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Tricia Wachtendorf

Director / Professor, Disaster Research Center / Department of Sociology & Criminal JusticeUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Wachtendorf expertise lies in the social, organizational, and decision-making aspects of disasters.

evacuationsMulti-organizational coordination and responses in disastersTransnational crisesImprovisation and adaptationCommunity-based approaches to preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation
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Stephen Mihm

Professor | Associate Dean, Franklin College of Arts & SciencesUGA Franklin College of Arts & Sciences

Expert on the history of American business, tech, and how they shape the modern economy and society

Cultural & Intellectual HistoryFinancial Crises & RegulationCapitalism and EconomicsCultural & IntellectualU.S. 19th & 20th Century
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Rachel Davidson

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Core Faculty, Disaster Research CenterUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Davidson conducts research on natural disaster risk modeling and civil infrastructure systems.

Disaster ResearchNatural Disaster Risk ModelingCivil Infrastructure Systems​Lifelines
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John Leonard, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus (retired)VCU College of Engineering

Professor Leonard taught databases, user interfaces and video game design.

Modeling and simulation of traffic and transportation systemsTraffic flow theory and traffic engineeringIntelligent transportation systemsInstitutional ResearchStudies of higher education institutions
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Rachael Seidler

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Rachael Seidler researches the neural control of movement in health and disease, with a specific focus on motor learning.

SpaceParkinson'sCognitive AgeingNeuroscience and the BrainNeuroplasticity
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James Garrett

Provost and Chief Academic OfficerCarnegie Mellon University

James Garrett is instrumental in institutional and academic planning and implementation

Smart InfrastructureRemote SensingCivil EngineeringData MiningSignal Processing
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Kali Kniel

Professor, Microbial Food SafetyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Kniel’s laboratory explores issues of food safety and public health that involve transmission of viruses and pathogenic bacteria.

Microbial Food SafetyFoodborne parasitesProduce SafetyCyclosporaFood Systems
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Yu Li

Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures - ChineseLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

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Bennett Maruca

Associate Professor, Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Maruca's research focuses on the sun, solar wind and other space plasmas.

Sun​Solar WindSolar PhysicsHeliophysicsSpace Engineering
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Rima Taher

Senior University LecturerNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Professor Taher focuses on structural technology, stability of structures, architectural cognizance and engineering standards

HurricanesStructural EngineeringEngineering & Technical DesignStructural DesignEngineering