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Christopher Mejía Argueta, PhD

Director, MIT SCALE Network for Latin America and the Caribbean | Director, MIT Graduate Certificate in Logistics and SCM (GCLOG) program | Founder & Director, MIT Emerging Market Economies Logistics Lab (EMeL) | Research ScientistMIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Dr. Mejía-Argueta optimizes last-mile, retail, agri-food supply chains, global transportation and policymaking for emerging market economies

Agrifood Supply ChainsRetail OperationsLast-Mile DeliveryGlobal TransportationInterdisciplinary Research

J. Aaron Johnson, PhD

Associate Dean of Research, School of Public Health; Director, Institute of Public and Preventive HealthAugusta University

J. Aaron Johnson, PhD's research focuses on evidence-based practices, primarily in substance use prevention.

Health literacyAlcohol ScreeningBrief InterventionsTreatment of Substance Use DisordersOpioid Epidemic

Arash Tavakoli, PhD

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental EngineeringVillanova University

Prof. Arash Tavakoli, PhD, leads the Human Centered Cities Lab, focusing on human-centered city design and pedestrian safety.

Smart CitiesHuman Factors in Transportation EngineeringTransportation SafetyHuman Centered DesignNaturalistic Driving

Alexandros Tsamis

Assistant Professor, School of Architecture; Graduate Program Director; Associate Director, Center for Architecture, Science, and Ecology (CASE)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Architect focused on composite materials, building energy systems and advanced manufacturing technologies for the built environment.

Manufacturing Technologies for the Built EnvironmentTectonicsComposite MaterialsEcologyMaterial and Energy-based Computational Design

Michael Savarese, Ph.D.

Expert in sea-level rise and environmental changeFlorida Gulf Coast University

Michael Savarese studies the history of environmental change in coastal areas and how this can inform the future.

Geologic History of Southwest FloridaClimate ChangeCoastal GeologySea Level RiseCoastal Resilience

Bern Grush

Strategy | Vice President InnovationGrush Niles Strategic | PayBySky

Transportation innovator, writer, speaker. Deployment and social policy: automated vehicles, parking, mobility as a service, & road tolling.

Autonomous VehiclesSelf-driving carsDriverless carsParking ReformRoad Tolling

Ethan Zuckerman

Associate Professor of Public Policy, Communication and InformationUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Ethan Zuckerman's work focuses on building alternatives to the commercial internet and interrogating tech platform power.

Social Media GovernanceTechnology and Social ChangeDigital Public InfrastructureOnline Community GovernanceSocial Media

Nefertiti Walker

Professor of Sport Management and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and Equity for the UMass SystemUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Nefertiti Walker's research centers on sports culture and developing diverse and inclusive cultures in sports and other organizations.

Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in Intercollegiate SportsGender in organizationsGender in sportOrganizational Diversity and inclusionSexism in Sports

Steven Grant

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Steven Grant worked on the design and construction of over 100 themed environments at Walt Disney World.

Theme ParksInterdisciplinary CollaborationThemed Environments

David Figlio

Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics and EducationUniversity of Rochester

Figlio is an expert on educational, public, and social policy, including the link between health and education.

School AccountabilityK-12 Academic PerformanceCell phone bans in schoolsEducational LeadershipFaculty Diversity

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