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Paulo Verardi, Ph.D.

Department Head and Associate Professor of Virology and VaccinologyUniversity of Connecticut

Expert on vaccine development & virology (Smallpox, Rinderpest, Zika, coronaviruses, Rift Valley, Powassan, SFTSV, Heartland, & more)

Julie Byrne

Professor and Monsignor Thomas Hartman Chair in Catholic StudiesHofstra University

The Professor and Monsignor Thomas Hartman Chair in Catholic Studies at Hofstra University

Carmel Majidi

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Carmel Majidi’s mission is to discover materials and methods that allow robots and machines to behave like soft biological organisms.

David Wettergreen

Research ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

David Wettergreen is well known for deploying robots in locations that compel scientific investigation without human presence.

R. Gregory Cochran

Associate Director, UCSF / UC Hastings Health Policy and Law Degree Program and LecturerUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: cochrang@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8884 / Office 622-200

Elizabeth Taylor

DirectorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Elizabeth Taylor is director of the STEM outreach and K-12 education programs.

Sambeeta Das

Assistant Professor of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Das’s research spans robotics, autonomous systems, physics, organic chemistry and materials engineering.

Stephanie M. Campos, PhD

Assistant Professor of BiologyVillanova University

Stephanie M. Campos, PhD researches animal behavior with an emphasis on territoriality, sexual selection, chemical communication and lizards

Jill Perry-Smith

Professor of Organization & Management; Academic Director, The Roberto C. Goizueta Center for Entrepreneurship & InnovationEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Maria Lapinski

ProfessorMichigan State University

Maria Lapinski’s research connects global health and environmental issues, cultural dynamics, and communication science.