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Core Faculty

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J. Christopher Anderson

Associate Professor

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Adam Arkin

Newton Memorial Professor

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Iain Clark

Assistant Professor

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Irina Conboy

Professor

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Steve Conolly

Cook Professor

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Derfogail Delcassian

Assistant Professor

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John Dueber

Lloyd Distinguished Professor

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Daniel A. Fletcher

Purnendu Chatterjee Professor

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Leah Guthrie

Assistant Professor

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Teresa Head-Gordon

Chancellor's Professor

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Kevin Healy

Fandrianto Professor

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Amy E. Herr

MacArthur Professor

Ian Holmes

Ian Holmes

Professor

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Patrick Hsu

Assistant Professor

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Sanjay Kumar

Chancellor's Professor

Lareau

Liana Lareau

Assistant Professor

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Seung-Wuk Lee

Professor

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Dorian Liepmann

Professor

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Gerard Marriott

Professor

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Phillip Messersmith

Class of 1941 WWII Memorial Professor and Chair

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Niren Murthy

Professor

Streets

Aaron Streets

Associate Professor

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Moriel Vandsburger

Guertin Professor

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Michael Yartsev

Associate Professor

Joint Faculty

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James Casey

Professor

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Christopher Hernandez

Professor in Residence

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Jay Keasling

Professor

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Tony Keaveny

Chancellor's Professor

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Lisa Pruitt

Professor

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S. Shankar Sastry

Thomas Siebel Professor

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David Schaffer

Professor

Emeritus Faculty

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Thomas Budinger

Professor Emeritus

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Richard Karp

Professor Emeritus

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Luke Lee

Professor Emeritus

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David Rempel

Professor Emeritus

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Boris Rubinsky

Professor Emeritus

Sjolander

Kimmen Sjölander

Professor Emeritus

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Matthew Tirrell

Professor Emeritus

Adjunct & Affiliated Faculty

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Paul Adams

Adjunct Professor

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Steven Brenner

Affiliated Faculty

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Syed Hossainy

Adjunct Professor

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David Kirn

Adjunct Professor

Taner Sen

Taner Sen

Adjunct Professor

Lecturers

News About: Faculty

Yartsev new HHMI Investigator

Congratulations Professor Michael Yartsev, named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator!

So to speak: how bats and humans communicate

Berkeley researchers led by Professor Michael Yartsev, working with scientists at Carnegie Mellon University, have identified the part of the brain in Egyptian fruit bats that controls vocalizations and found that it contains similar neural wiring and genetics to the part of the human brain that controls speech.

Putting on the heat

Professor Seung-Wuk Lee discusses pyroelectricity: the finding that viruses can generate electricity when exposed to heat, and how this may pave the way for next-generation biosensors and diagnostic tools.

Cool it down

How isochoric preservation can protect food, organs — and even the planet. Professor Boris Rubinsky discusses the state of the art in cryogenics and preservation.

Yartsev wins Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2024

The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) has selected Professor Michael Yartsev for the 2024 Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award, given in recognition of outstanding and innovative work from all areas of neuroscience. The award will be presented at the FENS Forum conference in Vienna.

Berkeley’s ecosystem of innovation, entrepreneurship combats climate change

Professors John Dueber and David Schaffer are featured in this article highlighting campus research and entrepreneurship in sustainability.

What bats can teach us about the evolution of human speech

In a paper in the journal Science, a team led by Professor Michael Yartsev’s lab identified the part of the brain in Egyptian fruit bats that controls vocalizations and found that it contains very similar neural wiring to the part of the human brain that controls speech.

Microfluidics: Biology’s Liquid Revolution

Professor Aaron Streets was featured in this overview on the potential of microfluidics in The Scientist magazine.

Rubinsky’s coral preservation work featured on PBS News

Professor Emeritus Boris Rubinsky’s isochoric vitrification method of preserving coral samples in suspended animation is part of recent emergency efforts to save dying coral reefs. The method is being used by the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

New Technique Could Facilitate Rapid Cryopreservation of All Coral Species

Research by Professor Emeritus Boris Rubinsky, in collaboration with Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) and Texas A&M, has achieved a breakthrough in the fight to save the world’s coral reefs from climate change annihilation. The researchers successfully cryopreserved and revived entire coral fragments, opening the door to collecting and preserving coral fragments easily and rapidly at an urgent moment for coral worldwide.