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David Dodell-Feder
Assistant Professor of Psychology
David Dodell-Feder's research looks at the processes that contribute to healthy and disordered social functioning, and their improvement.
Empathy Behavioral Methods Psychotic Spectrum Disorders Neuroimaging Relationship Psychology
Paul Ellickson
Professor of Economics and Marketing at the Simon Business School
Paul Ellickson researches quantitative marketing and industrial organization and has expertise in supermarkets, supercenters, and strategy
Supermarket Strategy Pricing Supermarkets Big Box Retailers Walmart and Big Box Retailers Data Analysis Quantitative Marketing Empirical industrial organization Competitive Strategy Retail Supercenters Amazon Retail Marketing Grocery Retail Grocery Stores
James Fienup
Robert E. Hopkins Professor of Optics, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Professor in the Center for Visual Science
Fienup is a leading expert in the use of phase retrieval algorithms to carefully align mirrors on NASA satellites once they are in orbit.
Optics Webb Telescope Imaging with Sparse and Segmented-Aperture Systems Image Reconstruction Phase Retrieval Imaging Science Unconventional Imaging Wavefront Sensing Synthetic-Aperture and Pupil-Plane Active Imaging Systems James Webb Space Telescope
Robert Foster
Professor of Anthropology and Visual and Cultural Studies, Richard L. Turner Professor of Humanities
Robert Foster is an expert on globalization and material culture. His focus has been on Papua New Guinea
Lewis Henry Morgan Melanesia Commercial Media Globalization Material Culture Social Theory Nationalism Corporations and Society Mobile Phones Papua New Guinea
Gerald Gamm
Professor of Political Science and History
Gamm is an expert in U.S and urban politics
Congress State Politics U.S. Politics Urban Politics State Legislatures
Vera Gorbunova
Doris Johns Cherry Professor Professor of Biology and Co-Director of the Rochester Aging Research Center
Gorbunova's innovative research on DNA repair and the aging process has been internationally recognized
Lifespan Human Development Longevity Biology of Aging DNA Repair Cancer Resistance naked mole rats Biology
Gregory Heyworth
Associate Professor of English and Computer Science; Director, Lazarus Project
Gregory Heyworth is a textual scientist who works on new ways to read ancient manuscripts and maps using spectral imaging technology.
spectral imaging Textual science Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Humanities Ancient Maps Ancient Manuscripts Codicology
M. Ehsan Hoque
Asaro Biggar Family Fellow in Data Science, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, and faculty member in the Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
M. Ehsan Hoque is designing and implementing new algorithms to sense subtle human nonverbal behavior
Data Science Human Nonverbal Behavior Interactive Machine Learning Human-Computer Interaction Computer Vision Experimental Psychology Social Skills Training
Jeremy Jamieson
Associate Professor
Jeremy Jamieson is a national expert on stress, our responses to it, and how it's not always a bad thing.
Good Stress Social Anxiety Positive Stress Stress Regulation Stress Stress Responses Stress and Teens Anxiety Stress and Public Speaking
Ron Kaniel
Jay S. and Jeanne P. Benet Professor of Finance Professor
Ron Kaniel is a financial expert who focuses his research on asset pricing, financial intermediation, and investments.
Financial Intermediation and Investments Asset Pricing