Statistics

artificial intelligence, machine learning

Professor Fleming in Photosynthesis Lab

Graham R. Fleming

Dept of Chemistry

chemistry, proteins, chemical and biological dynamics in the condensed phase, ultrafast spectroscopy, liquids, solutions, glasses, photosynthetic proteins, role of solvents in chemical reactions, electronic energy transfer, electron transfer, regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting

Laurent Coscoy sitting in outdoor setting

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

immunology, viruses, viral infection, immune responses, immune evasion

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

Dept of Geography

continuum mechanics, climate, geomorphology, glaciers, glaciology, climate history, stable isotopes, geographical thought

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

Chris Martin with water in background

Christopher Martin

Dept of Integrative Biology

evolutionary biology, speciation, genomics, adaptation, craniofacial development

Mohammad Reza Kaazempur Mofrad is a Professor of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley and a Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His research integrates biomechanics, mechanobiology, artificial intelligence, and computational biology to understand how physical forces regulate biological systems across molecular, cellular, and microbial scales.

Mohammad Reza Kaazempur Mofrad

Dept of Bioengineering

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

molecular cell biomechanics, bacterial communities / microbiomes, deep learning for biology and medicine

Rui Wang

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

theoretical polymer, soft materials, electrostatic double layer