Frank Felker
Founder & President · Digital Media Positioning
Highly-reviewed speaker with scores of presentations to business groups nationwide on entrepreneurship, digital marketing & direct sales.
Sales Marketing Entrepreneurship Social Media Digital Publishing
Carla Bittel
Professor of History · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
History of Medicine and Science Gender Issues History of Women's Health Nineteenth-Century U.S. History
Verena Seufert
Postdoctoral Fellow · University of British Columbia, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Scientist interested in all things food and nature. Studying how we can do agriculture better.
Sustainability organic agriculture Sustainable Agriculture Biodiversity Climate Change
Bjoern Hamberger
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry · Michigan State University
Hamberger's research focuses on the discovery of plant pathways for bioactive diterpenoids found in medicinal plant species.
Synthetic Biology Plant Specialized Metabolites Terpenes
Steven Lazarus, Ph.D.
Professor | Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences · Florida Tech
Dr. Lazarus' research interests include data assimilation, electrical phenomena such as gigantic jets, and wind/wave interactions.
Climate Change Hurricanes Wind and Waves Data Assimilation Gigantic Jets
Carlos Castano, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Professor Castano specializes in tailoring surface properties of materials for applications in energy, transportation, and manufacturing.
Surface Engineering Functional Coatings Nanomaterials Engineering Corrosion Engineering Thin film deposition and characterization
Molly Land, J.D.
Catherine Roraback Professor of Law and Human Rights; Associate Director, Human Rights Institute · University of Connecticut
Molly Land specializes in human rights and technology.
Digital Rights Intellectual Property Law Technology and the Law Human Rights International Law
Mae Kuykendall
Professor of Law · Michigan State University
Professor Kuykendall has a scholarly interest in the relationship between legal definitions of marriage and the common usage of the word.
Organizational Governance and Dissent First Amendment Corporate Finance Corporate Law & Policy Marriage
Justin Trevor Winters
Instructor of Screenwriting · Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television
The intersection of Tech and Entertainment Screenwriting Producing
Michael J. Cabral, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering
Professor Cabral specializes in engineering education and nanofabrication techniques
Engineering Education Nanofabrication Techniques Molecular Electronics
Michael Fabiano
Vice President, Revenue-Local Media · THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
An established leader in the media industry with an extensive understanding of digital, broadcast and print.
Publishing Financial Planning Business & Strategic Planning Negotiating Agreements Business Process Engineering
Robert T. Fahey, Ph.D.
George F. Cloutier Professor in Forestry · University of Connecticut
Robert Fahey is interested in understanding linkages between the composition, structure, and functioning of forest ecosystems.
Forestry Natural Resources Forest Ecology Forest Ecosystems
Giacomo Negro
Professor of Organization & Management and Professor of Sociology (by courtesy); Associate Dean for Culture and Inclusion · Emory University, Goizueta Business School
Organization Theory Economic Sociology Cultural and Creative Industries
Beth Howells
Chair, Literature · Georgia Southern University
Beth chairs the Literature Department & her research areas are 19th century British Literature, women's literature, & rhetoric and writing
19th Century British Literature Gender and Women’s Studies Writing Rhetoric Composition Studies
Robert Walker
Professor · University of Florida
Robert Walker is a human geographer with training in statistics and economics who studies land cover change processes.
Land Change The Amazon Latin American Studies Land Use Change Modeling Geospatial Analysis and Techniques
Melissa Martinez
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Martinez is an expert on human rights, criminal organizations and post-conflict societies in Latin America.
Post-Conflict Societies in Latin America Human Rights Criminal Organizations
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
Yanping Ma
Associate Professor of Mathematics · Loyola Marymount University
Seaver College of Science and Engineering
Statistics Applied Mathematics Mathematics Mathematical Modeling Simulations
Joshua Bard
Associate Professor and Associate Head · Carnegie Mellon University
Joshua Bard is an architectural educator conducting applied research at the intersection of construction culture and robotic technology.
Architectural Robotics Robotic Technology Computational Methods Sustainable Architecture Design
Mo Jiang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering · Virginia Commonwealth University
Advance crystallization and material manufacturing for health and energy applications
Multiphase slug flow Process design and control Battery materials (Bio)Pharmaceuticals Reaction Engineering