research Experts

Kevin Smiley

Assistant ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Smiley is an environmental and urban sociologist who specializes in disaster research.

Xilei Zhao

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Xilei Zhao focuses on developing and applying data and computational science methods to tackle problems in transportation and resilience.

Jennifer Necci Dineen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor In-Residence, School of Public Policy | Associate Director, UConn Center for Advancing, Research, Methods, and Scholarship in Gun Injury Prevention (ARMS)University of Connecticut

Jennifer Dineen is a survey methodologist who focuses on stakeholder attitudes as mechanism for intervention uptake and policy change.

Willett Kempton

Professor, Marine Science and PolicyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Kempton invented vehicle-to-grid power (V2G); he researches, publishes and lectures on offshore wind power and on electric vehicles.

Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz

ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Department of Mathematics

Professor Buchweitz researches Commutative and Homological Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, Singularity Theory

Michelle Bauml

Clotilda Winter Professor of EducationTexas Christian University

Dr. Bauml studies early childhood/elementary teacher education, civic education, and social studies education.

Chris Janiszewski

ChairUniversity of Florida

Chris Janiszewski is an expert in branding, price perception, consumer learning and perceived value.

Christopher D. Carothers

Director, Center for Computational Innovations (CCI) & Professor, Computer ScienceRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Researches massively parallel computer systems with a focus on modeling and simulation systems

Mahmoud Nourayi, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Accounting, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Felicia Pratto, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychological SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Psychology expert, specializing in race and sex discrimination and intergroup dynamics