development Experts

Keith B. Hall

LSU Law Nesser Family Chair in Energy Law, Director of the LSU John P. Laborde Energy Center, Director of the LSU Mineral Law Institute, and Professor of LawLouisiana State University

Keith B. Hall is a frequent speaker on oil and gas, energy, and environmental law at the national and international levels.

Richard Berlin

Associate Professor in the Practice of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Robert Twilley

LSU Vice President of Research and Economic DevelopmentLouisiana State University

Dr. Twilley is an internationally renowned researcher in wetland ecology.

Erin Hunt

Program ManagerMines Action Canada

Humanitarian disarmament expert focusing on indiscriminate weapons, victim assistance, casualties and international disarmament treaties.

Daniel Williams, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Daniel Williams research interests are in dynamic systems modeling, control system design and fluid power.

Paulo Verardi, Ph.D.

Department Head and Associate Professor of Virology and VaccinologyUniversity of Connecticut

Expert on vaccine development & virology (Smallpox, Rinderpest, Zika, coronaviruses, Rift Valley, Powassan, SFTSV, Heartland, & more)

Teresa Scassa

Full Professor in the Faculty of Law | Canada Research Chair in Information Law and PolicyUniversity of Ottawa

Information law scholar shaping privacy, data governance and AI policy as Canada Research Chair and leading voice on law and technology.

Paulina Jaramillo

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

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

Leslie Kern

Director, Women's and Gender Studies ProgramMount Allison University

Expert in urban social issues, including gentrification, gender, and inequalities.

Torrey Trust

Professor of Learning Technology, College of EducationUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Torrey Trust is one of the world's leading scholars addressing the use of generative AI, including ChatGPT, in education.