environmental Experts

Karen Lightman

Executive Director, Metro21Carnegie Mellon University

Karen is an internationally recognized leader in building and supporting communities based on emerging technologies.

AJ Reisinger

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida

AJ Reisinger’s research focuses on how human activities affect levels of nutrients and impair the quality of soil and water.

Felicia Pratto, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychological SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Psychology expert, specializing in race and sex discrimination and intergroup dynamics

Bethany Lacina

Associate Professor of Political ScienceUniversity of Rochester

Bethany Lacina is an expert in civil and ethnic conflict.

Benjamin Anderson

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Benjamin Anderson's expertise includes pathogen discovery and the use of novel virus surveillance techniques.

Julie A. Hoggarth, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of AnthropologyBaylor University

Maya archaeologist with expertise on ancient societies, societal collapse, environmental archaeology & chronology-building

Jill Trepanier

Professor and Department ChairLouisiana State University

Dr. Trepanier is a hurricane climatologist and geographer focusing on the statistical estimation of extreme weather risk.

Michael Prietula

Professor Emeritus in Information Systems & Operations ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Andy Horowitz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Connecticut State HistorianUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Horowitz is a public historian, scholar of the modern United States, and Connecticut's State Historian.

Edward Mondor

Associate ProfessorGeorgia Southern University

Ed Mondor specializes in Insect Ecology and Forensic Entomology.