UW–Madison Experts Database

Elio Koenig-Tarasevich

Assistant professor, physics

Theoretical physicist studying collective quantum phenomena. These include various phases of electrons in quantum materials and the behavior of artificial quantum devices.

Anna Gade

Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Expert on Islam, religion and society, Southeast Asia, environmental ethics, and global environmental studies from cultural perspectives

Dai Yamanouchi

Professor, Department of Surgery; Division of Vascular Surgery

Expert on pathogenesis and therapy for vascular disease, including aortic aneurysm, peripheral arterial disease, venous thrombosis and varicose vein

Margaret (Gretchen) Schwarze

Professor, Department of Surgery; Division of Vascular Surgery

Expert in surgery, vascular surgery, medical ethics

Susan Thibeault

Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Otolaryngology, Voice Research Training Program Director

Voice disorders, research in tissue engineering of vocal fold/laryngeal immunology, developed unique primary and immortalized human cell lines and vibrational bioreactors

Thomas Pasic

Chief and Associate Professor, Division of Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology

Expert on sinusitis and sinus surgery

Archaeologist specializing in everyday life in early cities; migration; rural-urban interaction; community formation and persistence. Director of the Chicoloapan Viejo Archaeology Project in central Mexico.

Charles Heise

Professor, Department of Surgery; Division of Colorectal Surgery

Expert on topics relating to colon and rectal surgery.

Jack Jiang

Professor, surgery

Expert in objective laryngeal function assessments; vocal fold physiology; medical instrument and software development; international collaboration in medicine

Masatoshi Suzuki

Associate professor, comparative biosciences

Expert on stem cell applications for developmental modeling and cell therapy against brain disorders

Daniel Jackson

Associate professor, pediatrics, section on allergy and immunology

Expert on pediatric asthma, food allergy, and allergy-virus interactions

Ben Marcus

Chief and Professor, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology

Expert in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery

Philip O'Leary

Professor, Engineering Professional Development

Expert on landfills and solid waste disposal, engineering continuing education

Thomas Smith

Faculty associate, Engineering Professional Development

Expert on applications of telecommunications, distance education

Emily Stanley

Professor, zoology & Center for Limnology

Freshwater ecology, particularly streams, rivers, water chemistry, aquatic restoration

Jerry O'Brien

Executive director emeritus, The Kohl’s Center for Retailing Excellence

Expert on retail industry trends and impact on consumers during the holiday season and beyond

Martin Zanni

Meloche-Bascom Professor of Chemistry

Specializes in developing and employing novel spectroscopies to study topics in biophysics and the energy sciences.

Barbara Ingham

Professor, food science; food safety Extension Specialist

Expert on methods to safely preserve food at home. Trainer in home canning. Researcher into new methods of canning.

Michael Abernethy

Clinical professor, emergency medicine; Chief flight physician UW Med Flight

Among the most experienced flight physicians in N America/Europe/Asia; expert on prehospital emergency medicine/ helicopter emergency medical services.

Monica Turner

Professor, zoology and ecology

Expert on terrestrial ecosystem ecology, landscape ecology, forest fires and other natural disturbances, and land-use change

John Westbury

Professor, communicative disorders

Expert on speech fluency, speech disorders, and how talkers move to speak

Joan Kwiatkowski

Professor, communicative disorders

Expert on treatment of speech delays, treatment of stuttering and other speech fluency disorders

Donna Friedsam

Distinguished Researcher; Health Policy Programs Director, Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)

Expert on health care financing, coverage, access, and cost; state Medicaid and CHIP programs

Xiaojin Zhu

Assistant professor, computer sciences, electrical and computer engineering, psychology

Expert on machine learning, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, automatic speech recognition

Christine Schwartz

Assistant professor, sociology

Expert on changes in partner choice in the United States, particularly with respect to educational attainment.

Nils Ringe

Professor, political science

Expert on the European Union and Western Europe

Sage Goellner

Associate Professor, Department of Liberal Arts and Applied Studies

French literature; adult language learning

James Brown

Assistant professor of English

Research covers rhetoric and digital culture, Wikipedia, networked software, blogging and wikis

Heather Willis Allen

Assistant professor, French and second language acquisition

Expert in second language learning and teaching

Dale Bjorling

Associate dean for research and graduate training, School of Veterinary Medicine

Expert on veterinary general surgery and bladder inflammation (cystitis)

Aaron Hoskins

Assistant professor, biochemistry

Expert on RNA and single molecule biochemistry.

Brad Schwartz

Professor, medicine; director, research education and career development, Inst. for Clinical and Translational Research

Expert on blood coagulation, bleeding disorders and blood clots

Ryan Westergaard

Associate professor, Medicine & Population Health Sciences

Expert on intersection of substance abuse and infectious disease

Garret Suen

Assistant professor, bacteriology

Expert in genomics, next-generation sequencing, bioinformatics, functional genomics, metagenomics, microbiology, rumen microbiology, systems biology, biofuels, microbial ecology, evolutionary ecology

Daniel Lisowski

Assistant professor, theatre and drama

Expert on entertainment automation technology, theatrical construction, and structural design for the stage

Chris Hittinger

Assistant professor, genetics

Expert on the evolution of yeast carbon metabolism, evolutionary genomics/genetics, molecular evolution, phylogenetics, population genetics, evolutionary systems biology