University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA
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    355 faculty · 159 courses · data as of 2026-07-02

    Mechanical Engineering59 faculty avg h-index 44.6 #3 of 70 in Mechanical Engineering
    Robert O. Ritchie, Joint Faculty h-index 149
    M. Reza Alam, Core Faculty h-index 109
    Masayoshi Tomizuka, Core Faculty h-index 93
    Notable: “Zero Phase Error Tracking Algorithm for Digital Control” (1987) · 1,470 citations
    S. Shankar Sastry, Joint Faculty h-index 74
    Notable: “Kalman Filtering With Intermittent Observations” (2004) · 2,510 citations
    Cellular Biology56 faculty avg h-index 55.3 #1 of 123 in Biological Sciences
    Nicholas Ingolia, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology h-index 168
    We seek to learn how cells control the translation and stability of mRNA transcripts and understand the role of this dynamic regulation in maintaining homeostasis and adapting to changing environments. Cells tightly control which genes they
    Notable: “Interactions between heterologous helix-loop-helix proteins generate complexes that bind specifically to a common DNA sequence” (1989) · 1,881 citations
    Jennifer A. Doudna, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Li Ka Shing Chancellor's Chair in Biomedical and Health Sciences, Professor of Molecular Therapeutics h-index 150
    RNA molecules are uniquely capable of encoding and controlling the expression of genetic information, often as a consequence of their three-dimensional structures. We are interested in understanding and harnessing RNA-mediated control of th
    Notable: “A Programmable Dual-RNA–Guided DNA Endonuclease in Adaptive Bacterial Immunity” (2012) · 17,278 citations
    Steven E. Brenner, Professor (Affiliated) of Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development h-index 119
    The Brenner research lab has four key research interests involving computational and experimental genomics. Gene regulation by alternative splicing and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a cellular RNA surve
    Notable: “A Common Variant in the FTO Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity” (2007) · 4,488 citations
    Carlos Bustamante, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Chair, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology h-index 114
    Our laboratory is involved in the development of novel methods of single molecule manipulation and detection (such as Optical Tweezers and Single Molecule Fluorescence microscopy) and their application to study the behavior of DNA-binding m
    Notable: “Overstretching B-DNA: The Elastic Response of Individual Double-Stranded and Single-Stranded DNA Molecules” (1996) · 2,772 citations
    Economics55 faculty avg h-index 26.5 #3 of 104 in Economics
    Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee & Helen N. Pardee Chair and Distinguished Professor of Economics and Political Science h-index 114
    Notable: “Regional Evolutions” (1992) · 1,420 citations
    Emmanuel Saez, Chancellor's Professorship of Tax Policy and Public Finance, Director, The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality h-index 88
    Notable: “Income Inequality in the United States” (2003) · 3,795 citations
    Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Quantedge Presidential Professor of Economics h-index 72
    Notable: “Measuring the Output Responses to Fiscal Policy” (2012) · 1,745 citations
    Enrico Moretti, Michael Peevey and Donald Vial Professor of Economics; Professor of Business Administration h-index 60
    Notable: “Peers at Work” (2009) · 1,299 citations
    Government48 faculty avg h-index 20.6 #3 of 100 in Political Science
    Xiaobo Lü, Associate Professor h-index 54
    Chinese politics Political economy Authoritarian politics Political parties Books (2025) Domination and Mobilization: The Rise and Fall of Political Parties in China’s Republican Er a (Cambridge University Press) (2026) Taxation and
    Notable: “Inferring the human microRNA functional similarity and functional network based on microRNA-associated diseases” (2010) · 930 citations
    Christopher Ansell, Professor h-index 52
    Public policy, public administration, governance, and organization theory, with a geographical focus on Europe. His current research focuses on collaborative modes of governance with a focus on collective problem-solving, democracy and sustainability.
    Notable: “Collaborative Governance in Theory and Practice” (2007) · 7,612 citations
    Mark Bevir, Distinguished Professor h-index 51
    Notable: “Traditions of governance: interpreting the changing role of the public sector” (2003) · 430 citations
    Paul Pierson, John Gross Endowed Chair, Professor of Political Science h-index 47
    Public Policy Political Economy American Politics Degrees B.A., Government, Oberlin College M.A., Political Science, Yale University M.Phil., Political Science, Yale University Ph.D., Political Science, Yale University 210 Social Sciences B
    Notable: “Increasing Returns, Path Dependence, and the Study of Politics” (2000) · 7,692 citations
    Computer Science41 faculty avg h-index 52.5 #4 of 88 in Computer Science
    Trevor Darrell, Professor in Residence h-index 139
    Artificial Intelligence (AI) Control, Intelligent Systems, and Robotics (CIR) Computer Vision Research Centers Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Resea
    Notable: “Fully convolutional networks for semantic segmentation” (2015) · 36,909 citations
    Pieter Abbeel, Professor h-index 124
    Artificial Intelligence (AI) Control, Intelligent Systems, and Robotics (CIR) Machine Learning Research Centers Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Rese
    Notable: “Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning for Fast Adaptation of Deep Networks” (2017) · 5,794 citations
    David E. Culler, Professor Emeritus h-index 120
    Computer Architecture & Engineering (ARC) Power and Energy (ENE) Operating Systems & Networking (OSNT
    Notable: “Wireless sensor networks for habitat monitoring” (2002) · 4,173 citations
    James Demmel, Professor Emeritus, Professor in the Graduate School h-index 77
    Computer Architecture & Engineering (ARC) Scientific Computing (SCI) Numerical analysis; Linear algebra Research Centers Berkeley Benchmarking and O
    Notable: “Health monitoring of civil infrastructures using wireless sensor networks” (2007) · 930 citations
    Sociology34 faculty avg h-index 20.3 #1 of 39 in Sociology
    Loïc Wacquant, Professor h-index 86
    Embodiment, penal state, comparative urban inequality and marginality, racial domination, politics of reason, social epistemology, social theory. For information regarding Loïc Wacquant please refer to his
    Notable: “An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology.” (1993) · 9,365 citations
    Neil Fligstein, Professor of the Graduate School h-index 58
    Economic sociology, political economy, organizational theory Neil Fligstein is the Class of 1939 Chancellor's Professor. He is also the Director of the Center for Culture, Organization, and Politics. He is Co-Chair with Steve Vogel of the N
    Notable: “Complex Organizations: A Critical Essay” (1990) · 2,200 citations
    Claude S. Fischer, Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School h-index 50
    Personal networks, American social history, technology, social psychology, urban 1972 Ph.D., Sociology, Harvard University 1970 M.A., Sociology, Harvard University 1968 B.A., Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles Claude S. Fische
    Notable: “To Dwell among Friends: Personal Networks in Town and City.” (1984) · 1,955 citations
    David J. Harding, Professor h-index 35
    Poverty, inequality, causal inference, mixed methods, criminal legal systems, education, neighborhood effects, culture, urban communities David Harding studies poverty and inequality, urban neighborhoods, education, culture, and the crimina
    Notable: “Reconsidering Culture and Poverty” (2010) · 684 citations

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    About University of California, Berkeley. University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, CA reports an overall acceptance rate of 11.0%, an SAT middle 50% of 1300–1530, a class size of 6,272, and a yield of 46.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. Test-blind (UC system). Top public university for CS, engineering, and natural sciences.