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Jessica Vapnek

Lecturer, Global Programs Advisor, and Director of the M.S.L. ProgramUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: vapnekjessica@uchastings.edu

Agriculture and Natural Resource LawLegislative DraftingRule of Law
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Lynn Salsi

Author, Storyteller, Teacher, Historian, SpeakerLynn Salsi Consulting

With boundless enthusiasm, Southern history and folktales come alive with this Pulitzer Prize Nominated author & storyteller

FictionEditing & WritingTeachingPublic RelationsMarketing Communications
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Robert S. Young

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Robert S. Young is a licensed professional geologist in three states (FL, NC, SC).

Holocene landscape evolution in the southern AppalachiansWetlandsCoastal ManagementCoastal ProcessesHurricanes
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Jim Fruchterman

CEOBenetech

Top social entrepreneur and exciting, experienced keynoter

Socially Beneficial Applications of TechnologyTechnology for People With DisabilitiesGeeks Serving Human Rights ActivistsRocket Scientist to Entrepreneur to Social Entrepreneur
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Nicholas Leadbeater, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of ChemistryUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Leadbeater specializes in cleaner, greener ways to make molecules.

Organic ChemistryGreen ChemistryMetals in Preparative ChemistryPreparing BiofuelsPublic Communication of Science
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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

Predictive ModelingEco-EvolutionClimate ChangeExtinction RiskBiodiversity
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Tony Smith

Professor of Political Science and LawUC Irvine

Tony Smith’s knowledge of politics includes Constitutional Law, the U.S. Supreme Court and election law.

Political ScienceInternational LawLegal InstitutionsUS PoliticsComparative Law
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Bill Tomlinson

Professor of InformaticsUC Irvine

Bill Tomlinson studies artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction and computer-supported learning.

Computer Games & Virtual WorldsEnvironmental InformaticsHuman-Computer InteractionComputer-Supported LearningArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
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Laila Muhammad

Lecturer of JournalismLoyola Marymount University

InterviewingCommunicationJournalismPublic Speaking
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Jennifer Kaiser

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental EngineeringGeorgia Tech - COE

Jennifer Kaiser examines the formation of air pollutants, with a focus on the emissions and chemistry of volatile organic compounds.

Development of Air Quality Monitoring StrategiesInteractions of Biogenic and Anthropogenic EmissionsEmissions and Chemistry of Air PollutantsGlobal Chemistry-Transport Modeling