ecosystem Experts

Diane Finegood

ProfessorSimon Fraser University

Expert in systems thinking & cross sector partnerships as approaches to solving complex problems including obesity and chronic disease

Ed Hale

Assistant Professor, Marine Science and PolicyUniversity of Delaware

Dr. Ed Hale is a fisheries and aquaculture specialist

Aaron Carlisle

Associate Professor, Marine Science and PolicyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Carlisle research focuses on how the environment and organismal biology interact to influence the ecology of species.

Pamela R. Grothe

Associate Professor of GeologyUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Grothe's research focuses on climate change, specializing in past climates.

Aron Solomon

FounderAron Brand Ventures EU

Startup founder, advisor, investor, board member. Education and legal innovator. FASTCASE 50.

James Costa

Professor and Executive Director of Highlands Biological StationWestern Carolina University

Jim Costa's interests include insect behavior and ecology, environmental history and philosophy, and the history of science.

H. Kenny Cheng

ChairUniversity of Florida

H. Kenny Cheng’s research is focused on big data, business analytics, and the economic and policy issues of artificial intelligence.

Norman Sadeh

Co-Director, Privacy Engineering Program, professor of Computer ScienceCarnegie Mellon University

Carl Hjelmen, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorUtah Valley University

Hjelmen is an expert in genome size evolution, insect genomics, and bioinformatics

Serge Thomas, Ph.D.

Expert in the ecology of aquatic environmentsFlorida Gulf Coast University

Serge Thomas specializes in the consequences of natural and human stresses in aquatic ecosystems.