Randolph Ashton
Associate Professor
Engineering brain and spinal cord tissues ex vivo using human pluripotent stem cells
WID Faculty
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Alberto Del Pia
Associate Professor
Design of exact and approximate algorithms for mixed-integer optimization problems
John Denu
Katherine Berns Van Donk Steenbock Professor in Nutrition
Epigenetic chromatin changes that regulate cell signaling and metabolism
Michael Ferris
John P. Morgridge Chair in Computer Sciences
Jacques-Louis Lions Professor of Computer Sciences
Director of Data Science Hub
Optimization methods and data modeling for large scale problems in science, engineering and economics
Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong
Vilas Distinguished Professor, Advancing Vision Science Chair Professor, and RRF Edwin and Dorothy Gamewell Professor, Kellett Mid-Career Award 2018-2023
Creating nanomedicines and nanomaterials for human health and sustainable energy applications.
Jo Handelsman
WID Director
Genetic and biochemical processes underlying interactions within plant and human microbiomes.
Kevin Ponto
Associate Professor, Emerging Technologies Hub Leader
Use virtual reality to simulate the experience of real-life spaces for real-world outcomes.
Krishanu Saha
Associate Professor
Human cell engineering including CRISPR gene editing and epigenetic reprogramming; science & society
Karen Schloss
Associate Professor
Visual perception and cognition in information visualization and virtual reality.
Claudia Solís-Lemus
Assistant Professor
My research involves the development of statistical models to answer biological questions.
Rupa Sridharan
Associate Professor
Epigenetic control of cell identity in pluripotency, development and disease
Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng
Consolidated Papers Foundation Chair, Fellow of ASME, SME, and SPE
Bridging engineering and life sciences for manufacturing of cell-/tissue-based therapeutic products
John Yin
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Forecasting of virus-host growth and infection spread; physical and chemical origins of life