science Experts

Milos Manic, Ph.D.

Professor of Computer ScienceVCU College of Engineering

Milos Manic, Ph.D., FIEEE., is director of VCU's Cybersecurity Center and an expert in cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection.

Ibrahim Guven, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Professor Guven specializes in fracture and failure analysis using peridynamics.

Paul Herrnson, Ph.D.

Professor of Political ScienceUniversity of Connecticut

Paul Herrnson's interests include political parties and elections, money and politics, and voting systems and election administration.

John Brownstein

Chief Innovation OfficerBoston Children's Hospital

John Brownstein's research is focused on predicting patterns of epidemics and pandemics, and the efficacy of disease control strategies.

Caio Sousa

Assistant Professor of Health and Human SciencesLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Alireza Abdoli

Lecturer of Computer ScienceLoyola Marymount University

Computer science lecturer specializing in data mining, time-series analysis and digital microfluidic biochips.

Sloan Despeaux

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Sloan Despeaux's research interests include the history of mathematics.

Luis Henry Quiroga-Nuñez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor | Aerospace, Physics and Space SciencesFlorida Tech

John Dorsey

Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering & Environmental ScienceLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Brian LaPointe, Ph.D.

Research Professor at FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic InstituteFlorida Atlantic University

Brian Lapointe’s research interests include algal physiology and biochemistry, marine bioinvasions and marine conservation.