Sara Ana Adlerstein Gonzalez Ph.D. (en español)

Expertise: Ecología Acuática

Academic Discipline: Biología

Appointments: Investigadora Ayudante, Escuela de Recursos Naturales y del Medio Ambiente

Phone: (734) 764-4491

E-mail: adlerste@umich.edu

· Estudia procesos de ecosistemas utilizando modelos estadísticos
· Ha investigado el impacto de especies exóticas y la disminución de nutrientes en la bahía de Saginaw, Lago Huron
· Ha estudiado los temas y tendencias más importantes de pesca en el Mar de Norte, el Mediterráneo y el Pacífico.

Additional interests: Arte : Perspectivas en Creatividad y Conciencia

Languages: español, inglés

Hashim Al-Hashimi Ph.D.

Expertise: Behavior of RNA molecules

Academic Discipline: Chemistry and Biophysics

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Assistant Research Scientist, Biophysics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts

Phone: (734) 615-3361

E-mail: hashimi@umich.edu

· Can discuss 3-D "nanomovies" showing how molecules of RNA (ribonucleic acid) twist and bend, to help understand their role inside living cells and viruses.
· Research investigates molecular basis of RNA function in processes ranging from gene expression (e.g. transcriptional activation and translation) to virion functioning (e.g. genome packaging and reverse transcription).
· Research could open up new possibilites for understanding how RNA works, both in humans in an disease-causes viruses such as HIV, and for developing strategies for attacking the viruses.

J. David Allan Ph.D.

Appointments: Assoc. Dean, School of Natural Resources & Environment

Phone: (734) 764-6553

E-mail: dallan@umich.edu

· Foraging movements of aquatic insects.
· Streamflow variability and influence on fish communities.
· Predator/prey interactions

Gordon L. Amidon Pharm.D.

Appointments: Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Professor of Pharmacy, Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

Phone: (734) 764-2440

E-mail: glamidon@phar.umich.edu

· Expert on drug delivery systems, oral drug absorption.
· Researches preventing oral medications from being destroyed during digestion prior to bloodstream absorption.
· Created spin-off firm to market technology.

David J. Anderson Ph.D.

Appointments: Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, http://www.bme.umich.edu/, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Otorhinolaryngology, Medical School

Phone: (734) 763-4367 Other phone: (734) 663-9356

E-mail: dja@eecs.umich.edu

· Directs U-M Center for Neural Communication Technology.
· Produces microprobes/sensors to stimulate or record impulses from single nerve cell.
· Research on sensory nerve hearing loss and cochlear implant development.
· Consultant to NASA on motion sickness in astronauts.

Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos Ph.D.

Expertise: Levee stability including earthquake and hurricane-proof designs

Academic Discipline: Civil engineering

Appointments: Assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Phone: (734) 764 0057

E-mail: addazekk@umich.edu

· Can discuss the response of levees to natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes.
· Was a member of the Independent Levee Investigation Team that investigated the performance of the New Orleans flood protection system after Hurricane Katrina.
· Has studied how levees respond to earthquakes in California's Central Valley.

Languages: Greek, French, some Spanish

Sushil K. Atreya Ph.D.

Expertise: Planetary science; Solar system formation; Origin and evolution of atmospheres; Astrobiology; Photochemistry; Electrochemistry; Clouds; Extrasolar planets; Planetary mission development; Multiprobes

Academic Discipline: Planetary Science; Astrophysics

Appointments: Professor, Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Science, Director, Planetary Science Laboratory, College of Engineering

Phone: 734-936-0489

E-mail: atreya@umich.edu

· A lead scientist on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mission, Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) team, to search for organics, oxidants, carbonates and water, and to study habitability and life, using Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer and Tunable Laser Spectrometer
· Science and experiment team of Juno-Jupiter Polar Orbiter, with particular focus on the formation of Jupiter and the origin of its atmosphere, using microwave radiometry
· Science and experiment teams of Cassini-Huygens Mission, Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer, and the Aerosol Collector Pyrolyzer investigations on the Huygens Titan Lander
· US Investigator on the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer experiment on ESA's Mars Express and Venus Express Missions
· A lead scientist on the Galileo Probe Mass Spectrometer, at Jupiter; science and experiment teams of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune systems, using ultraviolet spectroscopy; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Academician, International Academy of Astronautics

Catherine Badgley Ph.D.

Expertise: Climate change impact on mammals

Academic Discipline: Biology

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Phone: 734-763-6448

E-mail: cbadgley@umich.edu

· Can discuss how climate change has affected mammal species in the past and how studying the fossil record can help us understand how much (or how little) climate must change in order to significantly affect ecological systems today.
· Studies ecology and paleoecology of mammals, evolution of Cenozoic mammals, biogeography, sustainable agriculture
· Has conducted paleontological field work in Pakistan, China, Kenya and the western United States. Research also includes studies of modern mammal biogeography.

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William Barsan M.D.

Expertise: Emergency Medicine

Academic Discipline: Emergency Medicine

Appointments: Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical School, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director, Emergency Department

Phone: 734/764-2220

· Clinical interests include emergency care for central nervous system (CNS) diseases and cardiovascular diseases.
· Research focuses on stroke, brain injury, and cardiac arrest.

Jenna Bednar Ph.D.

Expertise: Federalism

Academic Discipline: Political Science

Appointments: Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research, Faculty Affiliate, Olin Center for Law and Economics, School of Law

Phone: (734) 615-5165

E-mail: jbednar@umich.edu

· Can discuss federal systems of government, and relations between federal government and state governments.
· Research includes safeguards in federal systems, analysis of institutions, focusing on theoretical underpinnings of stability of federal states. Her models seek to answer questions such as: Why does federal government take advantage of state governments? Why are some federations stable, despite frequent episodes of intergovernmental tension? and Can the court effectively referee federalism disputes if it makes mistakes or is biased in favor of one goverment?
· Can also discuss constitutions: specifically, the potential that constitutional design has to affect the behavior of heterogeneous populations with decentralized governmental structures.

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Joel Blum Ph.D.

Expertise: Geochemistry, ecology, environmental science

Academic Discipline: Geology

Appointments: John D. MacArthur Professor of Geological Sciences, Geological Sciences, Professor of Ecology, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts

Phone: (734) 615-3242

E-mail: jdblum@umich.edu

· Involved in a long-term experiment investigating the effects of acid rain on a New England forest.
· Uses isotopic fingerprinting methods to study foodweb structure and songbird and fish migration patterns.
· Has studied "rock-eating" fungi that help trees obtain calcium.
· Studies biogeochemistry of mercury lakes, forests and tundra.
· Investigates effects of climate change on arctic systems.

Matthew L. Boulton MD, MPH

Expertise: Public health practice, applied epidemiology, surveillance, quarantine, TB

Academic Discipline: Public health

Appointments: Associate Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Associate Dean for Practice, Director, Preventive Medicine Residency, Public Health, Director, Bioterrorism Preparedness Initiative

Phone: (734) 936-1623

E-mail: mboulton@umich.edu

· Chaired the state's Terrorism Taskforce Medical Subcommittee for two years and is principal investigator on the state's $27 million CDC grant award to build bioterrorism response capacity in the public health system. National chair of the CDC epidemiology capacity assessment task force, which includes bioterrorism preparedness efforts.
· Heads U-M's Preventive Medicine Residency which teaches doctors to understand health and disease on a population level as opposed to in individuals
· As the state's chief epidemiologist, he was responsible for communicable disease surveillance and control, provision of immunizations and the statewide immunization registry, and monitoring chronic diseases
· Human health effects of acute and chronic chemical exposures; Michigan's maternal-child health conditions including infant mortality, maternal mortality, birth defects registry, pre-term birth rate and all other adverse birth outcomes
· 2002 recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award at the School of Public Health

Additional interests: field epidemiology, applied public health training, epidemiological capacity, infectious diseases, and reproductive health

Imad F. Btaiche Pharm.D.

Appointments: Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacist, Health System

Phone: 734-936-8233

E-mail: imadb@umich.edu

· Antioxidants
· Metabolic and nutrition support
· Drug and food interactions
· Fluid-electrolytes and acid-base imbalances

Tom Buchmueller Ph.D.

Expertise: Economics of health insurance

Academic Discipline: Economics

Appointments: Waldo O. Hildebrand Professor of Risk Management and Insurance; Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ross School of Business, Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy (courtesy appointment), School of Public Health

Phone: (734) 764-5933

E-mail: tbuch@umich.edu

· Can discuss the economics of employer-sponsored insurance and health insurance competition, regulation and reform.
· Has also done research on the French and Australian health care systems.
· Is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a co-editor of the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy and an editor of the Berkeley Electronic Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy.

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Jonathan W. Bulkley Ph.D.

Appointments: Professor, School of Natural Resources & Environment, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 764-3198 Other phone: (734) 769-3115

E-mail: jbulkley@umich.edu

· Co-director, Center for Sustainable Systems
· Co-director, Corporate Environmental Management Program
· Planning, evaluation and management of natural resources
· Water quality issues and urban water management.-Environmental issues in the Great Lakes

Robyn J. Burnham Ph.D.

Expertise: Evolution of tropical ecosystems

Academic Discipline: Evolutionary biology

Appointments: Associate Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Geological Sciences, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts, Associate Curator, Museum of Paleontology, Associate Curator, Herbarium

Phone: (734) 647-2585

E-mail: rburnham@umich.edu

· Studies evolution of tropical ecosystems from Mesozoic to modern times.
· Recreates ancient forests from litter preserved in fossil record.
· Specializes in tropical Amazon Basin forests.

Mark A. Burns Ph.D.

Appointments: Professor, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 764-4315

E-mail: maburns@engin.umich.edu

· Ongoing research project to develop DNA-analyzing microchip.
· Develops separation systems to recover biochemicals from solutions.

Roy Clarke Ph.D.

Expertise: condensed matter, solid state, ultrasmall structures, thin films, scattering

Academic Discipline: Applied Physics

Appointments: Professor, Physics, Director, Applied Physics Program, College of Literature, Science, & Arts

Phone: (734) 764-4466 Other phone: (734) 996-1532

E-mail: royc@umich.edu

· Renowned for his research in condensed matter physics, especially in the use of X-ray scattering for study of the structure of matter.
· Research involving the growth and characterization of thin films on silicon substrates and their application in short-wavelength lasers.
· Has assembled one of the world's leading research groups for structural studies on low-dimensional systems.
· Has grown the first epitaxial thin film superlattices, which are of interest for magnetic sensors and recording technology.

Paul Courant Ph.D.

Expertise: Academic libraries, higher education, public policy issues

Academic Discipline: Economics

Appointments: Harold T. Shapiro Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, University Librarian & Dean of Libraries, Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, Professor of Information, School of Information

Phone: (734) 763-2499

E-mail: pnc@umich.edu

· Can discuss digitization and other aspects of new information technologies and the scholarly publishing system. Has defended UM's participation in Google Library Project.
· Wide range of interests includes economics and public policy including tax policy, local economic development, gender differences in pay, housing, radon and public health, higher education, and university budgets.

Robert J. Denver B.S., Ph.D.

Appointments: Associate Professor, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts

Phone: (734) 936-6625

E-mail: rdenver@umich.edu

· Studies hormonal control of postembryonic development, espec. of brain.
· Expert on stress hormone called corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and effects on tadpole development

James S. Diana Ph.D.

Appointments: Professor, School of Natural Resources & Environment

Phone: (734) 763-5834 Other phone: (734) 995-2997

E-mail: jimd@umich.edu

· Energetics of fish, including behavior and ecology of northern pike and other temperate fishes
· Aquaculture systems in southeast Asia, particularly Thailand
· Focuses on aquaculture & endangered species & recreational fishery management

Kathryn Dominguez Ph.D.

Expertise: Foreign exchange rates

Academic Discipline: Economics

Appointments: Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts

Phone: (734) 764-9498 Other phone: 510-642-5431

E-mail: kathrynd@umich.edu

· Can discuss foreign exchange rates. Has written numerous articles on foreign exchange rate behavior and is author of Exchange Rate Efficiency and the Behavior of International Asset Markets and Does Foreign Exchange Intervention Work? (with Jeff Frankel).
· Research interests include topics in international financial markets and macroeconomics.
· Is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She has also worked as a research consultant for US AID, the Federal Reserve System, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.

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Joan C. Durrance M.S., Ph.D.

Expertise: Libraries, access to information

Academic Discipline: Information science

Appointments: Professor, School of Information

Phone: (734) 763-1569 Other phone: (734) 426-4399

E-mail: durrance@umich.edu

· Access to community information; community roles of public libraries. Help Seeking in an Electronic World—federally funded project that focuses on identifying indicators of impact of Internet on information use
· How Libraries and Librarians Help—federally funded project to to evaluate "public library efforts at bridging the digital divide and building community
· Community Connector—major web site devoted to community networks and community systems. Collaborate with selected national organizations which foster the use of electronic information
· Youth Community Information Organizers—focuses on giving at-risk teens skills in using information technologies and helping them use those skills as part of a community-centered project

Susan Dynarski Ph.D.

Expertise: Economics of education

Academic Discipline: Public policy; education

Appointments: Associate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Associate Professor, School of Education

Phone: (734) 615-5113

E-mail: dynarski@umich.edu

· Can discuss economics of education, with special interest in interaction between inequality and education.
· Research includes impact of grants and loans on college attendance, and policies to increase college completion rates.
· Can discuss college savings incentives, and costs and benefits of simplifying financial aid system.

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David Eby Ph.D.

Appointments: Assistant Research Scientist, Social & Behavioral Analysis Division, Transportation Research Institute

Phone: (734) 763-2466

E-mail: eby@umich.edu

· Research focuses on traffic safety (safety belts, child safety seats, speeding, drunk driving, elderly drivers) and Intelligent Transportation Systems (advanced traveler-information systems).
· Has also conducted studies on the processes underlying perceptions of depth and motion.

Donna L. Erickson MLA (Master of Landscape Architecture)

Appointments: Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment

Phone: (734) 763-4457 Other phone: (734) 668-7201

E-mail: dle@umich.edu

· Landscape ecology, planning and design of rural landscapes.
· Historic landscape preservation, farmland protection strategies.
· Rural-urban fringe issues, rural recreation planning. physical and social aspects of landscape change
· Greenway systems, watershed planning.

Hila Etzion Ph.D.

Expertise: Online auctions

Academic Discipline: Business information technology

Appointments: Assistant Professor of Business Information Technology, Ross School of Business

Phone: (734) 763-4385

E-mail: etzionh@umich.edu

· Can discuss the simultaneous use of auctions and posted prices for selling consumer goods online.
· Can comment on how online product reviews affect sales.
· Research interests include the role of information technology in supply chain optimization, online auctions, marketing on the Web, online review systems, e-procurement and business-to-business exchanges.

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Zoran Filipi Ph.D.

Expertise: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Hydraulic Hybrids, Advanced Internal Combustion Engines

Academic Discipline: Mechanical Engineering

Appointments: Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Assistant Director of Automotive Research Center, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 936-0427

E-mail: filipi@umich.edu

· Can discuss how plug-in hybrid electric vehicles work and why they could help reduce both the dependance on foreign oil and greenhouse gas emissions; also, hybrid propulsion concepts and energy conversion options for different types of vehicles, ranging from small cars to heavy trucks.
· Research interests include internal combustion engines; modeling and computer simulation of engine processes and systems; renewable fuels; integration of powertrain and vehicle systems; hybrid electric and hybrid hydraulic propulsion, plug-in hybrids.

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Barry Fishman Ph.D.

Expertise: Online professional development of teachers; educational technology

Academic Discipline: Education

Appointments: Associate Professor of Learning Technologies, School of Education, Associate Professor of Learning Technologies, School of Information

Phone: (734) 647-9572

E-mail: fishman@umich.edu

· Can discuss the use of technology to support teacher learning, including use of online resources for professional development of teachers.
· Research includes standards-based systemic school reform, and the role of educational leaders in fostering classroom-level reform involving technology.
· Serves as an Associate Editor of The Journal of the Learning Sciences.
· Is a principal investigator in the Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education.

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Brant E. Fries Ph.D.

Appointments: Professor, Health Management & Policy, School of Public Health, Research Professor, Institute of Gerontology

Phone: (734) 936-2107 Other phone: (734) 662-2123

E-mail: bfries@umich.edu

· Helped develop Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI), federally-mandated survey of nursing home residents, providing information on approximately 4 million elderly residents per year.
· Helped develop assessment systems for palliative care, assisted living, post-acute care, acute care, inpatient mental health, community mental health, and intellectual disabilities
· Helped develop assessment systems for home- and community-based care now used in 10 states to develop individualized client plans
· Runs the Methodology, Data Analysis and Management Core for the U-M Older Americans Independence Center
· President of interRAI, a non-profit international consortium of researchers, regulators, clinicians, and policy-makers, interested in the use of assessment to improve the care of elderly and disabled persons -- http://www.interRAI.org

Ari Gafni Ph.D.

Appointments: Professor, Biological Chemistry, Medical School, Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Gerantology, Senior Research Scientist, Biophysics Research Division

Phone: (734) 936-2156 Other phone: (734) 973-0161

E-mail: arigafni@umich.edu

· Studies reversal of aging at molecular level; biochemistry of aging process.
· Conducts experiments to identify how key amino acids and proteins are affected by aging.
· Has served on editorial board of the Journals of Gerontology: Biological Sciences.

Alec D. Gallimore Ph.D.

Expertise: Electric propulsion, space propulsion, plasma dynamics, rarefied gas dynamics

Academic Discipline: Aerospace engineering

Appointments: Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Associate Professor, Applied Physics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts

Phone: (734) 764-8224

E-mail: alec.gallimore@umich.edu

· Expert on propulsions systems for spacecraft, including ion engine propulsion
· Director of Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory
· Member of U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.

Krishna Garikipati Ph.D.

Expertise: Mechanics of biological cells

Academic Discipline: Mechanical Engineering

Appointments: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Member of Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, Dept. of Physics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts

Phone: (734) 936-0414

E-mail: krishna@umich.edu

· Can discuss developing computational models for the process of growth in biological tissue.
· Research focuses on mathematical models for growth and remodeling of biological materials, the physics and mechanics of stress-defect interactions in semiconductors and numerical methods for certain phenomena described by high-order partial differential equations.

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Brian E. Gilchrist Ph.D.

Appointments: Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Professor, Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 763-6230 Other phone: (734) 647-8664

E-mail: gilchrist@eecs.umich.edu

· Principal investigator on NASA's tethered satellite experiment
· Researches space plasma electrodynamics, emphasis on electrodynamic tethered systems in ionosphere and high energy electon beam effects

Edie Goldenberg Ph.D.

Expertise: Policy issues including decision-making in research universities

Academic Discipline: Political science

Appointments: Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Professor of Public Policy, Ford School of Public Policy

Phone: (734) 764-1264

E-mail: edieg@umich.edu

· Can discuss decision-making issues at research universities.
· Research includes politics of higher education, teaching specialists in higher education, the future of public higher education, access of resource-poor groups to metropolitan papers.
· Served as UM Dean of College of Literature, Science and the Arts, 1989-1998.
· Worked more than two years at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on reforms to the federal civil service system.

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Tamas I. Gombosi M.Sc., Ph.D.

Expertise: Space science

Appointments: Chair and Professor, Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Director, Space Physics Research Laboratory, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 764-7222 Other phone: (734) 973-3241

E-mail: tamas@umich.edu

· Creating the first 3-D simulation of the sun's complex, dynamic, mysterious upper atmosphere called the heliosphere
· 3-D model is the first numerical code capable of duplicating the basic physics of how the heliosphere works in 3 dimensions
· Interdisciplinary Scientist, Plasma Environment in Saturn's Magnetosphere, NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn

Paul Green Ph.D.

Expertise: Driver distraction, driving behavior

Academic Discipline: Human Factors/Ergonomics (related to driver capabilities and limitations)

Appointments: Senior Research Scientist, Human Factors Division,, Transportation Research Institute, Industrial & Operations Engineering, Adjunct Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 763-3795 Other phone: (734) 665-9272

E-mail: pagreen@umich.edu

· Researches driver distraction from cell phones, navigation systems & other telematics devices
· Evaluates motor vehicle controls and displays
· Uses instrumented cars and a driving simulator to study automotive navigation systems for cars of the future
· Studies performance of older drivers

Robert E. Grese MSLA

Appointments: Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources & Environment, Director, Nichols Arboretum

Phone: (734) 763-0645 Other phone: (734) 663-4047

E-mail: bgrese@umich.edu

· Advocate for "natural gardening" using plants native to an area.
· Authored "The Prairie Gardens of O.C. Simonds and Jens Jensen" and "Jens Jensen: Maker of Natural Parks and Gardens."

John R. Griffith M.B.A., F.A.C.H.E

Expertise: Health care management

Appointments: Andrew Pattullo Collegiate Professor, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health

Phone: (734) 936-1304 Other phone: (734) 769-0689

E-mail: jrg@sph.umich.edu

· Research focuses on the development and use of measures of community health care costs and effectiveness, and management of health care organizations.
· Director of the annual Blue Cross and Blue Shield Health Care Institute, 1970-1993, and is author of the award-winning text, "The Well-Managed Community Hospital."
· Has published on "Managing the Transition to Integrated Health Care Organizations" and "Re-Engineering Health Care: Management Systems for Survivors."
· Former chairman of the board, Medicus Systems Corp.

Additional interests: health care systems management, managed care, issues in cost effective health care, health care management

Jessy Grizzle Ph.D.

Expertise: Walking robots

Academic Discipline: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Appointments: Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 763-3598

E-mail: grizzle@umich.edu

· Can discuss design of walking robots to achieve smooth movements, and how this research could help victims of stroke or spinal chord injury regain their movement
· Research interests include semiconductor manufacturing, nonlinear control systems and automotive powertrain control

Margaret L. Hedstrom M.A., Ph.D.

Expertise: Preserving information in digital forms

Academic Discipline: Information science

Appointments: Associate Professor, School of Information

Phone: (734) 647-3582 Other phone: (734) 332-0031

E-mail: hedstrom@umich.edu

· Expert on managing and preserving knowledge in the electronic age
· Special interest in cultural preservation & outreach in developing countries
· Involved in project to archive records of the South African liberation movement
· Involved in rescue of BBC's 1986 Domesday videodisc project

Max A. Heirich Ph.D.

Appointments: Professor Emeritus, Sociology, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts, Research Scientist Emeritus, Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations

Phone: (734) 764-6321

E-mail: mheirich@umich.edu

· Expert on health intervention strategies in the workplace, the changing character of the American health system, and cardiovascular and blood pressure-related diseases.
· Directs the Worker Health Program, which studies workplace interventions aimed at improving employees' health, including employee assistance programs, worksite wellness, cardiovascular disease risk prevention, and general health promotion.
· Publications include "New Dynamics in Health Care: Innovation and Change in America" and "Health Policy: Understanding Our Choices from National Reform to Market Force."
· Earlier work focused on the sociology of religion and cultural belief systems and protest movements.

Allen Hicken Ph.D.

Expertise: Southeast Asia

Academic Discipline: Political Science

Appointments: Assistant Professor of Political Science, School of Literature, Science and the Arts

Phone: (734) 615-9105

E-mail: ahicken@umich.edu

· As director of Center for Southeast Asian Studies can discuss background and current issues of the region.
· Research includes political parties and party systems in developing democracies and their role in policymaking.
· Has worked in Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore and Cambodia.
· Does work on public policy.

Andrew J. Hoffman Ph.D.

Expertise: Corporate strategies on environmental protection

Academic Discipline: Business Adm.; Civil and Environmental Engineering

Appointments: Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Associate Professor, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business, Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources & Environment

Phone: (734) 763-9455

E-mail: ajhoff@umich.edu

· Can discuss business strategies for environmental protection.
· Research deals with change within institutional and cultural systems, as applied toward understanding the cultural and managerial implications of environmental protection and social sustainability for industry.
· Previously worked for the US Environmental Protection Agency, Metcalf & Eddy, the Amoco Corporation, and T&T Construction and Design, Inc.
· Can talk about both corporate strategies that address climate change and green construction.

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John Holland Ph.D.

Expertise: History of computers; complex systems

Academic Discipline: Computer Science; Psychology

Appointments: Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, College of Engineering, Professor of Psychology, School of LIterature, Science and the Arts

Phone: (734) 763-3648

E-mail: jholland@umich.edu

· Can discuss history of computers and the organization and evolution of complex systems such as markets, ecosystems, the central nervous system, and the immune system. Was first person in U.S. to receive Ph.D. in computer science, and is known worldwide as "father of genetic algorithms" (a problem-solving technique used in computing to find exact or approximate solutions to optimization and search problems).
· Interests include artificial intelligence.
· Research includes cognitive processes and complex adaptive systems in general, using mathematical models and computer simulation.
· Is a MacArthur Fellow, a Fellow of the World Economic Forum, and trustee of the Santa Fe Institute.
· Author of books including "Emergence: From Chaos to Order" and "Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity."

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Gary Huffnagle Ph.D.

Expertise: Probiotics (good bacteria)

Academic Discipline: Internal medicine; microbiology and immunology

Appointments: Professor of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine

Phone: (734) 936-9369

E-mail: ghuff@umich.edu

· Can discuss probiotics (friendly bacteria) that promote digestive health, assist in nutrition absorption and enhance immune system.
· Author of "The Probiotics Revolution."
· Specialty is pulmonary and critical care medicine.

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MaryCarol Hunter

Expertise: Ecological design

Academic Discipline: Ecology, Landscape Architecture

Appointments: Assistant Professor of Natural Resources and Environment, School of Natural Resources and Environment

Phone: (734) 615-1413

E-mail: mchunter@umich.edu

· Can discuss fact that loss of many of Michigan ash trees over the past decade has harmed ecosystems. Many ash trees have been killed by insects over the past decade.
· Is pioneering a new approach for teaching civil engineering to landscape-architecture students.
· Research focuses on ecological design, premised in the integration of art and science, aiming to create a built environment that is ecologically functional, health-giving and personally engaging.

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Jed J. Jacobson D.D.S., M.S.

Appointments: Associate Professor, School of Dentistry

Phone: (734) 763-3310

E-mail: jedjj@umich.edu

· Importance of oral health in preventing infection after total joint replacement surgery
· Dentistry outreach programs
· Community-Based Dental Education
· The relation of oral health and systemic health

Peter D. Jacobson J.D., M.P.H.

Expertise: role of legal system in healthcare; quarantine

Appointments: Professor, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, director, U-M Center for Law, Ethics and Health

Phone: (734) 936-0928 Other phone: (734) 769-3432

E-mail: pdj@umich.edu

· Current research interests focus on the role of the legal system in medical care delivery and public health systems
· Studies the organization of the public health system
· Projects include safety net health care systems, public health ethics, and governance in health care delivery systems

Thomas Johengen Ph.D.

Expertise: Invasive species in Great Lakes

Academic Discipline: Ecology; Oceanic Science

Appointments: Assistant Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Limnology & Ecosystem Research, School of Natural Resources and Environment

Phone: (734) 764-2426

E-mail: johengen@umich.edu

· Can discuss 2007 study that said oceangoing cargo ships that flush their ballast tanks with sea water before entering Great Lakes could kill many invasive species in their tanks.
· Oversees the research activities of the Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER), which is a NOAA Joint Institute program at the University of Michigan with the NOAA-Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory serving as the host lab. Limnology is the study of bodies of fresh water.
· Is field coordinator and co-science lead for a five year EPA study that provides long-term monitoring of water quality and lower food-web communities in the Great Lakes.

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Roman Kapuscinski Ph.D.

Expertise: Supply chain, product inventory

Academic Discipline: Business administration

Appointments: Associate Professor of Operations and Management Science, Ross School of Business, Goff Smith Co-Director, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, College of Engineering/Ross School of Business

Phone: (734) 936-0279

E-mail: kapuscin@umich.edu

· Can discuss supply chain management and intersection of operational aspects with marketing and finance.
· Research includes topics such as the value of information in coordinating the elements of supply chains, optimal design of production-inventory systems with capacity constraints, efficiency as a function of ownership within value chain analysis, and lead-time quotation. Recently his work extends to pricing in energy markets and effect of customer behavior on operational decisions.
· Can also discuss education/training of US and international students for Operations Management/Supply Chain positions; orientation on execution in business education.

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Gregory A. Keoleian Ph.D.

Expertise: Environmentally sustainable systems; economic impact of reducing greenhouse gases

Academic Discipline: Industrial ecology

Appointments: Associate Professor of Sustainable Systems, School of Natural Resources & Environment, Co-Director, Center for Sustainable Systems

Phone: (734) 764-3194 Other phone: (313) 995-0443

E-mail: gregak@umich.edu

· Environmental risk assessment and management.
· Product life cycle analysis and design.
· Pollution prevention and resource conservation.
· Did study showing how reducing greenhouse gas emissions can boost Michigan economy.
· Research goal is to provide tools to help develop products and services that are both economically and ecologically sustainable.

Aaron King Ph.D.

Expertise: Disease dynamics, mathematical ecology

Academic Discipline: Ecology and Mathematics

Appointments: Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Assistant Professor of Mathemaics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Affiliate of the Center for Complex Systems

Phone: (734) 936 7861 (offi

E-mail: kingaa@umich.edu

· Can discuss dynamics of cholera in India and Bangladesh, including role of disease immunology.
· Research includes the ecology, evolution, and dynamics of infectious diseases.
· Can discuss the use of mathematics in ecology.

Daniel J. Klionsky Ph.D.

Expertise: Protein targeting within the cell; science education.

Academic Discipline: Molecular and Cellular Biology

Appointments: Abram Sager Collegiate Professor of Life Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, Professor, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Biological Chemistry, Medical School

Phone: 734-615-6556

E-mail: klionsky@umich.edu

· Uses baker’s yeast as a model organism to study how proteins are moved around inside the cell.
· Research has relevance for cancer, nervous system disease, heart conditions.
· Innovative teacher of introductory biology who uses discussion and problem-solving instead of a traditional lecture format.

Raoul Kopelman Ph.D.

Expertise: Chemical sensors

Academic Discipline: Chemistry

Appointments: Kasimir Fajans Collegiate Professor of Chemistry, Physics & Applied Physics, Chemistry, Physics, Applied Physics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts

Phone: (734) 764-7541 Other phone: (734) 971-6693

E-mail: kopelman@umich.edu

· Fabricates ultrasmall probes for use in optical microscopy and cellular biology.
· Produced world's smallest light sources and fiberoptic chemical sensors for measurements inside living cells.

Additional interests: biochemistry, excitons, light, links between fractal and heterogeneous reactions

Yoram Koren Ph.D.

Appointments: Paul G. Goebel Professor of Engineering Mechanical Engineering, Director, Engineering Research Center for Recnfigurable Manufacturing Systems, http://www.engin.umich.edu/, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 936-3596

E-mail: ykoren@umich.edu

· Director, U-M Center for Reconfigurable Machining Systems.
· Established U-M's Mobile Robot Laboratory.
· Expert on robotics, machine tool controls, machine tool wear.
· Native of Israel.

Paul H. Krebsbach DDS, PhD

Expertise: tissue engineering, stem cell lineage progression

Academic Discipline: dentistry

Appointments: Donald A. Kerr Collegiate Professor of Oral Pathology, Associate Professor & Associate Chair, Oral Medicine, Pathology & Oncology, Dentistry, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering

Phone: (734) 936-2600 Other phone: (734) 764-7142

E-mail: paulk@umich.edu

· Leads Tissue Engineering at Michigan, an interdisciplinary training program for people pursuing careers in the oral sciences with a focus on restoration of oral-craniofacial tissues http://www.dent.umich.edu/team/index.html
· Research program focuses on the cell and molecular biology of mineralized tissues, with an emphasis on gene therapy-directed osteogenesis and bone marrow stromal cell biology
· Member of editorial board of the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research and of U-M's Center for Gene Therapy Executive Committee
· Served as a senior staff fellow for three years at the National Institutes of Health prior to joining University of Michigan

Richard L. Lichtenstein Ph.D.

Expertise: Problems with U.S. health care system

Appointments: Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, Associate Professor, Health Management & Policy, School of Public Health

Phone: (734) 936-1316 Other phone: (734) 769-6749

E-mail: lichto@sph.umich.edu

· Current research has included a study of physicians' and citizens' attitudes toward physician-assisted suicide.
· Also has studied effects of diversity in medical teams and effects of innovations in patient treatments on job satisfaction among mental health staff.
· Earlier research focused on health care management and problems with the U.S. healthcare system.
· Also has focused on HMO marketing, workable capitation formulas, measuring job satisfaction for physicians.
· Created medical insurance board game for the many complex reasons that parents whose children qualify for an insurance program don't take advantage of the program.

Jiandie Lin Ph.D.

Expertise: Type 2 diabetes and metabolism

Academic Discipline: Molecular and cell biology

Appointments: Research Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Institute, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Medicine

Phone: (734) 615-3512

E-mail: jdlin@umich.edu

· Led team that found new molecular link between metabolism (chemical processes by which cells produce substances to sustain life) and 24-hour clock -- a link that could help further research into obesity and diabetes.
· Studies mechanisms that regulate energy metabolism in cells and organisms.
· Has received the American Heart Association postdoctoral fellowship, NIH K01 Scientist Development Award, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Innovative Award.

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Marc Estes Lippman M.D.

Expertise: Breast cancer

Academic Discipline: Internal Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)

Appointments: Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Professor of Internal Medicine (Hematology-Oncology), John G. Searle Professor of Medicine

Phone: 734-764-2220

· Dr. Lippman's work established the critical role of growth factors in the many pathways that regulate tissue and blood vessel growth in breast cancer
· Established the first cell culture models for studying estrogen action, which led to better understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which estrogens alter gene transcription and result in progression of breast cancer
· Worked to characterize and purify autocrine and paracrine factors that stimulate breast cancer cell growth, leading to anti-tumor therapies
· Research interests include growth regulation of breast cancer, molecular and cellular biology of malignant progression
· Dr. Lippman received his medical degree from Yale University and completed internship and residency training in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. Further fellowship training followed at the National Cancer Institute, where he later became the head of the Medical Breast Cancer Section of the Medicine Branch. In 1988, Dr. Lippman joined the faculty of Georgetown University, where he served as the director of the Lombardi Cancer Research Center. In January 2001, he assumed his current position as chair of the Department of Internal Medicine of the University of Michigan Health System.

Yili Liu Ph.D.

Appointments: Associate Professor, Industrial and Operations Engineering, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 763-0464

E-mail: yililiu@umich.edu

· Expert on ergonomics of human-computer interfaces.
· Developing new types of computer "mouse."
· Expert on human factors in intelligent transportation systems.

Karl Longstreth B.A., M.L.S.

Appointments: Senior Associate Librarian, Map Librarian, University Library, Director, China Data Center

Phone: (734) 764-0407

E-mail: karleric@umich.edu

· Geographical Information Systems

Nancy Love Ph.D.

Expertise: Environmental biotechnology including wastewater treatment

Academic Discipline: Civil and environmental engineering

Appointments: Professor and Chair of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 764-8495

E-mail: nglove@umich.edu

· Can discuss biological processes in environmental engineering and science with a focus on engineered wastewater treatment systems and environmental health applications.
· Specific interests cover a broad range of interdisciplinary topics, including: the impact of toxins in wastewater treatment systems; nitrogen conversion and removal; the fate of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in wastewater, biosolids and animal agriculture wastes; resource recovery from wastewater; and the role of molecular stress mechanisms in the response of biological systems to toxic compounds.

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Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason M.P.P.,Ph.D.

Expertise: Information economics and policy, antitrust issues

Academic Discipline: Economics, information and computer science, public policy

Appointments: Arthur W. Burks Professor of Information & Computer Science, Director, Program for Research on the Information Economy, School of Information, Professor, Economics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts, Professor, Ford School of Public Policy

Phone: (734) 647-4856 Other phone: (734) 213-0569

E-mail: jmm@umich.edu

· Expert on Microsoft antitrust legal issues; teaches doctoral course in antitrust economics
· Researches economics of the Internet, advanced telecommunications technologies, and digital information content
· Working on use of economic mechanisms to solve complex information system design problems

Ivan Maillard M.D., Ph.D.

Expertise: Stem cell research

Academic Discipline: Immunology

Appointments: Research Assistant Professor of Life Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Medicine

Phone: (734) 763-3599

E-mail: imaillar@umich.edu

· Can discuss embryonic stem cell research.
· Investigates the interaction of blood-forming stem cells with their environment, using the mouse as a model organism. This might provide insights into the function of stem cells in other contexts, including in cancerous tissues.
· Another interest of the Maillard laboratory will be in the self-renewal and differentiation of mature T lymphocytes, a subset of lymphocytes that plays a critical role in immunization, anti-cancer responses and diseases such as AIDS and autoimmune disorders.

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Igor Markov Ph.D.

Expertise: Computer chip technology, software for computer-aided deisgn

Academic Discipline: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Quantum Computing; Optimization

Appointments: Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 936-7829

E-mail: imarkov@umich.edu

· Can discuss design, validation and test of computer chips. Can also discuss bugs in computer hardware and diagnosis and repair
· Research interests are in combinatorial optimization with applications to the design and verification of integrated circuits, as well as in quantum logic circuits.
· Is an associate editor of the ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems and IEEE Transactions on Computers.
· Other interests include quantum computing and quantum algorithms.

Laurie K. McCauley D.D.S., Ph.D.

Appointments: William K. and Mary Anne Najjar Professor, Professor, Department of Periodontics, Prevention & Geriatrics, http://www.dent.umich.edu, School of Dentistry, Pathology, Medical School

Phone: 734-647-3206

E-mail: mccauley@umich.edu

· Parathyroid hormones
· Hormonal controls of bone remodeling
· Prostate cancer and bone
· Bone regeneration and repair (oral and systemic)

Roberto Merlin Ph.D.

Expertise: Spontaneous and stimulated Raman scattering, ultrafast optical techniques

Academic Discipline: Experimental condensed-matter physics

Appointments: Professor, Physics, College of Literature, Science, & Arts, Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 763-9759 Other phone: (734) 764-8459

E-mail: merlin@umich.edu

· Areas of expertise include various conventional optical techniques, particularly spontaneous and impulsive Raman spectroscopy.
· Has used light scattering to study a wide range of systems such as rare-earth magnetic semiconductors, mixed-valence compounds, transition-metal oxides, A15 superconductors, intercalated graphite and GaAs-AlAs artificial structures.
· Current interests focus on the generation and control of coherent and squeezed phonons and electronic fields using ultrafast optical pulses.
· Pioneered experimental work on quasiperiodic (Fibonacci) superlattices and squeezed phonons; discovered the quantum-well Pockels effect; developed the technique of magneto-Raman scattering.
· Other significant contributions include the earliest light scattering studies of folded acoustic and interface phonons, shallow impurities and coupled intersubband Landau-level excitations in GaAs-AlAs heterostructures.

Anna Michalak Ph.D.

Expertise: Issues involving atmospheric greenhouse gases

Academic Discipline: Engineering

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Assistant Professor, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 763-9664

E-mail: amichala@umich.edu

· Can discuss use of NASA satellite data to help understand global carbon cycle.
· Can discuss methods used by scientists to understand absorption of carbon dioxide (i.e. carbon sequestration) by plants and oceans.
· Research includes characterizing complexity and quantifying uncertainty in environmental systems with goal of improving our understanding of these systems and our ability to forecast their variability. Current research interests focus on atmospheric greenhouse gas emission and sequestration estimation, water quality monitoring and contaminant source identification, and use of remote sensing data for earth system characterization.

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John Monnier Ph.D.

Expertise: Stellar imaging, extrasolar planets

Academic Discipline: Astronomy

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Astronomy, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts

Phone: (734) 763-5822

E-mail: monnier@umich.edu

· Lead author of paper in journal "Science" on using combined telescope images to produce first picture showing surface details of Altair, a sun-like star beyond our solar system.
· Member of NASA working group on finding earth-like planets.

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Sean Morrison Ph.D.

Expertise: Stem cells

Academic Discipline: Internal Medicine - Medical Genetics

Appointments: Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Associate Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology, Medical School, Assistant Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Director of Center for Stem Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute

Phone: (734) 764-2220

· Studies the basic mechanisms that regulate stem cell function by studying both blood forming stem cells and nervous system stem cells
· Currently investigating whether stem cells from various types of tissues use the same set of genes to replace themselves an inquiry that could have profound implications for treating cancer and other diseases
· Studies neural crest stem cells which develop into the peripheral nervous system, connective tissue and other types of cells as well as hematopoietic stem cells, which form the blood and immune systems
· Received Wired Magazine's Rave Award for Science in 2003
· Was one of 100 young innovators profiled in the June 2002 issue of Technology Review

Franco M. Nori Ph.D.

Expertise: Applied physics, nanoscience

Academic Discipline: Physics

Appointments: Professor, Physics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts

Phone: (734) 764-3271 Other phone: (734) 930-6589

E-mail: nori@umich.edu

· Theoretical physicist; studies condensed matter theory.
· Areas of study: condensed matter physics, computational physics, applied physics, nano-science, nonlinear dynamics in complex systems
· Specializes in quantum computing (especially using superconducting circuitry), nano-scale and micron-scale devices and circuitry, control of the motion of tiny particles and quanta, quantum noise control.
· Other areas of interest include vortex dynamics in superconductors, nonlinear complex dynamics in condensed matter systems, dyamics of granular media, dynamical instabilities, avalanche behavior (instability in disordered systems).

K. Sue O'Shea Ph.D.

Expertise: Stem cells

Academic Discipline: Cell & developmental biology

Appointments: Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology, Medical School, Director, Organogenesis Morphology Core, Director, Human Embryonic Stem Cell Core

Phone: (734) 763-2550 Other phone: (734) 665-1074

E-mail: oshea@umich.edu

· Uses mouse embryonic stem cells to study nervous system development
· Can discuss basic biology and clinical applications of stem cells
· Can explain benefits of using human embryonic stem cells in research

Scott Page Ph.D.

Expertise: How diversity creates better groups

Academic Discipline: Political Science

Appointments: Professor, Department of Political Science, Professor, Department of Economics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts, Research Professor, Center for Political Studies, Adjunct Professor, Ross School of Business

Phone: (734) 763-3301

E-mail: spage@umich.edu

· Studies how diversity helps groups, universities, economies and democracies function better.
· Author of "The Difference: How The Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Teams, Schools, and Societies."
· Has consulted on topics ranging from the impact of Y2K to the demand for movies, and is currently a subject matter expert on terrorism for the U.S. Government.
· Wrote book, "Complex Adaptive Systems."
· Is an expert on complex systems.

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Jack M. Parent M.D.

Expertise: Stem cells

Academic Discipline: Neurology

Appointments: Associate Professor, Neurology, Medical School

Phone: (734)763-3776

E-mail: parent@umich.edu

· Can discuss stem cell research and its application to brain disorders.
· Research includes neural stem cells, brain regeneration, epileptogenesis, and brain plasticity after stroke.
· Can discuss how primitive neural cells in the brains of laboratory rats respond to acute brain injuries by moving to the injured area and attempting to form new neurons. Understanding how this self-repair mechanism works could someday help physicians reduce brain damage caused by strokes or neurodegenerative diseases.
· Is member of University of Michigan Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, and is director of Neurodevelopment and Regeneration Laboratory in Department of Neurology.

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Shobita Parthasarathy Ph.D.

Expertise: politics of science and technology

Academic Discipline: Public Policy

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Phone: (734) 764-8075

E-mail: shobita@umich.edu

· Studies science and technology politics and policy, for example in developing genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer
· Is interested in comparative and international politics of scientific and technological development
· Studies role of multinational corporations in shaping science, ethics, and governance in the area of stem cell research

Mercedes Pascual Ph.D.

Expertise: Ecology of disease

Academic Discipline: Ecology

Appointments: Associate Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts

Phone: (734) 615 9808

E-mail: pascual@umich.edu

· Documented link between climate variability and cycles of cholera outbreaks
· Studies dynamics of ecological systems, such as predator-prey, host-parasite, and disturbance-recovery
· Named one of "The 50 Most Important Women in Science" by Discover magazine in 2002.

Ivette Perfecto Ph.D.

Expertise: Tropical ecology, agroecology, political ecology

Academic Discipline: Natural Resources, Ecology

Appointments: Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources & Environment

Phone: (734) 764-1433

E-mail: perfecto@umich.edu

· Biological diversity in managed and natural ecosystems, patterns of biodiversity
· Effects of agricultural transformation, particularly in Central America.
· Political ecology of tropical rain forest transformation, conservation and sustainable development in the Third World -- especially Latin America
· U.S. pesticide regulations and farm workers.

Martin Philbert Ph.D.

Expertise: Nanotechnology; also neurotoxicology (effects of poisons on nervous system)

Academic Discipline: Environmental health sciences

Appointments: Professor, Senior Associate Dean, School of Public Health, Director, Center for Risk Science and Communication, School of Public Health

Phone: (734) 763-4523;

E-mail: philbert@umich.edu

· Can discuss balance between health benefits and risks of nanotechnology.
· Research interests include experimental neuropathology, neuroxicity of environmental chemicals, development of Nano-Optical Chemical Systems for in vivo physiology, and nanostructure-based imaging and treatment of malignant tumors.

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Thomas J. Powell Ph.D.

Appointments: Professor, School of Social Work

Phone: (734) 763-5930 Other phone: (313) 994-6340

E-mail: Thomas.J.Powell@um.cc.umich.edu

· Mental health policy and the public mental health system.
· Major mood disorders, such as manic-depression and major depression.
· Psychiatrists' attitudes toward self-help groups.

Atul Prakash Ph.D.

Expertise: Online security, data protection

Academic Discipline: Computer science

Appointments: Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 763-1585

E-mail: aprakash@umich.edu

· Can discuss online banking security and preventing design flaws that could make customers vulnerable to cyberthieves.
· Research includes security and privacy, groupware systems, middleware, adaptability in distributed systems, software engineering.
· Can discuss means for privacy controls in social networks to reduce security risks, such as next-generation spam to members in a social network
· Can also discuss means for information protection and malware detection in enterprise settings

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Paul J. Resnick S.M., Ph.D.

Expertise: Social implications of technology

Academic Discipline: Information science

Appointments: Associate Professor, School of Information

Phone: (734) 647-9458

E-mail: presnick@umich.edu

· Interested in social capital, civic disengagement; sense of community, particularly how information technology affects community & use of new technologies to communication & sense of belonging
· Member of The Saguaro Seminar on Civic Engagement in America
· Studies how to design feedback and reputation systems on Internet sites, such as e-Bay, offering users opportunities to publicly comment on each other's past performances
· Oversees project exploring how teenagers can serve as information organizers for their communities.
· Has studied impact of filtering controversial content on the Internet

William B. Ribbens Ph.D.

Appointments: Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 764-3310 Other phone: (734) 663-0323

E-mail: ribbens@umich.edu

· Expert on fuel-cell technology for automotive use
· Developed automotive misfire detection system

Lawrence S. Root Ph.D.

Appointments: Professor, School of Social Work, Director, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations

Phone: (734) 763-6581

E-mail: lroot@umich.edu

· Research addresses employment and social welfare issues, including social policy associated with employment-based services (such as employee assistance), employee benefits and education/training in the workplace.
· Has worked extensively with joint union-management programs in the auto industry, directing training and workplace education programs for General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.
· Currently directs a distance-learning undergraduate program using videoconferencing and the Internet for UAW-represented Ford employees.
· Former director of the UAW-GM Educational Development Counseling Program and the National Older Workers Information System.

Ann Marie Sastry Ph. D.

Expertise: Materials science, biological materials, helping interpret data from nanoprobes that see inside living cells, development of improved battery technology, energy systems engineering

Academic Discipline: Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering

Appointments: Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering

Phone: 734--764-3061

E-mail: amsastry@umich.edu

· Studies the assembly and organization of materials at the molecular level, using natural systems as a model for how man-made materials might be made better in the future
· Research subjects range from sea urchin eggs to living human cells to new battery technology
· Work is computer-intensive and uses a lot of statistical modeling
· Expertise includes pre-college science education

Robert S. Savit Ph.D.

Expertise: Complex systems and mathematical methods

Academic Discipline: Physics, complex systems

Appointments: Professor, Department of Physics, College of Literature, Science & Arts, Faculty Associate, Biophysics Research Division, Faculty Associate, Institute for Social Research

Phone: (734) 764-3426

E-mail: savit@umich.edu

· Expert on complexity, non-linear dynamics.
· Expert on biomathematical methods in neurological systems.
· Expert on mathematics of group dynamics.
· Affiliated with Santa Fe Institute.

Lawrence W. Schneider Ph.D.

Appointments: Senior Research Scientist, Biosciences Division, Transportation Research Institute

Phone: (734) 936-1103

E-mail: lws@umich.edu

· Research focuses on automotive biomechanics, including occupant protection systems for persons in wheelchairs, development of crash test dummies, and automobile safety and ergonomic design.
· Has also studied air bag-induced injuries and pregnancy loss due to automobile crashes.

David H. Sherman Ph.D.

Expertise: Microorganisms

Academic Discipline: Chemistry

Appointments: John G. Searle Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute

Phone: (734) 615-9907

E-mail: davidhs@umich.edu

· Can discuss new genomic-based technologies that improve the ability to understand and manipulate complex biosynthetic systems, enabling new opportunities in medicine and industry.
· Chemical Diversity Director of Center for Chemical Genomics of Life Sciences Institute.
· Research includes drug discovery opportunities in the area of infectious diseases and cancer.

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Carl P. Simon Ph.D.

Expertise: Complex systems, social science aspects of energy, mathematical modeling

Academic Discipline: Mathematics, public policy

Appointments: Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Professor of Mathematics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Professor of Public Policy, Ford School of Public Policy, Director, Center for Study of Complex Systems, Associate Director for Social Science and Policy, Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute, Office of Vice President for Research

Phone: (734) 763-3074

E-mail: cpsimon@umich.edu

· Research interests center around mathematical models which involve natural dynamics or motion over time. Has applied dynamic modeling to movements of an economy over time, spread of AIDS, and evolution of biological and economic systems.
· Has also conducted research on how political office holders manipulate economic parameters to achieve their goals.
· Heads program on social science aspects of energy policy.

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J. David Singer Ph.D.

Appointments: Professor Emeritus, Political Science, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Phone: (734) 763-6590

E-mail: jdsinger@umich.edu

· Top expert on international conflict, diplomacy, arms control, disarmament, deterrence and foreign policy.
· Research falls within the Correlates of War, a project he began in 1964 to study change, continuity and war in the global system, and state-level factors that, in combination with dispute behavior, characterize the run-up to war.
· Co-wrote the book "Nations at War: A Scientific Study of International Conflict"
· Has been a consultant to the U.S. departments of State and Defense, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, U.S. Institute of Peace, U.S. Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Information Agency, and Institute for Defense Analyses.

Janet Smith Ph.D.

Expertise: Protein structure

Academic Discipline: Biological Chemistry

Appointments: Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts, Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute

Phone: (734) 615-9564

E-mail: JanetSmith@umich.edu

· Can discuss research into structure of proteins, which control virtually all the chemistry of living systems.
· Took part in team effort to figure out how bacteria convert sunlight into energy.
· Stuctural work focuses on enzymes that catalyze chemical reactions to make antibiotics, and on the structures used by RNA-based viruses including West Nile, yellow fever and dengue.

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Levi Thompson Ph.D.

Expertise: Hydrogen, fuel cells, nanomaterials, catalysis, batteries

Academic Discipline: Chemical Engineering

Appointments: Professor, Chemical Engineering, Director, Hydrogen Energy Technology Laboratory

Phone: 734 936 2015

E-mail: ltt@umich.edu

· Is a leading researcher into hydrogen generation and fuel cell technology.
· Developing tiny new nanostructured materials for energy applications.
· Directs $6 million Dept. of Energy project to develop low-cost fuel processors to convert hydrocarbons like gasoline and methanol into hydrogen for fuel cells.

Katsuyo Thornton Ph.D.

Expertise: Nanostructures, computational materials science

Academic Discipline: Engineering

Appointments: Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 615-1498

E-mail: kthorn@umich.edu

· Can discuss optimizing microstructures to increase efficiency and cost-effectiveness of fuel cells.
· Research focuses on computational and theoretical investigations of the evolution of microstructures and nanostructures during processing and operation. These investigations facilitate the understanding of the underlying physics of materials to aid us in designing advanced materials with desirable properties and in developing manufacturing processes that are cost-effective.
· Can also discuss using computer models to predict how materials will behave over their lifetimes.

A. Galip Ulsoy Ph.D.

Appointments: William Clay Ford Professor of Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 936-0407

E-mail: ulsoy@umich.edu

· Co-Director, U-M Center for Reconfigurable Machining Systems.
· Directs U-M Program in Manufacturing.
· Researches modeling, control of manufacturing systems.
· Native of Turkey; speaks Turkish.

Note: Feb 03---took leave of absence to become Director of Civil and Mechanical Systems at NSF

Jakob Ursula Ph.D.

Expertise: Understanding harmful aspects of oxygen in cells

Academic Discipline: Biochemistry

Appointments: Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, College of Literature, Science and the Arts

Phone: (734) 615-1286

E-mail: ujakob@umich.edu

· Can discuss mechanism by which bleach kills bacteria.
· Research focuses on biochemical aspects of bacterial response to heat shock.
· Has been chosen as a "Biological Scholar" at the University of Michigan, a prestigious designation awarded by a University-wide committee. She is also a recipient of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences 2000.
· Her lab has developed new method useful for studying the role of oxidative stress in aging and many diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, cancer and heart disease.

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John Vandermeer Ph.D.

Expertise: Ecology, agroecology, tropical ecology

Academic Discipline: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Appointments: Margaret Davis Collegiate Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Arthur Thurnau Professor, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Professor, School of Natural Resources & Environment, Faculty Associate, Program in American Culture, Faculty Associate, Center for the Study of Complex Systems, Faculty Associate, Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Phone: (734) 764-1446

E-mail: jvander@umich.edu

· Can discuss tropical forest ecology, including causes of destruction of rain forest.
· Research interests include distribution pattern of ants in coffee plantations.
· Can also discuss biodiversity in agro-ecosystems, and agricultural development in tropical ecosystems and any topic related to conservation biology.

Angela Violi Ph.D.

Expertise: Alternative fuels, nanoparticles and their interaction with biological systems such as the lung

Academic Discipline: Chemical engineering

Appointments: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering, college of Engineerng

Phone: (734) 615-6448

E-mail: avioli@umich.edu

· Can discuss how carbon nanoparticles can get trapped in lungs and inhibit function of fluid that helps breathing.
· Research includes nanoparticle growth and self-assembly, nanoparticle interactions with biomolecular systems, molecular modeling of complex systems using atomistic models, applied chemical kinetics, aerosols.

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Nils Walter Ph.D.

Expertise: RNA-related matters; biosensors

Academic Discipline: Biophysical Chemistry

Appointments: Associate Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science and the Arts

Phone: (734) 615-2060

E-mail: nwalter@umich.edu

· Can discuss research about the role that RNA (molecules that perform key functions in living cells) plays in all cellular processes and in treating or preventing disease, and of single molecule detection approaches as the cutting edge in the biosciences.
· Research includes the inner workings of RNA enzymes, RNA based biosensors, small interfering RNAs and eventually could lead to ways to prevent certain infectious or genetic diseases and to search for signs of life on Mars.
· Expertise includes RNA enzymes; RNA-protein complexes; RNA interference; nucleic acids; fluorescence; single molecule microscopy; biosensors.

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Gary Was Sc.D.

Expertise: Energy research

Academic Discipline: Engineering

Appointments: Walter J. Weber, Jr. Professor of Sustainable Energy, Environmental, & Earth Systems Engineering, Professor, Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Science, Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, Director, Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute

Phone: (734) 763-4675

E-mail: gsw@umich.edu

· Can discuss range of energy research issues.
· Major research interests center on nuclear energy and materials for energy systems, radiation materials science and environmental effects on metals, including stress corrosion cracking,high temperature corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement.

Thomas E. Weisskopf Ph.D.

Expertise: economic change in former socialist countries; affirmative action in U.S. higher education

Academic Discipline: Economics

Appointments: Professor, Economics, College of Literature, Science, & the Arts, Director, Residental College, Research Scientist, , Center for Russian and East European Studies

Phone: (734) 763-3037 / (73

E-mail: tomw@umich.edu

· Well-known "dissenting" economist whose current work focuses on problems of economic transition and institutional development in formerly socialist economies, especially on the interaction between political and economic change in Russia.
· Earlier research included studies of macroeconomic problems of advanced capitalist economies from a neo-Marxian perspective, and issues of Third World development and underdevelopment, particularly in South Asia.
· Books include "The Capitalist System: A Radical Analysis of Contemporary American Society," "Beyond the Waste Land: A Democratic Alternative to Economic Decline" and "After the Waste Land: A Democratic Economics for the Year 2000."
· A founder, in 1968, of the Union for Radical Political Economics, which challenges mainstream economic thought. Also, co-developing Russian economics textbook.

Max S. Wicha M.D.

Expertise: Stem cells, breast cancer, trends in cancer care

Academic Discipline: Internal Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)

Appointments: Director, U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Distinguished Professor of Oncology, Medical School, Professor of Internal Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)

Phone: 734 764-2220

· Dr. Wicha is nationally known for his research in the field of breast oncology, particularly his work in the role of stem cells in the normal human breast and in breast cancer.
· He also is active as a clinician, specializing in the treatment of breast cancer patients.
· As director of the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. Wicha can speak to the overarching elements of cancer, including its treatment, research and clinical trials.

Kensall D. Wise Ph.D.

Appointments: J. Reid and Polly Anderson Professor of Manufacturing Technology, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering, Director, Center for Wireless Integrated Microsystems

Phone: (734) 764-3346 Other phone: (734) 668-6118

E-mail: wise@umich.edu

· Studies sensor technology and applications in bioelectrical systems.
· Expert on automated semiconductor manufacturing and nanotechnology.
· Directs U-M research team designing microprobes for medical and manufacturing applications.

John A. Witter Ph.D.

Appointments: Professor, Entomology and Forest Dynamics, School of Natural Resources & Environment

Phone: (734) 764-2249

E-mail: jwitter@umich.edu

· Insect-plant interactions, insect defoliators.
· Effects of air pollution on Great Lakes forests.
· Population dynamics of forest and agricultural insects and impact of insects on vegetative systems.
· Gypsy moths and suitability of Great Lakes species as hosts, forest pest management

Steven J. Wright Ph.D.

Appointments: Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 764-7148 Other phone: (734) 475-1563

E-mail: sjwright@engin.umich.edu

· Authority on hydraulics and hydrology, especially coastal hydraulics.
· Studies groundwater transport and contamination.
· Researches fluid mechanics applications to water and wastewater systems, groundwater, coastal engineering, pollutant discharges.

Steven L. Yaffee Ph.D.

Expertise: Management of endangered species and public lands

Academic Discipline: Environmental Policy and Management

Appointments: Theodore Roosevelt Professor of Ecosystem Management, School of Natural Resources & Environment, Director, SNRE Ecosystem Management Initiative

Phone: (734) 763-5451

E-mail: yaffee@umich.edu

· Expert on alternative dispute resolution, protection of endangered species and conservation of biological diversity.
· Widely published on the spotted owl controversy.
· Policy involving endangered species, public lands, ecosystem management, nonprofit environmental organizations

Victor C. Yang M.S., Ph.D.

Appointments: Albert B. Prescott Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

Phone: (734) 764-4273 Other phone: (734) 994-1516

E-mail: vcyang@umich.edu

· Prodrugs (chemical compounds that are converted into active drugsby the body's enzymes)
· Working on prodrug forms of clot-busting medications such as t-PA and streptokinase
· Design and application of biosensors that will allow monitoring of drugs and other important molecules in the body
· Designing a blood filter system to neutralize after-effects of an anticlotting drug

Donald Zak Ph.D.

Expertise: Impact of global warming on forests

Academic Discipline: Microbial ecology

Appointments: Professor of Natural Resources, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science and the Arts

Phone: (734) 763-4991

E-mail: drzak@umich.edu

· Can discuss how warming world is likely to cause birch trees to drive out aspens in northern forests, as mounting levels of carbon dioxide force trees to compete more fiercely for soil nutrients.
· Research investigates links between the composition and function of soil microbial communities, and the influence of microbial activity on ecosystem-level processes.
· Current research centers on understanding the link between plant and microbial activity within terrestrial ecosystems, and the influence climate change may have on these dynamics.

Thomas Zurbuchen Ph.D.

Expertise: Entrepreneurship; space weather and solar activity; evolution of solar system

Academic Discipline: Space Science and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering

Appointments: Associate Professor, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Science, Associate Professor, Space Science and Aerospace Engineering, Director of Center for Entrepreneurship College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 647-6835

E-mail: thomasz@umich.edu

· Can discuss solar phenomena, and the effects the Sun has on other planets and planetary objects. Can discuss these issues in the broad context of astrophysics and the history of the solar system.
· Has built novel satellite instruments under the inclusion of students and startup companies.
· Also can discuss how young inventors can help Michigan's and the US economy, and the role of the Center for Entrepreneurship to make that happen.