environmental Experts

Brian Byrd

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Brian Byrd's research focuses on domestic mosquito‐borne diseases, specifically La Crosse encephalitis.

Michelle Cawthorn

Associate ProfessorGeorgia Southern University

Professor Cawthorn specializes in the ecology and behavior of small mammals such as shrews and small mice

Harsh Bais

Professor, Plant and Soil SciencesUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Bais conducts research in plant signaling – how plants recognize and communicate with one another.

Oscar Johnson, Ph.D.

Expert in ornithologyFlorida Gulf Coast University

Benjamin Anderson

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Benjamin Anderson's expertise includes pathogen discovery and the use of novel virus surveillance techniques.

Julie A. Hoggarth, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of AnthropologyBaylor University

Maya archaeologist with expertise on ancient societies, societal collapse, environmental archaeology & chronology-building

Jill Trepanier

Professor and Department ChairLouisiana State University

Dr. Trepanier is a hurricane climatologist and geographer focusing on the statistical estimation of extreme weather risk.

Andy Horowitz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Connecticut State HistorianUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Horowitz is a public historian, scholar of the modern United States, and Connecticut's State Historian.

Edward Mondor

Associate ProfessorGeorgia Southern University

Ed Mondor specializes in Insect Ecology and Forensic Entomology.

Nicolas Rosenthal

Department ChairLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts