the future Experts

David Bader

Distinguished Professor, Data ScienceNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Interests lie at the intersection of data science & high-performance computing, with applications in cybersecurity

Michael L. Parsons, Ph.D.

Expert in coastal water healthFlorida Gulf Coast University

Michael Parsons studies the causes of harmful algal blooms and how their toxins can impact marine and human lives.

Andrew Palmer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor | Ocean Engineering and Marine SciencesFlorida Tech

Dr. Palmer's research interests include eavesdropping on bacterial 'conversations', Martian farming, and cell wall fragment-based signaling.

Mia Moody, Ph.D.

Professor & Past Department ChairBaylor University

Nationally recognized expert on mass media representations of people of color, women & other underrepresented groups

Carmel Majidi

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Carmel Majidi’s mission is to discover materials and methods that allow robots and machines to behave like soft biological organisms.

Anatoly Zhuplev, Ph.D.

Professor of Management, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Joshua Goldberger

Assistant Professor | Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryThe Ohio State University

New materials expert, specializing in applications in electronics, energy conversion, and medicine

Glenn Bracey, PhD

Associate Professor of Sociology | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Glenn Bracey, PhD, is an expert on race and social movements, race and the law and religion in contemporary society.

Paulina Jaramillo

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Paulina Jaramillo is currently involved in research to understand the social, economic and environmental implications of energy consumption.

Alexis Dudden, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of HistoryUniversity of Connecticut

Professor of History specializing in modern Japan and Korea, and international history.