research Experts

Valerie Karplus

Professor and Associate Director of the Scott InstituteCarnegie Mellon University

Valerie Karplus studies resource and environmental management in organizations operating in diverse national and industry contexts.

Rima Taher

Senior University LecturerNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Professor Taher focuses on structural technology, stability of structures, architectural cognizance and engineering standards

John Leonard, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus (retired)VCU College of Engineering

Professor Leonard taught databases, user interfaces and video game design.

Yu Li

Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures - ChineseLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Rachael Seidler

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Rachael Seidler researches the neural control of movement in health and disease, with a specific focus on motor learning.

Ramnath K Chellappa

Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management; Academic Director, MS in Business AnalyticsEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Rachel Davidson

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Core Faculty, Disaster Research CenterUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Davidson conducts research on natural disaster risk modeling and civil infrastructure systems.

Kali Kniel

Professor, Microbial Food SafetyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Kniel’s laboratory explores issues of food safety and public health that involve transmission of viruses and pathogenic bacteria.

Bennett Maruca

Associate Professor, Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Maruca's research focuses on the sun, solar wind and other space plasmas.

Yvette Lapayese

ProfessorLoyola Marymount University

Department of Teaching and Learning