Kristin Primus Dept of Philosophy Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, 17th and 18th century philosophy, early modern philosophy
Niklaus Largier Dept of Comparative Literature Dept of German theology, anthropology and literature, literature and the visual arts, philosophical anthropology, ritual and religion, religious practice, literature
Gabriel Lenz Dept of Political Science American politics, elections, voter behavior, democratic accountability, campaigns
Christian Borgs Division of Computer Science (EECS) theoretical computer science, probability theory, combinatorics, complex networks, statistical physics, artificial intelligence, applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in engineering and sciences
Marc A. Rieffel Dept of Mathematics mathematics, operator algebras, non-commutative geometry, non-commutative harmonic analysis, quantum geometry, quantum information theory
Reinhard Genzel Dept of Physics physics, existence and formation of black holes in galactic nuclei, nature of the power source, the evolution of (ultra)luminous infrared galaxies, gas dynamics, fueling of active galactic nuclei, properties evolution of starburst galaxies