us Experts

Allyson Hewitt

Director, SiG@MaRS and Director, Social EntrepreneurshipMaRS Discovery District

Creating the conditions that expand the realm of entrepreneurship so it incorporates a strong social component is what SiG@MaRS achieves

Margarita R. Ochoa, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of History | Director for Scholarly and Creative PracticeLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Imre Bartos

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Imre Bartos’ research interests include extreme cosmic explosions related to the formation and evolution of black holes.

Chris Caplice, PhD

Executive Director | Senior Research Scientist | Founder and Director, MIT Freight LabMIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Dr. Caplice's research focuses on improving the way freight transportation is designed, procured, and managed.

Aparna Gupta

Professor, Lally School of Management; Director, Center for Financial StudiesRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Leading quantitative finance and risk management expert advancing cutting-edge solutions to address risk challenges of the 21st century.

Robert Schwartz

Visiting Professor of LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: schwartr@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8947 / Office 603G-200

Marsha Cohen

The Honorable Raymond L. Sullivan Professor of LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: cohenm@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4676 / 388-200

Lowell Gustafson, PhD

Professor of Political Science | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Lowell Gustafson, PhD, is an expert in the politics, political structure and cultural heritage of Latin America.

Isabella Velicogna

Professor, Earth System Science, Physical Sciences Associate Dean Graduate Studies, Equity and InclusionUC Irvine

Isabella Velicogna is a Professor of Earth System Sciences and a Faculty Part time at NASA/Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Li Dai, Ph.D.

Professor of Management, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University