Tsu-Jae King Liu is internationally recognized in academia and industry for her innovations in semiconductor devices and technology and is highly regarded for her achievements as an instructor, mentor, and administrator. Dean Liu is the Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.

Ashok Gadgil holds the Andrew and Virginia Rudd Family Foundation Chair and is professor of safe water and sanitation in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and senior faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Ting Xu is a professor of materials science and engineering and an affiliate with the Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute. The latter has invented a way to make compostable plastics break down more easily with just heat and water within a few weeks, helping to solve a problem that has flummoxed the plastics industry and environmentalists.

Rediet Abebe is an assistant professor in the Department of Electric Engineering and Computer Sciences and a faculty researcher at the BAIR Lab, the Berkeley Institute for Data Science, and CITRIS. She co-founded Black in AI, a nonprofit on a mission to diversify the AI profession.