Olexandr Isayev

Assistant Professor, Chemistry · Carnegie Mellon University

Olexandr Isayev's research focuses on solving fundamental chemical problems with machine learning, molecular modeling and quantum mechanics.

Theoretical Chemistry Computational Chemistry Machine Learning Cheminformatics Drug Discovery

Gregory Heyworth

Associate Professor of English and Computer Science; Director, Lazarus Project · University of Rochester

Gregory Heyworth is a textual scientist who works on new ways to read ancient manuscripts and maps using spectral imaging technology.

spectral imaging Textual science Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Humanities Ancient Maps Ancient Manuscripts

Irving Rappaport

Corporate Advisory Board · InventionShare

Entrepreneur, patent attorney, licensing executive and inventor. Irving headed Intellectual Property (IP) for 5 Fortune 500 companies.

Entrepreneur Patent Attorney Internet Telephony Plasma and LCD TVs Software

Kam Dahlquist

Professor of Biology · Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Bioinformatics Genomics Computational Biology Research Genetics

Richard Desinord

Assistant Professor of Music Theory · Michigan State University

Richard Desinord's research interests include harmony and genre in contemporary black church music and neo-soul.

Theory Pedagogy Contemporary Black Church Music Music Theory Neo-Soul Jazz

Jean Boreen

Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences · Southern Utah University

Dr. Boreen is a strong advocate for the humanities and social sciences with two decades of higher education service.

Methods of Teaching Literature in Secondary Schools Young Adult Literature Mentoring Historical Fiction Fiction with Strong Female Protagonists

Zhen Bai

Assistant Professor of Computer Science · University of Rochester

Bai is an expert in human-computer interaction, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence (AI)

Artifical Intelligence Human-Computer Interaction AR / VR Computer-Supported Collaborative Work AI

Divya Victor

Associate Professor of Literary Studies · Michigan State University

Divya Victor’s writing, editing, and research focuses on 20th century, 21st century, and emergent poetry and poetics.

Poetics Emergent Poetry 21st Century Poetry 20th Century Poetry

Dallas Fellini

Curator · Middlebrook Prize Winners

Dallas Fellini is a curator, writer, and artist with a focus on trans studies and archival studies.

Artists' Books Photography Curatorial Studies Contemporary Art Archival Studies

Naoko Wake

Professor · Michigan State University

Naoko Wake is a historian of gender, sexuality, and medicine in the Pacific region.

Gender, Sexuality, and Medicine in the Pacific Region Scientific Approaches to Sexual Diversity

Valrie Minson

Associate Dean · University of Florida

Valrie Minson runs programs that encompass academic research services, library assessments, student success, and partnership development.

Accessibility Academic Library Services Research Support Leadership in Academic Library Services User Experience

John Nemmers

Curator · University of Florida

John Nemmers manages the Panama Canal Museum Collection and hybrid archives-museum collections.

Special Collections Librarianship Digital Collections Panama Canal Archives Digitization Projects

Tara Cataldo

Librarian · University of Florida

Tara Tobin Cataldo is a STEM collections and research metrics librarian at the University of Florida

Discovery of Research Metrics Information Seeking Behavior Research Metrics Open Access Publishing

Justin Simard

Assistant Professor of Law · Michigan State University

Justin Simard’s research studies the modern citation of slavery by American judges and lawyers.

Modern Citations of Slavery Legal History Legal Education Slavery

Bob Kasher

Sales Director · Iviago

Managing Director Iviago Inc.

Aaron M. Bauer, PhD

Professor and Gerald M. Lemole Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology · College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Villanova University

Aaron Bauer, PhD, is a leading expert on reptiles, with a specialty in geckos, systematics and biogeography.

Reptiles Vertebrate Morphology Systematics Biogeography Natural History Collections

Chester Santos

Author | International Speaker | Memory Skills Expert · The International Man of Memory

Helping People to Unlock the Extraordinary Power of Their Minds

World's Leading Memory Skills Expert Memory Skills Business Leadership College Students Brain Fitness

Laura Stack

President & CEO · The Productivity Pro, Inc.

Laura Stack is The Productivity Pro! America's Premier Expert in Productivity (TM) helps audiences achieve Maximum Results in Minimum Time

Leadership Development Time Management Life Balance Employee Productivity Implementing Employee Engagement in Your Organization

Esther Lim

CEO and Chief Experience Architect · The Estuary, LLC

Passionately exploring the convergence of social media, storytelling, big data and emerging tech in marketing and digital entertainment

Transmedia Storytelling Digital Narratives: Co-Created Storyworld Communities Social Media Analytics Big Data Narrative Gamification

Molly Youngkin

Professor of English · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Gender Studies and Narrative Theory Nineteenth-Century British Literature Romantic and Victorian Literature