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Maryellen MacDonald

Maryellen MacDonald

Professor, psychology

Expert on language comprehension, language comprehension, and the relationship between memory and language use

Karen Hansen

Karen Hansen

Associate professor, medicine

Expert in metabolic bone diseases including osteoporosis, Paget disease of bone, renal osteodystrophy and osteogenesis imperfecta.

Nadav Shelef

Nadav Shelef

Associate professor; Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Israel Studies

Teaches and studies nationalism, religion and politics, Israeli politics and society, and Middle East politics.

Mikhail Kats

Mikhail Kats

Associate Professor. Electrical and Computer Engineering; Physics; Materials Science and Engineering

Expert on optics and photonics, light sources and detectors, nanoscience and nanotechnology

Maureen Durkin

Maureen Durkin

Professor, population health sciences and pediatrics; investigator, Waisman Center

Expert on the epidemiology of autism, cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities, and the prevention of child injuries.

Steve Kimball

Steve Kimball

Assistant scientist, Wisconsin Center for Education Research

Expertise in teacher and principal evaluation, compensation innovations and strategic management human capital management in education.

Johanna Oosterwyk

Johanna Oosterwyk

Manager, D.C. Smith Greenhouse, plant and agroecosystem sciences

Expert on greenhouse management, horticulture and gardening

Amaya Atucha

Amaya Atucha

Associate professor, plant and agroecosystem sciences

Expert on fruit crop production

Daniel Weix

Daniel Weix

Wayland E. Noland Distinguished Professor, Chemistry

Expert in organic and organometallic chemistry, chemical safety, and how organic chemistry relates to the pharmaceutical industry.

Ben Cox

Ben Cox

Assistant engineer, Morgridge Institute for Research; research assistant, medical physics

Expert in two unrelated fields: 3D printing and manufacturing (Morgridge) and different ways to image metabolism (Medical Physics)

Dave Vereide

Dave Vereide

Fellow, Morgridge Institute for Research

Development, regeneration, and diseases of the blood and blood vessels.

Sarah Marty

Sarah Marty

Director, Bolz Center for Arts Administration

Arts entrepreneur, arts management educator, performing arts professional, nonprofit arts and cultural leadership, production manager for campus and community events

Peter Lewis

Peter Lewis

Hanns Kuttner Professor, Biomolecular Chemistry

Expert in cancer biology and epigenetics, focusing on chromatin regulation, transcriptional control, and molecular mechanisms that drive pediatric and adult malignancies.

Scott Nagle

Scott Nagle

Assistant professor, radiology

Expert on lung and cardiovascular imaging and the use of imaging in clinical trials.

Charles Strother

Charles Strother

Professor emeritus, radiology

Expert on diagnosis and endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular diseases. Includes device development and advanced imaging.

Michael Tuite

Michael Tuite

Professor, musculoskeletal radiology; vice chair, radiology

Expert on shoulder MRI and sports medicine Imaging

Jill Barnes

Jill Barnes

Assistant Professor, Kinesiology

Expert on aging, exercise physiology, integrative physiology, blood pressure and blood flow regulation

Shiela Reaves

Shiela Reaves

Professor and director undergraduate studies, life sciences communication

Specializes in visual media communication, how neuroscience supports interdisciplinary theories of visual imagery and impact on media messages, audiences.

Louis Hinshaw

Louis Hinshaw

Professor, radiology and urology

Expert on image-guided tumor ablation, advanced imaging and procedural techniques in the chest/abdomen/pelvis, including interventional oncology and general abdominal Imaging.

Dave Schroeder

Dave Schroeder

Director, National Security Initiatives

Subject matter expert on information technology, cybersecurity, and cyber national security issues; Army Cyber Warfare Officer and intelligence professional; former Navy Information Warfare Officer.

Dominic Parker

Dominic Parker

Anderson-Bascom Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics

Expert on economics of environmental, energy, and natural resource policy; expert on the economies of Indigenous communities; expert on natural resource governance and economic development

Lisa Cadmus-Bertram

Lisa Cadmus-Bertram

Associate professor, kinesiology

Expert on physical activity, behavioral medicine, mobile health, and the role of physical activity and obesity in cancer prevention and survivorship.

Giuliana Chamedes

Giuliana Chamedes

Assistant professor, history

Expert on the history of the Catholic Church, European history and politics (especially Italy)

David Thomas

David Thomas

Professor, animal sciences

Expert on meat sheep production and dairy sheep production

Leah Horowitz

Leah Horowitz

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies

Expert on grassroots, particularly Indigenous-led, engagements with industrial expansion.

Dennis Lloyd

Dennis Lloyd

Director, University of Wisconsin Press

Expert on academic book and journal publishing, including bookselling and bookstores, as well as print and e-books.

Martin Ganco

Martin Ganco

Professor, management & human resources

Expert on entrepreneurship, innovation and technology, business strategy and complexity theory.

Zhou Zhang

Zhou Zhang

Associate Professor, Biological Systems Engineering

Expert on machine learning, remote sensing, multi-sensor data fusion, drone data collection and analysis, digital agriculture

Derrick Herndon

Derrick Herndon

Assistant Researcher CIMSS UW-Madison

Hurricane research specializing in the study of hurricane intensity using satellite data.

Joshua Calhoun

Joshua Calhoun

Associate professor, English; Faculty Affiliate, Center for Culture, History, and Environment

Expert on Shakespeare, the history of papermaking, and the environmental history of books

Vlad Dima

Vlad Dima

Assistant Professor, French & Italian Department

Expert on West African, French, and Hollywood cinemas.

Robert Anex

Robert Anex

Professor, Biological Systems Engineering

Expert on biofuel and biorenewable chemicals, agriculture and life cycle assessment

Sarah Moore

Sarah Moore

Faculty, Geography Department

Expert on political, environmental, and social aspects and effects of solid and hazardous waste policy and trade.

Michael Wagner

Michael Wagner

Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Expert on elections, media, American politics, polarization, political communication, political behavior, public opinion, religion and politics, redistricting

Yu Ma

Assistant Professor, Operations and Information Management

Using mathematical optimization and artificial intelligence to understand operational and policy challenges in healthcare.

H Gary Cook

H Gary Cook

WIDA Senior Director of Assessment

Expert academic achievement and English learner standards, assessments and accountability

Mark Hill

Mark Hill

John P. Morgridge Prof., Gene M. Amdahl Prof. of computer science

Expert in computer architecture/hardware and impact of computer science on students & society.

Mohit Gupta

Mohit Gupta

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Expert on computer vision and computational imaging systems.

Monica Theis

Monica Theis

Senior Lecturer/The Department of Food Science

Expert on food laws, regulations and policy in the context of food service and food systems

Loris D'Antoni

Loris D'Antoni

Assistant Professor, Computer science

Expert on programming languages, program synthesis, program verification and personalized education.