Faculty Profiles
![Portrait of Xuanting Hao](/sites/default/files/groups/jsoe/img/people/faculty-profiles/UCSD-JacobsSchool-20220928-Hao_Xuanting-01475-8MP-2.jpg)
Hao, Xuanting
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Fluid motions at the atmosphere-ocean interface
![Portrait of Jeff Hasty](/sites/default/files/groups/jsoe/img/people/faculty-profiles/jhasty.jpg)
Hasty, Jeff
Professor, Bioengineering
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences
Computational genomics and the dynamics of gene regulatory networks which control cell function.
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Heath, Robert
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
MIMO wireless communications, millimeter wave and terahertz communication systems, 5G, 6G and Next Generation cellular systems, machine learning for wireless communications
![Photo of Gilbert A. Hegemier](/sites/default/files/groups/jsoe/img/people/faculty-profiles/169.jpg)
Hegemier, Gilbert
Professor Emeritus, Structural Engineering
Earthquake engineering to retrofit bridges, roadways and buildings for improved public safety and structural performance.
![Photo of Michael Heller](/sites/default/files/groups/jsoe/img/people/faculty-profiles/1.jpg)
Heller, Michael
Professor Emeritus, NanoEngineering
Faculty-Recall, Bioengineering
Faculty-Recall, Bioengineering
Microelectronic DNA chip technology and its applications to genomics and clinical diagnosis.
![Photo of Nadia Heninger](/sites/default/files/groups/jsoe/img/people/faculty-profiles/495.jpg)
Heninger, Nadia
Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Cybersecurity, applied cryptography
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Herbert, Sylvia
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Faculty-Affiliate, Computer Science & Engineering
Faculty-Affiliate, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty-Affiliate, Computer Science & Engineering
Faculty-Affiliate, Electrical and Computer Engineering
New techniques for safety and efficiency in autonomous systems
![Photo of Richard K. Herz](/sites/default/files/groups/jsoe/img/people/faculty-profiles/148.jpg)
Herz, Richard
Professor Emeritus, NanoEngineering
dynamics of diffusion, adsorption and reaction in porous solid media including heterogeneous catalysts. He also simulates and analyzes processes for conversion of biomass to power and fuels.
![Photo of Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez](/sites/default/files/groups/jsoe/img/people/faculty-profiles/511.jpeg)
Hidalgo-Gonzalez, Patricia
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Renewable energy, optimization, climate change, control theory, machine learning
![Photo of John A. Hildebrand](/sites/default/files/groups/jsoe/img/people/faculty-profiles/90.jpg)
Hildebrand, John
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Marine mammal vocalizations, acoustic wave propagation and ambient noise, algorithms for automatic detection and classification.