John R. Cooley, MBA, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Residence · University of Connecticut
John R. Cooley studies speciation and species distributions, using cicada species as model organisms.
Cicadas Speciation Species Distribution Modeling Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Stephen M. Williams, P.E., Ph.D.
Vice President of Campus Infrastructure · Milwaukee School of Engineering
Dr. Steve Williams specializes in control systems, power electronics and electromechanical systems.
Curriculum Design Electromechanical Systems Control Systems Power Electronics Electrical Engineering
Ofer Sharone
Associate Professor of Sociology · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ofer Sharone is a nationally recognized expert on unemployment, work and career transitions.
Unemployment Career Transitions Sociology of Work Sociology of Aspirations American Society
Christine Bird
Co-Founder · Cream HR
Master the art of recruiting and choosing the best employees without painting yourself into a corner with outdated hiring practices
Hiring and Recruiting Operations Management Online Marketing Business Planning Entrepreneurship
Lisa Rodrigues, PhD
Professor of Geography and the Environment; Director of the MS in Environmental Science Graduate Program | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Lisa Rodrigues, PhD, researches the environmental change impacting tropical ocean ecosystems and conservation and management strategies.
Marine Invertebrates Coral Reefs Ecosystems Ocean Environments
Simon DeDeo
Associate Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Simon DeDeo conducts empirical investigations, and builds mathematical theories, of both historical and contemporary phenomena.
Theoretical Physics Social and Decision Sciences Artificial Intelligence Astrophysics Applied Mathematics
Deena Weisberg, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences · Villanova University
Deena Weisberg, Ph.D., studies imaginative cognition and scientific thinking in young children and adults.
Child Development Imagination Public Understanding of Science Galapagos Islands Pretend Play
Matt Weeg
Associate Professor of Biology · Southern Utah University
Specializing in neuroethology, brain behavior, and neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience Human Pathophysiology Fish Audiology Communication & Behaviour Audition
Andrew Dolby
Professor of Biology · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Dolby’s research focuses on avian behavior and physiological ecology.
Zoology Physiological Ecology Ornithology Avian Behavior Behavioral Ecology
Dr. Frances Westley
JW McConnell Chair in Social Innovation, University of Waterloo · Social Innovation Generation
Putting the SOCIAL in change is the JW McConnell Chair in Social Innovation at SiG@Waterloo, which builds capacity for social innovation
Sustainable Development Social Innovation Social Finance Engagement and Social Change Social Innovation and Resilience
V. Peter Harder
Senior Policy Advisor · Dentons Canada LLP
Highly engaging speaker with over 30 years at the centre of Canadian law, government decision-making, foreign affairs & international trade.
International Trade Government Relations & Regulatory Affairs Public Policy International Natural Resources and Infrastructure Cleantech
Kelly Hadous
Host · Win The Room Radio
host and speaker at TEDx Silicon Alley
Public Speaking Pitching Stress Management
Jerusha Conner, PhD
Professor of Education; Program Coordinator, Graduate Education | Department of Education and Counseling · Villanova University
Jerusha Conner, PhD, is an expert on student engagement, student voice, youth activism, and education policy.
Student Engagement Student Voice Youth Activism Urban Education Education Policy
Sarah Red-Laird
Advisory Board Member · The New York Bee Sanctuary
Executive Director at Bee Girl
Grant Writing Community Outreach Beekeeping
Puspa Adhikari, Ph.D.
Expert in marine and environmental chemistry · Florida Gulf Coast University
Puspa Adhikari uses the ocean floor and water column to investigate the impact of Florida's red tide, organic pollutants and nutrients.
Gulf of Mexico Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Nutrients Organic Pollutants Marine and Environmental Chemistry
John Stepp
Associate Professor · University of Florida
John Stepp conducts conservation research on the persistence, change and variation of traditional ecological knowledge.
China Biocultural Diversity Indigenous Peoples Issues Latin American Studies Ethnobotany
Steve Johnson
Professor · University of Florida
Steve Johnson is an expert in natural history and amphibian and reptile conservation. Steve has worked extensively with imperiled species.
Amphibians Cane Toads Cuban Treefrogs Crocodilians Frogs
Andrea Hlady
President · Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
Andrea Hlady is the president of a grassroots conservation group that advocates for protection of the Castle Wildland area (SW Alberta).
Philanthropic Investments Fundraising Leadership
Sarah Bittick
Assistant Professor of Biology · Loyola Marymount University
College of Science and Engineering
Marine Ecology Marine Biology
Dalal Hanna
PhD Student, Natural Resource Sciences · McGill University
Scientist researching aquatic ecosystem services and protected areas (Services écosystémiques aquatiques et les aires protégés)
Aquatic Ecosystem Services Protected Areas Urban Beekeeping Landscape Ecology Beekeeping