Faculty

Adjunct Professor
GeoSystems
Research Interests: Earthquake ground motions, spectral attenuation relations
Vice Provost for Academic Planning
Fred and Claire Sauer Professor of Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Environmental microbiology and ecology, Biotransformation, Wastewater contaminants, Molecular & isotopic techniques, Microbial communities
Associate Professor
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Air quality engineering, Atmospheric aerosols, Air pollution, Climate change mitigation, Environmental justice
Professor
Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Research Interests: Computational mechanics, Nonlinear continuum mechanics
Adjunct Professor
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Systems
Research Interests: Management of distributed energy resources, Electric power distribution systems, Application of ML techniques, Power systems, Robotics
Associate Professor
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, GeoSystems
Research Interests: Geotechnical Engineering infrastructure, Population growth and densification, Soil dynamics, Multi-hazard stressor mitigation strategies
Adjunct Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Water resource management, Climate change, Policy implementation, Hydrology
Liao-Cho Innovation Endowed Chair
Professor
Systems, Transportation Engineering
Research Interests: Control and Optimization Modeling and control of distributed parameters systems, Large-scale infrastructure systems, Automation of transportation (ground and air)
Vice Chair for Research & Technical Support
Ed & Diane Wilson Presidential Chair in Structural Engineering
Associate Professor
Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Research Interests: Structural dynamics and design, Earthquake engineering, Isolation & high-performance systems, Use of novel materials in design
Faculty Chair in Earthquake Engineering Excellence
Distinguished Professor
GeoSystems
Research Interests: Earthquake engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Physical and numerical modeling, Environmental geotechnics
Assistant Professor
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Urban water infrastructure, Green stormwater infrastructure, Food-energy-water nexus, Infrastructure justice, Decision-making and policy, Community science and engagement
Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies
Chancellor's Professor
Robert Horonjeff Professor
Transportation Engineering
Research Interests: Traffic and transportation operations, Discrete choice analysis, Travel behavior, Transportation planning
Assistant Professor
Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Research Interests: Multi-hazard risk analysis; reliability of critical infrastructure systems; climate adaptation and disaster resilience; structural engineering; extreme event modeling
Fred & Claire Sauer Chancellor's Chair in Environmental Engineering
Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Large-Eddy Simulation, Wind Energy, Urban Dispersion, Air Quality, Wildfire Smoke, Turbulence Modeling, Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Surface hydrology, Ecosystem ecology, Aeolian Processes, Desertification, Nonlinear environmental dynamics
Professor of the Graduate School
Transportation Engineering
Research Interests: Freight operations, Network theory, Traffic flow, Transit operations
Ray & Shirley Clough Presidential Chair in Structural Engineering
Associate Professor
Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Research Interests: Earthquake engineering and structural dynamics, Monitoring and Assessment of Infrastructure, Computational modeling, Soil-structure interaction, Masonry structures
Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Assistant Professor
Systems, Transportation Engineering
Research Interests: Traffic flow modeling, Transportation systems, Traffic control
Byron and Elvira Nishkian Chair in Structural Engineering
Professor of the Graduate School
Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Andrew and Virginia Rudd Family Foundation Chair Professor of Safe Water and Sanitation
Professor of the Graduate School
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics of indoor air and pollutant transport, Simulation methods for complex non-linear systems, Energy efficiency in buildings, Biomass Cookstoves, Drinking water treatment, Development Engineering
Assistant Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Ecohydrology, Remote sensing, Satellite experiments, Stable isotopes, Plant biology, Surface hydrology
Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Atmospheric chemistry, Terrestrial biogeochemistry, Biosphere-atmosphere exchange, Atmospheric composition
Associate Professor
Systems, Transportation Engineering
Research Interests: Urban sciences, Built and natural environment, Human mobility, Energy Technologies, Statistical Physics of Complex Systems & Network Science
Horace, Dorothy, and Katherine Johnson Professor in Engineering
Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Research Interests: Finite element analysis, Theoretical and computational solid mechanics, Constitutive theory, Micromechanics, Polymer mechanics, Elastomer modeling
Assistant Teaching Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Data-driven applications in civil and environmental engineering, Geotechnical earthquake engineering, Noninvasive subsurface imaging, Natural hazards engineering
Professor
Transportation Engineering
Research Interests: Transportation economics, Policy and planning, Air transportation, Public transportation
Carl W. Johnson Professor in Civil Engineering
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Air pollution & air quality, Atmospheric chemistry, Motor vehicle emissions, Sustainable transportation, Photochemical air quality modeling
Professor of the Graduate School
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Biological water and wastewater treatment processes, Biofilms and their development, Analysis of full-scale treatment reactors, Nutrient control, Sustainable development
Lawrence E. Peirano Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Engineering and Project Management
Research Interests: Life cycle assessment (LCA), Infrastructure systems, Construction materials, Sustainability, Green design, Environmental management
Assistant Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Air pollution assessment, Air quality modeling, Atmospheric modeling, Exposure monitoring, Environmental justice applications
Continuing Lecturer
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Engineering pedagogy & engineering expertise, Water & sanitation, Poverty action
Professor of the Graduate School
Systems, Transportation Engineering
Research Interests: Transportation systems, Transportation economics, Transportation planning, Air transportation
Adjunct Professor
Senior Scientist, U. S. Geological Survey
GeoSystems
Research Interests: Earthquake geotechnical engineering, Interferometric Synthetic-Aperture Radar, Terrestrial Laser Scanning-LIDAR, Structure-From-Motion geomatics, Engineering geophysics, Engineering Geology, Seismic Soil Liquefaction, Hazard and Risk.
Adjunct Professor
Scientific Division Director, Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Pollutant emissions and controls, Climate and environmental impacts of transportation, Pollutant measurement technologies and community monitoring, Atmospheric aerosol chemical & optical properties
Associate Professor
Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Research Interests: Structural dynamics, Earthquake engineering, Seismic isolation, Nonstructural components, Passive control, Engineering mechanics
Associate Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Hydroecology, Landscape dynamics, Complex environmental systems, Environmental restoration
Professor
Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Research Interests: AI & ML applications in engineering, Structural & Computational mechanics, Finite element methods, Nonlinear and nonlocal continuum mechanics, Multiscale simulation of materials, Modeling, and simulation of material failures, and Modeling/simulation of environmental fluid dynamics, Nanoscale characterization of cementitious materials.
Wood-Calvert Chair in Engineering
Associate Professor
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Membrane separation, Desalination, Water purification, Wastewater reuse, Environmental applications of nanomaterials
Professor of the Graduate School
Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Research Interests: Design and analysis of structural systems, Earthquake engineering, Reinforced concrete construction, New & existing buildings , Lifeline systems, Rehabilitation (retrofitting)
Professor of the Graduate School
Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Research Interests: Concrete behavior & Structural materials
Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering
Director Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center
Construction Systems, Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Research Interests: Structural health monitoring using vibration-based and vision-based techniques, Experimental methods including hybrid simulations, and their applications, Assessment & rehabilitation of essential facilities, Concrete, masonry, steel & wood structures, Earthquake engineering, Bridge engineering, Energy-efficiency in buildings,
Sustainability & resiliency of structures
Clare & Hsieh Wen Shen Distinguished Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Systems
Research Interests: Modeling, Estimation & control of energy systems, Vehicle electrification, Distributed energy resources
Blum Chancellor's Chair in Development Engineering
Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Pathogen detection & removal (in water and sludge), Water reuse, Nutrient recovery, Drinking water and sanitation in low-resource regions, Wastewater-based surveillance
Assistant Professor
Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Research Interests: Analysis, design, assessment & rehabilitation of structural systems, Earthquake engineering, Adaptive design of structural systems, Multihazard interactions and vulnerability assessment, Community resilience
Blum Center Distinguished Chair in Global Poverty and Practice
Assistant Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Disease transmission, Water, Public health surveillance, Zoonotic infectious disease, Community-acquired antimicrobial resistance
Continuing Lecturer
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Transportation Engineering
Research Interests: Availability & reliability of communications, Navigation & surveillance systems, Airport systems planning & design, Airport & airspace capacity and delay analysis, Systems modeling & performance analysis, National Airspace System (NAS) infrastructure performance and investment analysis, Air traffic flow management
Professor
GeoSystems
Research Interests: Exploration geophysics, Applied seismology, Machine Learning (oil & gas industry)
Adjunct Professor
GeoSystems
Research Interests: Static and dynamic evaluation of soil properties, Constitutive behavior of sands, Liquefaction of unusual soil
Chancellor's Professor Emeritus
Professor of the Graduate School
Environmental Engineering, GeoSystems
Research Interests: Groundwater hydrology, Inverse modeling, Modeling of flow & contaminant transport, Environmental risk assessment, Hydrogeology, Geostatistics
Professor
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate
Research Interests: Building energy efficiency, Indoor environment quality, HVAC, Thermal comfort, Indoor air quality, Energy simulation
Vice Chair for Graduate Studies
Plato Malozemoff Professor
Director of the Berkeley Water Center
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Transformation of chemicals in the aquatic environment, Water reuse & recycling, Urban water infrastructure, Engineered treatment wetlands
Professor
Construction Systems, Systems, Transportation Engineering
Research Interests: Transportation, Wireless communications, Inertial navigation for vehicle systems
Professor In-Residence
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Transportation Engineering
Research Interests: Policy analysis, Behavioral research, Transportation, Energy and environment, Mobility & sharing economy, ITS (smartphone apps, automated vehicles), Alternative fuel vehicles (electric vehicles, hydrogen vehicles)
Continuing Lecturer
Construction Systems, Engineering and Project Management
Research Interests: Legal resolution of construction-related disputes
Edward G. Cahill and John R. Cahill Professor of Civil Engineering
GeoSystems
Research Interests: Geotechnical earthquake engineering, Wireless sensors, Seismic slope stability, Seismic Earth pressure, Rock erosion, Groundwater remediation
Donald H. McLaughlin Chair in Mineral Engineering
Chancellor's Professor
Construction Systems, GeoSystems, Systems
Research Interests: Infrastructure sensing and modeling, Energy Geotechnics, Fundamentals of soil behavior, Geotechnical structures, Ground engineering, Soil & granular mechanics
Henry and Joyce Miedema Professor of Environmental Engineering
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Coastal and Estuarine Physics and Ecology, Climate Adaptation, Infrastructure Systems
Professor of the Graduate School
Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Research Interests: Mechanics of solids, Computational mechanics, Finite element methods, Finite element software
Distinguished Professor
Director, Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL)
Construction Systems, Engineering and Project Management
Research Interests: Lean construction, Supply-chain management, Materials management, Logistics, Design management, Construction product & process engineering, Digital twins, Simulation
Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Environmental fluid dynamics, Novel imaging for flow measurements, Mixing & transport by turbulence, Flow & transport in wetlands, Hydrodynamic effects on aquatic organisms, Aerosol transport, Inquiry & inclusive education, Mental wellness
Affiliated Faculty
Home Department: City & Regional Planning
Transportation Engineering
Research Interests: Urban Economics, Land use, and transportation, Urban simulation, Urban informatics, Visualization, Constitutive behavior of sands
Robert James McGann Professor and Chair
Professor
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Systems, Transportation Engineering
Research Interests: Behavioral modeling, Discrete choice analysis, Travel behavior, Transportation planning
Assistant Professor
Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Research Interests: Structural engineering, Structural reliability, Earthquake engineering, Uncertainty quantification
Vice Chair for Strategic Planning and Implementation
Professor
Construction Systems, GeoSystems, Systems
Research Interests: Geotechnical engineering, Landslides, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Satellites, Earthquakes, Natural hazards