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
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 of the HumanitiesProfessor of Comparative LiteraturePhD, New York University
Cinema, comparative literature, humanities, Latin America.
Hal S. Barron
Professor of Humanities EmeritusPhD, University of Pennsylvania
Food studies, history, history of US ethnicity, humanities, immigration.
Arthur 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 ScienceAssociate Professor of Computer Science
Chair, Department of Computer Science PhD, University of Michigan
Artificial intelligence, computer science, human-robot interaction, robotics.
Nicholas P. Breznay
Assistant 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
Robert and Barbara McAlister Endowed Professor of Mathematics PhD, University of Cincinnati
Applied mathematics, differential equations, mathematics.
Philip Cha
Professor of EngineeringCF Braun & Co. Fellow of EngineeringPhD, University of Michigan
Engineering, mechanical vibrations, structural dynamics.
Christopher Clark
Professor of EngineeringPhD, Stanford University
Autonomous mobile robots, control theory, engineering, mapping and localization, motion planning, multi-robot systems, robotics, underwater robotics
Ambereen Dadabhoy
Associate Professor of Literature and Avery FellowPhD, Claremont Graduate University
East-west encounter, literature, postcolonial theory, race, religion, Shakespeare.
Albert Dato
Associate Professor of EngineeringPhD, University of California, Berkeley
Engineering, nanomaterials, nanotechnology.
Marianne de Laet
Professor of Anthropology and Science, Technology and SocietyAssociate Dean for Academic AffairsPhD, 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 of Computer SciencePhD, Yale University
Computer science, computer vision, CS curriculum, CS outreach, high school CS, middle school CS, robotics.
Tom Donnelly
Vice President and Shanahan Endowed Dean of the Faculty ChairProfessor of PhysicsPhD, University of California, Berkeley
Fluid dynamics, high-intensity laser physics, physics.
Ziyad Durón
Jude & Eileen Laspa Endowed Professorship of EngineeringPhD, California Institute of Technology
Civil engineering, earthquake engineering, engineering.
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 of Arts and the HumanitiesChair, Humanities, Social Sciences, and the ArtsMFA, University of Illinois at Chicago
Art, humanities, interdisciplinary arts, photography.
Alfred Flores
Assistant 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 PhysicsPhD, Harvard University
Experimental cosmology, physics, quantum mechanics, quantum theory.
Sharon Gerbode
Associate Professor of PhysicsPhD, Cornell University
Biomechanics, biophysics, physics, soft matter physics.
Jeffrey Groves
Louisa and Robert Miller in the HumanitiesProfessor of LiteraturePhD, The Claremont Graduate School
Humanities, literature, poetry, printing, Shakespeare.
Weiqing Gu
Robert and Barbara McAlister Endowed Professor of Mathematics PhD, 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
Associate Professor of the History of SciencePhD, University of Toronto
Gender and science, history, history of medicine, history of physics, history of science, humanities.
Richard Haskell
Professor of Physics EmeritusPhD, The Johns Hopkins University
Biomedical optics, biophysics, laser physics, physics, quantum optics.
Karl Haushalter
Professor of Chemistry and BiologyChair, Department of ChemistryPhD, Harvard University
Biology, chemistry, community based learning, DNA, gene therapy, HIV-AIDS.
Lelia Hawkins
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Hixon Professor of Climate StudiesPhD, 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
Assistant Professor of PhysicsPhD, McMaster University
Elastodynamics, fast biomechanics, fluid dynamics, physics, soft matter physics.
Adam Johnson
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
Kerry Karukstis
Ray and Mary Ingwersen Professor of ChemistryPhD, Duke University
Chemical sensors, chemistry, faculty development, mentoring of women science faculty, nanostructures.
Geoff Kuenning
Professor of Computer SciencePhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Computer performance, computer science, computer storage, hard drives, solid-state disks.
Nancy Lape
Professor of EngineeringChair, Department of EngineeringPhD, University of Minnesota
Bioengineering, engineering, nanocomposite membranes, transdermal transport.
Fred Leichter
Clinical Professor of EngineeringDirector, Rick and Susan Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity (The Hive)
Creativity, design thinking, engineering, innovation.
Theresa Lynn
Bruce and Susan Worster Professor of PhysicsChair, Department of PhysicsPhD California Institute of Technology
Atomic physics, physics, quantum communication, quantum cryptography, quantum information science, quantum optics.
Greg A. Lyzenga
Professor of Physics EmeritusPhD, California Institute of Technology
Astronomy, earthquakes, geophysics, physics, rocketry, seismology, solar system astronomy.
Susan Martonosi
Professor of MathematicsPhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Applied probability, aviation security, homeland security, humanitarian logistics, mathematics, operations research, terrorist network disruption.
Rachel Mayeri
Professor of Media StudiesMFA., 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
Iris & Howard Critchell Assistant Professor of Computer SciencePhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Algorithmic search, artificial intelligence, computer science, information theory, machine learning.
Mohamed Omar
Joseph B. Platt Chair of Effective TeachingAssociate Professor of MathematicsPhD, University of California, Davis
Creativity in math, discrete mathematics, graph theory, math competitions, mathematics.
Michael Orrison
Professor of MathematicsPhD, Dartmouth College
Algebraic voting theory, harmonic analysis on finite groups, mathematics.
Donald Remer
Professor of Engineering Economics EmeritusPhD, California Institute of Technology
Business case analysis, capital investment evaluation, cost and schedule estimation, engineering, engineering economics, leadership and decision-making styles, project/program management, technical and project management
Peter Saeta
Professor of PhysicsDirector, Physics ClinicPhD, Harvard University
Nonlinear optics, physics, semiconductor physics, solar energy.
Vatche Sahakian
Professor of PhysicsPhD, University of Chicago
Cosmology, particle physics, physics, string theory, theoretical physics.
Danae Schulz
Barbara Stokes Dewey Assistant Professor of BiologyPhD, University of California, Berkeley
Biology, molecular biology, molecular immunology, parasites, sleeping sickness.
David Seitz
Avery FellowAssistant Professor of Cultural GeographyPhD, University of Toronto
Gender studies, human geography, humanities, queer studies, sexuality studies.
Brian Shuve
Assistant Professor of PhysicsPhD, Harvard University
Dark matter, physics, theoretical particle physics.
Matthew Spencer
Associate Professor of EngineeringPhD, 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 of 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 SciencePhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Compilers, computer science, concurrency, object calculi, programming languages, type theory.
Francis E. Su
Benediktsson-Karway Chair of Mathematics PhD, Harvard University
Algorithms, game theory, geometric and topological combinatorics, mathematical economics, mathematics.
Elizabeth Sweedyk
Associate Professor of Computer SciencePhD, University of California, Berkeley
Algorithms, complexity theory, computer games, computer graphics, computer science, image processing.
Beth Trushowsky
Assistant Professor of Computer SciencePhD, University of California, Berkeley
Computer science, crowdsourcing, data management, databases.
Katherine Van Heuvelen
Associate Professor of ChemistryAssociate Dean for the FacultyPhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chemistry, environment, metals in biology.
Hal Van Ryswyk
John Stauffer Chair of ChemistryPhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chemistry, low-cost photovoltaics, pollution, solar energy.
David A. Vosburg
Professor of ChemistryPhD, The Scripps Research Institute
Biosynthesis, chemistry, green chemistry, natural products, organic synthesis, religion.
Ben Wiedermann
Associate Professor of Computer SciencePhD, University of Texas at Austin
Computer science, program analysis, programming languages, semantics.
Talithia Williams
Associate Professor of MathematicsDirector, Mathematics ClinicPhD, Rice University
Data analytics, mathematics, modeling, statistics, STEM outreach.
Darryl Wright
Willard W. Keith, Jr. Fellow of the HumanitiesProfessor of PhilosophyPhD, University of Michigan
Ethics, humanities, philosophy, political philosophy.
Yi-Chieh (Jessica) Wu
Associate Professor of Computer SciencePhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computational biology, computational biology, computer science, evolution, machine learning.
Qimin Yang
Professor of Engineering and AssociatePhD, Princeton University
Engineering, fiber optics, optical communications, optical packet switching networks.
Darryl Yong
Professor of MathematicsPhD, University of Washington
Applied mathematics, mathematics, mathematics education, partial differential equations, perturbation theory, teacher learning.
Werner Zorman
Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair in LeadershipVienna University of Technology
Communication skills, emotional intelligence, leadership, team building.