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Featured Experts in Money, economics & working
Ed Coulson

Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Real Estate
N. Edward Coulson teaches in the area of Economics and Public Policy and serves in the school’s Center for Real Estate.
Expertise
- Urban Economics
- Real Estate
- Economics
- Public Policy
- Housing Economics
Gloria Mark

Chancellor's Professor Informatics
Gloria Mark's research area is human-computer interaction (HCI) studying how technology has impacted individuals, groups, and society.
Expertise
- Information Technology
- Email Interruptions
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Multi-Tasking
Bill Maurer

Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Professor, Anthropology and Law
Bill Maurer is an anthropologist and expert on money’s artifacts and technologies, from cowries to credit cards and cryptocurrencies.
Expertise
- Payments Industry
- Law
- Anthropology
- Cryptocurrencies
- Money and Finance
- Consumer Finance
David Neumark

Distinguished Professor of Economics
David Neumark is a labor economist whose work focuses on minimum wages, discrimination in the work force, and worker compensation.
Expertise
- Health Economics
- Finance
- Gender Inequality in Relationships
- Economics
- Demographics
Eric Spangenberg

Professor of Marketing and Psychological Science; Academic director for the Center for Global Leadership
Eric Spangenberg is an expert in consumer behavior, psychology, leadership and statistics.
Expertise
- Environmental Psychology
- Question-Behavior Effects
- Consumer Behavior
- Marketing
- Psychometrics
Eric Swanson

Professor of Economics
Eric Swanson is an expert on inflation, recessions and what changes in interest rates mean for the economy.
Expertise
- Monetary Economics
- Macroeconomics
- Macro-Finance
- Time Series Econometrics
Ian O. Williamson

Dean of the Paul Merage School of Business
Ian O. Williamson is a globally recognized expert in the area of human resource management.
Expertise
- Social Networks
- Organizational Theory
- Human Resource Management
- Recruitment
- Workplace Motivation
- Diversity in the Workforce
- Talent Pipelines
- Future of Work
- Talent Management
- Workplace Innovation
- Employee Retention
- Management
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- People Management
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Amir AghaKouchak

Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Amir AghaKouchak studies how climate change and variability influence extreme events (flood/drought/heatwaves) and compound hazards.
Expertise
- Climate Extremes
- Climatology
- Climate Change
- Flood
- Drought
- Heatwave
- Hydrology
- Remote Sensing of the Environment
June Ahn

Professor
June Ahn is a Professor of Learning Sciences and Research-Practice Partnerships at the UC Irvine (UCI) School of Education.
Expertise
- Data Use and Analytics
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Learning Technologies
- Research-Practice Partnerships
- Educational Technology
Aileen Anderson

Director of the Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center
Dr. Anderson is an expert on stem cell research, with a focus on spinal cord and traumatic brain injury.
Expertise
- Glioblastoma
- Stem Cell Biology
- Stem Cell Research
- Spinal Cord Injury
Richard Arum

Professor of Education and Sociology
Richard Arum's research is focused on education, social stratification and formal organizations.
Expertise
- Social Stratification
- Legal and Institutional Environments of Schools
- Digital Education
Bernadette Boden-Albala

Director of Program in Public Health and Founding Dean of proposed School of Population Health
Bernadette Boden-Albala, Dr.P.H., is a renowned researcher & administrator who researches community-based stroke & heart disease prevention.
Expertise
- Stroke and heart disease prevention
- Public Health
- Infectious Diseases
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Jessica Borelli

Associate Professor of Psychological Science
Jessie Borelli's research focuses on the links between close relationships and mental health
Expertise
- Attachment
- Parenting
- Developmental
- Mental Health
- Health
- Clinical
- Parent-Child Relationships
Dr. Daniela Bota

Associate Dean of Clinical Research and Associate Professor of Neurology
Dr. Daniela A. Bota is a UCI Health neuro-oncologist who specializes in the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors.
Expertise
- Clinical Trials
- Neuro-Oncology
- Brain Cancer
- Neurology
- Brain Tumors
Jack Brouwer

Professor: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering; Director: National Fuel Cell Research Center, Advanced Power and Energy Program
Jack Brouwer's research focuses on high-temperature electrochemical dynamics and integrated renewable energy systems.
Expertise
- High-Temperature Electrochemical Dynamics
- Renewable Hydrogen
- Renewable Power Dynamics
- Integrated Renewable Power Systems
- Hybrid Power and Energy Storage Systems
Elizabeth Cauffman

Professor of Psychological Science, Education and Law
Elizabeth Cauffman’s research addresses the intersect between adolescent development and juvenile justice.
Expertise
- Social Ecology
- Juvenile Justice
- Adolescent Development
- Mental Health
- Legal and Social Policy
Yong Chen

Professor, History
Yong Chen is Professor of Hist. He also served as the Associate Dean of Curricular and Student Services in the School of Humanities.
Expertise
- Chinese American Experience
- Immigration History
- Food
- Asian-American History
- Cultural History