university Experts

Dr. Raphael (Rafi) Hofstein

President & CEOMaRS Innovation

Turning academic ideas into commercial realities

Xiuchun (Cindy) Tian, Ph.D.

Interim Department Head and ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Tian is an expert in animal biotechnology.

Jasna Jankovic, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Materials Science & EngineeringUniversity of Connecticut

Prof. Jasna Jankovic is an expert in the development of advanced imaging and spectroscopy, fuel cells and industrial collaborations.

Danith Ly

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Danith Ly's research is focused on the design and development of molecular tools and reagents to regulate gene expression.

Ozzie Zehner

Visiting ScholarUC Berkeley

Author of Green Illusions | Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley

Owen Jones

Glenn M. Weaver, M.D. and Mary Ellen Weaver Chair in Law, Brain, and BehaviorVanderbilt University

Expert in the intersection of law and behavioral biology.

Marlene Schwartz, Ph.D.

Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health (Principal Investigator); Professor, Department of Human Development and Family SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Schwartz specializes in school wellness and nutrition programs, and food insecurity.

Jiebo Luo

Albert Arendt Hopeman Professor of Engineering / Professor of Computer ScienceUniversity of Rochester

Luo is an expert in artificial intelligence (AI) foundations in an array of fields

Kirsten Martin

Dean of the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public PolicyCarnegie Mellon University

Natalie Munro, Ph.D.

Professor of AnthropologyUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Munro focuses on the origin of feasting and animal domestication, and the transition from foraging to farming in human evolution