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Jim Sullivan, Ph.D.

Research ProfessorFlorida Atlantic University

Jim Sullivan is an expert in biological and physical mechanisms controlling the spatial-temporal dynamics of plankton populations.

Sampling InstrumentationHarmful Algal Bloom DynamicsSpatial-temporal Dynamics of PlanktonBioluminescence in the Ocean
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John Gizis

Professor, Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Gizis focuses his research on improving the understanding of stars and brown dwarfs (failed stars).

Brown Dwarfs and BinariesCool StarsStarsSolar SystemCosmology
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David Chuss, PhD

Professor and Chair of Department of Physics; Co-Director of The Villanova One Sky Center for AstrophysicsVillanova University

David Chuss, PhD, has worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and studies astronomical polarimetry and magnetic fields.

Astrophysical Magnetic FieldsCosmologyAstronomical PolarimetryGalactic CenterStar Formation
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Andrew Goss, PhD

Associate Provost for CurriculumAugusta University

An expert in Southeast Asian history and politics, including Myanmar and Burma.

History of science and technologyAsian HistoryHistory of the Islamic World
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Ibrahim Guven, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Professor Guven specializes in fracture and failure analysis using peridynamics.

Fracture and failure analysis using PeridynamicsImpact and penetration mechanicsFinite element methodBoundary element methodMulti-scale modeling of physical phenomena
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Sara Seager

Professor of Planetary Science, Physics, and Aerospace EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Sara Seager is an astrophysicist and planetary scientist, and is an expert in theory, computation, and data analysis of exoplanets.

Exoplanet Habitable ZonesExoplanet AtmospheresExoplanet Interior Composition
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David Wettergreen

Research ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

David Wettergreen's research enables robots to perceive and explore the natural world autonomously.

RoboticsExplorationMappingAutonomy
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Colin J. Gleason

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Colin Gleason's research tries to understand the quantity and quality if the water in all rivers on earth.

Global Water BudgetUngauged BasinsFluvial GeomorphologyFluvial HydrologyRemote Sensing
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Amir AghaKouchak

Professor of Civil & Environmental EngineeringUC Irvine

Amir AghaKouchak studies how climate change and variability influence extreme events (flood/drought/heatwaves) and compound hazards.

Climate ExtremesClimatologyClimate ChangeFloodDrought
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Katherine Whitaker

Associate Professor of AstronomyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Kate Whitaker is an observational extragalactic astronomer who studies galaxy formation and evolution at the very edges of the universe.

Detection of Dead GalaxiesGalaxy formation and evolutionAstronomy