r Experts

Christopher Deeney

Director and Distinguished Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics | Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of Rochester

Deeney is an expert in high-energy-density physics and laser technologies.

Chester Spatt

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Chester Spatt has been a leader in financial economics for more than four decades.

Karen Hamberg

Vice President, StrategyWestport Fuel Systems

Clean-technology and clean transportation executive

Huaxia Rui

Professor, Xerox Chair of Computer and Information SystemsUniversity of Rochester

Huaxia Rui conducts research on topics related to social media, health IT, and optimal contract design.

Miriam N. Liss

Professor of PsychologyUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Liss is internationally known expert on parenting and work-family balance issues.

Emily Bianchi

Associate Professor of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Kara Dixon Vuic

LCpl. Benjamin W. Schmidt Professor of War, Conflict, and Society in 20th-Century AmericaTexas Christian University

Prof. Vuic writes about women, gender, and the US military.

Larisa DeSantis

Associate Professor of Biological SciencesVanderbilt University

Studies mammal teeth and bones to determine how they responded to ancient climate change and reasons why they went extinct.

Gary C. Tepper, Ph.D.

Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty AffairsVCU College of Engineering

Professor Tepper's research focuses on advanced functional materials

Susan Tsu

Bessie F Anathan Professor of Design & University ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

As a costume designer, Tsu has spent a lifetime examining the human condition and the semiotics of what others don.