Soil Experts

J. Marshall Shepherd

Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor and Director, Atmospheric Sciences Program | Associate DeanUGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

A leading International expert on weather and climate frequently called upon by the White House, Congress, and national media.

Hurricane and Tropical StormsClimateWeatherData AnalysisClimate Change

Michael Milczarek, M.S.

Senior Soil ScientistGlobal Water Experts

Mike Milczarek has over 20 years of experience in groundwater recharge, mine reclamation and land restoration studies

Groundwater Recharge ProcessesMine Waste Closure System Assessment and DesignHabitat RestorationUnsaturated Flow and Contaminant Fate and TransportSurface Water/Groundwater Interactions

Paul Kramer

Associate Professor of HistoryVanderbilt University

Expert in modern U. S. history, with an emphasis on transnational histories, American social thought and the politics of inequality.

RefugeesImmigrationU.S. HistoryForeign Policy

Eyuphan Bulut, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorVCU College of Engineering

Professor Bulut's research interests include wireless networks and mobile computing, cyber-physical systems, and social networks

Applied Machine Learning with Sensor Data and Wireless SignalsMobile Computing: Wireless Networks Cyber-physical Systems Mobile Social Networks Wireless ChargingSecurity: Cyber Security Network Security Privacy and TrustMobile (3G/4G) Systems: Mobile Packet Core Cloud Mobile Data OffloadingInternet of Things (IoT), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Wireless Sensing

Jon Eckert, Ed.D.

Copple Endowed Chair in Educational Leadership | Executive Director, Baylor Center for School LeadershipBaylor University

Researches collective leadership, teaching effectiveness, evaluation and compensation to enhance effectiveness and science education.

Educational LeadershipTeaching EffectivenessCollective LeadershipTeaching EvaluationInstructional Design

Joris Claeys

Managing Director - Chief Engagement Officer - Principal PartnerecoNVERGE – CAPix - ViVaTicA - ecoNOVATE - ARTconnectsLIFE - ARTronomy | PORT[expertise] | eco.AHCIL

Change Cultivator | Think, act & lead WITHOUT the box! Promoting 5P's of sustainable thrivability! Coaching OD-WST-AI-TEAL – ARTconnectsLIFE

Change FacilitationOrganizational DevelopmentWhole Systems TransitionChange Facilitation – Appreciative Inquiry Whole Systems Transformation Organizational development TEAL reorganizationCorporate & public sustainability management resilience building to thrivability intellectual- social- & natural capital