Allen, Jim
Physics
Emeritus Professor
Joachin M. Luttinger Collegiate Professor

Research Interests: Professor Allen directs his research broadly at the electronic structure of solids, and the relationship between electronic structure and low energy, low temperature properties. He is particularly interested in systems that are dominated by many-body effects and therefore cannot be well treated by conventional band theory. More information: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/physics/people/facstaff

Bednar, Jenna
Political Science
Associate Professor

Research Interests: Professor Bednar studies comparative federalism using approaches from game theory and microeconomics. Her current research centers on modeling different institutional forms among federal systems, and whether particular decision-making mechanisms can enhance the stability of diverse societies. More information: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jbednar/

Bloch, Anthony
Mathematics
Alexander Ziwet Collegiate Professor

Research Interests: My reseach interests include : Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics, symplectic geometry, integrable systems (including the Toda lattice, the dispersionless Toda lattice, geodesic flows and rigid body dynamics), stability, nonholonomic systems (the motion of mechanical systems with nonintegrable constraints), the relationship between continuous and discrete flows, nonlinear control and optimal control. I study various other other topics in geometric mechanics and nonlinear dynamics including quantum dynamics and control. More information: http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~abloch/

Breck, Jim
School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE)
Adjunct Associate Professor, SNRE
Fisheries Research Biologist, Institute for Fisheries Research

Research Interests: Growth, reproduction and ecology of bluegill Lepomis macrochirus, bioenergetics of fish growth; allometry; mechanisms responsible for changes in condition factor. Foraging theory for planktivores and piscivores, mathematical modeling of fish communities, applied population biology, Java applets to demonstrate topics in complex systems and ecology, application of geographic information systems to landscape ecology of lake fishes; the Digital Water Atlas Project, growth and survival of juvenile lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens. More information: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~breck/

Chen, Yan
School of Information
Associate Professor

Research Interests: Research interests include bounded rationality and mechanism design, experimental economics, and mathematical models of voting. Current learning in games; 2) theoretical study of dynamic stability of public goods mechanisms; and 3) experimental study of the assignment algorithms. Teaching interests are in the area of experimental economics, public finance and positive political economy. More information: http://www.si.umich.edu/people/faculty-detail.htm?sid=294

Daida, Jason
Space Physics Research Lab
Associate Research Scientist

Research Interests: My research focuses on the theory and application of computational intelligence technologies that support open-ended problem solving, discovery, and innovation. This work has found application in earth and space sciences (e.g., pattern discovery in remotely sensed data), engineering education (e.g., curriculum and instruction of first-year students on complex problem solving), and genetic programming (e.g., automatic discovery of data models that exceed the performance of comparable expert-derived models). More information: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/daida/home

Ellis, Nick
Psychology, Linguistics, English Language Institute
Professor

Research Interests: Dr. Ellis's research interests include language as a complex adaptive system, corpus linguistics, psycholinguistics, language emergence, networks analysis of language, scale-free linguistic distributions, computational modeling. More information: http://web.mac.com/ncellis/Nick_Ellis/Home.html

Erdmann, Christine
School of Public Health
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

Research Interests: Dr. Erdmann's research interests include molecular mechanisms underlying the relationship between breast cancer risk and environmental factors, the development of methods using nipple aspirate fluid for exposure assessment and preclinical disease detection, and spatial analysis methods. Her research projects include the study of breast cancer in both Marin County, California and Brazil. Dr. Erdmann also is a co-investigator in the Breast Cancer and Environment Research Center network. More information: http://www.sph.umich.edu/ceesp/mentors/erdmann.shtml

Forger, Danny
Mathematics
Assistant Professor

Research Interests: My research is devoted to understanding biological clocks. I use techniques from many fields, including computer simulation, detailed mathematical modeling and mathematical analysis, to understand biological timekeeping. My research aims to generate predictions that can be experimentally verified. More information: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~forger/

Furnas, George
School of Information and EECS
Professor

Research Interests: I typically work several areas related to Human Computer Interaction. My current research areas are: Pixel Rewrite Systems and Interactive Pixel Rewrite Systems, Design in the Mosaic of Responsive Adaptive Systems (the MoRAS) and smaller projects that include Illusions of Infinity and Multiscale Collaborative Virtual Environments. More information: http://furnas.people.si.umich.edu/

Gerstner, Geoffrey
School of Dentistry
Associate Professor

Research Interests: Biology of temporomandibular disorders and parafunction. Psychophysics and neuroimaging methods are used to study the central correlates of chronic TMD pain in humans. Neuroethology, allometry and relationships between:

1) Intermittency in motor behavior;

2) Chewing rate:
a) and manipulation of jaw mass
b) among mammals
c) among dog breeds

3) EMG burst durations, inter-burst intervals, rest and sleep

4) Physical complex systems and self-organization The above are primarily animal studies. Motor behavior as an assay of emotion. Animal behavior, cognitive ethology and neuroethology.

More information: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/gerstnerhome/research

Gordon, Michael
School of Business Administration
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Business Information

Research Interests: His teaching and research address solving societal problems through enterprise – by which businesses and other organizations can make lasting differences in the areas of poverty, healthcare, education, and the environment. He has worked with leading scholars on these issues and is co-author of the Base of the Pyramid Protocol, which guides companies wanting to co-create new businesses with local communities and organizations More information: http://www.bus.umich.edu/facultybios/FacultyBio.asp?id=000119811

Hanlon, Phillip
Mathematics
Provost and Donald J. Lewis Professor

Research Interests: His research is in probability and combinatorics with applications to bioinformatics and theoretical computer science. He is an expert on such topics as card shuffling, cryptology and computational genetics. More information: http://www.provost.umich.edu/about/senior_staff/p_hanlon.html

Jackson, John E.
Political Science
M. Kent Jennings Collegiate Professor

Research Interests: Professor Jackson's major interest is the creation, evolution, and growth of market economies, with a concentration on the dynamics of firm creation, growth, and death. He is modeling these processes to understand how a wide variety of economic, political, and sociological factors affect these dynamics. More information: http://polisci.lsa.umich.edu/faculty/jjackson.html

Jackson, Trachette
Mathematics
Professor

Research Interests: The main focus of Dr. Jackson's research is combining mathematical modeling, numerical simulation and in vivo experiment to gain deeper understanding of tumor growth and vascular development at the molecular, cellular, and tissue levels. More information: http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~tjacks/index.html

Kane, Gordon
Physics
Victor Weisskopf Collegiate Professor

Research Interests: Gordon Kane is a theoretical particle physicist and particle cosmologist, and has published over 190 papers on topics such as supersymmetry, Higgs bosons, string phenomenology, the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe, the dark matter and dark energy of the universe, and given about 300 talks on these subjects. He has written or edited nine books. More information: http://feynman.physics.lsa.umich.edu/kane.html

Kimball, Miles
Economics
Professor

Research Interests: Dr. Kimball’s main interests are business cycle theory, the economics of uncertainty, survey measurement of preference parameters, and evolutionary theory. He has published often in the areas of precautionary saving, labor market dynamics in an efficiency wage model, and the economics of uncertainty. More information:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mkimball/

Laird, John E.
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS)
John L. Tishman Professor of Engineering

Research Interests: My major research interest is in creating human-level artificial intelligent entities, with an emphasis on the underlying cognitive architecture. A major challenge is to create systems that can work on a broad range of problems, using a wide variety of methods, knowledge, and learning techniques. As part of my research, I study both artificial and natural intelligence. Since 1981, my work has centered on the development and use of Soar, a general cognitive architecture. Over the years, this has led to research in both AI and cognitive science. More information: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/laird/

Lemke, Jay
School of Education
Professor

Research Interests: Jay Lemke’s current research interests center on understanding how new interactive multimedia technologies can support learning and contribute to cultural and social change. He is focusing attention on interactive computer games, educational software design, and how students make meaning with new technologies in and out of school. More information: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jaylemke/profileJLL.htm

Lindsay, Robert
Psychology
Professor

Research Interests: Artificial intelligence and cognitive psychology.

MacKie-Mason, Jeff
School of Information
Dean and Arthur W. Burks Collegiate Professor of Information and Computer Science

Research Interests: MacKie-Mason is well known for his pioneering work on the economics of the Internet. He also works on the economics of other information technologies and of competition in high-technology markets. His recent work focuses on the economics of information content and usage, including projects on spam reduction, peer-to-peer resource sharing, and incentives to increase information security. More information:
http://www.si.umich.edu/people/faculty-detail.htm?sid=69

Mizruchi, Mark
Sociology and School of Business
Professor

Research Interests: His current work includes a longitudinal study of corporate financing, a study of the globalization of American banking, and a study of the changing nature of the American corporate elite. More information: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mizruchi/

Nesse, Randolph
Psychology
Professor and Director, Evolution and Human Adaptation Program

Research Interests: I am interested in evolutionary psychology and Darwinian medicine with an emphasis on the evolutionary origins and functions of emotions involved in psychopathology. In particular, I study how natural selection shaped the capacity for mood and how the regulation of normal high and low mood is related to clinical depression. More information:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nesse/

Orr, Brad
Physics
Chair and Professor

Research Interests: Professor Orr's research centers on systems where the properties are controlled by the characteristics of surfaces or interfaces. As designed structures become ever smaller, their surface characteristics begin to influence, or even control, their behavior. Often the research involves scanning probe microscopies such as STM and AFM. More information: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/physics/people/faculty

Rabkin, Eric
English Language and Literature
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor

Research Interests: Current research interests include fantasy and science fiction, graphic narrative, the quantitative study of culture, traditional literary criticism and theory, and academic computing. More information: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~esrabkin/

Raman, Kalyan
School of Business Administration

Resnick, Paul
School of Information
Professor

Research Interests: Professor Resnick's research focuses on SocioTechnical Capital, productive social relations that are enabled by the ongoing use of information and communication technology. His current projects include analyzing and designing reputation systems, ride share coordination services, and applying principles from economics and social psychology to the design of on-line communities. Resnick was a pioneer in the field of recommender systems (sometimes called collaborative filtering or social filtering). Recommender systems guide people to interesting materials based on recommendations from other people. More information: http://presnick.people.si.umich.edu/

Reynolds, Robert
Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, LSA Museum of Anthropology
Director, Artificial Intelligence Lab, Wayne State University

Research Interests: Multi-agent modeling, evolutionary computation More information: http://ai.cs.wayne.edu/ai/member%20webs/Reynolds/index.htm

Savit, Robert
Physics
Professor

Research Interests: Professor Savit's current research interests are in the area of nonlinear and adaptive systems including topics such as the problem of resource allocation, competition and emergent coordination and understanding and predicting epileptic seizures. More information: http://www.rcgd.isr.umich.edu/people/savit.html

Seiford, Larry
Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE)
Chair and Professor

Research Interests: Professor Seiford’s teaching and research interests are primarily in the areas of quality engineering, productivity analysis, process improvement, distributed-systems design issues, and performance measurement. In addition, he is recognized as one of the world's experts in the methodology of Data Envelopment Analysis. More information:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~seiford/

Sing, Charles
School of Medicine
Professor of Human Genetics

Research Interests: Our research team is working to define the role of genetic variation in determining variation in health in the human population at large. Information from population-based samples is being used to address the questions that follow from the reality discussed above. In particular we are asking which variations in which genes, in which environments, influence susceptibility to human disease? More information: http://www.hg.med.umich.edu/facultyprofile.php?id=27

Zhang, Jun
Psychology
Professor

Research Interests: Mathematical psychology and computational neuroscience, broadly defined to include neural network theory and reinforcement learning, dynamical analysis of nervous system (single neuron activity and event-related potential), computational vision, choice-reaction time model, Bayesian decision theory and game theory. More information: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/psych/junz/

Ziff, Robert
Chemical Engineering
Professor

Research Interests: Professor Ziff focuses his research on problems of complexity in netowrks, computer models of reactingsystems, rare-event simulations, and epidemiological problems He has made many contributions to thep ercolation problem, which studies the transition to long-range connectivity in randomly diluted systems, including new classes of systems with exact thresholds, correlations, algorithmic development. He has also worked on random-number generation, study of diffusion to traps, and record statistics. More information: http://che.engin.umich.edu/people/ziff.html.