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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.

JournalismMedia AnalysisSocial Justice IssuesPoliticsRace and Gender Relations

Professor of Planetary Science, Physics, and Aerospace EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Sara Seager is an astrophysicist and planetary scientist, and is an expert in theory, computation, and data analysis of exoplanets.

Exoplanet Habitable ZonesExoplanet AtmospheresExoplanet Interior Composition

Chief Information Security OfficerFutureVault

Nevin Markwart is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played 309 games in the National Hockey League.

CybersecurityCorporate CultureCorporate StrategyInvestment ManagementSovereign Wealth Funds

Research ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Reid Simmons' work focuses on creating autonomous systems, in particular ones that interact with humans.

AI EducationHuman-AI InteractionHuman-Robot InteractionAutonomyRobotics

Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management Georgia Southern University

Bill Mase has conducted studies and taught courses in public health, ethics and health policy.

Food Safety Evidence-Based Public HealthHealth PolicyEthicsEpidemiology

Associate Professor | Teaching and LearningThe Ohio State University

Expert in reading and literacy in early and middle childhood education.

Child DevelopmentEarly Childhood Education Childhood LiteracyLiteracyReading and Literacy

Professor, Program DirectorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Faisal Shaikh's areas of expertise include chemical engineering, biotechnology and microfluidics (lab on a chip).

Reaction EngineeringMaterials ScienceBiomolecular EngineeringChemical EngineeringCharacterization

Trustees ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Jay Whitacre examines the materials science of synthesizing, characterizing, and implementing promising materials for energy storage.

Hybrid Power SystemsElectric VehiclesPower GridsEnergy StorageConversion

Steed Distinguished ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Todd Collins is a licensed attorney and legal/political scholar with extensive experience in the courtroom and the classroom.

Public LawJudicial PoliticsPolitical SciencePublic AffairsConstitutional Law

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.

Real Time SystemsEmbedded SystemsSoftware EngineeringSoftware VerificationStatic Analysis

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