NU Experts
Below is a chart that outlines experts at Northeastern who work in the areas of each respective Congressional subcommittee and committee that members of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation belong to. If an elected official wishes to contact a Northeastern expert, or has any questions about the information, please contact Tim Leshan, Vice President for Government Relations at 617-373-8528 or by email, t.leshan@neu.edu.
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| Committee | Subcommittee | Faculty Expert | Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appropriations | Energy & Water Development | Mel Bernstein (Senior Vice Provost for Research & Graduate Education) | Security |
| J. Murray Gibson (Dean, College of Science) | Energy | ||
| Ways and Means | Trade | Peter D. Enrich (School of Law) | Tax Law |
| Daniel C. Schaffer (School of Law) | Tax Law | ||
| Ravi Ramamurti (Center for Emerging Markets) | Emerging Markets | ||
| Rules | Rules and the Organization of the House | Robert E. Gilbert (Department of Political Science) | American Politics |
| Financial Services | Capitol Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises | Andrew Sum (Center for Labor Market Studies) | Labor Markets |
| Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit | Maria Jose Luengo-Prado (Department of Economics) | Consumer Saving and Credit Behavior | |
| Rashmi Dyal-Chand (School of Law) | Economic Development & Credit | ||
| Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity | Jack Levin (Brudnick Center) | Crime and Social Psychology | |
| James Alan Fox (Criminology, Law and Policy) | Criminology | ||
| Joan Fitzgerald (Director, Law, Policy and Society) | Transportation & Economic Development | ||
| Armed Services | Air and Land Forces | Agnes Hui Chan (College and Computer and Information Science ) | Cybersecurity |
| Natural Resources | Energy and Mineral Resources | J. Murray Gibson, Dean, College of Science | Energy |
| Sanjeev Mukerjee (Northeastern University Center for Renewable Energy Technology) | Energy | ||
| Philip Larese-Casanova (Civil and Environmental Engineering) | Water & Minerals | ||
| Education and Labor | Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions | Jessica Hoffman (Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology) | Prevention of Childhood Obesity |
| Emily Spieler, Dean, School of Law | Labor and Employment Law | ||
| Andrew Sum (Center for Labor Market Studies) | Emerging Markets | ||
| William Dickens (Department of Economics) | Wage Determination and Unemployment | ||
| Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness | Joseph E. Aoun, President | Higher Education | |
| Oversight and Government Reform | National Security and Foreign Affairs | Michael Silevitch (Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats) | Security |
| Mel Benstein, Vice Provost for Research | |||
| Carey Rapport (Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats) | Security | ||
| Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia | Emily Spieler, Dean, School of Law | Labor and Employment Law | |
| Karl E. Klare (School of Law) | Labor and Employment Law | ||
| Technology, Information, Policy and Intergovernmental Relations | William Miles (Department of Political Science) | Political Development and Culture | |
| Energy and Commerce | Communications and Technology | Albert-Laszlo Barabasi (Center for Complex Network Research) | Network Science |
| Timothy Bickmore (College of Computer and Information Science) | Relational Agents | ||
| Energy and Power | J. Murray Gibson, Dean, College of Science | Energy | |
| David Lazer (College of Computer and Information Science) | Network Science | ||
| Agnes Hui Chan (College of Computer and Information Science) | Cybersecurity | ||
| Kim Lewis (Antimicrobial Discovery Center) | Antimicrobial Drug Tolerance & Drug Delivery | ||
| Heather Clark (Department of Pharmaceutical Studies) | Nanosensors | ||
| Vladimir Torchilin (Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine) | Drug Delivery | ||
| Barry Karger (Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis) | Bioanalytical Research | ||
| Sanjeev Mukerjee (Northeastern University Center for Renewable Energy Technology) | Energy | ||
| Graham Jones (Chair, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology) | Drug Discovery and Delivery | ||
| Transportation and Infrastructure | Aviation | Steve Morrison (Chair, Department of Economics) | Transportation - Air |
| Highways and Transit | Joan Fitzgerald (Director, Law, Policy and Society) | Transportation & Economic Development | |
| Ming Wang (Civil and Environmental Engineering) | VOTERS: Versatile Onboard Traffic Embedded Roaming Sensors | ||
| Water Resources and Environment | April Z. Gu (Civil and Environmental Engineering) | Water Quality | |
| Philip Larese-Casanova (Civil and Environmental Engineering) | Water & Minerals | ||
| Ferdinand L. Hellweger (Civil and Environmental Engineering) | Water Quality | ||
| Mel Bernstein (Senior Vice Provost for Research & Graduate Education) | Security | ||
| Carey Rapport (Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats) | Security | ||
| Michael Silevitch (Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats) | Security | ||
| Agnes Hui Chan (College of Computer and Information Science) | Cybersecurity | ||
| Commerce, Science and Transportation | Aviation Operations, Safety and Security | Steve Morrison (Chair, Department of Economics) | Transportation - Air |
| Communications, Technology, and the Internet | David Lazer (College of Computer and Information Science) | Network Science | |
| Albert-Laszlo Barabasi (Center for Complex Network Research) | Network Science | ||
| Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion | John Friar (Technological Entrepreneurship) | Technological Entrepreneurship | |
| Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard | Geoff Trussell (Marine Science Center) | Marine Science | |
| Science and Space | Ahmed Busnaina (Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing) | Nanomanfacturing | |
| Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security | Geoff Trussell (Marine Science Center) | Marine Science | |
| Joan Fitzgerald (Director, Law, Policy and Society) | Transportation & Economic Development | ||
| Finance | Heath Care | Richard Daynard (Public Heath Advocacy Institute) | Public Health Law |
| International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness | Harry Lane (Acting Dean, College of Business Administration, Institute for Global Innovation Management) | Intercultural and Diversity Management | |
| Foreign Relations | Ex Officio member of all subcommittees | Ravi Ramamurti (Center for Emerging Markets) | Emerging Markets |
| Small Business and Entrepreneurship | This Committee has no subcommittees | Dennis Shaughnessy (Social Enterprise Institute) | Small Business Development, Innovation & Entrepreneurship |
| Homeland Security and Government Affairs | Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight | Agnes Hui Chan (College of Computer and Information Science) |
Cybersecurity |
| Mel Bernstein (Senior Vice Provost for Research & Graduate Education) | Security | ||
| Michael Silevitch (Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats) | Security | ||
| Carey Rapport (Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats) | Security | ||
| Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery | Themis Papageorge (Director of Information Assurance, College of Computer and Information Science) | Risk Management | |
| Veterans Affairs | This Committee has no subcommittees | James Benneyan (New England Healthcare Engineering Partnership) | Veterans Health Care |