UW–Madison Experts Database

Patrick McBride

Professor, medicine/preventive cardiology

Expert on heart disease prevention, cholesterol, exercise, obesity, and risks for heart disease

Jean-Michel Ané

Professor, Bacteriology and plant and agroecosystem sciences

Expert on plant-microbe symbioses, nitrogen-fixation, mycorrhizae and legume genetics

Miguel Leal

Assistant professor, School of Medicine and Public Health

Expert on medical and invasive management of patients with cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac implantable electronic devices

Caitlin Pepperell

Associate professor, medicine (infectious diseases), medical microbiology, immunology

Expert on tuberculosis, ecology and evolution of infectious diseases

Jenell Johnson

Assistant professor, communication arts; faculty affiliate, Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies

Expert on the rhetoric of science, medicine, disability, and the "neuroscientific turn."

Angela Byars-Winston

Professor, Dept of Medicine

Cultural influences on academic and career development, especially for racial and ethnic minorities and women in science, engineering, and medicine.

Edward Hubbard

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology

Expert on human brain functions, brain development, perception and cognition, and brain imaging

Joshua Lang

Assistant professor, medicine; hematology/oncology

Physician specializing in genitourinary malignancies, including prostate, renal, testicular and bladder cancers. Laboratory researcher in biomarkers and cancer drug development.

Barbara King

Associate Professor/School of Nursing

Expert on Hospital Acquired Disability, including losing ability to walk; hospital fall prevention programs; and nurses' role in maintaining mobility

Haley Vlach

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology

Expert on children's learning and development; memory development, language development, generalization of knowledge, and concept learning and development.

Jonathan Levine

Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary neurologist with expertise in spinal cord injury, nervous system tumors, and clinical trials

Yang Bai

Professor, physics

Theoretical particle physics including dark matter, cosmic rays, black hole, gravitational wave and early universe physics.

Jenny Higgins

Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Director, Collaborative for Reproductive Equity

Expert on reproductive and sexual health

Judd Kinzley

Assistant professor, history

Expert on modern Chinese history, with a particular focus on economics, politics, and the environment

Jeremy Morris

Assistant professor, media and cultural studies, communication arts

Expert on the current state of the music industry, digital music technologies, music and the Internet

Randall Kimple

Assistant professor, human oncology

Expert on combining chemotherapy with radiation and on therapeutic optimization for viral associated cancers.

Travis Wright

Associate professor, Department of Counseling Psychology; Faculty director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service

Expert on schooling in highly-stressed communities; teaching students who have experienced trauma; student-teacher relationships; early childhood education

Song Jin

Associate professor, chemistry, materials science program

Expert on nanotechnology, nanomaterials, renewable energy technologies, solar (photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical) energy conversion, thermoelectric energy conversion, batteries, spintronics, nanobiotechnology

Shuxing Fan

Assistant professor, scene Design, Theatre and Drama

25 years experience in theatrical scenic design, TV sets, themed events and entertainment set design, and fine art painting

Xinyu Zhao

Professor, neuroscience

Regulation of stem cells and development in brain health and diseases, including autism and fragile X syndrome.

Young Mie Kim

Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Political Science

Expert on foreign interference on digital media, election integrity, political campaigns/political advertising on digital media, microtargeting, data-driven politics

Cassandra Vanderwall

Teaching faculty, School of Medicine and Public Health

Food and nutrition expert passionate about empowering individuals and communities in their pursuit of overall wellness

Matthew Berland

Assistant professor, digital media, curriculum & instruction

Expert on how people learn with and about computer science and engineering.

Stephanie Robert

Professor, social work; co-director, RWJ Health & Society Scholars Program

Expert on social and economic factors that impact health across the life course

Pilar Ossorio

Associate professor, law

Expert on science and technology law, particularly pertaining to biomedical research, and bioethics.

Michael Cardiff

Associate Professor, Geoscience and Geological Engineering (CEE)

Expert in monitoring and modeling of environmental issues related to ground water, water supply, and water quality

L. Lee Eckhardt

Assistant professor, cardiology

Expert on inherited arrhythmias, sudden death and clinical electrophysiology

Gregg Sanford

Assistant Professor, Soil Carbon & Cropping System Ecology; Director, Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial

Expert on Cropping System Ecology, Soil Organic Carbon and related Soil Health metrics, Ecological Intensification, Organic Farming, Rotational Grazing