university Experts

Monique Mead

Associate Teaching Professor / Director of Music EntrepreneurshipCarnegie Mellon University

Monique Mead has been a lifelong activist for classical music as a violinist, educator and innovator.

Ali Bigdeli

Professor of Industrial Service InnovationAston University

Prof Ali Bigdeli co-leads a centre of excellence on servitization, focusing service-led business model innovation.

Jonathan Trump, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of PhysicsUniversity of Connecticut

Jonathan Trump is an observational astronomer who studies active galaxies

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.

Gina Rippon

Professor Emeritus of Cognitive NeuroimagingAston University

Professor Rippon uses brain-imaging techniques to study sex/gender issues in neurotypical and autistic populations.

George Loewenstein

University ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

George Loewenstein helped to found the fields of behavioral economics and neuroeconomics.

Dinesh Hasija, PhD

Assistant Professor in the James M. Hull College of BusinessAugusta University

Dr. Dinesh Hasija is an expert in business strategy, corporate governance, global business, geopolitics and corporate political strategy.

Reshma Shah

Professor in the Practice of MarketingEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Dr Graeme Hayes

Reader in Sociology and PolicyAston University

Dr Hayes focuses on the criminalisation of protest movements, direct action, civil disobedience & the trials of activists.

John Koch

Senior Lecturer and Director of DebateVanderbilt University

Expert in debate, including argumentation analysis, persuasive techniques and rhetorical theory.