research Experts

Sara Mednick

Professor of Cognitive SciencesUC Irvine

Sara Mednick is an expert in memory consolidation, sleep, aging and brain stimulation and author of “The Power of the Downstate.”

Sarah Hill

Professor, PsychologyTexas Christian University

Dr. Hill specializes in research on women's sexual psychology, sex hormones, and the birth control pill.

Ajit Singh Mann

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychological ScienceLoyola Marymount University

Maria Jesús Saénz, PhD

Director, MIT Digital Supply Chain Transformation Lab | Executive Director, MIT SCM Masters ProgramsMIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Dr. Saénz focuses on how fast-evolving technologies and AI reshape E2E value chains and Human-AI collaboration.

John David N. Dionisio

Chair and Professor of Computer ScienceLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Kyo Yamashiro

Assistant ProfessorLoyola Marymount University

Department of Educational Leadership and Administration

Tracie O. Afifi

Associate Professor, Community Health SciencesUniversity of Manitoba

Dr. Afifi's research interests are in the areas of child maltreatment and problem gambling.

Kristy Towry

Professor Emerita of AccountingEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Tamara Franz-Odendaal

Professor, Faculty of Biology, NSERC Chair Women in Science and Engineering- Atlantic Canada; Principal Investigator - Bone Development LaboratoryMount Saint Vincent University

Developmental biologist / Anatomist; Advocate for the Advancement of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Jennifer Jordan, Ph.D., M.S., FSCMR

Associate Professor and ABET Coordinator, Department of Biomedical EngineeringB.S., NC State - Biomedical Engineering | Ph.D., VT-WFU School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences - Biomedical Engineering | M.S., Wake Forest - Clinical and Population Translational Sciences

Dr. Jordan's research involves translational cardiovascular imaging in cardio-oncology, sarcoidosis, and heart failure.