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Pengcheng Dai

Sam and Helen Worden Professor, Physics and Astronomy

Rice UniversityUSPhysics

Pengcheng Dai is a professor at Rice University in the Physics Department specializing in experimental condensed matter physics. His research primarily utilizes neutron scattering techniques to investigate strongly...

Condensed matter physicsPhysicsMaterials scienceCrystallography
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36.5K
citations
906
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Michael S. Wong

Tina and Sunit Patel Professor in Molecular Nanotechnology Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Civil Environmental Engineering

Rice UniversityUSChemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Dr. Michael S. Wong is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University, where he also holds positions in the Departments of Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and...

ChemistryMaterials scienceChemical engineeringNanotechnology
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17.7K
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293
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Hans Renata

Professor of Chemistry

Rice UniversityUSChemistry

The Renata group at Rice University is an interdisciplinary research team led by Professor Hans Renata. Their work focuses on the interface of organic synthesis, enzymology, and natural product chemical biology. The...

ChemistryStereochemistryCombinatorial chemistryBiochemistry
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3.5K
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114
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Hülya Eraslan

Ralph O’Connor Professor of Economics

Rice UniversityUSEconomics

Hülya Eraslan is the Ralph O’Connor Professor of Economics at Rice University. Her research program focuses on bargaining and voting with applications to political economy and corporate finance, both from theoretical...

EconomicsBusinessPolitical scienceMicroeconomics
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1.3K
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Gustavo Scuseria

Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry

Rice UniversityUSDepartment of Brass

Gustavo E. Scuseria is the Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Born in Argentina and a...

PhysicsChemistryStatistical physicsComputational chemistry
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137K
citations
826
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José N. Onuchic

Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Chair of Physics, Professor of Chemistry and BioSciences

Rice UniversityUSPhysics

José N. Onuchic is the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Chair of Physics and a Professor of Chemistry and BioSciences at Rice University. His research has led the biological physics community to develop an integrated...

BiologyChemistryComputational biologyComputer science
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61K
citations
867
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Boris Yakobson

Karl F. Hasselmann Professor, Materials Science and NanoEngineering Member, Ken Kennedy Institute

Rice UniversityUSMaterials Science and NanoEngineering

Boris I. Yakobson is the Group Leader of the Yakobson Research Group at the Department of Materials Science & NanoEngineering at Rice University. He holds the Karl F. Hasselmann Chair of Engineering and serves as a...

Materials scienceNanotechnologyCondensed matter physicsChemical physics
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63.1K
citations
683
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David B. Johnson

Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rice UniversityUSComputer Science

David B. Johnson is a tenured full Professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University. His home...

Computer scienceComputer networkMedicineDistributed computing
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44.7K
citations
337
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Timothy Schroeder

Professor of Philosophy

Rice UniversityUSPsychological Sciences

Timothy Schroeder is a Professor of Philosophy at Rice University, having joined the department in the summer of 2015 after working at the University of Manitoba and Ohio State University. He completed his dissertation...

MedicineInternal medicinePsychologyGeology
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5.6K
citations
248
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Xuedan Ma

Associate Professor, Materials Science and NanoEngineering Member, Ken Kennedy Institute

Rice UniversityUSMaterials Science and NanoEngineering

Xuedan Ma is an Associate Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice University, having joined the institution in July 2024. She is also a Visiting Scholar at the Nanoscience and Technology Division in...

Materials scienceOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyCondensed matter physics
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4.4K
citations
207
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Jeremy Fox

Shatto Professor of Economics

Rice UniversityUSEconomics

Jeremy Fox is a Professor of Economics at Rice University, specializing in empirical industrial organization. His research also encompasses econometrics and labor economics. Fox has previously worked at the University...

EconometricsEconomicsMathematicsComputer science
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2.6K
citations
85
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Uriah Kriegel

Professor of Philosophy

Rice UniversityUSPsychological Sciences

Uriah Kriegel is a Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at Rice University. His official research areas include the philosophy of mind, with interests spanning all the perennial problems of philosophy...

EpistemologyPhilosophyPsychologyCognitive science
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4.2K
citations
200
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Julie Park

Associate Research Professor

Rice UniversityUSBioengineering
Statistical physicsPhysicsMathematicsComputer science
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813
citations
109
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Erez Lieberman Aiden

Chair of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston<br/>Professor of Biosciences, Rice University

Rice UniversityUSBiology

Erez Lieberman Aiden, Ph.D., is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Texas Medical Branch, where he directs the Center for Genome Architecture. He is also a...

BiologyGeneticsEvolutionary biologyComputational biology
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104.4K
citations
572
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Deborah J. Barrett

Deborah J. Barrett, Ph.D.

Rice UniversityUSSusanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies

Deborah J. Barrett is a professor in the practice of writing and communication at Rice University, where she teaches graduate courses in creative writing and literature. She was awarded the John Freeman Faculty Teaching...

Public relationsPsychologyBusinessPhilosophy
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334
citations
12
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Gang Bao

Foyt Family Professor of Bioengineering; Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science & NanoEngineering; CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research

Rice UniversityUSBioengineering

Gang Bao is a Foyt Family Professor of Bioengineering, and also holds professorships in Chemistry and Materials Science & NanoEngineering at Rice University. He is a pioneer in nanomedicine, molecular imaging, and...

Materials scienceBiologyNanotechnologyComputational biology
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46.7K
citations
622
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Evan Siemann

Harry C. & Olga K. Wiess Professor of BioSciences

Rice UniversityUSBiology

Evan Siemann is the Harry C. & Olga K. Wiess Professor of BioSciences at Rice University. His research group investigates how local environmental factors such as enemies, resources, disturbance regimes, and recruitment...

BiologyEcologyBotanyAgronomy
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25.5K
citations
214
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Frederi Viens

Professor of Statistics, Rice University

Rice UniversityUSComputational Finance

Frederi Viens is a full professor in the Department of Statistics at Rice University, pursuing a long-standing research agenda in probability theory, stochastic processes, mathematical statistics, and applied...

MathematicsApplied mathematicsMathematical analysisEconometrics
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3.3K
citations
204
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John S. Hutchinson

Professor of Chemistry

Rice UniversityUSChemistry

John Steven Hutchinson is a Professor of Chemistry at Rice University and serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Chemistry. His research specialties are in theoretical chemical...

ChemistryBiologyInternal medicineEndocrinology
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2.5K
citations
140
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David Cook

Professor

Rice UniversityUSReligion

David Cook is a professor of religion at Rice University specializing in Islam. He completed his undergraduate degrees at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2002....

BusinessBiologyEnvironmental resource managementEcology
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5.2K
citations
232
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