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Matthew Lackner

Matthew Lackner

Director of Wind Energy Center and Endowed Chair in Renewable Energy

Matthew Lackner studies offshore wind energy with a focus on the aerodynamics and structural control of floating offshore wind turbines.

Floating Offshore Wind TurbinesRenewable Energy SystemsWind TurbinesEnergy, Environment, and WaterOffshore wind power
Isaac Larsen

Isaac Larsen

Associate Professor of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences

Geoscientist Isaac Larsen has made groundbreaking discoveries about the rate, extent and causes of soil erosion in the American Midwest.

Soil ErosionLandsacape EvolutionMegafloodsGeomorphologyAgriculure and Soil Erosion
Ivan Lee

Ivan Lee

Associate Professor, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences

Ivan Lee develops mobile and personalized health solutions.

Mobile and Personalized HealthWearable Health SensingEmbedded SystemsSensor Data Analytics
Brian Levine

Brian Levine

Director of Cybersecurity Institute and Distinguished Professor in the Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences

Brian Levine's work focuses on thwarting child sexual exploitation on the internet.

internet-based child exploitationDigital ForensicsNetwork SecurityInternet SecurityChild Rescue
Toussaint Losier

Toussaint Losier

Associate Professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies

Toussaint Losier's research focuses on grassroots responses to the postwar emergence of mass incarceration in Chicago and other areas

Mass IncarcerationGrassroots Responses to Mass IncarcerationCriminal Justice PolicyIncarceration and Racial Disparity
Andrew Lover

Andrew Lover

Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Deputy Director, New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease

Andrew Lover is an infectious disease epidemiologist whose work focuses on malaria and other vector-borne diseases.

Tick-borne DiseasesInfectious DiseaseVector-Borne DiseasesDrug DevelopmentMalaria
Jennifer Lundquist

Jennifer Lundquist

Professor of Sociology / Senior Associate Dean of Research & Faculty Development

Jennifer Lundquist examines the pathways through which racial, ethnic and gender inequalities are perpetuated in institutional settings.

Workplace InequalityOnline Dating BehaviorsRace and EthnicityInequality
David Julian McClements

David Julian McClements

Distinguished Professor of Food Science

D. Julian McClements is the most highly cited food scientist in the world, known for his leading research on plant-based food.

Plant-based FoodFood ScienceFood NanotechnologyFood Architecture
Lynne McLandsborough

Lynne McLandsborough

Professor of Food Science

Lynne McLandsborough's research focuses on food safety including biofilm formation of pathogenic and spoilage organisms in food processing.

Food Safety Biofilm Formation and RemovalCleaning and Safety in the Food Industry
David Mednicoff

David Mednicoff

Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy

David Mednicoff is an expert in law, politics and policy in the Middle East and other parts of the world.

Middle Eastern, Comparative, and International Law and PoliticsU.S. Foreign PolicyHuman RightsRefugee Politics