Lindsay Levine
Associate Professor · Georgia Southern University
Lindsay Levine is an expert in consumer judgment and decision-making.
Social Cognition Marketing and Sales Consumer Behavior
Mika McKinnon
Geophysicist · Independent
Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, public speaker, irrepressible educator.
Disaster Risk Reduction Geophysics Science and Policy Science Fiction Science Fiction Film and Tv
Christa Court
Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Christa Court is director of the UF/IFAS Economic Impact Analysis Program, which focuses on disaster impacts to the state of Florida.
Hurricane Effects on Florida Agriculture Economic Modeling Supply Chain Aquaculture Forestry
Peter Mahler
Vice President – Religious Markets Underwriting · Church Mutual
Peter Mahler can speak to how organizations can best manage top risks, the evolution of houses of worship and catastrophe insurance.
Catastrophic Insurance Underwriting Risk Management Risks Houses of Worship Face Business Insurance Trends Underwriting Insurance
Mark Abkowitz
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Vanderbilt University
Expert in enterprise risk management, hazardous materials transportation, and impacts of extreme weather on infrastructure adaptation.
Extreme Weather and Infrastructure Enterprise Risk Management Spatial Analysis Infrastructure Resilience Risk Assessment
Dr Breno Nunes
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Operations Management · Aston University
Dr Nunes investigates sustainability strategies, environmental decision making processes, and green technology management.
Sustainable Development Policies Green Technology Management Green Operations Sustainability Strategies Sustainable Production Systems and Supply Chains
Ted Kury
Director · University of Florida
Ted Kury's current research interests include economics, energy, energy policy, energy risk management, energy and the environment.
Energy Pricing Regulatory Policy Electrical Grid Grid Security Energy Policy
Morris Ratner
Academic Dean and Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: ratnerm@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8853 / Office 354-200
Higher Education Administration Civil Procedure Legal Ethics Law Practice Management Complex Litigation
John Higgs
President · Frontline Research
I'll show you how to develop a straightforward mindset to be aware of your surroundings, make simple plans, and know when to execute them.
Personal Security
J. Adam Langley, PhD
Professor of Biology | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Adam Langley, PhD, focuses his research on how ecosystems respond to, and may determine the severity of, environmental change.
Wetlands Climate Change Global Change Ecology Carbon Cycling Coastal Wetland Sustainability
Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD
Professor; Co-Director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing · Villanova University
Dr. McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN is an expert in environmental health, global health, and public health nursing
Lead Exposure Climate Change Fracking and Health Immigrant Health Public Health
Ken Foote, Ph.D.
Professor of Geography · University of Connecticut
Ken Foote has studied sites associated with individual murders, as well as those associated mass murder and many other events.
Genocide Individual Murders Memorials Violence and Tragedy Natural Disasters
Afsar Ali
Research Associate Professor · University of Florida
Afsar Ali researches disease spillover from environment to humans and how to mitigate cholera and diarrheal diseases.
Diarrheal Disease Cholera Algal Blooms Flesh Eating Bacteria Environmental Disasters
Charles Figley
Dr. Paul Henry Kurzweg Distinguished Chair and Professor of Disaster Mental Health and Professor of Social Work · Tulane University
Charles Figley is an internationally-known trauma expert, social work professor and head of the Tulane Trauma Institute.
Crisis Counseling Compassion fatigue Disasters and Mental Health Trauma Disasters
Mohamed Gad-el-Hak, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Fluid mechanics expert, with a penchant for nanotechnology and microelectromechanical systems
Fluids in motion Turbulence and flow control Viscous pumps and microturbines Micro- and nanotechnology Large-scale disasters
Nancy Pineda-Madrid
Professor and T. Marie Chilton Chair of Catholic Theology · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Systematic Theology North American Pragmatism and Religious Thought Feminist Theologies (U.S. and Third World) Soteriology U.S. Latino/a Theologies
E. Alison Holman
Professor of Nursing · UC Irvine
E. Alison Holman studies the early post-event predictors of co-morbid trauma-related mental and physical health problems.
Physical health Acute Stress Acute Stress & Cardiovascular Disease Psychological Trauma Media Exposure
Steven Davis
Professor Earth System Science · UC Irvine
Steven Davis is interested in studies of coupled human and natural systems and sustainable systems analysis.
Agriculture Economy Climate Energy Trade
Rachel Davidson
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Core Faculty, Disaster Research Center · University of Delaware
Prof. Davidson conducts research on natural disaster risk modeling and civil infrastructure systems.
Disaster Research Natural Disaster Risk Modeling Civil Infrastructure Systems Lifelines
Gisli Olafsson
Emergency Response Director · NetHope
Leading expert in the use of technology in disaster response. Expert and author in the area of crisis leadership.
Technology Use in Disasters Digital Volunteers Crisis Leadership