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Lindsay Distefano, Ph.D

Professor, Department of Kinesiology, and Associate Vice President for Research DevelopmentUniversity of Connecticut

Lindsay DiStefano works to promote safe physical activity in children through physical literacy development and sport-injury prevention.

ACLYouth AthletesInjury PreventionMotor DevelopmentPhysical Literacy
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Carlos Moffat

Associate Professor, School of Marine Science and PolicyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Moffat specializes in the dynamics of the coastal ocean in Antarctica, and how this region responds and contributes to climate change.

ocean circulationPolar OceanographyIce-Ocean Interactions
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Amy Gorin, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Psychological SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Professor focused on long-term weight loss.

Weight Loss MaintenanceBehavioral Weight ManagementObesitySocial Support
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Daniel Bolnick, Ph.D.

ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Bolnick is an expert on how evolution maintains genetic variation within species.

SpeciationHost-parasite InteractionsEcologyEvolutionary BiologyImmunology
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George Sugai, Ph.D.

Emeritus ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

George Sugai, Ph.D., has expertise in positive behavior support in schools

Behavioral SciencesFunction-based Behavior SupportSchool and Classroom Behavior ManagementPositive Behavioral Interventions and SupportsApplied Behavior Analysis
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Linda S. Sprague Martinez, Ph.D.

Director, UConn Health Disparities InstituteUniversity of Connecticut

Linda Sprague Martinez, Ph.D. has expertise in health equity and the social determinants of health.

Participatory ResearchHealth DisparitiesHealth EquityCommunity HealthSocial Determinants of Health
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Ken Catania

Stevenson Professor of Biological SciencesVanderbilt University

Expert on sensory systems' impact on animal behavior, particularly naked mole rats, star-nosed moles, cockroaches and eels.

spatial mapsrodentsBiological Sciencesneural processingmammals
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David Wagner, Ph.D.

Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary BehaviorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Wagner is an expert in caterpillars, butterflies, moths, insect conservation, global insect decline

Butterflies and MothsCaterpillarsEntomologyInvasive Species ImpactsInsects
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Eric Loken, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Educational PsychologyUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Loken studies advanced statistical modeling with applications to large-scale educational testing.

Online TestingEducational PsychologyEducational TestingBayesian Inference
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Norman Garrick, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering DepartmentUniversity of Connecticut

Professor with a focus on civil engineering, transportation behaviors, parking, public transit, and bicycle lanes.

Shared SpacesTransit PlanningUrban PlanningCivil EngineeringUrban Street Networks