Science Experts

Interim ChairUniversity of Florida

Michael Tonks's research is focused on understanding the behavior of materials in harsh environments, including in nuclear reactors.

Materials in harsh environmentsMolten salt reactorsNuclear energyNuclear space reactorsComputational materials sciences

ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Nguyen focuses on biointegrated materials and devices at nano- and micro-scales for applications in biomedicine

VaccinationsDrug DeliveryNano

Professor of Political ScienceUniversity of Connecticut

Stephen Dyson's research is focused upon the psychology of elite decision making in foreign policy.

Elite Decision Making Foreign PolicyWorld LeadersInternational Relations

President & CEOMaRS Innovation

Turning academic ideas into commercial realities

Corporate & Business StrategyEarly-Stage InvestingLife Sciences and HealthcareTechnology TransferCommercialization of Innovation

Terry L. Maness Chair of Entrepreneurship | Associate ProfessorBaylor University

Research investigates how entrepreneurs and top executives make strategic decisions under uncertainty.

Behavioral EntrepreneurshipField ExperimentExecutive Mental Health and Well-Being

Distinguished ProfessorNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Michel Boufadel focuses on water, water technology and energy, offering insights into oil spills and other environmental disasters.

Oil SpillsGlobal WarmingSustainabilityWater TechnologyEnvironmental Disasters

Professor of PhilosophyUniversity of Rochester

Randall Curren is an ethicist who works across the boundaries of moral, political, legal, environmental, and educational philosophy.

Ethics of SustainabilityMoral PsychologyAncient Greek Philosophypatriotic education

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Alison Barth's work focuses on understanding how experience transforms the properties of neurons to encode memory.

Research DesignNeural PlasticityBiophysicsNeuroscience

Stevenson Professor of Physics and AstronomyVanderbilt University

Expert in the search for Earth-like planets across the galaxy and an advocate for diversity, including neurodiversity, in the academy.

Star FormationPlanet FormationAstronomyPlanetary SystemsAstronomical Phenomena

Associate ProfessorVCU College of Engineering

Dr. Arodz's research focuses on machine learning and bioinformatics

Biomedical Data ScienceFoundational ModelsBioinformaticsMachine Learning & Deep LearningQuantum Machine Learning

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