food Experts

Leslie Parker

Professor | Associate DeanUniversity of Florida

Leslie Parker’s research focuses on the nutrition of premature infants, with an emphasis on providing breast milk to infants in the NICU.

Gregg Fields, Ph.D.

Executive DirectorFlorida Atlantic University

Gregg Fields uses chemistry to answer biological questions, many of which assist in the diagnosis and treatment of major diseases.

Marina Cooley

Assistant Professor in the Practice of MarketingEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Kenneth Gravois

Sugarcane SpecialistLouisiana State University

Dr. Gravois has dedicated his life to the sugar cane industry and improving the crop.

Tyler Frankel

Associate Professor of Environmental ScienceUniversity of Mary Washington

He is an expert on ecotoxicology, specifically the impact of pharmaceutical, industrial waste products, & pesticides on aquatic wildlife.

Steven Carnovale, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorFlorida Atlantic University

Steven Carnovale is a supply chain strategist specializing in interfirm networks, risk management and global sourcing/production networks.

Francis Galgano, PhD

Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Francis A. Galgano, PhD, specializes in coastal geography and military geography.

Jim Sullivan, Ph.D.

Research ProfessorFlorida Atlantic University

Jim Sullivan is an expert in biological and physical mechanisms controlling the spatial-temporal dynamics of plankton populations.

Paula de la Cruz-Fernández

ManagerUniversity of Florida

Paula de la Cruz-Fernández is a historian of business and gender and a digital archives and oral history expert.

Jeff Schneider

Research Professor, Robotics InstituteCarnegie Mellon University

Jeff Schneider's work is on ML, AI, Autonomy, robotics, self-driving cars, nuclear fusion, and national defense.