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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
Robert Tijian Robert Tjian
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
eukaryotic molecular biology; biochemistry, cellular differentiation, chromatin function, RNA synthesis, single cell imaging, single molecule imaging
Jeffrey R. Long Jeffrey R. Long
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Dept of Chemistry
inorganic and materials chemistry, synthesis of inorganic molecules and higher dimensional solids, precise tailoring of chemical and physical properties, gas storage, molecular separations and catalysis in porous materials, magnetic and conductive materials
Ahmet Yildiz Ahmet Yildiz
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Physics
single molecule biophysics, molecular motors, intracellular transport, microtubules
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
headshot of Jamie H. D. Cate Jamie H. D. Cate
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
protein synthesis by the ribosome, RNA, antibiotics, human translation, escherichia coli
Ramamoorthy Ramesh Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
Dept of Physics
Atomic-scale synthesis of complex oxide heterostructures, 2D materials, spin-charge coupling, polar and magnetic topologies, electron microscopy, piezoforce microscopy, NV magnetometry, materials processing for devices, energy efficient electronics(12634)
headshot of Robert G. Bergman Robert G. Bergman
Dept of Chemistry
organic and inorganic chemistry: synthesis and reaction mechanisms, organotransition metal compounds, homogeneous catalysis
Somayeh Sojoudi Somayeh Sojoudi
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
large-scale complex systems
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
Carlos Bustamante Carlos Bustamante
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Physics
nanoscience, structural characterization of nucleo-protein assemblies, single molecule fluorescence microscopy, DNA-binding molecular motors, the scanning force microscope, prokaryotes
Zakaria Al Balushi Zakaria Al Balushi
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
electronics, magnetic and optical materials, quantum materials synthesis, optoelectronics
Prasad Raghavendra in outdoor setting Prasad Raghavendra
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
theory(THY), optimization, complexity theory, approximation algorithms
Susan Marqusee Susan Marqusee
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
amino acids, determinants of protein structure and folding, biophysical, structural and computational techniques, translocation, protein synthesis
Umesh Vazirani Umesh Vazirani
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
quantum computation, hamiltonian complexity, analysis of algorithms, computer security
John Wright John Wright
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
quantum state learning, quantum complexity theory, property testing, approximation algorithms
Avishay Tal Avishay Tal
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
theory(THY), complexity theory, analysis of Boolean functions, randomness in computation, quantum computation
Venkatesan Guruswami Venkatesan Guruswami
Dept of Mathematics
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
theoretical computer science, coding theory, approximate optimization, randomness in computation, computational complexity
Sarah Chasins in Stanley Hall Sarah Chasins
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
programming systems, human-computer interaction, programming languages, programming languages and compilers, program synthesis, data science
K. Birgitta Whaley K. Birgitta Whaley
Dept of Chemistry
quantum information and quantum computation, control and simulation of complex quantum systems, quantum effects in biological systems, quantum physics, quantum mechanics
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
Laurel Larsen Laurel Larsen
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dept of Geography
hydroecology, geomorphology, complex systems, restoration ecology, environmental modeling, wetlands, sediment transport, environmental fluid mechanics
Ke Xu in lab with instrumentation in foreground. Ke Xu
Dept of Chemistry
biophysical chemistry, cell biology at the nanoscale, super-resolution microscopy, single-molecule spectroscopy
Olga Holtz Olga Holtz
Dept of Mathematics
numerical analysis, matrix and operator theory, approximation theory, wavelets and splines, orthogonal polynomials and special functions, analysis of algorithms and computational complexity
Maher_Jordan Lisa Maher
Dept of Anthropology
archaeology, hunter-gatherers, prehistory, geoarchaeology, landscape use, stone tools technology, emergence of social complexity, ancient technology
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