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Browse labs by their listed college affiliationComputer Networking Research Group
University of Connecticut
Bing Wang · Professor
Computer networks must remain useful when devices, users, and traffic patterns change. Wang leads UConn’s Computer Networking Research Group, working across networking, ubiquitous computing, streaming, management, security, and performance evaluation. Her listed projects include detecting and diagnosing faults in wireless networks, using smartphone sensing for health applications, and investigating programmable network management. These directions bring system modeling together with practical networking questions, including how to interpret noisy sensing data and how to manage infrastructure that supports connected devices and services.
Eco-Evolution Lab
University of ConnecticutMark C. Urban · Professor, Arden Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Can evolution help ecological communities keep pace with climate change? Urban integrates ecology, evolution, and genetics to study biodiversity and extinction risk. His field research includes ponds, lakes, and streams, with work extending from New England to Alaska’s North Slope. He also investigates how adaptation and interactions among species influence ecological outcomes. Research on climate driven risks connects observations of organisms and communities with efforts to estimate future biodiversity losses, asking both how nature can respond to environmental change and where that response may reach its limits.
Jill Wegrzyn Research Group
University of ConnecticutJill Wegrzyn · Associate Professor
How can genetic information help explain an organism’s response to its environment? Wegrzyn develops computational applications for studying individual genomes and entire populations. Her laboratory creates and maintains CartograPlant, a database and application connecting plant genetics, traits, and environmental conditions. She also participates in the Evolving Meta-Ecosystems initiative, which investigates how Arctic organisms and their ecological relationships respond to climate change. The work brings computational biology and evolutionary research together, making genomic information useful for studying adaptation and biodiversity.
Sign Linguistics and Language Acquisition Lab
University of ConnecticutDiane Lillo-Martin · Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Linguistics
Sign languages provide a distinctive window into what human languages share and what depends on the way they are expressed. Lillo-Martin studies the structure and acquisition of American Sign Language, alongside language development across languages. Her research includes ASL acquisition by Deaf children and the development of both ASL and spoken English in hearing children from Deaf parented families. Comparing signed and spoken language helps examine universal and modality specific properties, connecting linguistic structure with questions about how the human mind acquires language.
Xueju Wang Research Group
University of ConnecticutXueju Wang · Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering
Materials that change shape or respond to their surroundings can become building blocks for new devices. Wang’s group combines mechanics, materials science, electronics, and chemistry to study soft responsive materials and multifunctional structures. Projects examine magnetically responsive structures with multiple stable configurations, flexible and pressure tolerant electronics, and systems designed to integrate with biological environments. Soft robotics is another central direction. This research connects the physical behavior of materials with functional structures relevant to robotics, human health, and flexible electronic technologies.
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