Community Experts

Collections ManagerUniversity of Florida

Alan Franck manages the Herbarium at the Florida Museum, which has around 500,000 specimens of plants, lichens and algae from worldwide.

HerbariumMedical BotanyNomenclaturePlantsPlant Diversity

CEO-Korey Stringer Institute, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Department of KinesiologyUniversity of Connecticut

Focused on prevention of sudden death in sport, exertional heat stroke, wearable technologies, hydration, and performance in the heat

Elite AtheletesHydration/DehydrationFluid-Electrolyte BalanceExertional Heat IllnessesWearable Technologies

Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Department of Human and Organizational DevelopmentVanderbilt University

Expert in how to prevent and end homelessness

Affordable HousingSocial ExclusionHomelessnessPoverty

Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public PolicyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

David Mednicoff is a lawyer and political scientist whose work relates central issues of Middle Eastern politics, law and US foreign policy.

Refugee PolicyThe Rule of LawInternational LawIsraeli PoliticsArab Politics

Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of HistoryVanderbilt University

Expert on digital archives and the history of Colonial Latin America, slavery, early American black history.

AfricaColonial Latin AmericaCaribbean HistoryComparative Slave SystemsThe Atlantic World

DirectorUniversity of Florida

Ted Kury's current research interests include economics, energy, energy policy, energy risk management, energy and the environment.

Energy PricingRegulatory PolicyElectrical GridGrid SecurityEnergy Policy

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Bora Karayak leads the efforts to establish electric power engineering as a discipline within the School of Engineering + Technology.

Engineering EducationPower GenerationInstrumentationEnergy Conversion and Electric MachinesPower Electronics

Associate Professor, Psychology & NeuroscienceBaylor University

Expert on peripheral nervous system & cardiovascular responses to stress & their relationship with unhealthy behaviors & future disease

Pyschological Stress and DiseaseCardiovascular MedicineThe Nervous System

Associate Professor, Public HealthBaylor University

Epidemiologist with expertise in physical functioning, obesity & the impact of physical activity on healthy aging

Physical ActivityObesity and DiabetesPhysical Functioning

Director, Disaster Research Center; Professor, Biden School of Public Policy and AdministrationUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Kendra researches emergency planning and crisis management.

Organizational Improvisation and ResilienceEmergency Management TechnologyDisaster PlanningCrisis ManagementEmergency Planning

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