research Experts

Margarita R. Ochoa, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of History | Director for Scholarly and Creative PracticeLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Aryn Gittis

Dr. Frederick A. Schwertz Distinguished Professor of Life SciencesCarnegie Mellon University

Aryn Gittis studies neural circuits in a multifunctional brain region that plays a role in the regulation of movement, learning, and reward.

Steffanie Scott

Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental ManagementUniversity of Waterloo

Leading international scholar on food security, food system change, and COVID-19 impacts on the food suppy.

Charles Johnson

Assistant Teaching ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Charles Johnson works at the intersection of design, human performance and technology and scaling innovation.

Klaus Ley, MD

Founding DirectorImmunology Center of Georgia

Dr. Ley explores how T cell immunity drives atherosclerosis.

Umesh Ketkar

Lecturer in Systems EngineeringLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Andrew Rohm, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Chair, Department of Marketing and Business Law; Co-Director, M-School

Jarrod Goentzel, PhD

Director, MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab | Principal Research ScientistMIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Dr. Goentzel leads practical research to improve supply chain resilience and mobilize humanitarian response during emergencies.

Thomas Felke, Ph.D., M.S.W.

Expert in social issues and social justiceFlorida Gulf Coast University

Thomas Felke researches social issues such as food insecurity and affordable housing.

Robert Winsor, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University