Briget Eastep
Executive Director of Outdoor Pathways · Southern Utah University
Specializing in public lands, youth engagement, wilderness first aid, conservation youth corps, and recreation impact monitoring.
Stewardship Outdoor Education & Leadership Public Lands Workface Development Partnerships
James Costa
Professor and Executive Director of Highlands Biological Station · Western Carolina University
Jim Costa's interests include insect behavior and ecology, environmental history and philosophy, and the history of science.
Charles Darwin Conservation Ecology Insect Behavior Evolutionary Biology
Joanne Hammond
Archaeologist · Pacific Heritage Research
Heritage expert connected to BC's archaeology and Indigenous heritage communities, dedicated to public outreach on BC's past.
Archaeology Archaeological Research Archaeological Survey land use studies Heritage
Kate Detwiler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology · Florida Atlantic University
Kate Detwiler's research focus is on the evolution and conservation of African forest monkeys.
Anthropology Conservation of African Monkeys Molecular Primatology Primate Hybridization Primate Speciation
Shirley Meng
Professor · UC San Diego
Shirley Meng researches better batteries through nano-engineering
Batteries for electric vehicles Energy Storage and Conservation Batteries Nano Engineering Nano and Micro Scale Materials
T. William Lester, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, College of Arts and Sciences · UNC-Chapel Hill
Lester is an expert on the impact of minimum wage and living wage policies on urban economic development.
Economic Development Labor Market Institutions Living Wage Policies Minimum Wage Policies Labor Economics
Darby Proctor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor | School of Psychology · Florida Tech
Dr. Proctor's research focuses on decision-making in nonhuman primates to understand the evolutionary roots of human decision-making biases.
Comparative Psychology Animal Behavior Nonhuman Primates Behavioral Economics Decision-Making
Monica Granados
Post-doctoral fellow · University of Guelph/Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
Conservation through open science.
Ecology Invasive Species Conservation Biology Food webs Open Science
Alan Griffith
Associate Professor of Biology · University of Mary Washington
Professor Griffith leads the development of the UMW Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), aiming to enhance the experiences of first-year students
Biology Environmental Sciences Conservation Wetlands Wetlands Ecology
William T. Hutton
Emeritus Honorable Raymond Sullivan Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contact: 415.565.4626 / huttonw@uchastings.edu
Land use Tax Land Conservation
Margaret Rubega, Ph.D.
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Behavior · University of Connecticut
Professor Rubega is an expert in the functional ecology of feeding in birds and the anatomy, and biomechanics, performance of wild birds.
Social Media in Science Avian Conservation Anatomy of Birds Evolutionary Biology Ecology
Lukasz Kurgan, Ph.D.
Robert J. Mattauch Endowed Professor and Vice Chair of Computer Science · VCU College of Engineering
Data scientist specializing in high-throughput structural bioinformatics of proteins & small RNAs.
Structural Bioinformatics Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Protein-ligand(drug) interactions Computer-aided molecular modeling Big Data Analysis
C. Ray Chandler
Professor · Georgia Southern University
C. Ray Chandler is an expert in the ecology of coastal plains
Biology Ecology of the Coastal Plain Birds
Dennis Whyte
Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Head, Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Director, Plasma Science and Fusion Center · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dennis Whyte is an expert in fusion research using the magnetic confinement of plasmas for energy production.
Physics Boundary Plasma Physics Magnetic Fustion Energy Engineering
Miriam Capretz
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · Western University
Professor of Software Engineering at Western University who conducts research in energy management, smart buildings and online advertising.
Software Engineering – Architecture & Design Methodologies. Software Development Lifecycle. Software Research Graduate Education Teaching in Software Engineering Software Development
Dr Felipe Campelo
Senior Lecturer, Computer Science · Aston University
Dr Campelo works in data science. He creates solution pipelines integrating data mining, optimisation and multicriteria decision support.
Data Science Computational Intelligence Optimisation Data Mining
Noah Valenstein, J.D.
Expert in water policy and politics · Florida Gulf Coast University
Noah Valenstein is the former chief resiliency officer and head of the Department of Environmental Protection for the State of Florida.
Environmental Policy and Politics Water Policy Environmental Policy Everglades Agricultural Policy
Stephen Hamilton
Professor of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry · Michigan State University
Expert in ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry, with particular attention to aquatic environments
Wetlands, Streams, Lakes and Watersheds Acquatic Environments Ecosystem Ecology Biogeochemistry Agricultural Ecology
Lissa Leege
Professor & Center for Sustainability Director · Georgia Southern University
Lissa Leege's research focuses on plant conservation ecology, plant population and community ecology and threats to biodiversity.
Biology of Plants Principles of Biology Environmental Biology Issues in Sustainability
Stephen Kajiura, Ph.D.
Professor · Florida Atlantic University
He studies the sensory biology and behavior of sharks and their relatives as well as their seasonal migrations in southeast Florida.
Telemetry Rays Shark Behavior Sensory Biology Elasmobranchs