faculty Experts

Mairead Sullivan

Professor of Women's and Gender StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Jonathan Thon

Founder & CEOSTRM.BIO

Jonathan Thon is an accomplished serial biotech entrepreneur, a recognized leader in human cell culture, and the founder of STRM.BIO.

Monique Mead

Associate Teaching Professor / Director of Music EntrepreneurshipCarnegie Mellon University

Monique Mead has been a lifelong activist for classical music as a violinist, educator and innovator.

Erik W. Carter, Ph.D., FAIDD

Luther Sweet Endowed Chair in Disabilities | Executive Director, Baylor Center for Disability and FlourishingBaylor University

Passion for helping schools, churches and communities become places of belonging for people with disabilities and their families.

Robert Parrish Waters

Associate Professor of BiologyUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Parrish Waters’ areas of expertise include neuroscience, physiology, hormone axis function, stress physiology and sensory perception.

Toby S. Daly-Engel, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor | Ocean Engineering and Marine SciencesFlorida Tech

Dr. Daly-Engel's research uses genomics, field ecology and modelling to study shark populations.

Larisa DeSantis

Associate Professor of Biological SciencesVanderbilt University

Studies mammal teeth and bones to determine how they responded to ancient climate change and reasons why they went extinct.

Haydee Tyreell-Reigadas

Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages & LiteraturesLoyola Marymount University

Carol Sullivan

Professor Emeritus of HistoryLoyola Marymount University

James McGrath

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied SciencesUniversity of Rochester

James McGrath and his team focus on the basic science of ultrathin membranes, including studies of transport and mechanics.