جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Nicholas G. Evansمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Bioethics
• Military Ethics
• Public Health Ethics
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Nicholas G. Evans is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, affiliated with the College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. His work bridges bioethics, military ethics, and public health ethics, with a focus on the ethical implications of emerging technologies in national security and healthcare. Education: M.S. in Medical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania (2019) Ph.D. in Philosophy, Australian National University (2013) B.S. in Physics (Honours) with minor in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney (2006) Research Interests: Evans specializes in the ethics of dual-use research, autonomous vehicles, and military enhancement technologies. His public health ethics work includes pandemic response policies, social distancing ethics, and equitable vaccine allocation. He has also examined biosecurity frameworks, open-source biology, and neuroethics in security contexts. Article Trends (2022–2025): Recent publications address AI ethics in transportation, long-COVID and disability, and military enhancement dilemmas. Themes include reconciling scientific autonomy with regulation, equity in public health, and ethical algorithms for autonomous systems. Collaborative work spans global biosecurity, pandemic preparedness, and machine learning applications in infectious disease. Scientific Awards: Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholar (2020–2023) Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative Fellow (2015) Visiting Fellow, Center for the Study of Existential Risk, Cambridge (2019) Grants and Projects: Current grants include a $1.1M DoD award on neurotechnology ethics for warfighters and NSF funding for autonomous vehicle ethics. Past projects involved biosecurity policy analysis, dual-use research frameworks, and pandemic response strategies.

Okan Palaمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Disaster Management
• Geospatial Information Systems
• Remote Sensing
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Okan Pala is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Geospatial Studies, North Carolina State University, specializing in emergency response and recovery for critical infrastructures, climate change adaptation, and disaster preparedness for southeastern US national parks through collaboration with the U.S. National Park Service. He also serves as a communications specialist enhancing stakeholder dialogue for NPS regional units. His educational credentials include a Ph.D. in Software and Information Systems from UNC Charlotte, an M.S. in Forestry with GIS and remote sensing concentration from NC State University, and a B.S. in Engineering from Middle East Technical University in Turkey. Dr. Pala's research integrates geospatial science with disaster management, focusing on critical infrastructure protection, remote sensing applications, and climate adaptation strategies. His work employs spatial analysis and geovisualization techniques for stormwater modeling, infrastructure outage simulation, and participatory decision-making frameworks within the Food-Energy-Water nexus. His publication trajectory reveals consistent innovation in open-source geospatial tools for infrastructure resilience, emphasizing fuzzy cognitive mapping, service area accuracy assessment, and stakeholder-engaged geovisualization interfaces that bridge technical analysis with practical emergency response protocols. Significant grant funding includes: NCDOT Community Studies Geospatial Sandbox (2019-2023, $389,408): Providing secure data environments, QC/QA services, and geospatial training for transportation planning Location Aware Public Outreach Initiative (2019-2022, $229,360): Developing spatial analysis tools and the Spatial Public Engagement Portal for targeted stakeholder communication in transportation projects He maintains active collaboration with the U.S. National Park Service (Southeast Region) on climate adaptation and leverages partnerships with the North Carolina Department of Transportation for geospatial applications in community engagement and infrastructure planning.

Katherine Grilloمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Material culture of cattle-based pastoralism
• Ethnoarchaeology
• Ceramic technologies
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Katherine Grillo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Florida, holding the Colonel Allen R. and Margaret G. Crow Term Professorship (2024-2027). She serves as General Editor for the Journal of African Archaeology and is affiliated with the Center for African Studies. Ph.D. (2012), Washington University in St. Louis M.A. (2006), Washington University in St. Louis B.A. (2002), University of Virginia Her research focuses on the materiality of cattle-based pastoralism in eastern Africa, examining ceramic technologies and mobile pastoralist repertoires through time. Current projects include co-directing NSF-funded studies at Turkana Basin 'pillar sites' and Luxmanda, Tanzania, the largest Pastoral Neolithic settlement site. Her interdisciplinary work on pastoralist foodways revealed evidence for the earliest dairy processing in eastern Africa and its implications for lactase persistence origins. Recent publications demonstrate expertise in climate change resilience, material culture analysis, and geophysical survey techniques. Grillo also leads the African Archaeology Lab at UF, engaging in public archaeology initiatives like Wikipedia outreach. Awards include the Crow Term Professorship recognizing her innovative contributions to African archaeology and anthropology. Colonel Allen R. and Margaret G. Crow Term Professor (2024-2027)

• Energy System Modelling
• Energy System Optimization
• Decarbonization
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Beneharo Reveron Baecker serves as a Researcher at the Chair of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems within the Technical University of Munich (TUM), focusing on energy system modeling for decarbonization and grid integration challenges. His academic background includes: B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from TUM M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Energy Systems specialization) from TUM Reveron Baecker's research centers on energy system modelling and optimization for decarbonization, with emphasis on sector coupling and distribution network flexibility . He develops methodologies for typifying small-scale system structures in large-scale models and quantifies demand-side flexibility potentials, directly addressing Germany's energy transition challenges through rigorous computational approaches. His publication record (2022-2025) reveals consistent focus on low-voltage grid modeling, transmission-distribution co-optimization, and open-source energy system frameworks. Key contributions include synthetic grid data generation tools and sector-coupled model architectures that enable carbon-neutral system planning, demonstrating strong alignment with European energy policy objectives. As an active member of TUM's ENS Team, he contributes to the SEDOS project analyzing sector integration in Germany's energy transition. His work integrates with broader initiatives like the SES Lab and international collaborations in energy system modeling, operating within TUM's Garching campus infrastructure.

• Clay Mineralogy
• Paleoclimatology
• Sedimentology
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Mary Anne Holmes is a faculty member in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her primary research focuses on clay minerals as indicators of paleoclimates, provenance, and diagenetic processes, utilizing deep-sea paleosol samples from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) legs across the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and North Atlantic. She also actively investigates gender equity in geoscience academia, serving on the Women's and Gender Studies Program Board and leading outreach initiatives for K-12 girls through Girl Scouts collaborations. Her research spans: Clay mineralogy as a tool for reconstructing pre-submergence paleoclimates Provenance analysis of eroded sedimentary clays Hydrothermal weathering of oceanic basalts Milankovitch cycle impacts on Paleocene sedimentation Gender barriers in geoscience academia Notable scientific award: JOI/USSAC Distinguished Lecturer (1995-96) Mentorship and outreach include teaching graduate-level Clay Mineralogy, senior Sedimentary Core Description courses, and organizing field-based geology programs for young girls. Her publications highlight interdisciplinary work bridging geological processes and feminist scholarship.

René Justمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Software Engineering
• Software Security
• Data Science
• +۵ مورد دیگر

René Just serves as an Associate Professor at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, specializing in the Software & Hardware Systems focus area within the Programming Languages & Software Engineering Group (PLSE). His research integrates software engineering, software security, and data science to advance static and dynamic program analysis techniques, developer productivity tools, and applied statistical/machine learning methods for improving software reliability and security. This work addresses critical challenges in defect detection, mutation testing, and empirical software engineering through innovative infrastructure development. Dr. Just's scientific contributions have received significant recognition: NSF CAREER Award Most Influential Paper Award (10-year test-of-time) Most Influential Paper Award (10-year test-of-time) His research has additionally earned multiple distinguished paper awards and honorable mentions at premier computer science conferences. As an active mentor, Dr. Just recruits undergraduate and graduate students interested in software engineering and security research. He has developed widely adopted open-source infrastructures including Defects4J (a reproducible defect benchmarking framework) and the Major mutation framework, which serve as foundational tools for researchers and educators globally. These projects demonstrate his commitment to creating practical research and educational resources. Within the Programming Languages & Software Engineering Group (PLSE), Dr. Just collaborates on interdisciplinary initiatives that bridge programming languages, software engineering, and security research to solve complex real-world problems.

Toma Susiمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Atomic Precision Materials Engineering
• Electron Microscopy
• Defect Engineering
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Toma Susi is an Associate Professor at the University of Vienna's Faculty of Physics, leading the Physics of Nanostructured Materials group. With a doctorate from Aalto University (2011) and a FWF Lise Meitner fellowship (2013-2015), they now focus on atomic-scale materials engineering through electron microscopy and computational modeling. PhD in Materials Science (2011, Aalto University) FWF Lise Meitner Fellow (2013-2015, University of Vienna) ERC Starting Grant recipient (2017) for atomic precision materials engineering Research spans: electron beam manipulation of 2D materials, defect engineering for novel properties, and multislice simulations in microscopy. Collaborative projects include ATMEN (Atomic Precision Materials Engineering) and open science initiatives. Key article trends: Electron microscopy for atomic-scale characterization 2D materials (graphene, MoS2, hBN) under irradiation Computational methods for STEM/TEM simulations Open science tools (abTEM, GPAW) Scientific awards: ERC Starting Grant (2017) FWF Lise Meitner Fellowship Current projects: Time-dependent neutralization of highly charged ions Positronium interferometry ATMEN (Atomic Precision Materials Engineering)

Jim Whiteheadمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Artificial Intelligence
• Software Engineering
• Computer Games
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Jim Whitehead is a Professor of Computational Media in the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research bridges artificial intelligence, software engineering, and computer games, with notable contributions to procedural content generation, software bug prediction, and serious games. He serves as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, focusing on student success initiatives including equity gap reduction, retention strategies, and experiential learning programs like first-year engineering design and senior capstone sequences. Academic Leadership: Former Chair of Computer Science (2000-2014) and Computational Media (2017-2019) Community Building: Founder of Society for the Advancement of Science of Digital Games (SASDG), procedural content generation communities, and games/software engineering collaborations Research interests span AI for games , software evolution , and human-AI collaboration in creative domains. Articles highlight trends in procedural generation (2020), music sentiment modeling (2019), and code change analysis (2008-2015). Administrative expertise includes UC faculty search committees, personnel case management, and curriculum development. He pioneered UCSC's computer games major (ranked top in the US) and masters program in games/playable media. GitHub activity shows active involvement in open-source projects like smt_dungeon (SMT solver-based dungeon generator) and MovementLab (interactive media tools). His website template is based on the al-folio Jekyll theme.

Long Seng Toمشاهده پروفایل

استاد مهمان

• Sustainable Energy Engineering
• Climate and Energy Policy
• International Development
• +۱ مورد دیگر

Dr Long Seng To is a Visiting Professor in Sustainable Development at Loughborough University, UK, affiliated with the Department of Geography & Environment and the School of Social Sciences & Humanities. She previously served as Joint Director of the Centre for Sustainable Transitions: Energy, Environment & Resilience (STEER) and Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Development. Her research focuses on energy access, community resilience, and climate policy in developing regions, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Education: PhD in Photovoltaic Engineering/Humanities & Languages (University of New South Wales, Australia), BEng/BA in Photovoltaic Engineering/History & Philosophy of Science. Affiliations: Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow, UN Expert Group on Resource Management. Grants: Including £588,000 Engineering for Development Fellowship, £78,000 PhD studentship on sustainable housing. Her work emphasizes community-driven solutions to energy challenges, integrating renewable energy systems with resilience against climate change, disasters, and geopolitical conflicts. She leads projects like the CESET initiative in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mozambique, and chairs UN standards for solar energy classification. Key Contributions: Developed frameworks for energy resilience in Nepal and Malawi. Coordinated global workshops on Pacific energy resilience post-COVID-19. Authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles and policy reports. Awards: Vice-Chancellor’s Annual Award (2022), Early Career Researcher Excellence Award (2022), and multiple scholarships recognizing her research impact. Dr To supervises PhD students in energy resilience and teaches courses on sustainable development, energy policy, and climate governance.

Alan J. Michaelsمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• National Security & Restricted Research
• RF Spectrum Dominance
• Spread Spectrum Satellite Communications
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Alan J. Michaels is a Professor and Director of the NSI Spectrum Dominance Division at Virginia Tech, leading research in digital communications, electronic warfare, and quantum algorithms. He holds affiliations with the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Mathematics. Previously, he served at Harris Corporation in engineering leadership roles. Education includes multiple degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S., M.S., Ph.D. in ECE; B.S., M.S. in Applied Mathematics; M.S. in Operations Research) and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. Research focuses on RF spectrum dominance, applied mathematics, and cybersecurity. Notable contributions include 44 U.S. patents, over 80 peer-reviewed publications, and leadership in $171M+ research projects. He pioneered initiatives like the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) model for undergrad research and the Southwest VA node of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI). Awarded Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for his inventive impact. His work bridges academia and industry, emphasizing practical applications in restricted research domains.

Fruzsina Agocsمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Scientific Computing
• Numerical Analysis
• Computational Physics
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Fruzsina Agocs is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research focuses on scientific computing, numerical analysis, and computational physics, particularly developing high-order numerical methods for ODEs/PDEs and early-universe physics. Previously, she was a research fellow at the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Mathematics and earned her PhD in cosmology from the University of Cambridge under advisors Anthony Lasenby, Mike Hobson, and Will Handley. She holds an MSci + BA in Physics. Research Highlights: Developed adaptive spectral solvers for oscillatory ODEs (e.g., riccati and oscode libraries). Advanced methods for scattering from periodic boundaries using integral equations. Investigated quantum initial conditions in curved spacetimes for inflationary cosmology. Explored computationally intensive models of closed universes and kinetic dominance in cosmology. Education: PhD in Cosmology, University of Cambridge (2021). MSci + BA in Physics, University of Cambridge. Software Contributions: Lead developer of riccati (adaptive oscillatory ODE solver). Core contributor to GAMBIT , a particle physics/cosmology collaboration tool. Outreach: Volunteer with NYC Audubon's Project Safe Flight to reduce bird-window collisions. Public science talks and articles on topics like meteor showers (in Hungarian).

Paul Craigمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Molecular Visualization
• Computational Biochemistry
• Proteins
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. Paul Craig is a Professor in the School of Chemistry and Materials Science at RIT's College of Science. He holds a B.S. from Oral Roberts University and a Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry from the University of Michigan. His research focuses on molecular visualization, computational biochemistry, and STEM education, with notable contributions to the BASIL CURE initiative and Python scripting workshops for biochemistry education. He has led the development of simulation tools like Electro2D-Tandem MS and JBioFramework, and co-founded the Human Visualization Project, a multidisciplinary effort to create 3D anatomical models. Education: B.S. in Chemistry (1979, Oral Roberts University); Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry (1985, University of Michigan); Postdoctoral studies at Henry Ford Hospital (1985-1988). Research interests emphasize integrating computational methods and wet-lab techniques to advance biochemistry education. He actively promotes inclusive environments for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students in scientific research. Recent work includes NSF-funded projects to expand the BASIL CURE program and develop Python-based educational resources. Grants: $588,000 NSF grant (2023) for expanding BASIL CURE nationally. Lab teams include collaborators across RIT's colleges in science, engineering, and art/design. Labs/Teams: BASIL CURE Consortium, Human Visualization Project, JBioFramework Development Group, and Python Scripting for Biochemistry Initiative.

• Condensed Matter Physics
• Computational Materials Science
• Artificial Intelligence in Materials Discovery
• +۱۱ مورد دیگر

Aldo H. Romero is the Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy at West Virginia University, where he serves as Director of Research Computing . His research integrates computational materials science, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing to advance understanding of condensed matter systems, including strongly correlated materials, 2D materials, and magnetic compounds. Education : Ph.D. in Physics and Chemistry from University of California, San Diego (1998) Awards : Eberly Family Distinguished Professorship Romero’s group specializes in Density Functional Theory (DFT) , Dynamical Mean Field Theory (DMFT) , and machine learning for materials discovery. They develop open-source tools like PyProcar , MechElastic , and ABINIT , focusing on properties such as electronic structure, elastic behavior, and magnetic interactions. Recent work explores chiral materials , AI-driven optimization , and high-throughput computational methods for material design. Key trends in publications include studies on chiral symmetry in kagome lattices, machine learning for material properties, symmetry-based structure prediction, and DFT+DMFT analysis of correlated systems. Collaborations span Germany, France, China, Spain, and Italy, with applications in energy storage, quantum technologies, and spintronics. Scientific contributions encompass: Development of Fireball and ABINIT codes Machine learning for Hubbard U parameter optimization Chiral material discovery via symmetry arguments Pioneering work on 2D Rashba systems Labs and teams include: AI WVU Discussion Group (founded by Romero) West Virginia University Computational Materials Group Collaborative efforts with international institutions Grants and proposals highlight initiatives like the NSF & NVIDIA Open Multimodal AI Infrastructure (OMAI) program and Spencer Foundation support for AI in education. The group works with over 20 graduate students and 4 postdoctoral researchers, emphasizing interdisciplinary training and global collaboration.

• Natural Language Processing
• Information Extraction
• Social Media Analysis
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr. Mark Greenwood is a Research Associate at the School of Computer Science, University of Sheffield. His work focuses on Natural Language Processing (NLP), Information Extraction, and Semantic Technologies. He has contributed to projects like the GATE framework, developing tools for text processing and social media analysis. His research addresses real-time semantic annotation, online abuse detection in political discourse, and healthcare data mining. Notable collaborations include work with the National Archives and medical institutions to improve text analysis in clinical records. Greenwood has authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications, with recent focuses on social media analytics and genomic data integration. His expertise spans dependency parsing, temporal expression extraction, and cross-media knowledge systems. Education details are not explicitly stated, but his academic trajectory includes significant contributions to computational linguistics and NLP since the early 2000s. Research interests are anchored in practical NLP applications such as question-answering systems, genic interaction extraction, and media influence quantification. He has led teams on EU-funded projects and advised on large-scale semantic search initiatives like Khresmoi. Current work emphasizes partisanship analysis in digital spaces and automated text pattern recognition.

• Dead Sea Scrolls Studies
• Manuscript Forgery
• Provenance Research
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Årstein Justnes is a Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Agder's Department of Religion, Philosophy and History. He holds a Dr. theol. (2007), cand. mag. (1999), and cand. theol. (1994). His academic leadership roles include Vice Dean (2017–2019), Acting Dean (2017), and Head of Department (2007–2011). Research focuses on Dead Sea Scrolls provenance, manuscript forgery, digital humanities, and ancient languages. Key projects include the Toppforsk-funded 'The Lying Pen of Scribes' (2019–2024), analyzing unprovenanced fragments and forgery networks. He developed the Post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls Database and published extensively on provenance ethics and forgery detection. Teaching includes courses on sacred texts, world religions, and biblical theology. His mindfulness training (MBSR, 2012) informs work-life balance initiatives. Collaborations span global institutions, including National Geographic investigations into Museum of the Bible forgeries. Professional membership includes Society of Biblical Literature, European Association of Biblical Studies, and Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers' Association. Recent activities include podcast series on Dead Sea Scrolls mysteries and public lectures on artifact authenticity.