Experts

Kelvin Lee

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Work combines chemical engineering with the life sciences: biotechnology/bioengineering.
Current research focuses on Alzheimer's disease. Lee discovered a test to diagnose Alzheimer's (previously something that could only be done post-mortem).
Other engineering accomplishments include: the discovery of a diagnostic test for human Mad Cow disease and the development of technologies to measure proteins.

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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.
Philip Gable

Psychological and Brain Sciences

Research investigates the interplay of emotion, motivation, personality and cognition, with a focus on how emotions influence our thoughts.