Research Experts

Melissa Bemiller, PhD

Associate Professor of Social SciencesAugusta University

Dr. Bemiller's research focuses on violent victimization: homicide, sex crimes, and portrayals of violence in mass media.

Sex CrimesChild AbuseHomicideViolent VictimizationPortrayals of Violence in Mass Media

Martin Tanaka

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Martin Tanaka's research interests include biomedical devices, computational modeling and neuromuscular control.

Design For ManufacturingComputational ModelingMaterial Properties and BehaviorInnovation in Engineering DesignProduct Design and Development

Joanne Miller

Professor, Political Science & International Relations and Psychological & Brain SciencesUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Miller is an expert on political psychology, focusing on the causes and consequences of belief in conspiracy theories.

Conspiracy TheoriesPolitical PropagandaMisinformationPublic OpinionPolling

Deborah O'Dell

Professor of BiologyUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. O'Dell performs research into how bees use magnetic fields to orient themselves.

BiologyNeuroscienceMagnetic Orientation in AnimalsDevelopmental NeurobiologyAlzheimer's Disease

Robert H. Klenke, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Dr. Klenke's research interests include collaborative unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and cyber physical systems security

Digital system designHardware/software co-design hardware description languagesUnmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight control system design and testingUAV payload design integration and testingCollaborative unmanned aerial vehicles

Zico Kolter

Associate Professor and Director of Machine LearningCarnegie Mellon University

Zico Kolter researches how to make deep learning algorithms more robust, safer, and understand how data impacts how models function.

Articifical IntelligenceAI ModelsMachine LearningDeep LearningNeural Networks

Alen Docef, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Professor Docef's research interests lie in medical image processing

Medical Image ProcessingSignal Processor ArchitecturesDocument Compression for ArchivingEfficient Error-Resilient Network-Optimized Image and Video Coding