Virginia Parks
Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy
Virginia Parks, PhD, is a geographer and urban planner specializing in the study of urban inequality.
Expertise
- Clean Energy Transition
- Urban Politics and Policy
- Racial Inequality
- Employment
- Local Economic Development
- Labor
Daniele Piomelli
Distinguished Professor
Daniele Piomelli's research is focused on the function of lipid-derived messengers, with particular emphasis on endogenous cannabinoids.
Expertise
- Anatomy & Neurobiology
- Cellular Pharmacology
- CBD
- Marijuana
- Neuropharmacology
Sarah Pressman
Professor, Psychological Science
Dr. Pressman's research focuses on the interplay of emotions, social relationships, and health, with a focus on physiological processes.
Expertise
- Social Relationships and Health
- Emotion and Emotion Regulation
- Stress and Coping
- Mental Health & Wellness
- Physiological Measurement
James Randerson
Chancellor's Professor Earth System Science
James Randerson studies the global carbon cycle using remote sensing and in-situ measurements and different types of models.
Expertise
- Climate-Carbon Cycle Feedbacks
- Forests
- Wildfires
- Climate
- Plants
Eric Rignot
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Earth System Science
Dr. Rignot works to understand the interactions of glaciers and climate and what effects they will have on global sea levels.
Expertise
- Ice Sheet Dynamics and Mass Balance
- Climate Change
- Glaciology
- Radar
Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi is an experimental physicist who discovers new approaches to quantum physics for the development of new devices.
Expertise
- Quantum Devices
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electronic Transport
- 2-dimensional Materials
- Nanoscale Magnetometry
- Quantum Phenomena
- Quantum Computing
Brett Sanders
Chancellor’s Professor
Brett Sanders seeks to advance knowledge and models of environmental dynamics interactions.
Expertise
- Environmental Modeling
- Remote Sensing
- Flood Risk
- Sea Level Rise
- Climate
- Beaches
- Equitable Adaptation
- Community Engagement
- Multi-Benefit Infrastructure Design
- High Performance Computing
- Flood Inundation Forecasting
Roxane Cohen Silver
Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science
Roxane Cohen Silver studies stress, traumatic events, coping, disasters, health psychology and social psychology.
Expertise
- Health Psychology
- Stress
- Traumatic Events
- Coping
- Social Psychology
Tony Smith
Professor of Political Science and Law
Tony Smith’s knowledge of politics includes Constitutional Law, the U.S. Supreme Court and election law.
Expertise
- Political Science
- International Law
- Legal Institutions
- US Politics
- Comparative Law
Padhraic Smyth
Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Data Science Initiative
Padhraic Smyth studies machine learning, artificial intelligence, pattern recognition and applied statistics.
Expertise
- Machine Learning
- Artificial Intelligence
- Pattern Recognition
- Statistics