Roger Thurow
Senior Fellow · The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Pulitzer prize finalist with a wealth of experience writing about global food issues, hunger, poverty and international affairs
Africa Food Policy Agriculture Poverty Transmedia
Amanda M. Grannas, PhD
Vice Provost for Research; Professor, Department of Chemistry · Villanova University
Amanda Grannas, PhD in an expert in the study of snow and ice photochemistry, and the fate of organic pollutants in the Arctic.
Climate Change Environmental Chemistry Atmospheric Chemistry Analytical Chemistry Snow and Ice Chemistry
Robert Quinn
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry · Michigan State University
Robert Quinn's current research is on how the human microbiome is a consortium of microorganisms living on and in our bodies.
Bile Acid Metabolomics Microorganisms Microbiology Environmental and Evolutionary Biology
Kyle Davis
Assistant Professor, Geography and Spacial Sciences · University of Delaware
Prof. Davis' work focuses on food systems, water sustainability, and global environmental change.
Human Migration Nutrition Global Environmental Change Food Systems Sustainability
Amir AghaKouchak
Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering · UC Irvine
Amir AghaKouchak studies how climate change and variability influence extreme events (flood/drought/heatwaves) and compound hazards.
Climate Extremes Climatology Climate Change Flood Drought
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
Kali Kniel
Professor, Microbial Food Safety · University of Delaware
Prof. Kniel’s laboratory explores issues of food safety and public health that involve transmission of viruses and pathogenic bacteria.
Food Systems Pathogenic Bacteria Food Safety Public Health Microorganisms
Lissa Leege
Professor & Center for Sustainability Director · Georgia Southern University
Lissa Leege's research focuses on plant conservation ecology, plant population and community ecology and threats to biodiversity.
Biology of Plants Principles of Biology Environmental Biology Issues in Sustainability
Charles Venator-Santiago, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · University of Connecticut
Dr. Venator-Santiago is an expert in US territorial law and policy with a focus on the history of citizenship
Nation-State building in the Americas Political Theory Latino Politics Puerto Rico/US Law Territorial Legal History Public Law
Jase Bernhardt
Associate Professor of Geology, Environment, and Sustainability · Hofstra University
Dr. Bernhardt has had a lifelong passion for studying weather and climate. His current research focuses hurricane preparedness.
Rip Tide safety Hurricanes Climatology Climate Change Weather
David Weintraub
Professor of Astronomy; Director of Undergraduate Studies; Director of Program in Communication of Science & Technology · Vanderbilt University
Expert in astrophysics who also writes about extraterrestrial life, human space travel and space colonization.
Space colonization Extraterrestrial life Mars colonization Mars Space travel
Rebecca L. George
Instructor of Anthropology and Assistant Director of Forensic Anthropology Facilities · Western Carolina University
Rebecca L. George focuses on the utility of dental morphology and metrics to estimate population affinity within forensic anthropology.
Forensic Anthropology Dental Anthropology Osteology Skeletal Processing Bioarchaeology
Sheng Dai
Assistant Professor, Geosystems Engineering · Georgia Tech - COE
Sheng Dai develops innovative testing techniques to study properties and processes in soils and rocks at elevated pressure and temperatures.
Reservoir Geomechanics Geomaterials Characteriztion Energy Geotechnics Flow in Porous and Fractured Media
Shauna McGillivray
Professor & Associate Department Chair · Texas Christian University
Biology expert, focusing on genetic methods of fighting disease
Antibiotic Resistance Microbiology Intersections of Genetics and Disease Bacterial Virulence in Genes Bacterial Pathogenesis
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
Renee Miller
Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Instructional Track; Director, Undergraduate Neuroscience Program · University of Rochester
Miller examines sex differences in brains and behaviors. She is author of "Cognitive Bias in Fantasy Sports."
Fantasy Football Fantasy Sports and decision making Neuroscience Cognitive Bias Neurobiology
Dr Dannielle Green
Senior Lecturer in Ecology · Anglia Ruskin University
She researches the impact of human activities on land, rivers, seas and oceans.
Discarded Cigarette Waste Plastic Pollution Oceans Ecology Marine Biology
Michael Milczarek, M.S.
Senior Soil Scientist · Global Water Experts
Mike Milczarek has over 20 years of experience in groundwater recharge, mine reclamation and land restoration studies
Groundwater Recharge Processes Mine Waste Closure System Assessment and Design Habitat Restoration Unsaturated Flow and Contaminant Fate and Transport Surface Water/Groundwater Interactions
Paul Kramer
Associate Professor of History · Vanderbilt University
Expert in modern U. S. history, with an emphasis on transnational histories, American social thought and the politics of inequality.
Refugees Immigration U.S. History Foreign Policy
Joris Claeys
Managing Director - Chief Engagement Officer - Principal Partner · ecoNVERGE – CAPix - ViVaTicA - ecoNOVATE - ARTconnectsLIFE - ARTronomy | PORT[expertise] | eco.AHCIL
Change Cultivator | Think, act & lead WITHOUT the box! Promoting 5P's of sustainable thrivability! Coaching OD-WST-AI-TEAL – ARTconnectsLIFE
Change Facilitation Organizational Development Whole Systems Transition Change Facilitation – Appreciative Inquiry Whole Systems Transformation Organizational development TEAL reorganization Corporate & public sustainability management resilience building to thrivability intellectual- social- & natural capital