Rebecca Pearl
Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Rebecca Pearl conducts research on health and appearance-based stigma, body image, eating disorders and obesity.
Stigma Eating Disorders Body Image Obesity
Autumn Harris
Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Autumn Harris is interested in managing chronic kidney disease in companion animals and medical therapies to improve the lives of pets.
Acid-Base Homeostasis Androgens Chronic Kidney Disease Hypertension Proteinuria
Jeremy Jamieson
Associate Professor · University of Rochester
Jeremy Jamieson is a national expert on stress, our responses to it, and how it's not always a bad thing.
Social Anxiety Positive Stress Stress Regulation Stress Stress Responses
Michelle Lum
Chair and Professor of Biology · Loyola Marymount University
Seaver College of Science and Engineering
Microbiology Plant Biology Biology Plant Research Molecular Biology
Lynn Lewis
Professor, Biology · University of Mary Washington
Lynn Lewis is a professor of biology at the University of Mary Washington.
Biology Microbiology Virology University Teaching Academic Advising
Lin Zeng
Associate Professor · University of Florida
Lin Zeng studies carbohydrate metabolism in oral microbiomes with a focus on molecular genetics, biochemistry, and microbial ecology.
Gram-Positive Pathogens Bacterial Gene Regulation Carbohydrate Metabolism Dental Caries Oral Bacteriology
F.E. "Jack" Putz
Distinguished Professor · University of Florida
Frances "Jack" Putz applies science to real-world problems related to ecosystem management and conservation.
Plant Ecology Indonesian Consevation Issue Economic Botany Applied Ecology Florida Natural History
Chéla Willey
Assistant Professor of Psychology | Psychological Science · Loyola Marymount University
Belleramine College of Liberal Arts
perceptual and motor learning visual-vestibular integration and coordination sensation and perception multisensory perception cognitive reflection and decision-making
Jennifer Whitehill
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jennifer Whitehill’s research centers on preventing injuries from a variety of mechanisms among youth and young adults.
Injury Prevention and Substance Use Cannabis Policy Injury Prevention Substance Use Mobile Technology and Health (mHealth)
Aileen Anderson
Director of the Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center · UC Irvine
Dr. Anderson is an expert on stem cell research, with a focus on spinal cord and traumatic brain injury.
Glioblastoma Stem Cell Biology Stem Cell Research Spinal Cord Injury
I. David Weiner
M.D./Professor · University of Florida
Dr. David Weiner is an expert in resistant hypertension, primary aldosteronism and autosomal dominate polycystic disease.
Acid-based Homeostasis Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Refractory Hypertension Primary Aldosteronism Renal Tubular Acidosis
Zubair Karim, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences · Augusta University
Karim researches signaling and the SNARE secretory machinery in platelets to understand their contribution to health and disease.
Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease Thrombosis Hemostasis Platelet Exocytosis and Signaling E-cigarettes
Wade Fisher
Associate Professor of Physics · Michigan State University
Wade Fisher is an expert in the field of high energy physics, or particle physics.
Beyond Standard Model Physics Machine Learning Higgs Boson Particle Physics Physics
John Lednicky
Research Professor · University of Florida
John Lednicky focuses on microbiology and molecular biology, various bacteria, fungi and viruses, including influenza and coronaviruses.
Airborne Transmission Zoonotic Diseases West Nile Virus Infectious Disease Airborne Disease
Michael Tarr
Professor and Department Head · Carnegie Mellon University
Michael Tarr is an expert in visual perception and how the brain transforms 2D images into high-level percepts.
Cognitive Neuroscience Cognitive Science Computational Perception
Aryn Gittis
Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Aryn Gittis studies neural circuits in a multifunctional brain region that plays a role in the regulation of movement, learning, and reward.
Movement Disorders Optogenetics Neuroscience Electrophysiology Neural Circuits
Daniele Piomelli
Distinguished Professor · UC Irvine
Daniele Piomelli's research is focused on the function of lipid-derived messengers, with particular emphasis on endogenous cannabinoids.
Anatomy & Neurobiology Cellular Pharmacology CBD Marijuana Neuropharmacology
Andrew Devitt
Professor, School of Biosciences · Aston University
Professor Devitt's research over 20 years has focused on the innate immune system and its role in protection and tissue repair.
Extracellular Vesicles Intercellular Adhesion Molecules Macrophages Apoptosis Phagocytes
David Dodell-Feder
Assistant Professor of Psychology · University of Rochester
David Dodell-Feder's research looks at the processes that contribute to healthy and disordered social functioning, and their improvement.
Empathy Behavioral Methods Psychotic Spectrum Disorders Neuroimaging Relationship Psychology
Heather K. Vincent
Associate Professor · University of Florida
Heather K. Vincent studies exercise medicine and active lifestyles to prevent injury and improve sports performance in people of all ages.
Physical Function Injury Prevention Lifestyle Sports Exercise Medicine