Presidential Experts

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

Bryan W. Brooks, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, Environmental Science and Public Health; Director of Environmental Health ScienceBaylor University

Leading interdisciplinary expert water quality, environmental contaminants & sustainability issues in rapidly urbanizing areas

Environmental Health, Risk & ContaminantsUrbanization & SustainabilityWater Quality and Water Reuse

Philip McHarris

Assistant Professor of Black StudiesUniversity of Rochester

McHarris is an expert in politics and race, policing, incarceration, housing, racism, and race and inequality.

Black Lives MatterHousing and SocietyIncarcerationIncarceration and Racial DisparityInequality

Christina Baum, MBA, PMP

Vice President of Digital TransformationUtah Valley University

Baum is passionate about using technology to find elegant solutions to business problems.

AI & EducationLeadershipProject ManagementCommunication ServicesIT Administration‎

Laleh Golshahi, Ph.D.

Engineering Foundation Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Dr. Golshahi specializes in aerosol science and in vitro-in vivo correlations for respiratory support, diagnosis and inhalation therapy.

Aerosol Science and MedicineIn Vitro and In Vivo Models Of Respiratory DepositionHealth-Related Aerosols Exposure ControlTargeted Respiratory Drug DeliveryAerosol filtration

Jayasimha Atulasimha, Ph.D.

Engineering Foundation Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Professor Atulasimha researches nanomagnetic/spintronic memory and neuromorphic computing devices.

Spintronics and NanomagnetismExploratory neuromorphic devicesStraintronics: Strian mediated electric field control of magnetismElectric field (VCMA) control of skyrmionsMagnetic and multiferroic materials