University Experts

Professor | ChairUniversity of Florida

Dr. Michael Jaffee is board-certified in neurology, psychiatry, sleep medicine, and brain injury medicine.

Alzheimer DiseaseSleep DisordersConcussionDementiaTraumatic Brain Injury

Professor of EnglishUniversity of Mary Washington

Antonio Barrenechea is a scholar and teacher of literature of the Americas and cinema.

Comparative LiteratureCinema StudiesLiterature of the Americas

Director of the Center for Visual Science, Nicholas George Professor of Optics, Professor of OphthalmologyUniversity of Rochester

Susana Marcos is an acclaimed researcher in the field of visual optics and ocular imaging.

Visual FunctionRetinal Image QualityProperties of the EyeVisual Perception

Professor of SociologyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Jasmine Kerrissey is an expert on labor movements, work and inequality

Worker StrikesLabor StudiesLabor MovementsSocial Movements and Collective BehaviorPolitical Sociology of Health

Trustee Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University

Costa Samaras's research focuses on the pathways to clean, climate-safe, equitable, and secure energy and infrastructure systems.

Transportation SystemsAutonomous DrivingClimate and Energy Decision MakingEngineering and Public PolicyEnvironmental Engineering

Professor and Graduate Program Director, Department of Computer Science; Co-Director, Software Engineering CenterVCU College of Engineering

Builds machine learning and AI systems that study and support how software developers communicate, reason about code, and handle security.

Software Maintenance and EvolutionEmpirical Software EngineeringMining Software RepositoriesDeveloper–AI InteractionAgentic AI Safety

Professor of Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery, PediatricsAugusta University

Dr. Henson practices neuro-oncology in the MCG Brain Tumor Program and manages patients with neurofibromatosis and related genetic disorders

Hereditary CancerNeurofibromatosisGeneticsNeuro-OncologySpine Tumors

Associate Professor of PhysicsUniversity of Mary Washington

Varun Makhija's research focuses on the interaction of light with matter, and the ensuing motion of molecular atoms and electrons.

Chemical PhysicsMolecular and Optical PhysicsChemistry and PhysicsAtomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Assistant Professor | M.D.University of Florida

Dr. Ibrahim Nassour specializes in surgeries for cancers of the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, liver and bile duct.

Surgical OncologyPeritoneal Surface MalignancyMesotheliomaCytroreductive SurgeryPancreatic Pseudocyst

Associate Professor, Communication Sciences & DisordersUniversity of Delaware

Ho Ming Chow studies developmental stuttering and other speech disorders.

Motor Speech DisordersNeural Correlates of Speech and Language ProcessingNeuroimaging Method DevelopmentImaging GeneticsEpilepsy

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