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Thomas Oliver

Thomas Oliver

Professor, population health sciences; director, master of public health program

Expert on health policy, politics and system reform

John Denu

John Denu

Professor, biomolecular chemistry; epigenetics theme leader, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

Expert in epigenetics, gene expression, metabolic regulation, cell signaling and drug discovery

Jon Pevehouse

Jon Pevehouse

Professor, political science and public affairs

Expert on American foreign policy, international relations and international trade policy

Kris Olds

Kris Olds

Professor, geography

Expert on globalization and urban change, globalization of higher education, forced evictions and the social impacts of mega events.

Susan Cook

Susan Cook

Director, School of Music; professor, musicology

Expert on American music of all kinds and eras, gender and music, Wisconsin and campus musics

Jeff Smith

Jeff Smith

Professor, communication arts

Expert on postwar American cinema, music in film and the Hollywood blacklist

Heather Daniels

Heather Daniels

Secretary of the Faculty

Expert on faculty and shared governance

Laura Albert

Laura Albert

Professor, industrial and systems engineering

Expertise in operations research, mathematical modeling, and analytics.

Abdullah Yavas

Abdullah Yavas

Chair, Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics

Expert on information and agency problems in real estate

Ronnie  Carda

Ronnie Carda

Associate faculty associate; coordinator, PE Activity Program

Expert on fitness and health aspects, fitness assessment, health promotion, marathon/distance running, aerobic training

Dale Schoeller

Dale Schoeller

Professor emeritus, nutritional sciences

Expert in human energy metabolism and body composition, including the causes and treatments of obesity

Rania Huntington

Rania Huntington

Associate professor and chair, East Asian Languages and Literature

Expert on Chinese literature, 15th-19th century and earlier

_ Mitch

_ Mitch

Associate Clinical Professor, Law

Expert on Wisconsin's rental housing laws, discrimination and unpaid worker laws, and Access to Justice issues. Full name is Mitch.

Howard Erlanger

Howard Erlanger

Professor, law

Expert on marital property and estate planning

Craig Atwood

Craig Atwood

Associate professor, medicine

Expert on hormonal mechanisms of aging, hormone replacement therapy, Alzheimer's disease, prostate cancer and early human embryogenesis

A. Baha Balantekin

A. Baha Balantekin

Professor, physics

Expert in neutrino physics, astrophysics, nuclear physics

Kurt Amann

Kurt Amann

Associate professor, molecular biology and zoology

Expert on the shape changes and mechanical properties of cells

Andrew Bent

Andrew Bent

Professor, plant pathology; science adviser to dean of International Studies

Expert in plant molecular biology and biotechnology, especially in relation to agriculture

Neal Barney

Neal Barney

Associate professor, ophthalmology and visual sciences

Expert on immunologic and allergic diseases of the eye

Lydia Zepeda

Lydia Zepeda

Professor emerita, consumer science

Expert on sustainable consumption, organic and local foods, CSA, farmers' markets, mobile markets,time use, food labels, family farm labor, immigration detention

Marc Sherry

UW Health Sports Rehabilitation manager

Expert on sports medicine and sports rehabilitation

Joseph Varga

Professor emeritus; resident set designer, theatre and drama

Expert on stage design

William Aylward

William Aylward

Professor, Classical & Ancient Near Eastern Studies

Expert on classical archaeology, ancient Greek and Roman civilization, and Troy and the Trojan War

Michael Bleicher

Michael Bleicher

Professor emeritus, mathematics

Expert in mathematics: number theory and geometry, math education, standards and in-service training

Curtis Brandt

Curtis Brandt

Professor, ophthalmology and visual sciences, medical microbiology and immunology; Director, Vision Research Core

Expert on herpes simplex virus infections, antiviral drug development, gene delivery vectors, treatment of eye diseases with gene delivery

James Weisshaar

James Weisshaar

Professor, chemistry

Expert on fluorescence microscopy of biological species, in living cells and in model systems

Dan Undersander

Dan Undersander

Professor emeritus, plant and agroecosystem sciences

Expert on forage production, grazing, and hay, haylage, and silage making

David Bernhardt

David Bernhardt

Professor, pediatrics, orthopedics and rehabilitation

Expert on sports medicine and concussion

Julien Sprott

Julien Sprott

Professor emeritus, physics

Expert in mathematical models of dynamical systems and chaos

Anja Wanner

Anja Wanner

Professor, English

Expert on the English language (grammar, standards, genres, academic writing, spelling, language change, language use on the Internet, "Grammar Badgers" website)

Steve Ventura

Steve Ventura

Professor, environmental studies and soil science; Director, Land Tenure Center

Expert in community food systems, land tenure, GIS, agricultural land management

Suzanne Selvaggi

Suzanne Selvaggi

Professor, pathology; director, Anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology

Expert on gynecologic cytopathology and thyroid fine needle aspiration cytopathology

Howard Schweber

Howard Schweber

Professor emeritus, political science and legal studies; affiliate faculty, law, Integrated Liberal Studies

Expert in constitutional law, judicial politics, free speech/religion/First Amendment, democratic theory and American politics

Peter Carstensen

Peter Carstensen

Professor, law

Expert on competition law and policy (antitrust law and economic regulation); energy regulation; agricultural market regulation; insurance and torts

William Sethares

William Sethares

Professor, electrical and computer engineering

Expert on signal processing of sound, images and video

Kristen Slack

Kristen Slack

Professor; chair of the PhD program in Social Welfare

Expert on child maltreatment prevention, child poverty, child welfare systems

Richard Shaten

Richard Shaten

Emeritus - Nelson Institute

Expert on the economic and environmental impact of energy systems

Waclaw Szybalski

Waclaw Szybalski

Professor emeritus, oncology and genetics

New methods for sequencing human genome

Lyn Turkstra

Lyn Turkstra

Professor, communicative disorders; faculty member, Neuroscience Training Program and Neurological Surgery

Expert on outcomes from traumatic brain injury and neurological disorders in adolescents and adults

Hemant Shah

Hemant Shah

Professor, journalism and mass communication

Expert on portrayals of race and ethnicity in journalism and entertainment media