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Frank M. LaFerla

Chancellor’s Professor and DeanUC Irvine

Frank M. LaFerla,Ph.D.,is the dean of the UCI School of Biological Sciences.His research focuses on the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Learning and MemoryAlzheimer's DiseaseMolecular BiologyNeurodegenerative disorders
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Aly Mousaad Aly

Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Aly is revolutionizing resilient infrastructure via pioneering AI-enhanced large-scale wind engineering and control for extreme weather.

Wind EngineeringStructural DynamicsResilient InfrastructureComputational Fluid DynamicsMachine Learning
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Leslie Kern

Director, Women's and Gender Studies ProgramMount Allison University

Expert in urban social issues, including gentrification, gender, and inequalities.

Gentrification/DisplacementGenderCitiesUrban AffairsEnviromental Justice
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Jeremy Jamieson

Professor of PsychologyUniversity of Rochester

Jeremy Jamieson is a national expert on stress, our responses to it, and how it's not always a bad thing.

Good StressSocial AnxietyPositive StressStress RegulationStress
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Christopher A. Lemmon, Ph.D.

Inez A. Caudill Distinguished Professorship in Biomedical Engineering; Associate Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering | B.S., Lehigh University | M.S., University of Wisconsin | Ph.D., Johns Hopkins UniversityVCU

Dr. Lemmon's research lies in cell-generated traction forces and extracellular matrix biology

Cell-generated traction forcesExtracellular matrix biologyCellular mechanotransductionMechanobiology of fibrosisMatrix mechanics and signaling in the tumor microenvironment;
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Danielle Ofri

Associate ProfessorNew York University School of Medicine

Front-line doctor who speaks to current issues in healthcare and brings back the humanity to medicine

Technology in MedicineMulticulturalism and Diversity in MedicineDoctor-Patient ConnectionsThe Doctor's WorldHumanism and Professionalism in Medicine
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Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD

Co-Director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment; Professor Emerita | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of NursingVillanova University

Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, is an expert in environmental health, global health, and public health nursing.

Children's Environmental HealthClimate ChangeCommunity & Public Health NursingEnvironmental Health/Health impacts of UOGDEpidemiology
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Vyas Sekar

Professor, Electrical and Computer EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University

Vyas Sekar seeks to develop more rigorous foundations for securing tomorrow’s electric energy grid

Network Monitoring and MeasurementCybersecurityInformation NetworkingSecurity and SystemsNetworking
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Samantha Chapman, PhD

Gerald M. Lemole Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Samantha Chapman, PhD, is an expert on global change in coastal ecosystems and invasive plant species.

Coastal EcosystemsWetlandsBiodiversity LossClimate change effects on coastal wetlandsInvasive Species
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Deborah Bolnick, Ph.D.

ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Bolnick is an expert on genetic ancestry testing and how sociopolitical forces & history shape human genomic diversity.

Native American Genetic HistoriesHuman BiodiversityGenetic Ancestry TestingAnthropologyAncient DNA