future Experts

Rick Relyea

Director, Darrin Fresh Water Institute; Director, Jefferson Project; & David M. Darrin ’40 Senior Endowed ChairRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Researches community ecology, ecotoxicology, phenotypic plasticity, forest inputs to wetlands, disease ecology, and invasive species

Karen Hamberg

Vice President, StrategyWestport Fuel Systems

Clean-technology and clean transportation executive

Seyedahmad Rahimi

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Seyedahmad Rahimi specializes in assessing and fostering students’ 21st-century skills and STEM-related knowledge acquisition.

Stephen M. Strader, PhD

Associate Professor of Geography and the Environment | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Stephen Strader, PhD, is an expert on the interaction of climate change, natural hazards, and society.

Randy Nelson

Professor and Chair | Department of NeuroscienceThe Ohio State University

Expert in biological rhythms, sleep, neuroinflammation and behavioral endocrinology.

Eva Gantz

Social media and community specialistGiving Books a Voice

Every good idea deserves a voice.

Ryan Hamilton

Associate Professor of MarketingEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Alina Fisher

Research ManagerUniversity of Victoria, Environmental Studies

Communicating science for informed decision making

J. Adam Langley, PhD

Professor of Biology | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Adam Langley, PhD, focuses his research on how ecosystems respond to, and may determine the severity of, environmental change.

Ashley Panichelli, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Director of Complex Primary Care and Community MedicineChristianaCare

Dr. Ashley Panichelli is the assistant clinical director of Complex Primary Care and Community Medicine at ChristianaCare.