Name: Dr. Andrea McQuate Title: Assistant Professor Department: Biology Describe your research in about 200 words. My research focuses on the role of mitochondria in the preservation of hearing and balance. We seek to understand how these “powerhouses of the cell” form morphologies and phenotypes that are specific to cells in the […] Read More
Name: Dr. Lomeli C. Shull Title: Assistant Professor Department: Biology Describe your research in about 200 words. I am a developmental biologist interested in understanding how our complicated facial structures—all the cartilage, bone, and neurons—form. Neural crest cells are a stem-cell like population of cells that give rise to a variety of […] Read More
Name:Dr. Chi Wang Title:Assistant Professor Department:Mechanical Engineering Describe your research in about 200 words.My research focuses on advancing the fundamental understanding of heat transfer across interfaces in microscale during phase change process with advanced experimental and diagnostic technologies to facilitate the development of more efficient energy, heat transfer and thermal management systems. My current research interests include phase […] Read More
Name: Dr. Allyson McGaughey Title: Assistant Professor Department: Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering Describe your research in about 200 words. To mitigate and adapt to climate change, freshwater scarcity, and increasing environmental degradation, we must achieve a circular water economy and, at the same time, confront new (and […] Read More
Name: Dr. Georgios Koutsakis Title: Assistant Professor Department: Mechanical Engineering Describe your research in about 200 words. I obtained my PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2022, after completing my diploma at the University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece in 2016. I developed techniques to maximize in-cylinder heat insulation while ensuring […] Read More
Name: Dr. Chanee Choi Title: Assistant Professor Department: Film and Digital Arts Describe your research in about 200 words. I am a transdisciplinary artist and educator. I’ve developed a ritualistic craft-based art practice that transcends the conservative and isolationist roots of traditional East Asian craftwork by focusing on a celebration of feminist […] Read More
Name: Dr. Marisa Repasch Title: Assistant Professor Department: Earth and Planetary Sciences Describe your research in about 200 words. My research focuses on understanding the role of Earth surface processes, such as erosion, sediment transport, and weathering, in the global carbon cycle. Climate change and human-driven land disturbance can accelerate erosion, destabilizing […] Read More
Name:Dr. Renée F. Brown Title:Research Assistant Professor Department:Biology Describe your research in about 200 words.I am an ecosystem ecologist and ecoinformatician with a passion for blending technology with field-based research to explore how dryland ecosystems respond to environmental change. Specifically, I make use of environmental sensor networks and long-term datasets to unravel how changes in climate, along with […] Read More
Name:Kaitlin Bryson Title:Lecturer III Department:Art and Art History Describe your research in about 200 words.I am an ecological/bio artist concerned with environmental and social justice. I primarily work with fungi, plants, microbes, and biodegradable materials to engage more-than-human audiences, while also facilitating human communities through social practice and environmental stewardship. My practice is research-based and most often collaborative, […] Read More
Name:Dr. Ahmed Hasan Title:Lecturer III and Research Professor Department:Mechanical Engineering Describe your research in about 200 words.Experience in the interaction of inorganic contaminants with mineral surfaces, colloidal transport of radioactive and metal contaminants and their applications to remediation, physicochemical characterization of soil and mineral surfaces, development of geochemical codes, and radionuclide migration. Experience includes the backend of nuclear […] Read More
Name:Dr. Kenneth Oravetz Title:Lecturer of Critical Text Analysis Department:Academic Communities, University College Describe your research in about 200 words.My research interests are twofold. I am interested in both literary approaches to experimental graphic novels and in innovative reading and writing pedagogy. My literary research turns to formal experimentations in contemporary independent comics to develop new frameworks for comics […] Read More
Name: Dr. Luotao Lin Title: Assistant Professor Department: Individual, Family, & Community Education Describe your research in about 200 words. I have focused my research on nutrition epidemiology including discovering temporal dietary and lifestyle patterns and their relationship with health outcomes like obesity, improving food security among low-resource populations, and providing precise […] Read More
Name: Dr. Stephanie Bunt Title: Assistant Professor Department: Architecture Describe your research in about 200 words. My work examines cross-disciplinary building design processes in emerging digital tools and identifies opportunities for improvement in the multi-objective education of future designers. Focusing on computational design techniques, such as design space exploration and optimization, my […] Read More
Name:Gwyneth Doland Title:Professor of Practice Department:Communication and Journalism Describe your research in about 200 words.As Professor of Practice I’m devoted to creating a pathway for our students to graduate and succeed as journalists who help support a vibrant democracy. I teach multimedia writing and other skills courses, while running a successful fellowship and internship program that places students […] Read More
Name:Dr. Karen J. Leong Title:Associate Professor Department:History Describe your research in about 200 words.I research 20th century U.S. social and cultural history, with a focus on nationalism, borders, and citizenship as articulated through popular culture, immigration policy, and social formations at the intersections of race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, and other social factors. My scholarship seeks to demonstrate […] Read More
Name:Mariana Sabino Salazar Title:Lecturer III Department:Latin American and Iberian Institute Describe your research in about 200 words.My work delves into the representation of diasporic and immigrant populations in Latin American popular culture from a trans-Atlantic perspective. For the last twelve years, my research has focused on Romani Latin American history and the Gypsy stereotype in film, music, and […] Read More
Name:Dr. Madura Pathirage Title:Assistant Professor Department:Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering Describe your research in about 200 words.As climate concerns grow, concrete, which is the most used man-made product in the world, is well-positioned to help society meet tomorrow’s challenges. While solutions that can adapt to the effects of climate change are already a reality […] Read More
Name: Dr. Christoph Wagner Title: Assistant Professor of Cello Department: Music Describe your research in about 200 words. Internationally performing cellist, pedagogue and lecturer. Special research interests in musicians’ wellbeing and peak performance, as well as music and the brain. What’s the most interesting thing you have learned from a student? […] Read More
Name:Bryan Hertweck Title:Lecturer II Department:Marketing, Information, and Decision Sciences Describe your research in about 200 words.As a lecturer, I won’t be expected to research, but my previous research was centered on simulations of electronic markets. I focused on how various automated shopping and pricing strategies affected the evolution of markets. I also examined the use of neural networks […] Read More
Name: Juli Hendren Title: Lecturer II Department: Theatre & Dance Describe your research in about 200 words. My research swims in the water of somatic awareness, physical play, and global connection through storytelling. What’s the most interesting thing you have learned from a student? That every day I am with students, I […] Read More
Name: Dr. Michelle Allgood Title: Assistant Professor Department: School of Public Administration Describe your research in about 200 words. My research focuses on public management, workplace coping and employee well-being, and equity and access issues, especially for members of the disability community. My research focuses primarily on local governments and alleviating the […] Read More
Name: Dr. Paula Corbin Swalin Title: Senior Lecturer II, Voice Department: Music Describe your research in about 200 words. Research interests include Latin American and Iberian Art Song, Vocal Health and Singing Voice Health, Aesthetics of the Aging Singing Voice, and appropriate terminology relating to singing voice in the 21st century. […] Read More
Name: Dr. Elliott Schwebach Title: Lecturer Department: Political Science Describe your research in about 200 words. I am a political theorist who takes a “Fanonian” approach to political and social life (guided by the work and legacy of Frantz Fanon). I focus primarily upon the political and psychological legacies of colonial oppression […] Read More
Name:Myla Vicenti Carpio Title:Associate Professor Department:Native American Studies Describe your research in about 200 words.My initial research in Indigenous urban studies has maintained a focus on community sustainability in defending indigeneity, place, and culture as a material form of resilience. I have two ongoing research projects in progress; a co-authored book manuscript with Dr. Karen Leong exploring the […] Read More
Name:Erik Ehn Title:Professor of Practice Department:Theatre and Dance Describe your research in about 200 words.Playwriting, and the continuum between contemplation, creativity, and compassionate social change. What’s the most interesting thing you have learned from a student?There’s so much more.