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Richmond Sarpong Richmond Sarpong
Dept of Chemistry
organic and organometallic chemistry
Thomas Maimone in lab setting Thomas Maimone
Dept of Chemistry
organic synthesis, total synthesis, natural products chemistry, catalysis, synthetic methodology, medicinal chemistry, organic chemistry, drug discovery
Matt F. Traxler Matt F. Traxler
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
bacterial interspecies interactions, specialized metabolism
Jay D. Keasling Jay D. Keasling
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, metabolic engineering of microorganisms, environmentally friendly synthesis, biodegradable and recyclable polymers, production of biofuels and bioproducts, natural products
F. Dean Toste Dean Toste
Dept of Chemistry
organometallic chemistry, organic, development of new synthetic methods, enantioselective catalysts, strategies for the synthesis of natural products, synthesis of complex molecules, formation of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds, olefins, supramolecular chemistry, redox flow batteries, medicinal chemistry, bioconjugation, homogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, biomass, fluorination
Wenjun Zhang Wenjun Zhang
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Dept of Chemistry
chemical biology, microbiology, natural product biosynthesis, enzyme discovery and characterization, drug discovery, human microbiome, specialized metabolism
Eric Biber Eric Biber
School of Law
environmental law, natural resources law, energy law, land-use law, federal Indian law, administrative law, property
headshot of Claudia Polsky smiling Claudia Polsky
School of Law
environmental law, energy law, natural resources law, health law and policy, Indian Nations and Indigenous peoples, state and local government
Rebecca Tarvin in the field holding a snake Rebecca Tarvin
Dept of Integrative Biology
natural history, molecular genomics, phylogenetics, amphibians, chemical ecology, evolutionary ecology, evolutionary biology, adaptation, evolution, molecular evolution, physiology, molecular phylogenetics, educational equity, biodiversity, diversity of team members, equity and inclusion in academia, decolonization, collaboration, reptiles, Drosophila, genomes, evolution of novelty, conservation, nudibranchs
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
James Bartolome James W. Bartolome
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
plant ecology, grazing, biodiversity, grasslands, environmental science, rangelands, fire, mediterranean ecosystems
Lawrence Hall Lawrence Hall
Dept of Physics
physics, standard model of particle physics, symmetries of nature, symmetry of the electroweak interaction, spacetime symmetries: weak scale supersymmetry, constrained theories for the quark and charged lepton masses, supersymmetric theory
John F. Canny John F. Canny
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
computer science, activity-based computing, livenotes, mechatronic devices, flexonics
Lee Bernstein Lee Bernstein
Dept of Nuclear Engineering
nuclear science data, nuclear engineering, experimental nuclear physics, isotopes, nuclear astrophysics, nuclear science, nuclear weapons
Carolyn Stein Carolyn Stein
Haas School of Business
economics of science, innovation, applied microeconomics
Costas Grigoropoulos Costas P. Grigoropoulos
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
heat transfer, laser materials processing, nano-manufacturing, energy systems and technology
headshot of Laura Sterponi Laura Sterponi
School of Education
neurodiversity, discourse analysis, autistic communication, doctor-patient interaction
Keith Johnson at lectern Keith Johnson
Dept of Linguistics
phonetics
Faculty profile Salar Mameni
Dept of Ethnic Studies
art, aesthetics and visual culture, transnational feminist and queer of color theories, Arab diaspora, Muslim diaspora, militarism, critical race theory, critical postcolonial theory, Anthropocene, extractive economies and petrocultures
headshot of Henry Washington Jr. Henry Washington Jr.
Dept of African American Studies
19th and 20th century African American literature, black intellectual histories, black feminist, queer, and trans theories, black critical theory, aesthetics and visual culture, performance studies
David Wemmer David E. Wemmer
Dept of Chemistry
nuclear magnetic resonance, nucleic acids, biophysical chemistry: proteins, NMR spectroscopy, magnetic resonance methods, structure of proteins and DNA, conformational fluctuations, biopolymers
Associate Professor Desiree Fields, smiling, wearing a colorfully patterned blouse in front of grey concrete background. Desiree Fields
Dept of Geography
economic geography, urban theory, financialization, digital platforms, property, geographical political economy, housing justice, digital capitalism
JIP Graduation 2023 James Porter
Dept of Rhetoric
Classical Studies, classical reception studies, philosophy, critical theory, aesthetics, Nietzsche, Auerbach, Jewish intellectual thought
Picture of Professor Merchant Sabeeha Merchant
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
chloroplast, photosynthesis, algae, trace metals, genomics, synthetic biology, designer lipids, Chlamydomonas, Auxenochlorella, Dunaliella
Carlos F. Noreña Carlos Norena
Dept of History
Roman history
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