Skip to main content
UC Berkeley, Vice Chancellor for Research Office

Utilities navigation

  • About Us
    • Vice Chancellor Yelick
    • Associate Vice Chancellor Siu
    • Staff Contacts
    • Organizational Chart
    • Current Searches
    • Research Advisory Groups and Initiatives
    • Former Leadership
  • News

Main menu

  • Research Highlights
  • Expertise Finder
  • Research Units
  • How to
    • Secure Funding
      • Contracts, Gifts and Grants
      • Industry Consortia
      • Funding Opportunities
      • UCB Grant Life Cycle
      • Berkeley Research Development Office
      • Impacts of 2025 Federal Executive Orders and Directives
    • Ensure Compliance
      • Research Policies & Administration
      • Research Compliance
      • Intellectual Property & Tech Transfer
      • Research Personnel
      • Field and International Research
    • Locate Facilities
      • Core Facilities
      • Berkeley Research Infrastructure Commons (RIC)
      • Research Computing and Data Management
      • Field Stations, Research Forests, and Museums
    • For VCR Units
      • ORU Policies
      • VCRO Budget Resources
      • VCRO HR Resources

Main menu

  • Research Highlights
  • Expertise Finder
  • Research Units
  • How to
    • Secure Funding
      • Contracts, Gifts and Grants
      • Industry Consortia
      • Funding Opportunities
      • UCB Grant Life Cycle
      • Berkeley Research Development Office
      • Impacts of 2025 Federal Executive Orders and Directives
    • Ensure Compliance
      • Research Policies & Administration
      • Research Compliance
      • Intellectual Property & Tech Transfer
      • Research Personnel
      • Field and International Research
    • Locate Facilities
      • Core Facilities
      • Berkeley Research Infrastructure Commons (RIC)
      • Research Computing and Data Management
      • Field Stations, Research Forests, and Museums
    • For VCR Units
      • ORU Policies
      • VCRO Budget Resources
      • VCRO HR Resources

Utilities navigation

  • About Us
    • Vice Chancellor Yelick
    • Associate Vice Chancellor Siu
    • Staff Contacts
    • Organizational Chart
    • Current Searches
    • Research Advisory Groups and Initiatives
    • Former Leadership
  • News

Find UC Berkeley Faculty

Use quotes to search for an exact phrase. Example: "computational biology"
Robert Taylor Robert L. Taylor
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
computational mechanics, mechanics of solids, finite element methods, finite element software
Sanjay Govindjee Sanjay Govindjee
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
finite element analysis, Theoretical and computational solid mechanics, constitutive theory, micromechanics, polymer mechanics, elastomer modeling, battery modeling, thermomechanics, continuum mechanics, failure analysis
Tony M. Keaveny Tony M. Keaveny
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
biomechanics of bone, orthopaedic biomechanics, design of artificial joints, osteoporosis, finite element modeling, clinical biomechanics
Donald Rio 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
Filip Filippou Filip C. Filippou
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
nonlinear analysis of structures, finite element analysis, seismic response simulation, seismic evaluation of structures by computer analysis
Simon Schleicher Simon Schleicher
Dept of Architecture
biomimetics, structural engineering, architectural design, 3D printing, 3D scanning, digital fabrication, fabrication, composite structures, finite element analysis, parametric design, bio-inspired structures, robotics manufacturing, robotics
Rebecca Abergel in interior setting Rebecca Abergel
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Nuclear Engineering
Heavy element coordination and biological chemistry for new decontamination, separation, radiotherapeutic strategies
Kyriakos Komvopoulos Kyriakos Komvopoulos
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
contact mechanics, fracture and fatigue of engineering materials, finite element modeling of surface contact and machining, thin-film processing and characterization, adhesion and fatigue of MEMS devices, plasma-assisted surface functionalization of biomaterials, surface patterning for cell adhesion and growth control, mechanics & tribology of magnetic recording devices, microfibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering, tribology and mechanics of artificial joints, mechanical metamaterials
James F. O'Brien James O'Brien
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
School of Optometry
computer graphics, fluid dynamics, computer simulation, physically based animation, finite element simulation, human perception, image forensics, video forensics, computer animation, special effects for film, video game technology, motion capture, machine learning, facial animation, artificial intelligence, geometric algorithms, geometric design and modeling
SHAOFAN LI Shaofan Li
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in engineering and sciences, structural mechanics, computational mechanics, computational materials, computational mechanics and computational physics, finite element methods and meshfree particle methods, ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, atomistic simulation and multiscale simulations, nonlinear continuum mechanics, soft matter mechanics, wave propagations, modeling and simulation of fracture, dislocations, modeling and simulation of material failures, nano-mechanics, bio-mechanics and bio-physics, cellular mechanics, micromechanics & composite materials, mechanics and physics of amorphous materials
James Casey James Casey
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
continuum mechanics, finite elasticity, continuum thermodynamics, plasticity, theories of elastic-plastic materials, history of mechanics, dynamics
headshot of Hitoshi Murayama Hitoshi Murayama
Dept of Physics
physics, particle physics, the universe, fundamental constituents of matter, Higgs boson, anti-matter, neutrino oscillations, finite value of the cosmological constant, triple coincidence of energy densities
David Steigmann David J. Steigmann
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
finite elasticity, mechanics, continuum, shell theory, variational methods, stability, surface stress, capillary phenomena, mechanics of thin films
Person placeholder image Kristen Whissel
Dept of Film and Media
Cinema and technological change, cinema and modernity, computer-generated images and contemporary cinema, digital visual effects, stereoscopic 3D cinema and media, the history and theory of special effects, cinema in transition, American film history, modernity and early cinema, cinema and globalization, cinema and the environment/elements
Sophia Rabe-Hesketh Sophia Rabe-Hesketh
School of Education
biostatistics, educational statistics, latent variable models, missing data methods, multilevel models, generalized linear latent and mixed models, hierarchical models, longitudinal data, Item response models, structural equation models
Anne Collins Anne Collins
Dept of Psychology
learning, decision making, computational modeling, executive functions
headshot of Franco Zunino Franco Zunino
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
cement chemistry, advanced characterization methods for cementitious materials, low-carbon concrete, supplementary cementitious materials, calcined clay technology, LCA of cement-based materials
Xin Guo Xin Guo
Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
stochastic control and games, theory of machine learning and applications to medical and financial data analysis, applied probability and stochastic models
Cesunica Ivey Cesunica Ivey
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
atmospheric modeling, exposure monitoring, environmental justice applications, community resilience, climate adaptation and disaster resilience
Brian A. Barsky Brian A. Barsky
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
School of Optometry
computer science, geometric design and modeling, computer graphics, computer aided cornea modeling and visualization, medical imaging, virtual environments for surgical simulation
headshot of Deborah Nolan Deborah Nolan
Dept of Statistics
statistics, empirical process, high-dimensional modeling, technology in education
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
Peter Bickel Peter Bickel
Dept of Statistics
statistics, machine learning, semiparametric models, asymptotic theory, hidden Markov models, applications to molecular biology
Daniel McFadden Daniel McFadden
Dept of Economics
latent variable models, choice modeling, econometric modeling, sampling theory, production theory, consumer theory
Joan Walker Joan Walker
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
behavioral modeling, discrete choice analysis, travel behavior
  • Load More
University of California, Berkeley

Footer menu

  • Research Highlights

    • Excellence in Research
    • Innovation/Entrepreneurship
    • Data Science
    • Energy, Climate & Environment
    • International & Area Studies
    • Health
  • Find Expertise

    • Faculty Expertise
    • Research Units
  • Research Office

    • Vice Chancellor Yelick
    • Organizational Chart
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
  • HOW TO ...
      • Secure Funding

        • Funding Opportunities
        • Grant Life Cycle
        • Research Development Office
      • Ensure Compliance

        • Research Policies and Administration
        • IP & Tech Transfer
      • Locate Facilities

        • Core Facilities
        • Research Infrastructure Commons
        • Research Computing
        • Reserves, Field Stations & Museums
      • For VCR Units

        • ORU Policy
        • VCRO HR Resources

Copyright UC Regents. All rights reserved.

Privacy | Accessibility | Nondiscrimination