animal Experts

Carolyn Viviano

Associate Professor of BiologyLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Vera Gorbunova

Doris Johns Cherry Professor Professor of Biology and Co-Director of the Rochester Aging Research CenterUniversity of Rochester

Gorbunova's innovative research on DNA repair, cancer resistance, longevity, and the aging process has been internationally recognized

Aaron Carlisle

Associate Professor, Marine Science and PolicyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Carlisle research focuses on how the environment and organismal biology interact to influence the ecology of species.

Laura Kehoe

Post doctoral Fellow, Department of Biology University of Victoria

Identifying pathways to balance human resource use with the conservation of biodiversity.

Scott Huffman

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Chamteut Oh

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Chamteut Oh specializes in microbial water quality including environmental DNA/RNA surveillance and disinfection technologies.

Swati Agrawal

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Agrawal's research focuses on protozoan pathogens that cause serious diseases like African sleeping sickness and Toxoplasmosis.

Heather Walden

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Heather Walden works with zoonotic and non-zoonotic parasites of exotic and domestic hosts focusing on classical and molecular parasitology.

John E. Speich, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Engineering and program development expert with research focused on bladder biomechanics and robotics

Kevin Zollman

Herbert A. Simon Professor of Philosophy and Social and Decision Sciences and Director, Institute for Complex Social DynamicsCarnegie Mellon University

Professor of Philosophy and Social and Decision Sciences and Director, Institute for Complex Social Dynamics