university Experts

Dr. Jackie Eldridge

Co-Founder Hearts and Minds Matter and Teacher EducatorHearts and Minds Matter and Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Expertise in building safe, nurturing inclusive classrooms for all children through trauma-informed teaching and effective pedagogy.

Aniko Ekárt

Director, Aston Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and ApplicationAston University

Professor Ekárt is interested in evolutionary Artificial Intelligence and applications and trustworthy AI.

Tim Derdenger

Associate Professor of Marketing and StrategyCarnegie Mellon University

Thanh Nguyen, Ph.D.

ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Nguyen focuses on biointegrated materials and devices at nano- and micro-scales for applications in biomedicine

Kristie Bunton

Dean and Professor of JournalismTexas Christian University

Kristie Bunton's expertise lies in media ethics, media accountability, gender, race and class issues.

Siobhan Malany

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Siobhan Malany studies the effects of microgravity on human muscle biology using an automated tissue chip system.

Gustavo S. Cortes

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Gustavo S. Cortes researches macro-finance, financial intermediation, international finance and financial history.

Norman Beatty

M.D. | Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Dr. Norman Beatty studies neglected tropical diseases, such as Chagas disease, Leishmaniasis, cysticercosis and snake envenomation.

Karol Hoeffner

Associate Professor of ScreenwritingLoyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Aaron M. Bauer, PhD

Professor Emeritus, BiologyCollege of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Villanova University

Aaron Bauer, PhD, is a leading expert on reptiles, with a specialty in geckos, systematics and biogeography.