Growth Experts

Dr Luciano Batista

Reader (Associate Professor), Sustainable Operations & Supply Chain ManagementAston Business School

Dr Batista specializes in circular economy approaches, technologies and business innovations across industrial sectors, regions and nations.

Jyoti Katoch

Assistant ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Jyoti Katoch investigates the electronic, optical and spin dependent properties of novel quantum systems.

Sangeeta Khorana

Professor of International Trade Policy and Associate Dean InternationalAston University

Professor Khorana is policy expert in FTAs, regulation & global value chains, provides evidence-based insights for business & government..

Walter Schilling, Jr., Ph.D.

Professor, Program Director of Cybersecurity SystemsMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Walter Schilling is an expert in software verification, software reliability, software security and embedded systems software.

Keith J. Hand

Associate Dean for Global Programs, Professor of Law, and Director of the East Asian Legal Studies ProgramUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: handk@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4803 / Office 378-200

Nora Egan Demers, Ph.D.

Expert in health and pollutionFlorida Gulf Coast University

Nora Demers researches the effects of stressors on biological systems.

Rich Price

Chief Marketing and Strategic Partnerships OfficerWestern Carolina University

Tom Seng

Assistant Professor of Professional PracticeTexas Christian University

Professor Seng, whose focus is on energy finance, has more than 30 years of experience in the natural gas industry.

Toby Brooks, Ph.D.

Director, Clinical ProfessorBaylor University

Brings a passion for creating and implementing programs and processes to support faculty, staff, and students at all levels.

Kristal Brent Zook

Professor of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public RelationsHofstra University

Author and award-winning journalist whose work on race, women, culture and social justice has appeared in dozens of media outlets.