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Prof. Matthew Jackson, Professor of Economics at Stanford University
Networks of military alliances, wars, and international trade, The Friendship Paradox and Systematic Biases in Perceptions and Social Norms, Using Gossips to Spread Information: Theory and Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials, and The Role
Prof. Mark Bear, Professor of Neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Pathophysiology and correction of amblyopia, The synaptic substrates of visual recognition memory, and pathophysiology and correction of fragile X syndrome and other causes of autism Prof. Mark Bear is a Professor of Neuroscience in The Picower Institute
Prof. Dragana Rogulja, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School
Motivation, Perception, and Chance Converge to Make a Binary Decision, Recurrent Circuitry Sustains Drosophila Courtship Drive While Priming Itself for Satiety,, Measures the Passage of Time to Coordinate Behavior and Motivational State, and Sleep Loss Ca
Prof. Robert Talisse, Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University.
Problem of Polarization, and Semantic Descent: More Trouble for Civility Prof. Robert Talisse is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Graduate Studies at Vanderbilt University. He specializes in contemporary political philosophy, with particular intere
Prof. Warren Grill, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University
In vivo quantification of excitation and kilohertz frequency block of the rat vagus nerve, stimulation of the sensory pudendal nerve increases bladder capacity in the rat, and evoked potentials reveal neural circuits engaged by human deep brain stimulatio
Dr. Fredrik Inglis of University of Missouri, SL, and Drs. Sussane DiSalvo and Brittany Peterson of University of Southern Illinois, Edwardsville;
The evolution, effects and relationships of microbes with other biological systems such as Amoeba, Termites/Pests and humans. Dr. Fredrik Inglis is an assistant professor at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. He studies the evolution of microbi
Prof Pete Klenow, Professor of Economic Policy, School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University
Welfare across Countries and Time, The misallocation of talent and US economic growth, Race and Economic Well-Being in the United States, and Trading Off Consumption and COVID-19 Deaths. Prof Pete Klenow is professor of Economic Policy, School of Humaniti
Prof. James Kakalios, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota
Transient Striatal γ Local Field Potentials Signal Movement Initiation in Rats, Structural and electronic properties of dual plasma codeposited mixed-phase amorphous/nanocrystalline thin films, and Proton radiation-induced enhancement of the dark conducti
Prof. Lee Ohanian, Professor of Economics at UCLA
Capital-skill complementarity and inequality, Are Phillips Curves Useful for Forecasting Inflation?, New Deal Policies and the Persistence of the Great Depression, Long-term changes in labor supply and taxes, and Tarnishing the Golden and Empire States: L
Prof. Michael Ullman, Professor of Neuroscience at Georgetown University
THE Declarative/Procedural Model: A Neurobiologically Motivated Theory of First and Second Language, Child first language and adult second language are both tied to general-purpose learning systems, and the Neurocognition of Developmental Disorders of Lan