Jennifer Puetzer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | B.S. Biomedical Engineering, NC State | Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University · VCU College of Engineering

Dr. Puetzer focuses on musculoskeletal tissue engineering for meniscus, tendon, and ligament replacement and repair.

Extracellular matrix biology Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Collagen Fiber Development Biomechanics Musculoskeletal Mechanobiology

Angelia L. Seyfferth

Professor, Soil Biogeochemistry and Plant-Soil Interactions · University of Delaware

Prof. Seyfferth focuses on soil biogeochemical processes that dictate contaminant and nutrient cycling and uptake by plants.

Chemical Sciences Soil Science Soil Biogeochemical Processes Plant Science Ecosystems

Eyuphan Bulut, Ph.D.

Associate Professor · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Bulut's research interests include wireless networks and mobile computing, cyber-physical systems, and social networks

Mobile Computing: Wireless Networks Cyber-physical Systems Mobile Social Networks Wireless Charging Security: Cyber Security Network Security Privacy and Trust Mobile (3G/4G) Systems: Mobile Packet Core Cloud Mobile Data Offloading Big Data: Internet of Things (IoT) Crowd-sensing Mobile Data Mining and Supervised Learning

Kostadin Damevski, Ph.D.

Associate Professor · VCU College of Engineering

Interested in software engineering and in the use of natural language processing techniques to improve software maintenance and evolution.

Software Engineering Software Maintenance Recommendation Systems Natural Language Processing

John R. Pollard, M.D.

Director, ChristianaCare Epilepsy Center · ChristianaCare

Dr. Pollard is an expert in treatment of drug resistant epilepsy in adults.

Epilepsy Clinical Trials Drug Resistant Epilepsy Epilepsy Biomarkers

Glenn Lightsey

Professor, Aerospace Engineering · Georgia Tech - COE

Glenn Lightsey is an expert in the technology of small satellites including guidance, navigation, and control systems, and satellite swarms.

Small Satellites Global Positioning Space Systems Engineering Unmanned Spacecraft

Juliet Daniel

Professor of Biology · McMaster University

Dr. Daniel is a Cancer Biologist with expertise in breast cancer, racial disparities in cancer, and diversity issues in higher education.

Cadherin-mediated cell adhesion Cell & Molecular Biology Developmental Biology Kaiso and transcription factors Women in Science and Engineering

Gustavo Vejarano

Associate Professor · Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Multimedia Communications

Liran Ma

Professor · Texas Christian University

Dr. Ma's current research focuses on security and privacy, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and STEM education.

Internet of Things Mobile Health and Safety Wireless Networks Security Systems Cloud Computing

Idris Jeelani

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Idris Jeelanis's research focuses on construction safety, visual data analytics and cognitive sciences.

Human-Drone Interaction Construction Safety Computer Vision Eye-Tracking

William Whittaker

Founders University Research Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

A field robotics pioneer, William "Red" Whittaker's research interests centers on mobile robots in unpredictable environments.

Multisensor Data Fusion Robotics in Hazerdous Application Industrial Robotics Field & Service Robotics Outdoor Mobile Robots

Roslyn Bill

Professor of Biotechnology · Aston University

Professor Bill's research on water flow in the body has revealed how to develop drugs that prevent brain swelling after injury or disease.

Membrane Proteins Brain Swelling Water Balance Healthy Ageing Brain Injury

Matthew Johnson-Roberson

Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Matthew Johnson-Roberson's research goal is to develop robotic systems capable of operating in complex dynamic environments.

Folding Space Structures Robotic Vision 3D Reconstruction Artifical Intelligence Robotics/Autonomous Vehicles

Brenton R. Graveley, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair, Genetics and Genome Sciences · University of Connecticut

Professor Graveley is an expert in genetics and genomic sciences, with particular focus on RNA biology.

Micro RNAs Genetics and Genomics Genome Sciences RNA Biology

Juan Perilla

Assistant Professor · University of Delaware

Juan Perilla develops physical and chemical based methodologies for the understanding of biological process related to life and disease

Computational Physics Computational Chemistry Data Science Machine Learning Molecular Virology

Prabhat Mishra

Professor · University of Florida

Prabhat Mishra's research focuses on design and verification of energy-efficient and trustworthy electronic systems.

Computer Architecture Hardware Verification Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Quantum Computing

Hadis Morkoç, Ph.D.

Virginia Microelectronics Consortium Chair, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Morkoç researches nitride semiconductor heterostructures and devices

Group III-V Semiconductors Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) Nitride Semiconductor Heterostructures

Dr. Sima Salahshor

Adjunct Professor · University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine

Health Innovation Advisory and Program Design & Management

Oncology and Cancer Research Psychedelic Medicine Medical Genetics Business Development & Partnerships Program Implementation

Barbara Shinn-Cunningham

Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Barbara Shinn-Cunningham's research explores such issues as how do we make sense of speech and other sounds.

Non-Invasive Brain Monitoring Mathematical & Statistical Methods Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Characterization of Neural Circuits

Barry Elkind

Manager, Technology & Venture Development (Head, Molecular Diagnostics) · MaRS Innovation

Commercializing life science technologies in the areas of molecular diagnostics, medical devices and therapeutics

Molecular Cell Biology Molecular Diagnostics Life Sciences Commercialization Project and Program Management