local Experts

Matthew Lackner

Director of Wind Energy Center and Endowed Chair in Renewable EnergyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Matthew Lackner studies offshore wind energy with a focus on the aerodynamics and structural control of floating offshore wind turbines.

Victor V. Claar, Ph.D.

Expert in economics and ethicsFlorida Gulf Coast University

Victor Claar is a serious economist who thinks about the individual human beings behind market transactions.

Asoo Vakharia

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Asoo Vakharia's research and areas of expertise include sustainability, channel selection, green product design and supply chains.

Brett Grainger, ThD

Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Brett Grainger, ThD, researches the changing face of modern spirituality in America and how various religions view the natural world.

Dr Alexis Paton

Director, Centre for Health and SocietyAston University

Dr Paton examines the impact that society has on health with a special interest in how people make decisions about health.

M. Hadi Hafezi

Lecturer in Mechanical EngineeringLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Kris Kitani

Associate Research ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Anne Wilson

Professor and Canada Research Chair in Social PsychologyWilfrid Laurier University

Expert in identity, time, memory, goals, inequality, and cultural norms

Robin Cox

Research Director and ProfessorResilienceByDesign Research Lab and Royal Roads University

Robin Cox's expertise includes the psychosocial dimensions of disasters, disaster resilience, and traumatic stress and coping.

Marlene Schwartz, Ph.D.

Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health (Principal Investigator); Professor, Department of Human Development and Family SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Schwartz specializes in school wellness and nutrition programs, and food insecurity.