excellence Experts

Chad Ray, MD

Interim Section Chief, Associate ProfessorAugusta University

His interests include maternal mortality & global women's health initiatives. He also provides insight into COVID-19's impact on pregnancy.

Margarita R. Ochoa, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of History | Director for Scholarly and Creative PracticeLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Kerry Widder, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Kerry Widder's areas of expertise include electrical engineering and computer hardware.

Eric Nyberg

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Eric Nyberg builds software applications that can understand and process human language.

Oscar Johnson, Ph.D.

Expert in ornithologyFlorida Gulf Coast University

Xiwei Xuan, Ph.D.

Assistant ProfessorVCU College of Engineering

Research interests in computer vision, multimodal learning, efficient & reliable AI systems, and visual analytics

Ho Ming Chow

Associate Professor, Communication Sciences & DisordersUniversity of Delaware

Ho Ming Chow studies developmental stuttering and other speech disorders.

Thomas Buckhoff

Associate ProfessorGeorgia Southern University

Thomas Buckhoff is an associate professor of accounting at Georgia Southern University

Anna Erickson

Associate Professor, Mechanical EngineeringGeorgia Tech - COE

Dr. Erickson's research focuses on advanced nuclear reactor design and nuclear security and nonproliferation.

Melissa Garno

Professor and Associate ChairGeorgia Southern University

Melissa Garno is an expert in mental health nursing and nursing education.