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Michael Knodler Jr.

William W. Boyer Endowed Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the UMass Transportation Center

Michael Knodler's main areas of research and teaching are related to transportation safety, operations, design, and education.

Transportation EngineeringTraffic OperationsDriver Behavior (Older & Younger)Transportation SafetyPedestrian & Bicycles
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Ray La Raja

Professor of Political Science / Co-Director of UMass Poll

Ray La Raja's research interests include political parties, interest groups, elections, campaign finance and political participation.

Public Policy and OrganizationsElections and PollingPolitical ScienceCampaign FinanceAmerican Politics
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Jennifer Lundquist

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

Sociologist of academic freedom, higher education, race and gender inequality, online dating, intimacy, families, and military life.

Military Service, Immigration, and Social InequalityFamilies, Marriage, and Mate SelectionCollege Relationships, Sexuality, and ConsentOnline Dating and Digital IntimacyRace and Gender Inequality
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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.

Ultra-processed foodsPlant-based FoodFood ScienceFood NanotechnologyFood Architecture