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Rebecca L. Heise, Ph.D.

Department Chair; Inez Caudill, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | B.S. Chemical Engineering, B.S. Biomedical and Health Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University | Ph.D. Bioengineering, University of PittsburghVCU College of Engineering

Professor Heise studies pulmonary mechanotransduction, including lung injury and pulmonary regenerative medicine

Lung injuryPulmonary regenerative medicineMechanobiologyTissue EngineeringSmooth muscle cell signaling
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Priya Rehal

MA in Communication and Culture, Fan Studies ResearcherIndependent

Montreal and Toronto based researcher and educator

RaceRace Culture and EthnicityRace Gender and Class in Organization ProcessesRace Gender and SexualitySexual and Gender Identity
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Kathryn Libal, Ph.D.

Director, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, and Professor, Social Work & Human RightsUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Libal researches human rights norms and practices, including the ability to secure adequate food and housing.

U.S. Resettlement of RefugeesAsylum SeekersWomen's RightsChildren's RightsMigrant Children
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Thomas Schwartz

Distinguished Professor of HistoryVanderbilt University

Historian of U.S. foreign policy, international relations and U.S. presidencies.

Henry KissingerAmerican Foreign RelationsModern European HistoryInternational RelationsHistory of U.S. Foreign Policy
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Shauna McGillivray

Professor & Associate Department ChairTexas Christian University

Biology expert, focusing on genetic methods of fighting disease

Antibiotic ResistanceMicrobiologyIntersections of Genetics and DiseaseBacterial Virulence in GenesBacterial Pathogenesis
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John Chandy, Ph.D.

Professor, School of EngineeringUniversity of Connecticut

Professor focused on cybersecurity, computer hacking, Internet of Things, systems engineering, and computer hardware security.

Hardware SecurityDistributed System Architectures Distributed File SystemsNetwork StorageParallel Algorithms
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Dan Work

Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringVanderbilt University

Expert in self-driving cars and traffic management.

Adaptive Cruise ControlTrafficInverse ModelingConnected and Autonomous VehiclesTraffic Estimation and Control
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Lauren von Klinggraeff, PhD

Assistant ProfessorAugusta University

Dr. von Klinggraeff's research focuses on improving children’s cardiovascular health.

Early Childhood ObesityEarly Childhood Interventions related to Obesity and Cardiovascular DiseaseCardiovascular HealthPhysical ActivityChildhood Obesity
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Jun Yao

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Jun Yao has made international news for his discovery of how to create power from the humidity in air.

Synthesis of NanomaterialsGreen ElectronicsNanoelectronic Devices and SensorsBioelectronic Interfaces and Wearable DevicesElectricity from Air
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Ray A. Blackwell, M.D., M.J.

Chief of Cardiac SurgeryChristianaCare

Ray Blackwell is Chief of Cardiac Surgery and is also the W. Samuel Carpenter, III, Distinguished Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery.

Adult Cardiac SurgerySurgical Resynchronization TherapyECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation)Cardiac SurgeryLeft Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)