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Tricia Wachtendorf

Director / Professor, Disaster Research Center / Department of Sociology & Criminal JusticeUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Wachtendorf expertise lies in the social, organizational, and decision-making aspects of disasters.

evacuationsMulti-organizational coordination and responses in disastersTransnational crisesImprovisation and adaptationCommunity-based approaches to preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation
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Pnina Gershon, PhD

Research Scientist, MIT AgeLabMIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Dr. Gershon's research aims to promote safe driving and effective human-vehicle interaction.

Driving Behavior‎High-Risk Driver PopulationsDrug-Impaired DrivingDriver DistractionSpeeding
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Marjorie Och

Professor, Art and Art HistoryUniversity of Mary Washington

Professor of Art and Art History, Specialization in Baroque and Renaissance Artists

Renaissance ArtBaroque ArtArt Patronage16th Century Art17th Century Art
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Holly Oxhandler, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Associate Professor, Diana R. Garland School of Social WorkBaylor University

Social work expert in the ethical integration of clients' religion and spirituality in evidence-based mental and behavioral health treatment

Religion and Spirituality in Clinical PracticeMentoring and Professional DevelopmentMental Health
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Professor Ed Galea

Director of the Fire Safety Engineering GroupUniversity of Greenwich

His research and software tools inform disaster management and crowd safety, and the design of safe buildings, aircraft and ships, globally

Fire and EvacuationEvacuationComputational Fire EngineeringFire SafetyCivil Defence
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James Garrett

Provost and Chief Academic OfficerCarnegie Mellon University

James Garrett is instrumental in institutional and academic planning and implementation

Smart InfrastructureRemote SensingCivil EngineeringData MiningSignal Processing
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Sridhar Tayur

University ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Sridhar Tayur's research interests involve quantum computing, health care operations and supply chain management

Quantum ComputingHealthcare OperationsSupply Chain Management
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Elizabeth Cannon

President and Vice-ChancellorUniversity of Calgary

Dr. Elizabeth Cannon is the eighth president and vice-chancellor of the University of Calgary

Higher Education LeadershipGeomatics Engineering Board LeadershipCommunity RelationsExecutive Leadership
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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.

Microbial Food SafetyFoodborne parasitesProduce SafetyCyclosporaFood Systems
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Dr Duane Mellor

Visiting AcademicAston University

Dr Mellor is an award-winning dietitian, science communicator, medical educator and researcher.

Food ScienceDieteticsDiabetesObesityNutrition