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Robert Traver, PhD

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering | College of EngineeringVillanova University

Robert Traver, PhD, P.E., D. WRE, F.EWRI, F.ASCE, is an expert on green stormwater infrastructure.

Stormwater ManagementGreen InfrastructureFlooding Urban WatershedsWater Resources
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Gerald Gamm

Professor of Political Science and HistoryUniversity of Rochester

Gamm is an expert in U.S and urban politics

CongressState PoliticsU.S. PoliticsUrban PoliticsState Legislatures
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Virginia Parks

Professor of Urban Planning and Public PolicyUC Irvine

Virginia Parks, PhD, is a geographer and urban planner specializing in the study of urban inequality.

Clean Energy TransitionUrban Politics and PolicyRacial InequalityEmploymentLocal Economic Development
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Leslie Kern

Director, Women's and Gender Studies ProgramMount Allison University

Expert in urban social issues, including gentrification, gender, and inequalities.

Gentrification/DisplacementGenderCitiesUrban AffairsEnviromental Justice
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Milena Janjevic, PhD

Research Scientist / EngineerMIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Dr. Janjevic's current research focuses on the design of supply chain networks.

Urban Logistics and Freight TransportationLast-Mile DeliveryUrban Freight PolicyDistribution Network DesignSupply Chain Design
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Kabindra Shakya, PhD

Associate Professor of Environmental ScienceVillanova University

Kabindra Shakya, PhD, conducts research on air pollution, heavy metal pollution in urban soils and environmental justice issues.

Air PollutionParticulate MatterEnvironmental JusticeLead Contamination in Soil
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Jacqueline Kennelly

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and AnthropologyCarleton University

Professor Kennelly's work encompasses youth cultural studies, critical educational studies, urban sociology, and social movements

Youth CulturesCitizenship DemocracySocial Inclusion and ExclusionGlobalization and Neoliberalism
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Aaron Ashbrook

Assistant ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Ashbrook's research focus primarily on cockroach and bed bug management.

Urban Pest ManagementPest ControlBiocontrolInsect BiologyInsecticide Resistance
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David Feldman

Professor of Urban Planning & Public Policy and Political Science, Director of Water UCIUC Irvine

David Feldman specializes in water resources management and policy, global climate change policy, ethics and environmental decisions.

DroughtSustainable DevelopmentEthics and Environmental DecisionsWater Resources ManagementGlobal climate change policy
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Yossi Sheffi, PhD

Director, MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics | Director, MIT Supply Chain Management Program | Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems, MITMIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Dr. Sheffi is an expert in systems optimization, risk analysis, and supply chain management.

Systems OptimizationSupply Chain ManagementRisk Analysis