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Rebecca Alexander

Director of Academic Planning, Wake Downtown & Professor, Department of Chemistry

Alexander combines scientific expertise and creativity to apply science across the curriculum.

Martha Allman

Dean of Undergraduate Admissions

Allman has become an expert on test-optional admissions, interviews in the admissions process and other admissions trends.

Expert Areas: Test-Optional Research Policies

Miriam Ashley-Ross

Professor of Biology

Ashley-Ross is an expert in salamander locomotion and a leader in the study of how some species of fish move on dry land.

Expert Areas: Biomechanics of Animal Locomotion | Evolution of Animal Location | Comparative Physiology | Muscle Physiology | Comparative Anatomy

Kristen M. Beavers

Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Exercise Science

Beavers studies how nutrition and exercise influence weight loss and health outcomes in older adults.

Expert Areas: Using advanced biomedical imaging techniques to better understand age- and intervention-related changes in body composition | Weight-loss strategies to optimize health in older adults | Predictors and determinants of functional decline in older adults

Michael Berry

Department Chair, Professor of Health and Exercise Science and Director of the Human Performance Laboratory

Berry researches the interaction between exercise and the respiratory system.

Expert Areas: Exercise and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | Effects of exercise on individuals with respiratory diseases | Delivering exercise interventions to patients with acute respiratory failure | Human Physiology

Deborah Best

William L. Poteat Professor of Psychology

Best is a psychologist who studies child development with a particular focus on gender stereotypes and young children.

Tom Brister

Senior Lecturer of Political Science

Brister is an expert in terrorism, globalization and intelligence trends.

Christy Buchanan

Professor of Psychology; Senior Associate Dean for Academic Advising

Buchanan studies how parents’ expectations affect teen behavior.

Eric Carlson

Associate Professor of Physics

Carlson demands scientific explanations for the seemingly inexplicable.

David Carroll

Director, Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials

Carroll and his research team aim to provide solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems.

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