Innovators
Professor of Geography and Director of Cooperative Institute for 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó in Environmental Science (CIRES)
Former chief scientist for NASA; global leader in the use of satellite and airborne remote sensing techniques, integrated with in-situ observations and modeling, to understand how and why the Earth's ice cover is changing, and what those changes mean for life on Earth
Distinguished Professor and Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering
National Academy of Inventors (NAI) fellow; combines engineering and material science with organic chemistry to create impact through discovery, starting companies, and inventing and developing new technologies
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science
Smead space technology chair in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences; former NASA chief technologist
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Co-founded Amgen in 1980 to apply his work with RNA synthesis, DNA synthesis and analogs
Assistant Professor of Information Science and the ATLAS Institute
Studies and develops technological systems that embrace nonlinear, messy and otherwise uncertain terrains of everyday life
Associate Professor of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, and Physics
Cross-disciplinary research and collaboration, focusing on lasers and optical devices with potential sensing, communications and imaging applications
Professor of Physics and JILA Fellow
Ultrafast laser technology, ultrafast dynamics in molecular and materials systems, and development of tabletop coherent X-ray sources
Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Chief scientific officer, BioFrontiers Institute; National Academy of Inventors (NAI) fellow; exploring the possibilities of personalized heart-disease interventions
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Indoor air quality, health effects, sources and exposure to particulate air pollution, and development and evaluation of indoor air quality control measures
Professor of Education and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the School of Education
A philospher of education centrally concerned with education policy and questions of democracy, equality and race in education
Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and Associate Dean of 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó for the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Design, construction, deployment and operation of small satellite (CubeSat) systems
Assistant Professor of Sociology
American Society of Criminology 2016 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar, for significant contributions to the study of criminal gang culture
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Development, application and optimization of laser-based sensors for combustion, industrial and environmental systems
Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Co-founder, Suvica
Innovative work with fruit flies led to the patenting of a compound that keeps radiation-treated cancer cells from regrowing, and a startup focused on cancer therapeutics
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Investigating the brain pathways that underlie the generation and regulation of pain and emotion
Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Global trailblazer in exloring pain modulation systems and developing novel approaches to controlling chronic pain
Professor of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies; Dean of Arts and Sciences
Expanding understanding of the global carbon cycle, reconstructing ancient environments and illuminating the degree to which plants can absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide