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Felipe Zapata

Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSBiology

We study the origin, maintenance, and resilience of biodiversity in an ever-changing world. Our projects take place in the Tropics and California.

BiologyEvolutionary biologyAgronomyComputational biology
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8.9K
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303
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Walter Metzner

Professor of Integrative Biology & Physiology

University of California, Los AngelesUSCellular and Integrative Physiology

Walter Metzner is a Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology at UCLA College of Life Sciences. His research interests include sensory processing and motor control, with a particular focus on...

PhysicsCondensed matter physicsQuantum mechanicsBiology
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11K
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238
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Carlo Pedretti

Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSArt History

Carlo Pedretti (1928-2018) served as Professor of Art History and Armand Hammer Chair in Leonardo Studies at UCLA from 1960 to 1993. He was widely considered the leading authority on Leonardo da Vinci and was a highly...

ArtHumanitiesArt historyVisual arts
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372
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Stefano Soatto

Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSComputer Science

Stefano Soatto is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. His research interests include computer vision, machine learning, and...

Computer scienceArtificial intelligenceComputer visionMathematics
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32.8K
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699
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Tao Gao

Associate Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSCommunication Studies

Tao Gao is an Associate Professor jointly appointed to the Department of Communication and the Department of Statistics at UCLA. He explores human social perception and cognition, focusing on aspects of the human mind...

Computer scienceArtificial intelligenceComputer visionPsychology
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1.5K
citations
164
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Ajit Divakaruni

Professor of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology

University of California, Los AngelesUSCellular and Integrative Physiology

Ajit Divakaruni is an Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). His research focuses on cellular metabolism, particularly how it...

BiologyCell biologyBiochemistryChemistry
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8.8K
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122
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Gerardo Moreno

Chair and Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSFamily Medicine

Dr. Gerardo Moreno is the chair of the UCLA Department of Family Medicine and a professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest...

MedicinePsychologyFamily medicineMedical education
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1.8K
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109
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Sanford E. DeVoe

Professor of Management and Organizations

University of California, Los AngelesUSManagement and Organizations

Sanford E. DeVoe is a professor of Management and Organizations at UCLA Anderson School of Management, serving as senior associate dean of MBA programs. His research focuses on the psychological consequences of placing...

PsychologyEconomicsSocial psychologyBusiness
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1.4K
citations
60
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Arash Ali Amini

Associate Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSStatistics

Arash Ali Amini is an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics & Data Science at UCLA. His research focuses on high-dimensional inference, machine learning, optimization, and networks. He is involved in...

Computer scienceMathematicsAlgorithmApplied mathematics
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534
citations
46
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Alan Grinnell

Professor of Integrative Biology & Physiology

University of California, Los AngelesUSCellular and Integrative Physiology

Alan Grinnell is a Distinguished Professor at UCLA, with a Ph.D. in Biology from Harvard University obtained in 1962. His academic career includes postdoctoral work at University College London from 1962 to 1964 and a...

ChemistryNeuroscienceBiologyBiophysics
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4.7K
citations
117
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Patrick Heuveline

Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSSociology

Patrick Heuveline is a professor in the UCLA Sociology Department. His research interests center on how childhood family structures affect child wellbeing and the transition to adulthood. He has conducted comparative,...

DemographyGeographyMedicineDemographic economics
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5K
citations
79
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Catherine Bonesho

Assistant Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSJewish Studies

Catherine Bonesho is an Assistant Professor in Early Judaism in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. Her research focuses on locating the history, languages, literature, and culture of Judaism...

HistoryPhilosophyEpistemologyClassics
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162
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35
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Kacie Deters

Professor of Integrative Biology & Physiology

University of California, Los AngelesUSCellular and Integrative Physiology

Kacie Deters, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor leading the Kacie Deters Lab. Her research focus is not explicitly detailed on the provided page, but she is involved in guiding a team of students and staff members...

PsychologyMedicineInternal medicineNeuroscience
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901
citations
83
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Muriel C Mcclendon

Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSHistory

Muriel C McClendon is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Graduate Affairs in the UCLA Department of History. Her research focuses on Europe, contributing to the understanding of European history through her...

HistoryReligious studiesTheologyArt
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60
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12
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Thomas Gillespie

Co-Chair, Environmental Science and Engineering (D.Env.) Program; Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSEnvironmental Science and Policy

Thomas Gillespie is a Professor in the Department of Geography at UCLA and serves as Co-Chair of the Environmental Science and Engineering (D.Env.) Program at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. His...

GeographyEcologyEnvironmental scienceRemote sensing
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4.3K
citations
118
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Lama M. Abdelnour

MD

University of California, Los AngelesUSNephrology

Lama M. Abdelnour, MD, is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and the Medical Director of the Living Donor Kidney Transplant Program at UCLA. She is board certified in both Nephrology and Internal Medicine. Dr....

MedicineInternal medicineGastroenterologyImmunology
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103
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12
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Stephen Acabado

Professor, Chair of Archaeology Interdepartmental Program, Director of Center for Southeast Asian Studies

University of California, Los AngelesUSAnatomy and Cell Biology

This site serves as a platform to share my research, publications, fieldwork updates, and collaborative projects focused on Southeast Asian archaeology, Indigenous knowledge, and human-environment interactions. This...

GeographyArchaeologyHistorySociology
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395
citations
49
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Sudip Chakravarty

Distinguished Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSPhysics and Astronomy

Julian Schwinger (12 February 1918 - 16 July 1994) was a towering giant in theoretical physics, whose ideas, discoveries, and techniques pervade all areas of the field. He made repeated and varied contributions, setting...

PhysicsCondensed matter physicsQuantum mechanicsStatistical physics
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30.2K
citations
291
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Abigail Bigham

Associate Professor & Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies

University of California, Los AngelesUSAnatomy and Cell Biology

Abigail Bigham is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at UCLA and the Principal Investigator of the Bigham Lab for Anthropological Genomics. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of...

BiologyGeneticsEvolutionary biologyComputational biology
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13.5K
citations
89
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Whitney Arnold

Assistant Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies

University of California, Los AngelesUSComparative Literature and Culture

Whitney Arnold is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Comparative Literature at UCLA. She holds a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and both her M.A. and...

LiteratureArtHistorySociology
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11
citations
9
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