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Department

Dept of Physics

physics, quantum mechanics, gravity, unified description of nature, string theory, quantum properties of black holes, geometry of spacetime, covariant entropy bound, cosmological constant

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

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

Martin P. Head-Gordon

Martin P. Head-Gordon

Dept of Chemistry

theoretical chemistry, electronic structure calculations, development of novel theories and algorithms, quantum mechanics

Giacomo Lanzani

Dept of Economics

economic theory, decision theory, networks

Dept of Mathematics

mathematics, model theory, applications to number theory

Tony Feng

Dept of Mathematics

number theory, algebraic geometry, topology, representation theory

Prasad Raghavendra in outdoor setting

Prasad Raghavendra

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

theory(THY), optimization, complexity theory, approximation algorithms

Daniel McFadden

Daniel McFadden

Dept of Economics

latent variable models, choice modeling, econometric modeling, sampling theory, production theory, consumer theory

photographed in front of the blackboard in his office

Dan-Virgil Voiculescu

Dept of Mathematics

operator algebras, free probability theory, random matrices, K-theory of operator algebras, single operator theory

Eran Rabani

Dept of Chemistry

Theory of nanomaterials

Haluk Ergin

Dept of Economics

economic theory

Ori Ganor

Dept of Physics

string (and M-) theory, quantum field theory, mathematical physics

Dept of Mathematics

mathematics, algebraic geometry, diophantine geometry, Nevanlinna theory, Arakelov theory

Negar Mehr

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

robotics, control theory, artificial intelligence, game theory, machine learning

Gabriel Goldberg

Gabriel Goldberg

Dept of Mathematics

set theory, large cardinals, inner model theory, infinite combinatorics

Sarah Song portrait

Sarah Song

Dept of Political Science

political theory, citizenship and migration studies, feminist theory, American immigration law and policy, democratic theory, First Amendment law

Dept of Film and Media

film theory and history, digital media, aesthetics, Frankfurt School Critical Theory, philosophy of history, technics, media theory and archaeology, psychoanalysis

Shafi Goldwasser

Shafi Goldwasser

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

cryptography, computational number theory, complexity theory, fault tolerant distributed computing, probabilistic proof systems, approximation algorithms, theory(THY)

From I. L. Peretz's "Di toyte shtot"

Roni Masel

Dept of Comparative Literature

Hebrew literature, Yiddish literature, Jewish history, queer theory, postcolonial theory

Dept of English

african literature, novel theory, postcolonial studies, political theory, aesthetics and politics

Mark Bevir

Dept of Political Science

social and political theory

Michael Zaletel

Michael Zaletel

Dept of Physics

condensed matter theory

Alessandro Chiesa

Alessandro Chiesa

Division of Computer Science (EECS)

security, theory(THY)

Haas School of Business

ecommerce, contracts and procurement, economics of organization, game theory, theory of the firm and industrial organization