Science & Mathematics

Astronomy | Biology | Chemistry | Computer Science | Engineering | Environmental Studies | Mathematics and Statistics | Physics

Astronomy

David Cohen

David Cohen

Label: Professor of Astronomy
  • X-ray astronomy
  • Modern astrophysics
  • Hot star winds
David Cohen
Eric Jensen

Eric Jensen

Label: Professor of Astronomy
  • Planet Formation
  • Astrobiology
  • Origion & possbility of life in the Cosmos
  • Protoplanetary disks
Eric Jensen

Biology

Jose-Luis Machado

Jose-Luis Machado

Label: Associate Professor of Biology
  • Biodiversity
  • Dynamics of temperate and tropical forest communities
  • Plant physiological ecology
Jose-Luis Machado
Amy Cheng Vollmer

Amy Cheng Vollmer

Label: Isaac H. Clothier Jr. Professor of Biology
  • Microbiology & biotechnology
  • Science & the liberal arts
  • Bacteria & archaea's history of the earth and impact on humans
  • Bacterial stress response
Amy Cheng Vollmer

Chemistry

Kathleen Howard

Kathleen Howard

Label: Acting Provost & Dean of the Faculty, Professor of Physical Chemistry
  • Biophysical chemistry
  • Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Kathleen Howard

Computer Science

Lisa Meeden

Lisa Meeden

Neil R. Grabois Professor of Natural Sciences and Engineering

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Robotics
Lisa Meeden
Richard Wicentowski

Richard Wicentowski

Label: Professor of Computer Science
  • Natural language processing
  • Computational morphology
  • Computational semantics
Richard Wicentowski
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Sukrit Venkatagiri

Label: Assistant Professor of Computer Science
  • Social computing, social media, online platforms
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Misinformation and disinformation
  • Ethical AI, data, and labor practices
  • Generative AI, deepfakes, and technology-based fraud
Sukrit Venkatagiri

Engineering

Erik Cheever '82

Erik Cheever '82

Label: Edward Hicks McGill Professor of Engineering
  • Electronic circuit applications
  • Modeling of biological systems
  • Biological signal processing & biosequence analysis
  • Neural networks for control & pattern recognition
Erik Cheever '82
Maggie Delano

Maggie Delano

Label: Associate Professor of Engineering
  • Inclusive engineering design
  • Medical device design
  • Embedded systems
  • Technology and society
Maggie Delano
Carr Everbach

Carr Everbach

Label: Professor of Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering & pollution control
  • Physical Acoustics
  • Biomedical Ultrasound
  • Women & technology
  • Public policy & science education
Carr Everbach

Lynne Molter '79

Label: Professor of Engineering
  • Fiber optics
  • Student access and retention in natural sciences and engineering
  • Electromagnetic theory
  • Scientific literacy in the liberal arts
Lynne Molter '79

Environmental Studies

Giovanna Di Chiro

Giovanna Di Chiro

Label: Professor of Environmental Studies
  • Environmental justice

  • Community-engaged research and pedagogy

  • Community-based sustainability

  • Health and the environment 

  • Food justice and urban agriculture

  • Gender and the environment

  • Environmental science and policy

Giovanna Di Chiro
Jose-Luis Machado

Jose-Luis Machado

Label: Associate Professor of Biology
  • Biodiversity
  • Dynamics of temperate and tropical forest communities
  • Plant physiological ecology
Jose-Luis Machado
Mark Wallace

Mark Wallace

Label: Professor of Religion
  • Christian theology
  • Environmental studies
  • Ecological theology
  • Critical theory
Mark Wallace

Mathematics and Statistics

Phil Everson

Phil Everson

Label: Professor of Statistics
  • Statistics
  • Sports statistics
Phil Everson
Steve Wang

Steve Wang

Label: Associate Professor of Statistics
  • Evolutionary trends
  • Mass extinctions
  • Paleobiology
  • The incompleteness of the fossil record (the Signor-Lipps effect)
  • Macroevolution
Steve Wang

Physics

Michael Brown

Michael Brown

Label: Morris L. Clothier Professor of Physics
  • Solar physics & fusion
  • Nuclear fusion energy
  • Experimental physics
Michael Brown
Amy Graves

Amy Graves

Walter Kemp Professor in the Natural Sciences and Professor of Physics

  • Women in physics
  • Computational physics education
  • Gender & science
  • Simulations of soft condensed matter systems
Amy Graves