Richard Peltier

Professor of Environmental Health Sciences · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Richard Peltier's research looks at how poor air quality affects human health.

Global Health Air Pollution and Health Environmental Health Face Masks Aerosol filtration

Linda Trinh Vo

Professor, Department of Asian American Studies · UC Irvine

Dr. Linda Trinh Vo is a Professor and former Chair of the Department of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Irvine.

Gender Relations Racial and Ethnic Relations Vietnamese Experience Asian American Studies Immigrants and refugees

Jason Grissom

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Education · Vanderbilt University

An expert in K-12 leadership and policy and the impacts of school and district leaders on teacher and student outcomes.

Teacher effectiveness School Boards K-12 Administration Education Policy and Leadership teacher pay

Beth NeSmith, PhD

Dean, College of Nursing · Augusta University

Dr. NeSmith's research program focuses on clinical and translational work

Nursing Trauma Emergency Medicine

LeConté Dill

Associate Professor of African American and African Studies · Michigan State University

LeConté Dill's work focuses on the safety, resilience, and wellness strategies of urban Black girls and other youth of color.

Black Feminist Theory African Studies African American Studies Mindfulness

Patricia Bradley, PhD

Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence; Associate Professor of Nursing | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing · Villanova University

Patricia K. Bradley, PhD, RN, FAAN is a leading expert in psychiatric mental health nursing and disparities in cancer outcomes.

Breast Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Survivorship Among African American Women Cancer Survivorship Health Disparity Psychosocial Aspects of Illness Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Mark Brand, Ph.D.

Professor of Horticulture and Plant Breeding, Nursery Extension Specialist · University of Connecticut

Professor Brand is a horticulturist who focuses on ornamental plant breeding, sustainable cultivars, and industrial hemp.

Woody Landscape Plants Nursery Crops Ornamental Plant Breeding Aroniaberry Fruit Production Plant Breeding

Ram B. Gupta, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Research | Professor of Chemical & Life Science Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Research interest: batteries, electrochemistry, sustainable energy, biofuel, biomaterials, supercritical extraction, and nanomedicine.

Batteries Electrochemical engineering Bio-carbon Supercritical carbon dioxide technology Nanotechnology

Jared Ellias

Associate Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law

Email: elliasjared@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8815 / Office 344-200

Bankruptcy Law Corporate Law Corporate Governance

Matthew Lackner

Director of Wind Energy Center and Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Matthew Lackner studies offshore wind energy with a focus on the aerodynamics and structural control of floating offshore wind turbines.

Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Renewable Energy Systems Wind Turbines Energy, Environment, and Water Offshore wind power

Scott Rader

Associate Professor · Western Carolina University

Charles “Scott” Rader has entrepreneurial work experience in the areas of information technology product development and management.

Literary Deconstruction in Consumption Meanings Ethnographic Exploration of Experiential Consumption Postmodern Consumer Culture Postmodern Consumption Social Media Marketing

Erica Fuchs

Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Erica Fuchs is passionate about building nationally the intellectual foundations and analytic tools to inform National Technology Strategy.

Innovation Policy Technology Development Public Policy Global manufacturing Commercialization

Bill Mase

Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management · Georgia Southern University

Bill Mase has conducted studies and taught courses in public health, ethics and health policy.

Food Safety Evidence-Based Public Health Health Policy Ethics Epidemiology

John Lednicky

Research Professor · University of Florida

John Lednicky focuses on microbiology and molecular biology, various bacteria, fungi and viruses, including influenza and coronaviruses.

Airborne Transmission Zoonotic Diseases West Nile Virus Infectious Disease Airborne Disease

Ben Chang

Director, Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) & Professor, Arts · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Explores the intersections of virtual environments and experimental gaming with contemporary media art

Digital Games Immersive Visualization Systems Experimental Gaming Electronic Art Virtual Environments

Andrew Palmer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor | Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences · Florida Tech

Dr. Palmer's research interests include eavesdropping on bacterial 'conversations', Martian farming, and cell wall fragment-based signaling.

Astrobiology Ocean Engineering Biomedical Molecular Biology Biochemistry

Toby S. Daly-Engel, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor | Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences · Florida Tech

Dr. Daly-Engel's research uses genomics, field ecology and modelling to study shark populations.

Molecular Ecology Shark Behavior Marine Biology Field Ecology Genomics

Reuel Schiller

Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: schiller@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4879 / Office 380-200

Administrative Law American Legal History Labor Law Employment Law

Bridget Wadzuk, PhD

Edward A. Daylor Chair in Civil Engineering | Director of Sustainable Engineering | Director of Strategic Initiatives| College of Engineering · Villanova University

Bridget Wadzuk, PhD, is an expert in water resources engineering, environmental fluid dynamics, and stormwater wetlands

Stormwater Green Infrastructure Water Resources Engineering Stormwater Management Rain Gardens Environmental Fluid Dynamics

Narayana Kocherlakota

Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of Economics · University of Rochester

Professor Kocherlakota's research includes theoretical and empirical contributions to many fields in economics

Central Banks U.S. Federal Reserve Dynamic Games/Contracts Financial Economics Economics of Money and Payments