Mark Abkowitz
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Vanderbilt University
Expert in enterprise risk management, hazardous materials transportation, and impacts of extreme weather on infrastructure adaptation.
Extreme Weather and Infrastructure Enterprise Risk Management Spatial Analysis Infrastructure Resilience Risk Assessment
Paul Gillin
Principal · Paul Gillin Communications
Passionate and knowledgeable veteran speaker about social media and how it is changing our world.
Building A Social Organization How Customer Conversations Change Everything
Stephen J. Taylor, P.E.
Principal Civil Engineer · Global Water Experts
Heavy Civil Design and Management Including Heap Leach and Tailings Facilities Analysis, Design and Construction
Engineered Systems Risk Assessments Closure Design & Construction for Leach Pads and Tailing Facilities Large Dam Projects Large Water Conveyance Projects Heap Leach and Tailings Facility Analyses Design and Construction
Radenka Maric, Ph.D.
University President · University of Connecticut
Dr. Maric researches novel materials for fuel cell & battery manufacturing, nanomaterials, sensors, hydrogen generation & biofuels.
Sustainable Energy Technologies Nanomaterials Engineering Sensors Sustainable Energy Manufacturing
Kristal Brent Zook
Professor of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations · Hofstra University
Author and award-winning journalist whose work on race, women, culture and social justice has appeared in dozens of media outlets.
Journalism Media Analysis Social Justice Issues Politics Race and Gender Relations
Karl Zelik
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering · Vanderbilt University
Expert on exoskeletons, human movement, biomechanics and prosthetic limbs
Assistive Devices Mechanical Engineering Biomechanics Exoskeletons Human movement
Lisa Fazio
Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development · Vanderbilt University
Expert on how people process true and false information, and how to mitigate the effects of reading and sharing false information.
How to prevent sharing false information online Lies Fake News Developmental Science Cognition
Dr Olayinka Ajala
Senior Lecturer · Leeds Beckett
Olayinka Ajala’s research interests include rural development, resource conflict, human security, peace and security.
Terrorism Security Governance Ethnicity Politics
Manasvi Lingam, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences · Florida Tech
Dr. Lingam's research interests are primarily within the transdisciplinary areas of astrobiology.
Planetary Science Plasma Physics Astrobiology Astrophysics
Ganesh Sitaraman
New York Alumni Chancellor's Chair in Law · Vanderbilt University
Expert in constitutional law, the regulatory state, economic policy, democracy and foreign affairs.
Public Option Institutional design Regulation Foreign Relations Law Constitutional Law
Fumiko Hoeft
Professor and Campus Director, UConn Waterbury · University of Connecticut
Dr. Hoeft is a neurophysiologist, as well as a systems and developmental cognitive neuroscientist.
Neuroimaging Scientific Writing Neuroscience Science Life Sciences
David Banach
Associate Professor of Medicine Head of Infection Prevention Hospital Epidemiologist · University of Connecticut
Dr. David Banach is an expert in the field of infectious diseases and epidemiology.
Coronavirus Medicine Health Care Associated Infections Infectious Diseases Infections in Immunocompromised Patients
Catherine Cerulli
Director, Susan B. Anthony Center · University of Rochester
Cerulli is an expert in women's rights and equality, suffrage, and domestic violence
Women's rights and equality Domestic Violence Psychiatry Women's and Gender Studies Women work and welfare
Deanne McCarthy
CEO · Swiftsure Innovations
Improving patient outcomes by preventing hospital acquired infections.
Hospital Acquired Infections Oral Care Healthcare Critical Care
Shane Wolffe
Founder · Future Proof Solutions
Future Proof: Building Sustainable Societies & Homes
Green Building Urban Design Climate Change Leadership Passive House Sustainable Development
Bernadette Boden-Albala
Director of Program in Public Health and Founding Dean of proposed School of Population Health · UC Irvine
Bernadette Boden-Albala, Dr.P.H., is a renowned researcher & administrator who researches community-based stroke & heart disease prevention.
Stroke and heart disease prevention Public Health Infectious Diseases COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Kelly Haws
Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker, Jr. Professor of Marketing · Vanderbilt University
Expert in food consumption choices, dieting, financial decision making, and self-control in consumption.
Diet Food decision making Financial decision making Self-Control
Isabella Velicogna
Professor, Earth System Science, Physical Sciences Associate Dean Graduate Studies, Equity and Inclusion · UC Irvine
Isabella Velicogna is a Professor of Earth System Sciences and a Faculty Part time at NASA/Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Physical Climate Sea Level Rise GRACE Satellite Climate Change
Candi Cann, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Baylor Interdisciplinary Core and Religion · Baylor University
Expert on death, dying and grief, diversity in death and the intersection of death and technology around the world
Death and Dying Digital Death Digital Afterlife Death and Diversity Modern Mourning Practices
Cameron Awkward-Rich
Associate Professor in the Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Program · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Cameron Awkward-Rich is a poet and a scholar of trans theory/expressive culture.
Trans Theory Trans Expressive Culture Trans/Feminist/Queer Theory and Methods Disability Studies Contemporary American Literature