Colin Brenan
CEO and Founder · 1CellBiO Inc.
Colin Brenan is a serial entrepreneur with expertise in research, project management, and financing of early-stage life science companies.
Business Development Commercialization of Life Science Technologies Product Development Lifesciences Start-Ups
Gene Wright
Assistant Professor · Milwaukee School of Engineering
Serial entrepreneur, innovator, and educator with experience in the classroom and beyond and worked with hundreds of small business owners.
Elliot Ryser
Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition · Michigan State University
An internationally recognized authority on Listeria and other disease-causing bacteria in food, focusing on microbial food safety
Dairy Products Meat and Poultry Including Deli Meat Microbial Food Safety E. Coli Listeria
Claire Vallotton
Associate Professor of Child Development · Michigan State University
An expert in early childhood education and intervention; parent-child interaction and communication; early development of social skills
Childcare Infant Mental Health Parenting Early Childhood Education Child Development
Anna Erickson
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering · Georgia Tech - COE
Dr. Erickson's research focuses on advanced nuclear reactor design and nuclear security and nonproliferation.
Non-Prolilferation Radiation Detection Nuclear Security
Stephanie Bangarth
Associate Professor, Department of History · King's University College, University of Western Ontario
Activist Academic. Dedicated Volunteer. Avid Outdoorswoman.
Human Rights Immigration Asian Immigration Immigration Policy Social Movements
Ram B. Gupta, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research | Professor of Chemical & Life Science Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Research interest: batteries, electrochemistry, sustainable energy, biofuel, biomaterials, supercritical extraction, and nanomedicine.
Batteries Electrochemical engineering Bio-carbon Supercritical carbon dioxide technology Nanotechnology
Dmitry Kemell
Professor of Multimedia Arts, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University
Professor of Multimedia Arts (Studio Arts Program)
Media Arts Art Direction Creative Direction Installation Design Projection Design
Adam Woods
Associate Director · University of Florida
Adam Woods’ work demonstrates that combining cognitive training with non-invasive brain stimulation can improve cognitive abilities.
Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Cognitive Ageing Brain Imaging Dementia
Mariann Piano
Nancy and Hilliard Travis Professor of Nursing · Vanderbilt University
Expert in substance abuse and cardiac disease, particularly binge drinking by young adults.
Unhealthy Alcohol Consumption Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease Alcohol and Young Adults Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease Cardiac Risk Factors
Amy Coupal
CEO · Learnography | Curriculum Services Canada
Not-for-profit leader, passionate educator, life long learner
Adult Education Staff Development Instructional Design Workshop Facilitation Curriculum Development
Keith Gary
Director of Program Development · Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute
Trained neuroscientist that moved from academia to leveraging regional life sciences assets for economic development.
Biotechnology and Economic Development Science Education and Workforce Development Neuropeptides
Dennis Shelden
Director, Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Co-Director of the Institute for Energy, the Built Environment, and Smart Systems (EBESS) and leading expert on dynamic building systems.
Cloud Based Building Systems Generative Modelling Built Environments Smart Systems Open Data Over the Web
Deepak Vashishth
Director, Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies & Professor, Biomedical Engineering · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Working to redefine the role of a top tier research university
Extracellular Matrix Science and Engineering Osteocalcin Glycation Tissue Engineering Bone
Barbara Frei
Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Natural Resource Sciences · McGill University
Conservation biologist, scientific communicator & collaborative researcher. Champion for conservation in a rapidly changing world.
Conservation Biology Ecosystem services Biodiversity Agroecosystems Birds Birding
Edie Dullaghan
Head, Target Validation · Centre for Drug Research and Development
Striving for excellence through mentoring people and by fostering creative/critical thinking,
Drug Development Infectious Disease Biology Molecular Genetics of Gene Expression Immunohistochemistry Antibiotic development
Trisha Andrew
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Trisha Andrew's lab creates smart garments and wearable textiles that lets people monitor their health data using their clothing
Smart Garments Wearable Technologies Garment-Integrated Technologies Solar Textiles Textile Electronics
John Henson, MD
Professor of Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics · Augusta University
Dr. Henson practices neuro-oncology in the MCG Brain Tumor Program and manages patients with neurofibromatosis and related genetic disorders
Brain Tumors Spine Tumors Neuro-Oncology Genetics Hereditary Cancer
Professor Sue Backhouse
Professor of Sport Psychology and Behavioural Nutrition · Leeds Beckett University
Her particular expertise is in athlete welfare, drug use in sport, why athletes dope, what makes athletes vulnerable to doping and more.
Doping Drug Use in Sport Sports Integrity Athlete Welfare Clean Sport
Russell Burke
Professor of Biology · Hofstra University
Dr. Burke's current research involves diamondback terrapins at Jamaica Bay, wood turtles in northern NJ and the coyote invasion of LI
Urban Ecosystems Urban Environments Suburban Spaces and Development Ecology Evolution