Rhiannon Noel Welch Dept of Italian Studies Italian literature, film and media, Italian colonialism, critical theories of race and racialization, borders and mobilities, biopolitics, postcolonial and decolonial theory
Daniella Cádiz Bedini Dept of Spanish and Portuguese hemispheric American literature, literary exchanges, anticolonial activism, migration, border crossings, translation, linguistic exchange
Deborah Orel-Bixler School of Optometry optometry, vision science, visual abilities in infants, children and special-needs population, visual evoked potentials, vision screening, photorefraction
Emmeline Chuang School of Social Welfare inter-organizational relationships, frontline health and human service workers, implementation science, coordination of health and social services
Debarati Sanyal Dept of French Border studies, race, postcolonialism, politics of aesthetic form, nineteenth-century French studies, memory studies, World War Two, Holocaust studies, critical refugee studies, contemporary fiction and film
John W. Morris, Jr Dept of Materials Science and Engineering structural materials, computational materials, the limits of strength, deformation mechanisms, non-destructive testing with SQUID microscopy, mechanisms of grain refinement in high strength steels, lead-free solders for microelectronics
Ronald Rael Dept of Architecture Dept of Art Practice 3D printed buildings, additive manufacturing, earth architecture, mud, artificial intelligence, U.S.-Mexico border wall, arid landscapes, ranching, acequias, alipne deserts, ceramics, rural architecture, ruralism, animation, digital modeling, furry buildings, unnatural materials, rasquachetecture
Douglas Koshland Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology higher order chromosome structure, genome integrity, sister chromatid cohesion, chromosome condensation, desiccation tolerance, microbial genetics
Michael Frenklach Dept of Mechanical Engineering chemical kinetics, computer modeling, uncertainty quantification, combustion chemistry, pollutant formation (carbon black, soot), chemical vapor deposition of diamond films, homogeneous nucleation of silicon, diamond and graphene, diamond powders; interstellar dust formation
Abby Dernburg Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology chromosome structure and function, higher order chromosome structure, cell cycle controls, chromosome remodeling and reorganization during meiosis, spatial pattern formation in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, genome mapping, eukaryotic genomes, whole-genome analysis
Xandra Ibarra Dept of Art Practice performance art, video, sculpture, new genres, feminist and queer theory, Latin American and U.S. Chicana/Latino performance
Sylvia Guendelman School of Public Health public health, maternal & child health, health and social behavior, health policy and management, specialty area in multicultural health
Donald Rio Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology molecular genetics, drosophila melanogaster, transposable elements, RNA splicing, neurodegenerative diseases, nucleic acid rearrangement reactions, P elements and their cellular host
T. Don Tilley Dept of Chemistry inorganic, organometallic, polymer and materials chemistry, transition metal compounds, catalysis, new chemical transformations, advanced solid state materials, renewable energy, solar fuels
David H. Raulet Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology biology, cancer immunology, natural killer (NK) cells, T-cell development and function, pathogens, viruses, lymphocyte receptors, microorganisms, cancer cells, tumor immunity, immunotherapy of cancer
Ken Ueno Dept of Music music composition, decolonizing music, noise, sound installations, music of Japan, extended vocal techniques, overtone singing, musical culture of Japan, experimental improvisation
Steven Weber Dept of Political Science School of Information political science, international security, international political economy, information science
Alexander Katz Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering chemical engineering, nanoengineering, catalytic imprinted silicas, catalysts in biological systems, catalysis, chemical sensing
Robert Tjian Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology eukaryotic molecular biology; biochemistry, cellular differentiation, chromatin function, RNA synthesis, single cell imaging, single molecule imaging
Kenneth N. Raymond Dept of Chemistry chemistry, bacteria, bioinorganic chemistry, biophysical chemistry, coordination, design of specific chelating agents for metal ions, human iron storage and transport proteins, low-molecular weight chelating agents, metals in medicine, metal-ligands
David Savage Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology biochemistry, metabolism, photosynthetic systems, Systems and Synthetic Biology, protein engineering
Stephen Collier Dept of City & Regional Planning urban vulnerability and resilience, insurance and climate change, Soviet urban planning and post-Soviet urban and social welfare transformation, infrastructure and politics, neoliberalism and governmental rationality, emergency government in the United States
Teresa Head-Gordon Dept of Bioengineering Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Dept of Chemistry Computational chemistry, machine learning, chemical physics, biophysics, biomolecules, materials, catalysis, computational science
Pradeep Chhibber Dept of Political Science political parties, South Asia, electoral politics, politics of India