Jean Hardy
Assistant Professor · Michigan State University
Jean Hardy's primary research focus is on the role of high-tech entrepreneurship and technological innovation.
Science and technology studies LGBTQ Studies Rural Computing Community and Economic Development Human-Computer Interaction
Sal Mistry
Assistant Professor, Management · University of Delaware
Prof. Mistry's research seeks to unpack factors that shape fragmentation and integration within and between leaders, individuals and teams.
Organizational Behavior Team Charters Leadership Muliteaming Team Resilience
Michael Jecks
Partner · Michael Jecks Partnership
Experienced speaker, presenter, motivator and novelist for business or literary functions.
Writing Crime Stories in Today's Market Writing Series Novels The Knights Templar and Medieval England History of Computing Effects of Drug Prohibition
R. Helen Zha
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Develops biohybrid and bioinspired materials for applications in human healthcare and sustainability.
Biomimetic and Bio-inspired Materials Biomolecular Engineering and Self-assembly Sustainable Materials and Plastic Upcycling Drug delivery and Nanomedicine Nanostructured Soft Matter
Sandro R. P. da Rocha, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Sciences Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Dr. da Rocha specializes in chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and nanotechnology.
Nanomedicine Nonivasive Drug & Gene Delivery Biomaterials Cancer nanotechnology Aerosol formulation
Asli Aslan
Assistant Professor · Georgia Southern University
Dr. Asli Aslan specializes in Environmental Health Sciences
Watershed Management Wastewater Treatment Global Environmental Health Environmental Molecular Microbiology Environmental Health Sciences
Jeremy Firestone
Professor, Marine Science and Policy · University of Delaware
Prof. Firestone's major research focus is renewable energy transition.
Energy Justice Wind Power Climate Change Policy Renewable Energy Transition Renewable Energy
Dr. Raphael (Rafi) Hofstein
President & CEO · MaRS Innovation
Turning academic ideas into commercial realities
Corporate & Business Strategy Early-Stage Investing Life Sciences and Healthcare Technology Transfer Commercialization of Innovation
Jeffrey Bennett
Associate Professor of Communication Studies · Vanderbilt University
Medical humanities expert who specializes in health, citizenship, LGBT/queer studies, cultural studies and rhetorical theory and criticism.
Queer Healthcare Queer vernacular LGBTQ Health HIV Prevention HIV & AIDS
Monique Mitchell Turner
Chair of the Department of Communication · Michigan State University
Monique Mitchell Turner is trained in persuasion and employs that expertise in health and risk communication.
Risk Perception Persuasion Cognitive Processing Social Influence Emotion
Siobhan Malany
Associate Professor · University of Florida
Siobhan Malany studies the effects of microgravity on human muscle biology using an automated tissue chip system.
Space Age-related Msucle Atrophy Drug Discovery and Screening Space Medicine Human Muscle Biology
Paulo Verardi, Ph.D.
Department Head and Associate Professor of Virology and Vaccinology · University of Connecticut
Expert on vaccine development & virology (Smallpox, Rinderpest, Zika, coronaviruses, Rift Valley, Powassan, SFTSV, Heartland, & more)
COVID-19 Mosquito-borne Diseases Tick-borne Diseases Zika Smallpox
Mollye Demosthenidy
Clinical Associate Professor · Tulane University
Mollye Demosthenidy is an expert in The Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and healthcare reform
Healthcare Reform Affordable Care Act Obamacare Health Insurance Health Policy
Cliff Broman
Professor of Sociology · Michigan State University
An expert in substance abuse, drinking among youth, mental health and stress, race and ethnicity, and family studies.
Mental Health Racial Inequality Health & Disease Families Race Culture and Ethnicity
Yasser Payne
Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice; Africana Studies · University of Delaware
Prof. Payne's research examines gun violence; policing and reentry; and educational inequality in street-identified populations.
Gun Violence Street Ethnography School Violence and School-To-Prison Pipeline Experiences With Police Ethnographic Field Research
Nastassja A. Lewinski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Dr. Lewinski's research topics include nanomaterial toxicity, nanomedicine, and nanoinformatics.
Nanomaterial toxicity Nanoinformatics Nanomedicine Advanced in vitro exposure systems Comparative in vitro – in vivo analyses
Melissa Melough
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Nutrition Sciences · University of Delaware
Prof. Melough studies the interrelationships of nutritional and environmental factors influencing human health.
Nutrition Epidemiology Public Health Molecular Epidemiology Cancer Epidemiology
Ali Ataya
M.D./Associate Professor · University of Florida
Dr. Ali Ataya is a critical care physician specializing in treating patients with pulmonary hypertension and rare lung diseases.
ICU Ventilator Weaning Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Rare Lung Diseases Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Sophia Lunt
Assistant Professor · Michigan State University
The Lunt Lab focuses on understanding the role of metabolism in supporting cancer proliferation, heterogeneity, and metastasis.
Cells Metabolomics Molecular Biology Mass Spectrometry LC-MS
Michael Y. Simon
Psychotherapist, Author and Parent Educator · Practical Help for Parents
Psychotherapist, Author, Educator and Public Speaker
Teens and Digital Media Alcohol Drugs and Parties: New Ways for Understanding