Ümit Özgür, Ph.D.

Engineering Foundation Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Özgür specializes in optical spectroscopy and photonic devices

Ultrafast spectroscopy Group III-nitride and zinc oxide optoelectronics Light emitting diodes III-V and II-VI semiconductor heterostructures Nonlinear optics

Andrew Posner

Co-Founder & Executive Director · The Capital Good Fund

Founder & CEO, Capital Good Fund

Renewable Energy Non-Profits Fundraising

Caitlin Elsaesser, Ph.D.

Associate Professor · University of Connecticut

Dr. Elsaesser partners with communities to create health promotion efforts that are empowering, with a focus on youth violence prevention.

Technology and Interpersonal Violence Youth Violence Gun Violence Prevention Research Methodology Child and Adolescent Development

Mitchell Hamilton, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Marketing, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Chair, Department of Marketing and Business Law

Qualitative Research Branding Digital Marketing Consumer Self-Image Higher Education

Tarek Abdoun

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Specializes in centrifuge modeling, soil-structure interaction, soil remediation, field advanced sensing, and data visualization

Data Visualization Soil Remediation Centrifuge Modeling Soil-Structure Interaction Field Advanced Sensing

Katie Peek

Coastal Research Scientist · Western Carolina University

Katie Peek researches coastal vulnerability, climate change impacts, and natural hazard resilience using GIS.

Hazard Mapping Climate Change Adaptation Sea-Level Rise Coastal Processes Natural Hazard Vulnerability Assessments

Dr Olayinka Ajala

Senior Lecturer · Leeds Beckett

Olayinka Ajala’s research interests include rural development, resource conflict, human security, peace and security.

Terrorism Security Governance Ethnicity Politics

Todd Shoepe

Chair and Professor of Health and Human Sciences · Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Physiology Public Speaking Exercise Physiology Learning Technology Health and Human Performance

Professor Gary Jones

Director of Research · Leeds Beckett University

Professor Gary Jones’ research focus has been on the use of lower eukaryotic organisms to study aspects of cellular stress.

Microbiology Cellular Stress Biomedical Sciences Genetics Molecular Biology

Robert S. Young

Professor · Western Carolina University

Robert S. Young is a licensed professional geologist in three states (FL, NC, SC).

Holocene landscape evolution in the southern Appalachians Wetlands Coastal Management Coastal Processes Hurricanes

Mark Prausnitz

Professor, Director of Center for Drug Design, Development, and Delivery, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering · Georgia Tech - COE

Mark Prausnitz and his colleagues carry out research on biophysical methods of drug delivery.

Biotechnology Materials and Nanotechnology Biophysical Methods of Drug Delivery Complex Systems