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Alessandro Vespignani
Sternberg Distinguished Professor of Physics, Computer Science and Health Sciences
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"big data" analysis, coronavirus, COVID-19, epidemics, forecasting how diseases and epidemics spread, Mapping, network science, pandemic, social and technological networks, Travel, Variants
Thomas Vicino
Professor of Political Science, Public Policy, and Urban Affairs; Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, CSSH
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617.373.2619
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Brazil, flooding, globalization and the city, political economy of metropolitan areas, suburbanization and smart growth, urban public policy
Daniel Voionmaa
Associate Professor of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
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Expertise
Latin American culture
Steve Vollmer
Assistant Professor of Biology
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781.581.7370, x312
Expertise
Evolutionary Ecology, Genetics and Speciation, molecular biology, Reef-Corals
Robert Volpe
Assistant Professor of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology
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617.373.7970
Expertise
ADHD, behavioral assessment, early literacy, prevention of antisocial behavior
Louise Walker
Associate Professor of History
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617.373.2710
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economic crises, espionage, modern Latin American political economy, political protest
Byron Wallace
Assistant Professor & Director - BS in Data Science Program
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617.373.2402
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COVID-19, data mining, machine learning, natural language processing
Suzanna Walters
Professor and Director of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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617.373.8519
Expertise
gender and sexuality studies
Richard Wamai
Associate Professor of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies
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617.373.4130
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COVID-19, Interventions that prevent the spread of HIV in Africa
Mitchell Wand
Professor of Computer and Information Science
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617.373.2072
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compiler correctness, continuations, object-oriented programming, programming-language semantics, type theory
Ming Wang
Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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617.373.3900
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construction materials, earthquake engineering, experimental mechanics, fiber reinforced composites, recycled waste materials, sensor technology for infrastructure, structural damage assessment, structural dynamics, structural health monitoring
Ryan Wang
Assistant Professor
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617-373-7984
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COVID-19, Geo-social networking, Urban and social resilience