Harvey Mudd College Experts

Harvey Mudd’s faculty can provide commentary to news media on a broad range of topics.

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Stephen Adolph

Stuart Mudd Professor of BiologyChair, Department of BiologyPhD, University of Washington

Biology, climate change, ecology, environment, evolutionary biology, reptiles.

Bill Alves

Louisa and Robert Miller Professor in the Humanities Professor of MusicDMA, University of Southern California

Abstract cinema, computer music, Gamelan, humanities, multimedia, music, music art, music composition, tuning systems.

Isabel Balseiro

Alexander & Adelaide Hixon Professor in the HumanitiesProfessor of Comparative LiteraturePhD, New York University

Cinema, comparative literature, humanities, Latin America.

Arthur T. Benjamin

Smallwood Family ChairProfessor of MathematicsPhD, Johns Hopkins University

Algorithms, combinatorics, game theory, mathemagician, mathematics, operations research.

Andrew Bernoff

Professor of MathematicsPhD, Trinity College, Cambridge University

Applications of dynamical systems, asymptotics, diffusive signaling, energy driven pattern formation, fluid mechanics, mathematics, mixing in fluids, self-similarity and scaling behavior, swarming and biological aggregations

Jim Boerkoel

Csilla and Walt Foley Endowed Professor of Computer ScienceChair, Department of Computer Science PhD, University of Michigan

Artificial intelligence, computer science, human-robot interaction, robotics.

Nicholas P. Breznay

Associate Professor of PhysicsPhD, Stanford University

Condensed matter physics, physics, qantum materials, superconductors.

Eliot Bush

Professor of BiologyPhD, California Institute of Technology

Biology, computational biology, molecular evolution.

Alfonso Castro

Professor of MathematicsRobert and Barbara McAlister Endowed Professor of MathematicsPhD, University of Cincinnati

Applied mathematics, differential equations, mathematics.

Philip Cha

Professor of EngineeringCF Braun & Co. Fellowship in EngineeringPhD, University of Michigan

Engineering, mechanical vibrations, structural dynamics.

Ambereen Dadabhoy

Associate Professor of Literature PhD, Claremont Graduate University

East-west encounter, literature, postcolonial theory, race, religion, Shakespeare.

Albert Dato

Associate Professor of EngineeringAssociate Chair, Department of EngineeringPhD, University of California, Berkeley

Engineering, nanomaterials, nanotechnology.

Marianne de Laet

Professor of Anthropology and Science, Technology and SocietyPhD, University of Utrecht

Humanities, scientific cultures, sociology, technology and society, Zimbabwe bush pump.

Lisette de Pillis

Norman F. Sprague, Jr. Professor of the Life SciencesProfessor of MathematicsPhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Cancer immunology, computational fluid dynamics, mathematical biology, mathematics, numerical linear algebra, parallel computing.

Zachary Dodds

Leonhard-Johnson-Rae Chair in Computer ScienceEntrepreneurship Studio DirectorPhD, Yale University

Computer science, computer vision, CS curriculum, CS outreach, high school CS, middle school CS, robotics.

Tom Donnelly

Shanahan Endowed Dean of the Faculty ChairVice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the FacultyProfessor of PhysicsPhD, University of California, Berkeley

Fluid dynamics, high-intensity laser physics, physics.

Erika W. Dyson

Willard W. Keith, Jr. Fellow of the HumanitiesAssociate Professor of Religious StudiesPhD, Columbia University

Activism and religion, American religious history, church and state, history, humanities, occult religions, pedagogy, religion, religion and science.

Ken Fandell

Michael G. and C. Jane Wilson Chair in Arts and the HumanitiesMFA, University of Illinois at Chicago

Art, humanities, interdisciplinary arts, photography.

Alfred Flores

Associate Professor of Asian American StudiesPhD University of California, Los Angeles

Asian American studies, history, humanities, immigration, labor, militarization, Pacific islander history, race, settler colonialism.

Jason Gallicchio

Associate Professor of PhysicsPhysics Clinic DirectorPhD, Harvard University

Experimental cosmology, physics, quantum mechanics, quantum theory.

Sharon Gerbode

Professor of PhysicsAssociate Dean for Academic AffairsPhD, Cornell University

Biomechanics, biophysics, physics, soft matter physics.

Weiqing Gu

Professor of MathematicsRobert and Barbara McAlister Endowed Professor of MathematicsPhD, University of Pennsylvania

Big data analysis, differential geometry, geometric modeling and design, Grassmann manifolds, industrial mathematics, mathematics, optimal big data to decision, topology.

Vivien Hamilton

Professor of the History of SciencePhD, University of Toronto

Gender and science, history, history of medicine, history of physics, history of science, humanities.

Karl Haushalter

Seeley W. Mudd Chair, Professor of Chemistry and BiologyChair, Department of ChemistryPhD, Harvard University

Biology, chemistry, community based learning, DNA, gene therapy, HIV-AIDS.

Lelia Hawkins

Professor of Chemistry and Hixon Professor of Climate StudiesDirector of the Hixon Center for Climate and the EnvironmentPhD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Air pollution, atmospheric chemistry, chemistry, climate change, photochemical smog, pollution.

Jae Hur

Associate Professor of BiologyPhD, Harvard University

Aging, biology, cellular biology, longevity, molecular biology.

Mark Ilton

Associate Professor of PhysicsPhD, McMaster University

Elastodynamics, fast biomechanics, fluid dynamics, physics, soft matter physics.

Adam Johnson

Ray and Mary Ingwersen Professor of ChemistryPhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Asymmetric catalysis, chemistry, education, organometallics, pedagogy.

Dagan Karp

Professor of MathematicsPhD, University of British Columbia

Algebraic geometry, diversity, math education, mathematics

Nancy Lape

James Howard Kindelberger Professor of EngineeringChair, Department of EngineeringPhD, University of Minnesota

Bioengineering, engineering, nanocomposite membranes, transdermal transport.

Theresa Lynn

Susan and Bruce Worster Professor of PhysicsChair, Department of PhysicsPhD California Institute of Technology

Atomic physics, physics, quantum communication, quantum cryptography, quantum information science, quantum optics.

Susan Martonosi

Professor of MathematicsChair of the FacultyPhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Applied probability, aviation security, homeland security, humanitarian logistics, mathematics, operations research, terrorist network disruption.

Rachel Mayeri

Professor of Media StudiesDirector of Hixon Riggs ProgramMFA., University of California, San Diego

Animals, animation, art, art and science, film, humanities, media, primates, special effects.

Catherine McFadden

Vivian and D. Kenneth Baker Professor of the Life SciencesPhD, University of Washington

Biology, coral, marine biology.

Julie Medero

Associate Professor of Computer SciencePhD, University of Washington

Computer science, literacy education, machine learning, natural language processing.

George D. Montañez

Associate Professor of Computer SciencePhD, Carnegie Mellon University

Algorithmic search, artificial intelligence, computer science, information theory, machine learning.

Michael Orrison

Kenneth A. and Diana G. Jonsson Professor of MathematicsChair, Department of MathematicsPhD, Dartmouth College

Algebraic voting theory, harmonic analysis on finite groups, mathematics.

Peter Saeta

Professor of PhysicsDirector, Physics ClinicPhD, Harvard University

Nonlinear optics, physics, semiconductor physics, solar energy.

Vatche Sahakian

Burton Bettingen Professor of PhysicsPhD, University of Chicago

Cosmology, particle physics, physics, string theory, theoretical physics.

Danae Schulz

Associate Professor of BiologyPhD, University of California, Berkeley

Biology, molecular biology, molecular immunology, parasites, sleeping sickness.

David Seitz

Associate Professor of Cultural GeographyPhD, University of Toronto

Gender studies, human geography, humanities, queer studies, sexuality studies.

Brian Shuve

Associate Professor of PhysicsPhD, Harvard University

Dark matter, physics, theoretical particle physics.

Matthew Spencer

Associate Professor of EngineeringDirector of the MakerspacePhD, University of California, Berkeley

Circuit design, engineering, MEMS.

Erik Spjut

Professor of Engineering Union Oil Company Engineering Design FellowPhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Aerosols, engineering, materials processing, optical diagnostics, process control, radiant heat transfer

Paul Steinberg

Malcolm Lewis Chair in Sustainability and SocietyProfessor of Political Science and Environmental PolicyPhD, University of California, Santa Cruz

Biodiversity, environment, environmental policy, humanities, political science, sustainability

Daniel Stoebel

Professor of BiologyPhD, The State University of New York, Stony Brook

Bacteria, biology, E. coli, molecular genetics

Christopher Stone

Professor of Computer ScienceComputer Science Capstone Program DirectorPhD, Carnegie Mellon University

Compilers, computer science, concurrency, object calculi, programming languages, type theory.

Francis E. Su

Professor of MathematicsBenediktsson-Karway Chair of Mathematics PhD, Harvard University

Algorithms, game theory, geometric and topological combinatorics, mathematical economics, mathematics.

Beth Trushowsky

Associate Professor of Computer SciencePhD, University of California, Berkeley

Computer science, crowdsourcing, data management, databases.

Katherine Van Heuvelen

R. Michael Shanahan Endowed ProfessorshipAssociate Dean of the FacultyPhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Chemistry, environment, metals in biology.

Hal Van Ryswyk

John Stauffer Chair in ChemistryPhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Chemistry, low-cost photovoltaics, pollution, solar energy.

David A. Vosburg

Donald A. Strauss Endowed Professor of ChemistryPhD, The Scripps Research Institute

Biosynthesis, chemistry, green chemistry, natural products, organic synthesis, religion.

Ben Wiedermann

Professor of Computer ScienceComputer Science Clinic Recruiting DirectorPhD, University of Texas at Austin

Computer science, program analysis, programming languages, semantics.

Talithia Williams

Professor of MathematicsDirector, Mathematics ClinicPhD, Rice University

Data analytics, mathematics, modeling, statistics, STEM outreach.

Darryl Wright

Willard W. Keith, Jr. Fellow in the HumanitiesProfessor of PhilosophyChair, Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the ArtsPhD, University of Michigan

Ethics, humanities, philosophy, political philosophy.