Experts

Jonathan Cohen

UD Media Relations staffers are happy to assist journalists with interview requests for this expert.

Researches how marine animals perceive signals in the world around them, such as light and chemical cues, and how they use that information to guide ecologically relevant behaviors, including finding food and mates.
Investigated the ecological effect of the (BP) Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Well versed in marine animal behavior, biology and the oceans' mesopelagic zone (650 to 3,300 feet below the ocean surface).
Takes a comprehensive approach, but works extensively on zooplankton, plankton that plays an essential role in marine food chains.

Mystery of Arctic krill solved

Cosmos

Arctic krill can distinguish night from day, even in polar winter

Earth.com

Microplastics in the Delaware Bay rival global hotspots, says UD researcher

Delaware Public Media

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A.R. Siders

Disaster Research Center

Research focuses on climate change adaptation policies with an emphasis on managed retreat (relocation of people and assets away from risk) and environmental justice.
Sal Mistry

Management

Studies teams and leadership within organizations in order to understand the factors that unite individuals, teams and leaders in organizations or break them apart.
Jennifer Horney

Epidemiology

Research focuses on the impacts of natural disasters on public health, as well as linkages between disaster planning and the actions communities and individuals take to prepare, respond and recover.
David Redlawsk

Political Science

Political psychologist and expert on voter behavior and emotion, focusing on how voters process information to make their decisions.
Allison Karpyn

Education and Social Policy

Research interests include obesity, food policy, community nutrition, as well as the value and limitations of supermarkets and corner stores.
Tiffany Barber

Africana Studies

Examines representations of Blackness and womanhood in pop culture, the art world and the media.