Washington Experts

Regina Rahimi

ProfessorGeorgia Southern University

Regina Rahimi research is focused on issues of gender and sexuality in education and middle and high school drop outs.

Race and Class in EducationMiddle and High School Drop OutsIssues of Gender in EducationIssues of Sexuality in EducationAdolescent Literacy

Sergey Klimenko

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Sergey Klimenko’s research interests include detection of gravitational waves, gamma-ray bursts and as-yet-unknown systems.

Gravitational WavesAstrophysicsLIGOBlack HolesSpace

Massimo Faggioli, PhD

Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Massimo Faggioli, PhD, is an expert on the history and administrative inner workings of the Catholic Church and of the papacy.

Pope Leo XIVPope FrancisChurch HistoryHistory of ChristianityHistorical Theology and Ecclesiology

Priscilla Hwang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Duke UniversityVCU College of Engineering

Dr. Hwang's research focuses on developing 3D microphysiological systems to investigate musculoskeletal pathologies and cancer progression.

tumor microenvironmentintervertebral discmicrophysiological systemscancer metastasiscollective cell migration

Heath Einstein

Vice Provost for EnrollmentTexas Christian University

Heath Einstein is an empathetic leader skilled in shared governance, staff development, crisis management, and cultural humility.

Cultural HumilityStaff DevelopmentShared GovernanceCrisis ManagementData Analytics

Jane Landers

Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of HistoryVanderbilt University

Expert on digital archives and the history of Colonial Latin America, slavery, early American black history.

AfricaColonial Latin AmericaCaribbean HistoryComparative Slave SystemsThe Atlantic World

Thomas D. Roper, Ph.D.

Graduate Program Director, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | Director, Pharmaceutical Engineering | Engineering Foundation ProfessorVCU College of Engineering

Dr. Roper specializes in efforts to bring engineering and science closer to patients who utilize medicines via novel technologies.

Metabolic Engineering and Biocatalysis3D Printing of Dose FormsLong Acting Therapy DevelopmentNanomaterials and Particle SciencesContinuous Chemical Reaction Engineering