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Virginia Parks

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.

Clean Energy TransitionUrban Politics and PolicyRacial InequalityEmploymentLocal Economic Development
Daniele Piomelli

Daniele Piomelli

Distinguished Professor

Daniele Piomelli's research is focused on the function of lipid-derived messengers, with particular emphasis on endogenous cannabinoids.

Anatomy & NeurobiologyCellular PharmacologyCBDMarijuanaNeuropharmacology
Sarah  Pressman

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.

Social Relationships and HealthEmotion and Emotion RegulationStress and CopingMental Health & WellnessPhysiological Measurement
James Randerson

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.

Climate-Carbon Cycle FeedbacksForestsWildfiresClimatePlants
Eric Rignot

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.

Ice Sheet Dynamics and Mass BalanceClimate ChangeGlaciologyRadar
Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi

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.

Quantum DevicesCondensed Matter PhysicsElectronic Transport2-dimensional MaterialsNanoscale Magnetometry
Brett Sanders

Brett Sanders

Chancellor’s Professor

Brett Sanders seeks to advance knowledge and models of environmental dynamics interactions.

Environmental ModelingRemote SensingFlood RiskSea Level RiseClimate
Roxane Cohen Silver

Roxane Cohen Silver

Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science

Roxane Cohen Silver studies stress, traumatic events, coping, disasters, health psychology and social psychology.

Health PsychologyStressTraumatic EventsCopingSocial Psychology
Tony Smith

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.

Political ScienceInternational LawLegal InstitutionsUS PoliticsComparative Law
Padhraic Smyth

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.

Machine LearningArtificial IntelligencePattern RecognitionStatistics