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Patricia Thornley

Professor and Chief Scientific AdviserAston University

Patricia works in sustainable fuels - improving the environmental impact of transport and energy systems.

TransportEnergySustainabilityAviationMaritime
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Steven Biegalski

Professor, Program Chair, Mechanical EngineeringGeorgia Tech - COE

Steven Biegalski is an expert on nuclear analytical methods, research isotope production, and nuclear forensics.

Research Isotope ProductionNuclear ReactorsNuclear ForensicsUS Nuclear ProductionNuclear Non-Proliferation
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Jason Ferrell

Director | ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Jason Ferrell has expertise in invasive plant management, pesticide safety and fate of pesticides in the environment.

Pesticide SafetyInvasive PlantsAquatic Plants
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Edward Guinan, PhD

Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Edward Guinan, PhD, an expert in astronomy and space science research explores the sun, stars, planets, extraterrestrial life potential.

Severe & Hazardous Weather / Global WarmingInterstellar Travel PotentialPulsating Stars and Stellar EvolutionExoplanets and the Suitability of Exoplanets for LifeAstrobiology/Exobiology
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Liming Cai

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Liming Cai's research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of plant-plant and plant-animal interaction.

Parasitic plantsConvergent evolutionGenomicsPlant BiodiversityPlant-animal interaction
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Lynn Adler

Professor of BiologyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Lynn Adler examines the interaction between flowers, pollinators and pathogens.

PollinatorsBeesFloral TraitsPlant-Animal InteractionsEcology and Evolution of Insect-Plant Interactions
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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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J. Adam Langley, PhD

Professor of Biology | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Adam Langley, PhD, focuses his research on how ecosystems respond to, and may determine the severity of, environmental change.

WetlandsClimate ChangeGlobal Change EcologyCarbon CyclingCoastal Wetland Sustainability
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Andrew Palmer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor | Ocean Engineering and Marine SciencesFlorida Tech

Dr. Palmer's research interests include eavesdropping on bacterial 'conversations', Martian farming, and cell wall fragment-based signaling.

AstrobiologyOcean EngineeringBiomedicalMolecular BiologyBiochemistry
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Alan Franck

Collections ManagerUniversity of Florida

Alan Franck manages the Herbarium at the Florida Museum, which has around 500,000 specimens of plants, lichens and algae from worldwide.

HerbariumMedical BotanyNomenclaturePlantsPlant Diversity