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James (Jim) Maynard

James (Jim) Maynard

Senior instructional Specialist, Chemistry; Director, Demonstration Lab

Expert on the preparation, research and performance of chemical demonstrations, chemistry video, and teaching chemistry.

John Ohnesorge

John Ohnesorge

Associate professor, law; vice director, East Asian Legal Studies Center; co-chair, Wisconsin China Initiative

Expert in administrative and corporate law, East Asian legal systems, and law and economic development in developing countries

Steve Stern

Steve Stern

Professor, history; vice provost for faculty and staff

Expert on Latin American history, contemporary affairs, human rights

Sarina Schrager

Sarina Schrager

Associate professor, family medicine

Expert on general women's health issues, with a focus on reproductive health and osteoporosis

Keith Meyer

Keith Meyer

Professor, medicine; medical director, lung transplantation; director, adult CF program, interstitial lung disease

Expert on lung diseases and lung transplantation

Mary Layoun

Mary Layoun

Emerita Professor, Comparative Literature

Comparative study of modern cultures, literature and politics of Greece, Cyprus, the Middle East, Japan, U.S.

William Karasov

William Karasov

Professor, forest and wildlife ecology

Expert on ecotoxicology and physiology of wild animals

James Keck

James Keck

Professor, Biomolecular Chemistry

Expert in X-ray crystallography, protein structure and mechanism, DNA replication and protein/protein interactions

Paul Voyles

Paul Voyles

Associate professor, materials science and engineering

Expert on materials at nanometer scale, and electron microscopy

Laura Jull

Laura Jull

Associate professor and extension specialist, plant and agroecosystem sciences

Expert on woody ornamentals, including trees, shrubs, evergreens and vines; nursery management, landscape installation and maintenance; tree care

David Danaher

David Danaher

Associate professor, Slavic languages & literatures

Expert in Czech and Russian languages, cognitive linguistics, and Václav Havel.

Shawn Kaeppler

Shawn Kaeppler

Professor, plant and agroecosystem sciences

Expert in maize, corn, genetics, biofuel, epigenetics, plant breeding, plant biotechnology, transgenic plants, crops for underdeveloped countries, plant roots

Charles Cohen

Charles Cohen

Professor emeritus, history and religious studies; director, Lubar Institute for the Study of the Abrahamic Religions

Expert on early American history and religious history; braided history of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Maryl Johnson

Maryl Johnson

Professor, medicine; medical director, heart failure and transplantation

Expert in congestive heart failure, ventricular assist devices, heart transplantation

Jamie Henke

Jamie Henke

Distinguished Teaching Professor, Division of Continuing Studies; affiliate, Mead Witter School of Music

Expert in music theory and pedagogy, teaching and technology

Ian Dobson

Ian Dobson

Professor, electrical and computer engineering

Expert on electrical power transmission grids and blackouts

Frederick Kelcz

Frederick Kelcz

Associate professor, radiology

Expert on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for breast, abdomen and pelvis

Dean Krahn

Dean Krahn

Professor, medicine and psychiatry

Expert on mental health and veterans, alcohol dependence and abuse treatment; systems of care delivery for mental health

Robert Hawkins

Research professor, journalism and mass communication

Expert on effects of mass communication and new media technologies, particularly in health contexts

Mo Fayyaz

Mo Fayyaz

Distinguished faculty associate, botany

Expert on greenhouse, botanical garden and selected plants for teaching

Richard Keller

Richard Keller

Professor, medical history and bioethics; Chair, Department of Medical History and Bioethics

Expert on climate change and its health consequences; historical and cultural dimensions of global health; race and health

Brian Kirkpatrick

Brian Kirkpatrick

Professor, animal sciences

Expert on genetics of livestock species

Willy Haeberli

Professor emeritus, physics

Expert in general physics, nuclear reactions, nuclear accelerators, physics of sound, physical acoustics

Lloyd Smith

Lloyd Smith

Professor, chemistry

Developer of new technologies at the interface of biology and chemistry

Norman Jensen

Norman Jensen

Professor emeritus, medicine

Expert in patient-clinician relationship and communication

Bryan Heiderscheit

Bryan Heiderscheit

Associate professor, orthopedics and rehabilitation; Director, Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab; Director, Runners' Clinic

Expert on locomotion biomechanics, sports medicine and running injuries

Michael Garren

Michael Garren

Assistant professor, surgery

Expert on the surgical treatment of severe obesity and its related diseases

Rick Chappell

Rick Chappell

Professor, biostatistics and medical informatics, statistics

Expert on clinical trials, statistics in medicine and biology

Ellen Connor

Ellen Connor

Professor, pediatric endocrinology, diabetes

Expert on pediatric obesity, adolescent polycystic ovarian syndrome, endocrine disruptors

Sanjay Limaye

Sanjay Limaye

Distinguished Scientist, Space Science and Engineering Center

Solar system exploration, atmospheres of planets, weather on planets

Tom Crenshaw

Tom Crenshaw

Professor, animal sciences

Expert in swine nutrition and management, animal nutrition, bone growth and minerals

Andrew Irving

Andrew Irving

Senior lecturer, French and Italian

French language and France, Guy de Maupassant, study abroad, high-school-to- college transition in language, French House

Daniel Resnick

Daniel Resnick

Professor, vice chair, residency program director, neurosurgery

Expert on spinal surgery, evidence-based medicine, comparative effectiveness in spinal surgery

Steven Hutchinson

Professor, Spanish and Portuguese

Expert on Cervantes, Golden Age Spanish literature, early modern Mediterranean world

Christine DeSmet

Christine DeSmet

Faculty associate, Division of Continuing Studies

Expert on the writing of screenplays and novels

Emily Hall

Director, Writing Fellows Program

Expert on teaching writing, tutoring writing, undergraduate peer tutoring and writing centers

James Davis

James Davis

Professor Emeritus, College of Engineering

Japanese political system (including defense and foreign affairs); Japanese technology; politics of Iran

Doug Soldat

Doug Soldat

Associate professor, soil science; turfgrass extension specialist, UW-Extension

Expert on turfgrass management, lawns and urban soils

Sally Chisholm

Sally Chisholm

Professor, music; artist in residence, Pro Arte Quartet

Expert in viola and string quartets

Awad Hanna

Awad Hanna

Professor and chair, civil and environmental engineering, construction engineering and management program

Expert in construction labor productivity, schedule compression and acceleration, construction safety and construction contracts