Faculty Experts

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringVanderbilt University

Expert in risk, reliability and resilience of critical infrastructure against climate change and natural disasters, particularly flooding.

Climate ChangeFlood MitigationNatural DisastersResilience ModelingInterdependent Systems Data Analytics

Associate ProfessorGeorgia Southern University

David Sikora is an expert in human resource management and employee management.

Organizational BehaviorHuman Resource ManagementEmployee Management

Professor and Co-DirectorCarnegie Mellon University

Bruce Armitage’s current research interests include the use of PNA for sequence-specific recognition of DNA and RNA.

Peptide Nucleic AcidsDNA NanotechnologyBioorganic ChemistryFluorescent DyesMolecular Evolution

Associate Professor of PsychologyVanderbilt University

Neuroscientist and international expert in how brain size and structure affect cognition and longevity in animals.

EvolutionNeuroscienceCognition and Cognitive NeuroscienceNeuronsIntelligence

ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Slack's is an expert on social, economic, and demographic change with a special focus on rural people and places.

Social Stratification & PovertyCommunity & EnvironmentSocial DemographyRural Sociology

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Stefan Bernhard is interested in interconverting radiative and electrochemical energy through the use of transition metal complexes.

EnergyOrganic Light Emitting DevicesLuminescent MaterialsSolar FuelsOrganic Photovoltaics

Professor of Civil & Environmental EngineeringUC Irvine

Amir AghaKouchak studies how climate change and variability influence extreme events (flood/drought/heatwaves) and compound hazards.

Climate ExtremesClimatologyClimate ChangeFloodDrought

Edward A. and Karen Wax Schmitt Distinguished Professor of EngineeringLouisiana State University

Internationally recognized expert on emergency and evacuation traffic planning and management

Emergency and Evacuation Traffic PlanningHighway Design and SafetyTransportation EngineeringTraffic Control and Operations

Associate Professor; Site Director, NSF SHAP3D Center for 3D PrintingUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Ma's research specializes in 3D Printing, Nanotechnology, and Rheology

Blood FlowAdditive Manufacturing3d PrintingNanotechnologyRheology

Professor of HistoryUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Moon is an expert on Northern Virginia history, with a focus on African American and immigrant communities.

FoodwaysAsian American HistoryU.S. Immigration HistoryNorthern Virginia HistoryAfrican American History

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