Labs

Dr. James Gimzewski Laboratory

gim.chem.ucla.edu/content/brief-bio

Gimzewski’s current interests are in the nanomechanics of cells and bacteria where he collaborates with the UCLA Medical and Dental Schools. He is involved in projects that range from the operation of X-rays, ions and nuclear fusion using pyroelectric crystals, direct deposition of carbon nanotubes using atmospheric plasma techniques and single molecule DNA profiling. Recently his research has focused on self organization and emergent behavior using a device called the atomic switch network (ASN) which aimed at creating a synthetic neocortex using self assembly atomic switches that act as synthetic synapses.

Dr. Mark Cohen Laboratory

brainmapping.org/MarkCohen/aboutmark.html

The Cohen Lab has developed techniques which help contribute to the understanding of the most complex and essential part of the body: the brain. This lab has contributed to an understanding of the power of pattern recognition and machine learning to both interpret/classify neural data and as a source of discovery of the processes that result in cognition, perception, emotion and pathology.

Basic Plasma Science Facility (BaPSF) at UCLA

Walter Gekelman, Facility Director

plasma.physics.ucla.edu/page/about-us.html

The Basic Plasma Science Facility performs frontier-level research of the plasma state of matter. Research on the fundamental properties of plasmas aids our understanding of applications ranging from fusion energy to space science.

Taylor Lab | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA

taylor0.biology.ucla.edu/intro.php

Professor Charles Taylor’s lab describes their research:
Our lab would like to understand the grammar and meaning of bird songs. Bird songs are not random; they do have rules for putting notes and phrases together. We would like to characterize those rules. Recent advances in sensor arrays, computation, and computational linguistics finally make this long-sought goal achievable. Our work may also be transformational to computational linguistics if the natural world beyond humans were shown to have languages that are radically different from our own (as seems quite likely).

UCLA Electrical Engineering (Ozcan)

innovate.ee.ucla.edu/welcome.html

The Ozcan Research Group focuses on innovating telemedicine technologies for global health systems.

UCLA Materials Science and Engineering (Dunn)

mse.ucla.edu/dunn-lab/

The Dunn Lab researches the synthesis (often using sol-gel methods) of materials with unique electrical and optical properties.

UCLA Physics Anechoic Chamber (Putterman & Camara)

acoustics-research.physics.ucla.edu

The Putterman Research Group conducts acoustics research involving sonoluminescence, crystallic fusion, turbulence, and triboelectrification.

UCLA Center for Society and Genetics (McCabe)

socgen.ucla.edu

Dr. McCabe’s research on single gene disorders that lack genotype/phenotype correlation focuses on systems biology and approaching these disorders as complex traits.