international Experts

Alicia Walf

Senior Lecturer, Cognitive ScienceRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Neuroscientist with extensive research into body, brain, and mind relationships related to brain health, social cognition and emotions.

Jase Bernhardt

Associate Professor of Geology, Environment, and SustainabilityHofstra University

Dr. Bernhardt's current research is focused on using VR technology to teach about dangerous weather conditions.

Norman Garrick, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering DepartmentUniversity of Connecticut

Professor with a focus on civil engineering, transportation behaviors, parking, public transit, and bicycle lanes.

Hal Herzog

Professor EmeritusWestern Carolina University

Hal Herzog has been investigating the complex psychology of our interactions with other species for more than two decades.

Ken Keen

Associate Professor Emeritus in the Practice of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Mark C. Urban, Ph.D.

Professor, Arden Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Urban is an expert on climate change impacts on biodiversity and evolutionary ecology of vernal pools, lakes, and streams

Brandon Shuck

Assistant ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Shuck is broadly interested in tectonic processes within the lithosphere.

Ben Depoorter

Distinguished Professor of LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Email: depoorter@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4675 / Office 208-198

Rattan Lal

Associate Professor, Soil Science | Environment and Natural ResourcesThe Ohio State University

Rattan Lal is a Professor of Soil Physics in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University .

Lukasz Kurgan, Ph.D.

Dean Robert J. Mattauch Chair | Vice Chair of Computer ScienceVCU College of Engineering

Data scientist specializing in high-throughput structural bioinformatics of proteins & small RNAs.