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Raphael Bousso Raphael Bousso
Dept of Physics
physics, quantum mechanics, gravity, unified description of nature, string theory, quantum properties of black holes, the geometry of spacetime, covariant entropy bound, cosmological constant
Professor Lewis: A young smiling woman wearing glasses in a blue, collared shirt. Samantha Lewis
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
mitochondrial biogenesis, mitochondrial genome inheritance, organelle assembly, DNA replication, cell metabolism, interactions between membrane-bound organelles
Abe smiling while standing by an oak tree near the music department building. Marié Abe
Dept of Music
sound and space, ethnography, human geography, sound studies, music and social movements, affect and the body, Japanese popular performing arts, critical ocean studies, public ethnomusicology
Fumi Okiji Fumi Okiji
Dept of Rhetoric
Black study, Frankfurt School Critical Theory, sound and music studies, aesthetics
George F. Smoot George F. Smoot
Dept of Physics
cosmology, physics, astrophysics experiments, observational astrophysics, observing our galaxy, the cosmic background radiation, ground-based radio-telescope observations, balloon-borne instrumentation, satellite experiments, the NASA cosmic background
Roshanak Kheshti in outdoor setting Roshanak Kheshti
Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
race, gender, queer theory, anthropology, sound studies, film, performance studies, diaspora, psychoanalysis
Quitzé Valenzuela-Stookey Quitzé Valenzuela-Stookey
Dept of Economics
Mechanism Design, matching and marketing design, industrial organization, bounded rationality
Headshot of Juan David Rubio Restrepo Juan David Rubio Restrepo
Dept of Music
ethnomusicology, sound and music studies, Latin American Studies, theories of decolonization, critical race studies, Science and Technology studies, media technologies
Vincent Resh Vincent H. Resh
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
ecology, water resources, pollution, monitoring, water-borne diseases
Ken Ueno 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
Rodrigo Almeida Rodrigo Almeida
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
disease ecology, plant disease, vector-borne, Xylella fastidiosa, emerging diseases
headshot of Ganesh Iyer Ganesh Iyer
Haas School of Business
competitive marketing strategy, internet strategy and e-commerce, information design, distribution channels, advertising and communication, bounded rationality
Alison Gopnik Alison Gopnik
Dept of Psychology
A.I., learning, philosophy, psychology, cognitive development, theory of mind, young children, children's causal knowledge, Bayes Net formalism
Nicholas Mathew Nicholas Mathew
Dept of Music
Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music in Europe and its colonies, music and politics, the political economy of sound media, pianos and pianism, music and materialism, Beethoven, Haydn, music in Vienna, London, aesthetics, piano performance, historical performance practices
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
Douglas Dreger Douglas Dreger
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
wave propagation, Inverse theory, geophysics, Earthquake strong ground motion, Seismic source modeling, Seismic forensics, Nuclear explosion monitoring, Induced seismicity, Volcanic seismicity
William Lester, Jr. William A. Lester, Jr.
Dept of Chemistry
theoretical and physical chemistry, advances in basic theory, computational methods, study of molecular electronic structure, quantum Monte Carlo method, Born-Oppenheimer approximation
Alex Zettl Alex Zettl
Dept of Physics
physics, condensed matter physics, fullerenes, condensed matter experiments, characterize novel materials with unusual electronic and magnetic ground states, low-dimensional and nanoscale structures, superconductors, giant magnetoresistance materials, nanotubes, graphene, boron nitride nanostructures, neural probes, NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems)
Fei Xu Fei Xu
Dept of Psychology
cognitive development, language development, learning mechanisms, statistical learning and statistical inference, conceptual development, developmental psychology, word learning, physical reasoning, social cognition in infants and children, learning in infants and young children, computational models of cognitive development, cognitive development and AI models, psychology and philosophy
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
Jun Sunseri conducting ground penetrating radar survey at the request of his Community Mentors (photo courtesy of Zach Emerson of the InterTribal Ecological Restoration Crew) Jun Sunseri
Dept of Anthropology
community-accountable archaeology, historical archaeology, zooarchaeology, ceramic material science, GIS, landscape archaeology, experimental archaeology, community-engaged research/scholarship, outreach, foodways, actualistic research, exploration geophysics, ground penetrating radar, remote sensing, photogrammetry, magnetometry, thermodynamics, adobe construction, food sovereignty
Arash Komeili Arash Komeili
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
microbiology, Biomineralization, bacterial organelles, Magnetic Nanoparticles
Professor Danica Chen standing in front of audience with microphone in hand Danica Chen
Dept of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
aging, stem cell, metabolism, diseases of aging
headshot of Tianna Bruno Tianna Bruno
Dept of Geography
racial geographies, environmental justice, earth system science
Damon Young standing in front of book shelves full of reading material Damon Young
Dept of Film and Media
Dept of French
film theory, digital media, global art cinema, gender and sexuality studies, critical theory
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