mechanisms Experts

Jayanta Gupta, M.D., Ph.D.

Expert in epidemiologyFlorida Gulf Coast University

Jayanta Gupta explores the genetic and environmental risk factors behind chronic health conditions, including allergic and kidney diseases.

Annie T. Ginty, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Psychology & NeuroscienceBaylor University

Expert on peripheral nervous system & cardiovascular responses to stress & their relationship with unhealthy behaviors & future disease

Ludovica Castiglia

Assistant Professor of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Rick Relyea

Director, Darrin Fresh Water Institute; Director, Jefferson Project; & David M. Darrin ’40 Senior Endowed ChairRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Researches community ecology, ecotoxicology, phenotypic plasticity, forest inputs to wetlands, disease ecology, and invasive species

Oscar Johnson, Ph.D.

Expert in ornithologyFlorida Gulf Coast University

Eric Nyberg

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Eric Nyberg builds software applications that can understand and process human language.

Michael Prietula

Professor Emeritus in Information Systems & Operations ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Reza Zomorrodi, PhD

Scientist, Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain InterventionCAMH

Neuropsychology expert, with a penchant for computational neuroscience

Serge Thomas, Ph.D.

Expert in the ecology of aquatic environmentsFlorida Gulf Coast University

Serge Thomas specializes in the consequences of natural and human stresses in aquatic ecosystems.

James McGrath

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied SciencesUniversity of Rochester

James McGrath and his team focus on the basic science of ultrathin membranes, including studies of transport and mechanics.