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Gregson Schachner

Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSAnatomy and Cell Biology

Gregson Schachner is a professor in the UCLA Department of Anthropology with a research focus on North American archaeology, including population movement, origins of villages and leadership in agricultural societies,...

GeographyArchaeologyHistoryEconomic geography
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Harold Torrence

Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSLinguistics

Harold Torrence is a professor in the UCLA Department of Linguistics with a Ph.D. obtained in 2005 from UCLA. His research focuses on the comparative syntax and morphology of African and Native American languages. He is...

LinguisticsComputer scienceHistoryNatural language processing
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Justin Dunnavant

Joan Silsbee Chair in African Cultural Archeology, Assistant Professor of Anthropology & African American Studies

University of California, Los AngelesUSAfrican American Studies

Dr. Justin Dunnavant holds the Joan Silsbee Chair of African Cultural Archaeology at UCLA. His first book, 'Colonialism, Ecology and Slavery', under contract with Princeton University Press, investigates the...

ArchaeologyHistoryGeographyEthnology
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365
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Christopher Poliquin

Assistant Professor of Strategy

University of California, Los AngelesUSStrategy

Christopher Poliquin joined the UCLA Anderson faculty in 2018 as an Assistant Professor of Strategy. His research examines public policy and corporate strategy, with a focus on CEO political engagement, corporate...

BusinessPolitical scienceEconomicsPolitical economy
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427
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Norma Mendoza Denton

Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSAnatomy and Cell Biology

I am a professor of anthropology at UCLA. My research focuses on youth, language, migration, politics, and identity. Though my original training is in sociophonetics, I have conducted research among Latina girls...

SociologyLinguisticsGender studiesPsychology
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1.5K
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David Jacobs

Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSBiology

Interdisciplinary Research Spanning Physical Process and Biological Evolution at Ecologic and Geologic Timescales. Evolution & Development, Early Animal Evolution, Evolution of Complex Multicellularity, Sense Organ...

BiologyEcologyEvolutionary biologyGeology
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7.7K
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145
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Matthias Benz

Associate Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSNuclear Medicine & Theranostics

Matthias Benz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His diagnostic clinical and research activities are centered on the use of advanced imaging...

MedicineNuclear medicineRadiologyInternal medicine
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8.3K
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219
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Corinne Bendersky

Professor of Management and Organizations

University of California, Los AngelesUSAccounting

Corinne Bendersky is a Professor of Management and Organizations at UCLA Anderson. She is an expert in workplace conflict, status, and justice within teams and organizations. Her research explores how these dynamics...

PsychologySocial psychologySociologyPolitical science
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2.6K
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Owen Smith

Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSMechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Owen Smith is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. His research interests include combustion and combustion-generated air pollutants,...

ChemistryMechanicsMaterials scienceEnvironmental science
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1.1K
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Sherod Thaxton

Professor of Law & African American Studies

University of California, Los AngelesUSAfrican American Studies

Sherod Thaxton is a Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law and serves as the Faculty Director of the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy. He holds courtesy appointments in the Department of...

PsychologyPolitical scienceCriminologyLaw
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421
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Ivan Berend

Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSHistory

Ivan Berend is a Professor Emeritus at UCLA in the Department of History. His research focuses on the social and economic history of Europe from the 19th to the 20th centuries, including the European Union and...

Political scienceHistoryEconomic historyEconomy
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1.8K
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269
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Rachelle Crosbie

Professor of Integrative Biology & Physiology

University of California, Los AngelesUSCellular and Integrative Physiology

Rachelle Crosbie is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology at UCLA. She was raised in southeast Texas and spent part of her childhood in Saudi Arabia, where she learned...

BiologyCell biologyChemistryMedicine
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5.9K
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Cassie Mogilner Holmes

Professor of Marketing and Behavioral Decision Making, Bud Knapp Marketing Professorship

University of California, Los AngelesUSMarketing

Cassie Mogilner Holmes is a professor of marketing and behavioral decision making at UCLA Anderson School of Management, holding the Bud Knapp Marketing Professorship. Her research focuses on happiness, emphasizing the...

Computer scienceNeuroscienceArtificial intelligenceAnatomy
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16.3K
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Amada Armenta

Associate Professor of Urban Planning

University of California, Los AngelesUSPublic Policy

Amada Armenta is an associate professor of urban planning at UCLA Luskin. She is involved in research related to Latino policy and politics, with a focus on issues such as wage disparities among Latinas in the U.S....

Political scienceSociologyCriminologyLaw
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1.1K
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Ian Larkin

Associate Professor of Strategy; Senior Associate Dean of MBA Programs

University of California, Los AngelesUSStrategy

Ian Larkin is an associate professor in the UCLA Anderson Strategy group and serves as the senior associate dean of MBA programs. His research focuses on compensation, incentives, employee motivation, and human...

BusinessPsychologySocial psychologyComputer science
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1.7K
citations
62
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Eleazar Eskin

Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSComputer Science

Eleazar Eskin is a Professor of Computer Science at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, serving as the Department Chair of Computational Medicine. His research interests include bioinformatics, genetics, genomics, and...

BiologyComputer scienceGeneticsComputational biology
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40.2K
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443
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Lingsen Meng

Professor

University of California, Los AngelesUSEarth and Space Sciences

Lingsen Meng is a Professor of Geophysics at UCLA Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences. His research focuses on seismic array back-projection, high-resolution MUSIC imaging, reference window strategy,...

GeologySeismologyGeodesyComputer science
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5K
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147
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Maarten van Delden

PhD

University of California, Los AngelesUSSpanish and Portuguese

Maarten van Delden is a professor specializing in Mexican Studies, 20th- and 21st-century Latin American Literature, and Literary and Cultural Relations between Mexico and the United States. He holds a Ph.D. with...

ArtHumanitiesHistoryArt history
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109
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Edward Young

Distinguished Professor & Vice Chair for Academic Personnel

University of California, Los AngelesUSEarth and Space Sciences

Professor Edward Young's research is focused on understanding the origins of the solar system and our place within it. His laboratory studies the solar system by comparing findings with star and planet formation...

GeologyAstrobiologyChemistryGeochemistry
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21.7K
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1.1K
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Gregory Cole

Professor in Residence

University of California, Los AngelesUSGeriatrics and Gerontology

Gregory M. Cole is a Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Neurology at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. His research primarily focuses on neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's disease,...

BiologyMedicineNeuroscienceChemistry
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49.7K
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230
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