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Deborah Tuerkheimer

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Professor of Law

Field: Criminal Law

Focus Areas: Criminal Justice, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault

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Danielle Tullman-Ercek

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biosciences, Nanotechnology, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Antibiotic Resistance, Biochemistry, Biofuels, Biomaterials, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Industry, Vaccines

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Fred W. Turek

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Neurobiology

Field: Neurology, Sleep Medicine

Focus Areas: Circadian Rhythms, Jet Lag, Neurobiology, Neuroscience, Sleep

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Keith Edward Jaggard Tyo

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Global Health, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Biochemistry, Biofuels, Biomaterials, Biophysics, Biotechnology

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Melville Ulmer

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Focus Areas: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Dark Matter, Data Science, Data Visualization

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Brian Uzzi

Kellogg School of Management
Richard L. Thomas Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech (Financial Technologies), Innovation, Machine Learning and Automation, Social Media, Social Networks

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Dr. Douglas Vaughan

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine

Field: Aging, Cardiology, Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine, Genetics, Human Biology

Focus Areas: Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Health, Genetic Medicine and Health, Hypertension, Vascular Disease

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Alyssa M Vela

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Division of Cardiac Surgery)

Field: Cardiology, Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology

Focus Areas: Behavior Change, Cardiovascular Health, Depression and Anxiety, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Eating Disorders, Heart Transplant, Lifestyle and Wellness, Stress

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Dr. Priya Verghese

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Division Head of Kidney Diseases, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Field: Pediatrics

Focus Areas: Kidney Disease, Kidney Transplant

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Vijay Viswanathan

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
Professor and Associate Dean of Integrated Marketing Communications

Field: Marketing

Focus Areas: Audience Engagement and Insight, Brand and Reputation Management, Consumer Behavior, Marketing Strategy, Market Research, Pricing Strategy