Expert Directory
Energy,inorganic chemistry,Photovoltaics
Dr. Neal Abrams is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the chemistry department at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York. He is the interim director of the ESF Open Academy, which provides online education for professionals and K- 12 outreach.
He received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Ithaca College in 2000, his Ph.D. in chemistry from the Pennsylvania State University in 2005, completed his postdoctoral research at Cornell University between 2005 and 2007, and also lectured at Cornell from 2006 to 2007.
His research is focused on materials and inorganic chemistry, including areas such as energy storage, photovoltaics, and fuel cells.
Matthew B. Wheeler, Ph.D.
Professor
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAnimal Agriculture,Cloning,Developmental Biology,Food Security,Genomics,Human Health,regenerative biology,Stem Cells
Dr. Matthew B. Wheeler is a tireless advocate for using embryo technologies to improve genetics of livestock and reduce food insecurity throughout the world. He is advancing technology in both livestock production and human medicine through his research on embryo/developmental biology, stem cells, cloning, transgenic livestock, reproduction, genomics, and regenerative biology.
More information: Wheeler's research activities can be divided into six areas of research. Generally, the work can be described as large animal reproductive physiology with an emphasis on 1) production of transgenic livestock, particularly swine and cattle, with improved production characteristics; 2) molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in embryonic cell development/differentiation and early embryonic gene expression; 3) genetic evaluation, molecular gene mapping in livestock, early embryonic genotype evaluation; 4) development of remote sensing and microfludic handling methods for mammalian embryos; 5) the use of stem cells (adult and embryonic) for tissue engineering and cell-base therapies; and 6) the use assisted reproductive technologies (in vitro maturation, in vitro fertilization, embryo culture, non-invasive embryo evaluation and embryo transfer) to improve livestock and food production. His team's long term goals are to 1) identify genes that regulate reproduction, lactation and growth; 2) develop methodologies in embryos to edit, transfer and utilize these genes for the genetic improvement of livestock; and 3) devise strategies for using stem cells for cell and tissue replacement.
Affiliations: Wheeler is a professor in the Department of Animal Sciences in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is also affiliated with the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at Illinois.
Adirondack Interpretive Center,Adirondack Mountains,Adirondacks,Educational outreach,Environment,Social Justice
Paul Hai is the Associate Director of the Adirondack Ecological Center and leads the Northern Forest Institute for Conservation Education and Leadership Training (NFI), based at the Newcomb Campus of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF).
He is an expert in creating inter- and multidisciplinary programs using natural history and the process of science as the connective thread between disciplines. Exploring the interconnections between science, art, math, literature, history, and technology, all while using the Adirondacks as an unparalleled outdoor classroom inspires him to teach and to create new programs engaging students of all ages.
Areas of expertise include:
- The historic and contemporary tension between managing natural and human communities in the Adirondacks
- The influence of the Adirondacks in United States environmental, public policy, and cultural history
- The intersections of science, art, and the humanities
- Creating leadership development and trek-based training programs building leadership capacity and skills for emerging and established professionals
- Working to improve human diversity in natural science academic programs and careers, and in the Adirondacks more broadly
Hai is co-founder of Children in Nature, New York, and serves on the Grassroots Leadership Team of the national Children and Nature Network.
In partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, he co-founded the Hudson River Environmental Opportunities Network and is one of four co-founders of the Adirondack Diversity Initiative.
Hai earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Houston and his master’s in environmental education at ESF.
Jonathan Runstadler , D.V.M., Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Tufts UniversityGlobal Health,H5N1,infectious and emerging disease,Influenza,Influenza A,SARS COV-2,Virology,Virus
Professor Runstadler joined the Department of Infectious Disease & Global Health in 2017. Working at the host-pathogen-environmental interface, the Runstadler laboratory studies how emerging virus, specifically influenza, is maintained, transmitted and evolves in reservoir or intermediate animal hosts. A major part of this work is directed at understanding how both host and viral factors may influence the risk of viral spillover into new hosts, including humans. Dr. Runstadler is working with collaborators to bridge the gap between studies of disease surveillance and disease ecology with a molecular and comparative understanding of pathogenesis, immune response and evolution. His current research is particularly focused on understanding genotype-phenotype relationships of the influenza virus, the role of diverse hosts and environments, and the interspecies movement of virus to the emergence of disease in new populations.
Prior to joining the faculty at the Cummings School, Dr. Runstadler was a faculty member at both the University of Alaska Fairbanks with the Institute of Arctic Biology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Division of Comparative Medicine. Dr. Runstadler received an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and his DVM and PhD in Genetics from the University of California, Davis. Prior to beginning his own lab at UAF, Dr. Runstadler was a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Companion Animal Health under Dr. Neils Pedersen at the University of California, Davis.
creative nonfiction,Environmental Stewardship,Learning Communities,Nature,Poetry
Janine DeBaise teaches writing and literature at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) in Syracuse, New York. Her academic work has been published in journals such as Hybrid Pedagogy and Writing on the Edge. Her reflections about teaching in a living/learning community appeared in the book Building and Sustaining Learning Communities by Hurd and Stein. Her scholarly work and book reviews have appeared in the anthology Ecocritical Aesthetics: Language, Beauty, and the Environment from Indiana University Press and the journal Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment (ISLE).
Her work on ecofeminism has been included in anthologies by the MIT Press, Indiana University Press, and Colgate University Press. Through her creative and scholarly endeavors, DeBaise delves into topics such as the treatment of the human body by the dominant culture, the correlation between misogyny and environmental degradation, and the role of connection to place in fostering environmental stewardship.She is the author of the poetry book Body Language and the poetry chapbook Of a Feather . Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals including Portland Review, North American Review, and Poetry International.
Her creative non-fiction has appeared in The Hopper, Southwest Review, and Orion Magazine. Her essays have appeared in the anthology Why We’re Here: New York Essayists on Living Upstate published by Colgate University Press and the anthology Companions in Wonder: Children and Adults Exploring Nature Together from MIT Press.
She won the 2020 Vinnie Ream Medal, a national competition across three genres (poetry, nonfiction, and fiction) for her essay The Space Between which was published in the 2019 edition of The Hopper from Green Writers' Press. Her writing received an Honorable Mention from the New Millennium Writing Competition and Special Merit from the New Women’s Voices Poetry Chapbook Contest. She has given poetry readings all over the country.
From 1989 to 1993, Janine worked as editor-in-chief of Central New York Environment, a regional environmental publication. She has served on the executive council of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE) where she is co-founder and co-organizer of the Creative Caucus. She is the education editor for Terrain.org.
Janine has taught creative writing workshops for young children, for teenagers, and adults. She's read her creative work at art museums, nature centers, coffee houses, academic conferences, bookstores, and bars. She's judged creative writing competitions for local events such as the NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics in the Syracuse area high schools, and international competitions, such as the ASLE Environmental Creative Writing Book Award. Some of her poetry hangs in public areas in Syracuse through the Syracuse Poster Project and the Poetry in Flight program.
Maureen Murray , D.V.M., DABVP
Associate Clinical Professor & director, Tufts Wildlife Clinic at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Tufts Universityanticoagulant rodenticides,rodenticides,wildlife rescue
Dr. Maureen Murray is a graduate of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and joined Tufts Wildlife Clinic in 2003. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, Avian Specialty. At Tufts Wildlife Clinic, she cares for sick and injured native New England wildlife of a wide range of species—birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals. Dr. Murray teaches veterinary students in the clinical setting during their fourth-year core rotation in the Clinic. She also directs the first-year course Comparative Anatomy and Physiology. Her research focus is on exposure to and effects of anticoagulant rodenticides (rodent poisons) in birds of prey. Particular clinical interests include avian orthopedics and all things related to turtles.
Mark Lichtenstein
Executive Operating Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer
SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestryCommunity Engagement,Disaster Preparedness,Environment,Recycling,Sustainability
Mark Lichtenstein is the executive operating officer, chief sustainability officer, and an Environmental Studies adjunct professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF). He’s a faculty associate in the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration at Syracuse University’s (SU) Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Lichtenstein has been engaged with sustainability and regenerative community engagements throughout the United States including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Belize, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. He focuses his efforts on post-disaster efforts in the Caribbean, testifying to the U.S. Congress in 2017 about the region’s post-hurricane response, and co-founding and advising ESF’s “Acorns2Action,” a student-led disaster response group. He was an active member of the Vieques Sustainability Task Force established by President Barack Obama, and an initiative of the White House Task Force on Puerto Rico. He is a member of the SUNY Puerto Rico Task Force and New York State Stands with Puerto Rico initiative. He is vice president and board member for Island Green Living Association, treasurer and board member for ViequesLove, and an Island Innovation Ambassador. He co-founded the Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Recycling Partnerships.
Lichtenstein served eight terms as president, is an honorary board member, and lifetime achievement award winner of the National Recycling Coalition; co-led the formation of national and regional recycling organizations in the U.S.; and, conceived of, and is principal investigator for the New York State Center for Sustainable Materials Management, the first of its kind in the U.S. He is an advisory council member of Beyond Plastics based at Bennington College. He co-founded and led the first national sustainable materials management summit held at the University of Maryland, and developed and directed a regional sustainable materials management program in upstate New York, and marketed the first-ever recyclables traded through the Chicago Board of Trade.
Lichtenstein is a select member of the National Roster of Environmental Conflict Resolution Professionals administered by the U.S. government through the John S. McCain III National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution. He is an advisory council member for Planet Forward hosted by George Washington University, led sustainability centers at SU, and served as an expert witness to the U.S. Environmental Finance Advisory Board. He is the founder of Embrace Impatience Associates, and the principal of Lichtenstein Consulting, providing training and consultation on board development, circular economy, communications, conflict management, environmental finance, facilitation, leadership, negotiation, recycling, resiliency, and sustainability.
He has a Master of Arts in Public Administration, and a Graduate Certificate of Advanced Studies in Conflict Resolution, both from SU’s Maxwell School, and graduate training in environmental science and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies from ESF. He has certified mediator training, an interest-based negotiator and process facilitator, and a certified public participation specialist.
babesiosis,Deer Ticks,Lyme Disease,powasson virus,tickborne diseases
Hellen Amuguni, B.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Tufts UniversityAfrica agriculture,Global Health,infectious and emerging disease,one health
Dr. Hellen Amuguni is a veterinarian with doctoral training in Infectious Diseases. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. Her doctoral dissertation was conducted under the supervision of Professor Saul Tzipori, a renowned scientist in the field of infectious diseases and vaccine research where she investigated sublingual immunization as an alternative delivery route for vaccines. The project, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Grand Challenges for Global Health initiative, developed an effective heat stable non-injectable tetanus vaccine that does not require a cold chain and can be used in developing countries.
She has many years of experience working as a Veterinarian and Gender specialist among pastoralist communities in the horn of Africa, developing gender programs, conducting gender assessment studies among livestock projects in Kenya, Ethiopia, Southern Sudan and Somalia. She also facilitates in the International Veterinary Medicine forums and Problem Based Learning courses and is the Co-Director of the Human Dimensions of Conservation Medicine course for graduate students in the masters in Conservation Medicine program.
Dr. Amuguni is the technical advisor for the USAID RESPOND project Africa. She coordinates projects across six African countries including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Democratic Republic of Congo working with 14 institutions of public health and veterinary medicine to build the capacity of partner African countries using a One Health approach to investigate, respond to, and counter existing and future emerging infectious disease outbreaks.
Yasminka A. Jakubek, PhD
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine & Division of Biomedical Informatics
University of KentuckyCancer Genomics,copy number alterations,Epidemiology
Dr. Yasminka Jakubek is an assistant professor in the Division of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Kentucky and an associate member of the UK Markey Cancer Center.
She has led and contributed to several genomic studies of tumors, pre-malignant lesions, and genetic mosaicism in pathologically normal samples. Her work includes methods developments for the study of intra-tumor heterogeneity and copy number changes. Dr. Jakubek’s research program aims to advance our understanding of the earliest stages in disease development by studying somatic mutations and clonal dynamics across tissue types.
Dr. Jakubek obtained her B.A. from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and her Ph.D. from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. She completed her postdoctoral training at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX
Alzheimer’s disease,Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Als),Lou Gehrig’s disease,Neurodegenerative Diseases,Parkinson’s disease ,Stroke
Dr. Hegde earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Neurosciences from the University of Mysore, India in 2006. He performed his graduate research at the Max-Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Gottingen, Germany as a DST-DAAD visiting fellow, and at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. He held an Assistant Professor appointment at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas, USA before becoming a member of the Houston Methodist Research Institute in 2013. As a member of the Research Institute cancer and neuroscience research programs, he directs a research program focusing on understanding the role of genome damage repair in cell death (neurodegenerative diseases) and cell proliferation (cancer) and its potential exploitation in therapeutics. Dr. Hegde has also been a member of grant review boards for the Alzheimer’s Association, USA, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, French Scientific Grants (FMRM) and the Motor Neuron Disease Association, UK, in addition to NIH and DOD-CDMRP study sections. He is a Deputy Chief Editor for the Springer Journal Metabolic Brain Disease and Associate Editor for the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Jacobs Journal of Radiation Oncology and Research, Journal Neuroscience Research and Therapeutics, the Chinese Journal of Biology, and a peer-reviewer for more than 30 international journals.
Dr. Hegde has published over 90 peer-reviewed publications including more than a dozen as senior author. He has also published five book chapters, edited a book on ALS and four journal special issue collections. These articles have received nearly 3000 citations. He has received several awards including gold medals in Masters, New Investigator awards from the Alzheimer’s Association, the Environmental Mutagenesis Society, Researcher of the Month (May 2011) at UTMB and prestigious Gopal Krishna Memorial Young Scientist award from ASIOA. He has recently been awarded the Career Cornerstone award from Houston Methodist for outstanding translational research contributions.
Description of Research
Dr. Hegde’s research program focuses on delineating the molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases with a primary emphasis on genome damage and their repair inhibitions/deficiencies in neurons. His laboratory is interested in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and Stroke. He showed that DNA repair inhibitions/deficiencies play a key role in the etiology of neurodegenerative diseases. He demonstrated that transition metals, iron and copper, act as a ‘double whammy’ by both inducing DNA damage and by inhibiting their repair via direct binding and oxidation of NEIL enzymes involved in oxidized DNA base repair. These studies were funded by American Parkinson’s Disease Association. His current studies focus on characterizing the role of ALS-linked RNA binding protein TDP-43 in DNA double-strand break repair and testing the hypothesis that TDP-43’s nuclear clearance and aggregation in ALS (and other neurodegenerative diseases) cause deficient DNA double-strand repair and contributes significantly to cell death. In another project funded by Alzheimer’s Association’s New Investigator grant, he is delineating the mechanism of genotoxicity of amyloid proteins and exploring its prevention by natural compounds. In collaboration with Dr. Sankar Mitra, he is also exploring the potential of genome repair inhibitions in cancer therapeutics. Dr. Hegde’s research program is supported by NIH/NINDS R01, Muscular Dystrophy Association, ALS Association, Alzheimer’s Association and Melo Foundation.
Areas Of Expertise
Genome damage response, DNA repair, Neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), StrokeEducation & Training
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonMS, Karnataka UniversityPhD, University of Mysore, KarnatakaBS, Karnataka University
Candida Albicans,Candida auris,Cryptococcus Neoformans
Fungal infections are an underappreciated global public health crisis, with over 300 million people globally afflicted with serious fungal infections, and 25 million of them at risk of dying or suffering life-long sequelae. These infections are among the most difficult-to-treat diseases, not only due to a lack of effective antifungals but also due to an incomplete understanding of their pathogenesis, resulting in ~1.6 million deaths yearly. I study one of the most common culprits, the ubiquitous environmental fungus Cryptococcus neoformans, which in 2020 was responsible for 120,000 deaths in the HIV population alone. More concerningly, due to medical advances such as organ transplants or steroid treatments, cryptococcal infection is steadily increasing in the non-HIV population. Because this fungus is present in the environment, we all will be exposed to it at some point in our lives. I specifically study and address questions related to how this pathogenic fungus establishes an infection and disseminates to cause life-threatening disease. I am specifically interested in the unique cell biology of this fungus, such as its ability to grow intracellularly, cross cellular barriers, and secrete immunomodulatory molecules, all of which are the main drivers of the disease.
Alcohol,Firearms,Gun Control,Gun Violence,guns,Guns and Violence,health inequities,mass shootings,Public Health,Tobacco,tobacco advertising
Michael Siegel is a Professor in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. His research focuses in the areas of guns/firearms, alcohol and tobacco as they relate to public health. Tying this work together is the study of corporate influences on health--especially advertising and marketing--and strategies to counteract them. More recently, his research has focused on racial inequities in health and the role of structural racism in causing these inequities. His teaching has primarily been in the areas of public health advocacy, social and behavioral sciences in public health, social marketing, and health communication.
Christine Scartz, B.A., University of Virginia, J.D., University of Georgia
Clinical Associate Professor & Jane W. Wilson Family Justice Clinic Director
University of GeorgiaDomestic Abuse,Domestic Violence,Family Law,Law,Legal,Social Justice,Women,Women's Rights
Christine M. Scartz is the director of the University of Georgia School of Law's Jane W. Wilson Family Justice Clinic. She also teaches Family Law and a course for undergraduates titled Law and Social Justice: Strategic Advocacy.
Scartz has been an active member of the Western Judicial Circuit Domestic Violence Task Force and Athens-Clarke County Fatality Review Panel since 2015. She previously served as an Executive Board member of the task force, and she currently chairs the Firearms Surrender Protocol Committee.
Scartz is a 2021-22 Georgia Women’s Policy Institute Fellow. She also served as a UGA Service-Learning Fellow in 2020-2021 and as a university Center for Teaching and Learning Fellow for Innovative Teaching during 2019-20.
In 1994, after graduating from the School of Law, Scartz established the Protective Order Project for students in the law school’s Public Interest Practicum to provide free representation to low- and no-income victims of domestic violence and stalking in Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties. She received a National Association of Public Interest Law Equal Justice Fellowship, which provided two years of support for her to continue developing the Protective Order Project. During that time, she also served as an adjunct instructor with the school's Public Interest Practicum and Civil Clinics.
Scartz joined the law school's faculty in August 2015. Previously, she was an associate attorney in a private firm in Lawrenceville, Georgia, where she handled a domestic relations and criminal law practice. She also served as an appointed attorney for criminal appeals in the Gwinnett County Superior Court.
She earned her bachelor's degree in history and French, with distinction, from the University of Virginia. She obtained her law degree magna cum laude from UGA, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif and received the William K. Meadow Award, which recognizes outstanding public interest law students.
Jessica Rutkoski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAgriculture,crop breeding,crop improvement,Crops,Plant Breeding
Dr. Jessica Rutkoski (she/her) studies the principles and techniques of quantitative genetics in applied plant breeding to accelerate genetic progress in ways that benefit people and the environment. Her work focuses on making winter wheat more profitable for farmers in the North Central Midwest, promoting cropping system diversity, and, ultimately, environmental sustainability.
More information:
Rutkoski is a small grains breeder and quantitative geneticist with a passion for putting the principles and techniques of quantitative genetics and statistics to use in applied breeding in order to accelerate rates of genetic gain. In pursuit of this passion, Rutkoski aims to increase the profitability of winter wheat while improving the levels of quantitative disease resistance in small grains. Rutkoski is also working to develop and deploy new breeding methods that will accelerate rates of genetic gain for wheat and other self-pollinated crops. Prior to joining the University of Illinois, Rutkoski received her Bachelor of Science degree in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and went on to complete her Ph.D. at Cornell University under the direction of Small Grains Breeder Dr. Mark Sorrells. After receiving her Ph.D., she stayed at Cornell University as an assistant professor, where her mission was to innovate and transfer advanced breeding methods like genomic selection to wheat breeding programs globally. Rutkoski has also conducted research in collaboration with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), headquartered in Mexico, where she worked as an Adjunct Associate Scientist in the Global Wheat Breeding Program. In 2016, she began working as a Scientist in the plant breeding division at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), located in the Philippines, where she improved rice breeding efficiency through more effective use of data and analytical techniques.
Affiliations:
Dr. Rutkoski is an assistant professor in the Department of Crop Sciences in the College of Agricultural, Consumer Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Nicholas Seiter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAgriculture,crop improvement,crop pests,Crops,Insect Control,Land Cover
Dr. Nicholas Seiter (he/him) studies, develops, and evaluates management strategies for insect pests of field crops. His research includes developing economic decision-making tools, identifying natural enemies of insect pests, and assessing insect control methods for their effectiveness and fit within management systems. His overall goal is to provide management recommendations that improve the economic returns and environmental profile of insect management practices.
More information:
Seiter is a research assistant professor at the University of Illinois, passionate about developing effective insect control methods within crop management systems, contributing to improving economic returns and management practices. Seiter's most recent studies concern soil health indications linked to maize yield and tile drain nitrate losses, as well as the resistance of lepidopteran pests to transgenic corn and cotton, indicating the need for better pest and resistance management practices for crops. Just a few of his most recent studies also include the control of waterhemp, the efficacy of HearNPV as pest and insect control in soybeans, and insecticide risks to honey bees' declining feral colonies. Before joining the University of Illinois faculty, Seiter attended Purdue University, where he got his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Entomology while working as a research assistant. At Clemson University, he received his Ph.D. as a postdoctoral research assistant before becoming an assistant professor and extension entomologist at the University of Arkansas.
Affiliations:
Dr. Seiter is an assistant professor in the Department of Crop Sciences in the College of Agricultural, Consumer Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is also a Faculty Extension Specialist with Illinois Extension.
Animal Behavior,Bioacoustics
Dr. Raffaela Lesch started her scientific career at the University of Vienna as an undergraduate student in a biology program with a focus on zoology, the study of animals. Lesch continued on this path during her Master of Science studies in Behavioral, Neuro- and Cognitive Biology. During her Ph.D., Lesch deepened her focus on animals and began research on acoustic communication in domesticated animals.
After receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Vienna, she began work as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Animal Welfare at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna. Here at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, her lab, the Urban Domestication Lab, works on research questions related to animal domestication. They are currently establishing both field and laboratory research as well as citizen science projects.
Daniel Littlefield, PhD
DIRECTOR OF SEQUOYAH NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER
University of Arkansas at Little RockNative Americans
Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr., holds a Ph.D. degree from Oklahoma State University and was a college classroom teacher from 1960 to 2005. He has been a faculty member at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock since 1970, and from 1983 to 2005, while teaching, he was director of the American Native Press Archives, the world’s largest archival repository of Native American newspapers and periodicals. In 2005, he left teaching and became director of the Sequoyah National Research Center, which houses the archives and other major collections.
Artificial Intelligence,blockchain,Cybersecurity,Electric Power,Industrial Control Systems
Dr. Philip Huff is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock and Director of Cybersecurity Research in the Emerging Analytics Center. He has a 15-year history of working in the electric industry managing cybersecurity operations and has co-founded the cybersecurity AI startup, Bastazo, Inc.
After a 15-year career in the electric sector managing cybersecurity operations, Dr. Huff came to UA Little Rock to prepare the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Dr. Huff completed his master’s degree at James Madison University in Computer Science with Infosec specialization and his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Arkansas. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
His career interests are to develop security professionals and to advance innovative solutions to improve the security of our nation’s critical infrastructure.
Rebecca Glazier, PhD
Director of the Little Rock Congregations Study, Associate Professor of Political Science
University of Arkansas at Little RockOnline Education,Religion,U.S. Foreign Policy
Dr. Rebecca A. Glazier is an associate professor of political science in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Her research agenda addresses issues of religion, political communication, and U.S. foreign policy. She is particularly interested in how religion motivates political action, and has published research on the role of providential religious beliefs in the process. She also studies the scholarship of teaching and learning and has published articles on the efficacy of various teaching strategies, including simulations, satire, and smartphone apps.
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