university Experts

Rebecca L. Heise, Ph.D.

Department Chair; Inez Caudill, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | B.S. Chemical Engineering, B.S. Biomedical and Health Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University | Ph.D. Bioengineering, University of PittsburghVCU College of Engineering

Professor Heise studies pulmonary mechanotransduction, including lung injury and pulmonary regenerative medicine

Jason Pitts, Ph.D.

Director of the Biology of Global Health 4+1 Program | Associate ProfessorBaylor University

Investigates the sensory neuronal basis for behaviors in arthropod disease vectors such as mosquitoes carrying Dengue or Zika viruses.

Donald Lee

Associate Professor of Information Systems & Operations ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Jiebo Luo

Albert Arendt Hopeman Professor of Engineering / Professor of Computer ScienceUniversity of Rochester

Luo is an expert in artificial intelligence (AI) foundations in an array of fields

Jieun Shin

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Jieun Shin teaches and researches social media dynamics with a focus on the spread of misinformation and fact-checking.

David Maginley

Spiritual Care PractitionerNova Scotia Health Authority

Spiritual counsellor, four-time cancer survivor, near death experiencer, public speaker and author

Azadeh Sawyer

Assistant ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Azadeh Omidfar Sawyer's interdisciplinary research focuses on quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate building envelopes.

Monika Ardelt

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Monika Ardelt's research focuses on successful adult development across the life course with emphasis on wisdom and aging well.

Michael J. Vitacco

ProfessorAugusta University

Professor Vitacco is an established expert in the field of forensic psychology.

Steven Joiner

Co-Founder21st Century Worklife

Surviving in Today's Workplace and Thriving in Tomorrow's Worklife