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Identification and systematics of insects; Biological diversity; dragonfly/damselfy biogeography; population and evolutionary ecology of aquatic insects; systematics of lamellicorn beetles (Scarabaeidae: Lucanidae, Passalidae)
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Itty Abraham, Ph.D.
Director, South Asia Institute
Department of Asian Studies, Department of Government
College of Liberal Arts
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-475-6039
E-mail: ittya@mail.utexas.edu
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International relations; science and technology studies; postcolonial theory; India and Indian foreign policy; South Asia; globalization.
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Charles Anderson, B.A. in Dance, Cornell University; M.F.A. in Choreography, Temple University
Associate Professor of African American and African Diasporic Dance with a courtesy appointment in the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies
Department of Theatre and Dance
College of Fine Arts
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-3467
E-mail: charles.o.anderson@austin.utexas.edu
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African Diaspora and African American (Black) vernacular and concert dance history, Black dance aesthetics, Afrocentric dance pedagogy, choreography and dance composition, contemporary dance, Afrofuturism, critical race theory in dance
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Management; nonprofit management; natural resources management
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Jay Banner, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1986
Director, Environmental Science Institute
Geological Sciences
Jackson School of Geosciences
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-5016
E-mail: banner@mail.utexas.edu
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Groundwater; water resources; earth system history; climate change; global warming; carbonate and groundwater geochemistry; environmental science; environmental education; caves; conservation; natural resources.
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Allen Bard, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
College of Natural Sciences
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-3761
E-mail: ajbard@mail.utexas.edu
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Electroanalytical chemistry; electrochemistry; scanning electrochemical microscopy; electrogenerated chemiluminescence; modified electrodes; photoelectrochemistry
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Astronomy; variable stars; stellar distance scales; Cepheid variable stars; observatory management; National Science Foundation; optical and infrared astronomy; extraterrestrial life
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Climatology, climate change, global warming, numerical modeling, atmospheric science, and Earth history
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Curriculum design, teacher education, science education
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Roger Bengtson, Ph.D.
Professor
Physics
College of Natural Sciences
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-3943
E-mail: n/a
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Plasma physics; fusion; atomic physics; space propulsion
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I study student engagement in complex scientific practices, such as argumentation. In addition, I focus on understanding how the existing classroom culture influences the students work with these new practices. Through this work, I design learning environments, work with teachers to enact the learning environments, and examine what happens when they do.
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Material science aspects and mechanistic modeling of distresses in pavement materials (e.g. fatigue cracking, moisture damage); Self healing properties of bituminous materials; Structure-property relationships in composite materials; Surface properties and interfacial adhesion of materials; Development of test methods to characterize properties and performance of pavement materials
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Performance characteristics of microprocessors and parallel systems;
Grid computing technology and portals
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Molecular anthropology, ancient DNA studies, human biological variation, race, population genetics, Native American prehistory, anthropology of science, DNA ancestry testing
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Philosophy; Logic; Moral Issues; Ethics; Philosophy in Popular Culture; Christian Philosophy.
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Biological oceanography; marine ecology; marine plankton; harmful algal blooms (red tides brown tides); behavior and sensory perception of marine organisms; bioluminescence
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Human mating; human sexuality; jealousy and infidelity; stalking; evolutionary psychology; homicide; status and social reputation
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Early Modern Atlantic History; History of Science and Colonialism; History of Knowledge; Colonial Spanish and British America.
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Metamorphic petrology; x-ray computed tomography in geology; geochemical kinetics; apatite fission-track annealing kinetics; Precambrian geology of the Llano Uplift; environment & earth science.
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Lupita Carmona, PhD
Assistant Professor
Curriculum and Instruction: Science and Mathematics Education
College of Education
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-232-6385
E-mail: lcarmona@mail.utexas.edu
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Assessment and evaluation of student learning; teacher development; collaborative learning; distance education; UTeach; science and mathematics education
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Robert Causey, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
College of Liberal Arts
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-6755
E-mail: rlc@cs.utexas.edu
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Applied logic; philosophical issues in artificial intelligence; scientific methodology
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Internet policy; telecommunications policy; information policy; science and technology policy; science technology and international security
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Computational materials science; Electronic materials for semiconductors and nanoscale devices; Quantum modeling of materials
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Particle theory; laser-plasma physics;physics education, environment & earth science
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Kerry Cook, Ph.D. North Carolina State University
Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
Jackson School of Geosciences
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512 232 7931
E-mail: kc@jsg.utexas.edu
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Climate dynamics, atmospheric dynamics, global climate change, paleoclimate, climate and weather of Africa and South America, climate system modeling, global warming
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Robert Crosnoe, Ph.D.
The Elsie and Stanley E. (Skinny) Adams, Sr. Centennial Professor in Liberal Arts
Department of Sociology
College of Liberal Arts
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-232-6340
E-mail: crosnoe@prc.utexas.edu
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Child/adolescent development and transitions to adulthood; Education and child care; Families; Health; Immigration
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Technology supports for science learning; science curriculum; development of a learning progression for size and scale; relationship between conceptual understanding and factual knowledge for key scientific themes
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Doug Dierking, Ph.D.
Assistant Department Chair
Department of Management
McCombs School of Business
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-9441
E-mail: Doug Dierking
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Human resource management, leadership, management science, organizational behavior, organizational change and redesign, organizational culture, workplace environment
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Animal viruses; retroviruses; breast cancer; oncogenes; transcription regulation; retroviral vectors; leukemia; communication
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Decision and risk analysis with applications in oil and gas; exploration and production; electric utilities; project managment; environment & earth science.
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John Ekerdt, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research & Professor
Chemical Engineering
Cockrell School of Engineering
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-4689
E-mail: ekerdt@che.utexas.edu
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Electronic materials chemistry; Thin film growth kinetics and chemistry; Barrier materials; Biomass conversion kinetics and chemistry
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Directed evolution; ribozymes; biotechnology; chemical and biological warfare detection
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Addiction science education, neurobiology of addiction, chemical dependency
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Star formation; interstellar medium; radio astronomy; infrared astronomy; extraterrestrial life; NASA Spitzer Space Telescope
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Roger Farrar, PhD
Professor
Kinesiology and Health Education
Office of the Vice President for Research
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-8621
E-mail: rfarrar@mail.utexas.edu
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Skeletal muscular atrophy; muscle regeneration; exercise physiology; cardiac health and exercise; cardiovascular health and fitness in the elderly
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Photography; history of photography; photography and the humanities; art & art history; photohistory; photography & fine arts; photojournalism; photographic preservation; visual communications; history of film & cinema; library science; management of visual archives
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Philanthropy, volunteering, public management, nonprofit management, service contracting, strategic giving
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Lee Fuiman, Ph.D.
Professor, Marine Science Institute
Department of Marine Science
College of Natural Sciences
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 361-749-6775
E-mail: lee.fuiman@mail.utexas.edu
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Fish biology; sensory ecology; developmental ecology; behavioral ecology of aquatic organisms.
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Scientific visualization; Feature detection; Illumination techniques; Visualization techniques; Visualization applications
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EXPERTISE
Plasma physics; fusion energy; environment & earth science.
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Antibody engineering; Enzyme engineering; Protein folding in vivo
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Community ecology; wing pattern genetics; biological diversity; imported fire ants/phorid fly interactions; butterfly/plant interactions
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American intellectual history; American cultural and Western history; American West; Western and American art history; history of science and exploration; documentary film making; Texas art
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The brain and menopause, effects of environmental chemicals on reproductive neuroendocrine function.
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Celebrity, popular culture, popular music, popular fads and fashion, youth cultures, UFOs, alien abduction, exorcism, demonic possession, apocalypse, Halloween, folk religion, folklore, Satanism, occult and occultism, new age, cults, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, Freud, Jung, Lacan, scatology, ghosts, haunting, the paranormal, pseudo-science, gothic music, gothic subculture, horror film, popular television, cultural studies, rhetorical studies.
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Computational Biology, Comparative Analysis of RNA, RNA Structure, Predicting RNA Structure
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Information science; cognition; biomedical informatics; information economics; information management; information networks; aviation history; flight dynamics
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Anthropology of science (comparative study of genomics research in the United States and Mexico); ethnography of race (theories, methods, and practice, with an attention to cultural articulations of whiteness); American culture (class and racial discourses, along with questions of cultural form in the U.S. public sphere).
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Ecosystem responses to climate change, invasive species, plant community ecology, soil microbial ecology
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Theoretical plasma physics; fusion; transport theory
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Electricity generation and storage; space power; electric energy; standards; technology policy; university-industry-government collaboration in technology; technology and economic development; electric guns; hybrid electric vehicles; electric locomotives; flywheel batteries; electric generators and motors; high voltage; environment & earth science.
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Astronomy; astronomy education; history of astronomy; science education
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20th-century European and American art to 1950; the relation of art to science and technology (particularly in the first half of the 20th century); modernism in its cultural context, including science and occultism; Marcel Duchamp; the "fourth dimension" in 20th-century culture
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David Hillis, Ph.D.
Alfred Roark Centennial Professor
Section of Integrative Biology
College of Natural Sciences
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-232-3690
E-mail: dhillis@mail.utexas.edu
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Molecular evolution; vertebrates; systematics; evolution of viruses; endangered species; amphibians; reptiles; fishes; mammals; birds; molecular biology; DNA; genetics
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European cultural and intellectual history with special interests in Sportwissenschaft and the history of ideas about race; Scandanavian studies; Norwegian language instruction; history of Jewish racial folklore; Olympics; Sports doping
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Paul Hudson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Geography and The Environment
College of Liberal Arts
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-232-1554
E-mail: pfhudson@mail.utexas.edu
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Geomorphology particularly rivers (Mississippi River); river channel changes and erosion; sediment transport; flooding; environmental change; Quaternary (Holocene); Gulf Coastal Plain
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Computational chemistry and materials science; Doping and defect engineering in electronic materials; Surface chemsitry and catalysis; Modeling of energy and catalytic materials for fuel cells, supercapacitors, Li ion batteries, thermoelectrics, and photovoltaics
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Semiconductor packaging and reliability, 3D integration with through-silicon-vias (TSVs); electromigration of Pb-free solders; materials science of dielectric films; and metrology for thin film testing
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Brent Iverson, Ph.D.
Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
College of Natural Sciences
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-5053
E-mail: biverson@mail.utexas.edu
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Biotechnology; bioorganic chemistry; organic chemistry; molecular biology; drug and diagnostic development
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Exercise physiology; carbohydrate metabolism; ergogenic aids; exercise and diabetes; nutrition and exercise
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Salt tectonics thin-skinned deformation and related petroleum traps; structural analysis and seismic interpretation of sedimentary tectonics; experimental modeling; environment & earth science; oil and gas.
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Molecular systematics and evolution; evolution and systematics of the asteraceae; chloroplast DNA evolution; origin and evolution of oceanic island floras; role of hybridization on the extinction of rare species
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Particle engineering including nanotechnology; Drug delivery; Polymer thin films including nanocrystal composites; Environmentally responsible processing with solvents including carbon dioxide for materials science and separation processes; Carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery
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Cellular and molecular mechanisms of learning and memory, attention on neurons and synapses from the limbic system, properties and mechanisms of long-term synaptic potentiation (LTP) and depression (LTD), synaptic substrates for aspects of memory.
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Faculty Development, Teaching & Learning, Teaching 21st Century Learners, Teaching in a Diverse Classroom, Science Education in Higher Education
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Cory Juhl, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
College of Liberal Arts
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-4944
E-mail: cjuhl@mail.utexas.edu
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Philosophy of science; philosophy of mind; logic, philosophy of religion, formal learning theory
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EXPERTISE
Public relations, health and environmental risk communication, science communication, and information seeking.
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Leonard Kleinman, Ph.D.
Professor
College of Natural Sciences
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-3215
E-mail: n/a
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EXPERTISE
Condensed matter physics theory; density functional theory; electronic and magnetic structure calculations of solids surfaces and liquids
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Robert Krug, Ph.D.
Professor
Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology
College of Natural Sciences
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-232-5563
E-mail: rkrug@icmb.utexas.edu
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EXPERTISE
Avian flu; viral gene replication and expression; human influenza; infectious disease
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J. Richard Kyle, Ph.D.
The Third Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Yager Professor
Department of Geological Sciences and Bureau of Economic Geology
Jackson School of Geosciences
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-4351
E-mail: rkyle@mail.utexas.edu
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EXPERTISE
Texas; geology; mineral resources
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Algae; seaweeds; cell biology; molecular biology; harmful algal blooms
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Radioactive and solid waste management; Low-level counting of natural radioactivity; Compton suppression gamma-ray spectrometry; Risk assessment in radioactivity handling
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EXPERTISE
Operations Research/Management Science; optimization models and software; decision support systems; supply chain analysis.
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EXPERTISE
Structural geology; fracture analysis; rock mechanics; hydrocarbon exploration and development in deep and/or structurally complex areas; tight gas sandstone and coalbed methane resources; engineering; environment & earth science; oil and gas.
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Aquatic chemistry; Contaminant transport; Pollutant containment and remediation acid deposition; Air pollution modeling
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Fracture; deformation of materials; computational materials science; condensed matter physics; nonlinear dynamics; teacher preparation; discovery learning; UTeach
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EXPERTISE
Structural geology and tectonics; faulting and folding; fluid flow through fracture systems; applications of fractals; structure and tectonics of Mexico and Andes, environment & earth science.
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Hearing; effects of intense sound and drugs on the auditory system; effects of hormones on the auditory system; prenatal masculinization; otoacoustic emissions; tinnitus physiological concomitants to homosexuality
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infectious disease epidemiology, evolutionary dynamics, molecular evolution, viruses, bacteria, RNA, mathematical modeling, computer simulation, bioinformatics
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GIScience, integration of GIS and Remote Sensing, environmental/ecological modeling, spatial analysis, biogeography, climate change, species movement and interaction
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Sustainable architecture; science and technology studies; politics of technology; philosophy of technology; history of technology
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Ancient Philosophy, Early Greek Science, Linguistic Theory, Modern Greek Studies
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The effects of family, community, education policy and health behaviors on education and the transition to adulthood; STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) preparation and careers
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EXPERTISE
Japanese literature film and animation; gender issues; constructions of the body; fantasy and science fiction
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EXPERTISE
Science education; teacher training; apprentice teaching
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EXPERTISE
Near-surface geophysics; quaternary geology and geomorphology; vibration monitoring; coastal geology; computer applications in the geological sciences; environment & earth science; remote sensing.
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Global warming, climate change, insect ecology, butterfly biology
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Materials Science; electron microscopy and diffraction; magnetic materials.
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Guy Raffa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of French & Italian
Department of French and Italian
College of Liberal Arts
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-5531
E-mail: guyr@uts.cc.utexas.edu
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EXPERTISE
Dante Studies, medieval Italian literature and culture, digital humanities, history and philosophy of science, Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco, 20th century Italian fiction; Medieval Italian literature.
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Materials Sciences; Metals or Alloys; Microstructural analysis of refractory metal alloys; Processing and properties of refractory metal alloys
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EXPERTISE
Biochemistry; protein biosynthesis
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EXPERTISE
Medium and high-energy nuclear physics
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Ehud Ronn, Ph. D.
Jack S. Josey Professorship in Energy Studies
McCombs School of Business
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-5853
E-mail: eronn@mail.utexas.edu
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Energy finance; derivatives; financial and real options in energy (electricity gas); bond valuation and interest-rates; fixed-Income; business, economics & labor; environment & earth science.
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Aging; health disparities; sense of personal control; gender gap; depression.
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Peter Rossky, Ph.D.
Marvin K. Collie-Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry
Chemistry and Biochemistry
College of Natural Sciences
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-3555
E-mail: rossky@mail.utexas.edu
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Physical chemistry; theoretical chemistry; computer simulation; solvent effects on chemical reactions; hydration and aqueous solutions
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EXPERTISE
Philosopy of science; history of science; mathematical genetics; conservation biology; environmental ethics; Arts & Humanities; communication.
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Organic chemistry; texaphyrins; expanded porphyrins; anion recognition; drug development; anti cancer agents; technical analyses of patents
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Timothy Shanahan, Ph.D. Geosciences, University of Arizona
Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
Jackson School of Geosciences
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: (512) 232-7051
E-mail: tshanahan@jsg.utexas.edu
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EXPERTISE
Paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, paleolimnology, ancient climate, climate change, sedimentary geology and geochemistry, organic geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, compound-specific stable isotope analysis
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Mukul Sharma, Ph.D.
Department Chair, W.A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Centennial Chair & Professor
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
Cockrell School of Engineering
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-3257
E-mail: msharma@mail.utexas.edu
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Formation damage; Petrophysics; Fluid flow in porous media
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EXPERTISE
American cultural history of alcohol and drugs; History of addiction research; American cultural and intellectual history; American social thought and social sciences
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James Sprinkle, Ph.D.
The First Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Yager Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
Jackson School of Geosciences
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-4264
E-mail: echino@mail.utexas.edu
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EXPERTISE
Invertebrate paleontology; fossil echinoderms; echinoderm systematics; Paleozoic ecosystems; paleoecology; crinoids; blastoids; rhombiferans; eocrinoids; parablastoids; blastozoans; edrioasteroids; edrioblastoids; starfish; stylophorans; ctenocystoids; helicoplacoids; living echinoderms; Cambrian Period; Ordovician Period; Mississippian Period; Pennsylvanian Period; Cambrian evolutionary fauna; Paleozoic evolutionary fauna; Ordovician radiation; Cambrian explosion; environment & earth science.
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Writing; technology; literacy; teaching and learning; impact of technology on culture; information architecture; knowledge ecology; virtual environments; Web development; MOOs and MUDs; cognitive science; assessment
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EXPERTISE
Writing; technology; literacy; teaching and learning; impact of technology on culture; information architecture; knowledge ecology; virtual environments; Web development; MOOs and MUDs; cognitive science; assessment, the Online Learning Record
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Byron Tapley, Ph.D.
Professor
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Cockrell School of Engineering
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-5573
E-mail: tapley@csr.utexas.edu
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EXPERTISE
Orbital Mechanics; Satellite Orbit Determination; Earth Satellite Applications
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Edward Theriot, Ph.D.
Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professor of Molecular Evolution
Section of Integrative Biology
College of Natural Sciences
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-232-2379
E-mail: etheriot@mail.utexas.edu
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EXPERTISE
Algae; aquatic biology; paleontology; freshwater ecology; evolution; diatoms; Texas Natural Science Center
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EXPERTISE
Oil and gas resource assessment; management of organized research; oil and gas reservoir characterization; carbonate sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy; energy; hydrocarbons.
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EXPERTISE
Corporate finance, energy, finance, real estate and investments, business, economics & labor, environment & earth science
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Education Policy; mathematics education; economics of education; educational equity; education program design and evaluation volunteerism
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Molecular genetics; DNA & chromosome replication; biotechnology; prokaryotic gene expression; rare tRNAs; bacteriology
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Science education; teacher training; classroom interactions; AP (Advanced Placement)
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Surface and interface chemistry; scanning probe microscopy; ultrahigh vacuum technology; thin film growth; photochemistry and photophysics; and management of interdisciplinary research
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Voice; German; vocal pedagogy, Arts & Humanities.
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Gang Yu, Ph.D.
Jack G. Taylor Professor in Business
McCombs School of Business
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-232-5361
E-mail: yu@uts.cc.utexas.edu
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EXPERTISE
Management science; operations research/management; applied mathematics; decision support systems; computational economics
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Validity issues in measurement and testing, Test and survey construction,
Program evaluation, Classroom assessment, Outcomes assessment, Statistics
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