Our Experts

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Ed Coulson

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Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Real Estate

N. Edward Coulson teaches in the area of Economics and Public Policy and serves in the school’s Center for Real Estate.

Expertise

  • Urban Economics
  • Real Estate
  • Economics
  • Public Policy
  • Housing Economics

Michael Dennin

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Vice Provost of Teaching and Learning; Dean of Undergraduate Education; Professor of Physics

Prof. Dennin is leading the evolution of teaching and learning on the college campus, and he is a top communicator of all issues of physics.

Expertise

  • Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Undergraduate Education
  • Physics
  • Biophysics
  • Science of super heros

Mark Deppe

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UCI Esports Director

Mark Deppe's expertise is at the intersection of video games, esports, education, and industry

Expertise

  • Public Relations
  • Psychobiology
  • eSports
  • Video Games
  • Operations Management

Louis DeSipio

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Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and Political Science

Louis DeSipio examines how democratic nations incorporate new members, including policymaking in the areas of immigration.

Expertise

  • U.S. Electoral Politics
  • Immigration
  • Ethnic Politics
  • Latino Politics
  • Latino Studies

Magnus Egerstedt

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Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering

Magnus Egerstedt is a leading research on control theory, complex networks and robotics.

Expertise

  • Multi-system robots
  • Mobile Sensor Networks
  • Complex networks (e.g., optimization and control, resource sharing, dimension reduction)
  • Control Theory
  • Robotics
  • Cyber-Physical Systems

David Feldman

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Professor of Urban Planning & Public Policy and Political Science, Director of Water UCI

David Feldman specializes in water resources management and policy, global climate change policy, ethics and environmental decisions.

Expertise

  • Drought
  • Sustainable Development
  • Ethics and Environmental Decisions
  • Water Resources Management
  • Global climate change policy
  • Adaptive Management
  • Water

Wang Feng

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Professor of Sociology

Wang Feng is a leading expert on demography, aging, and inequality - particularly in China.

Expertise

  • China
  • Post-Communist Societies
  • Social Inequality
  • Social Demography
  • Contemporary Chinese Society
  • Comparative Historical Demography

Dr. Shruti Gohil

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Associate Medical Director, Epidemiology & Infection Prevention

Dr. Shruti K. Gohil is an infectious disease specialist in Orange, California and is affiliated with one hospital.

Expertise

  • Epidemiology of Sepsis
  • Infection Prevention
  • Clinical infectious diseases
  • Hospital Epidemiology
  • Sociodemographic

Jon Gould

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Dean

Jon Gould is a distinguished scholar in justice policy, social change and government reform.

Expertise

  • International Human Rights
  • Hate Speech
  • Indigent Defense
  • Government Reform
  • Justice Policy
  • Social Change
  • Erroneous Convictions
  • Prosecutorial Innovation
  • Sexual Harassment

Joshua Grill

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Director of the Institute for Memory Impairments and Nerological Disorders at UCI

Joshua Grill directs a major Alzheimer's disease research institute helps lead the national strategy for AD clinical trial recruitment.

Expertise

  • Neuroscience
  • Clinical Trials
  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Neurodegenerative disorders
  • Recruitment and Retention