Confirmed Platform Speakers
Confirmed invited platform speakers for AQMHD 2026.
Carrie Albertin
Harvard University
Aquatic Genomics and Genetic Approaches to Disease Discovery
Ramji Bhandari
University of Missouri
Metabolic and Endocrine Disease
Peggy Biga
Texas State University
Nutrition and Chronic Diseases
Kory Evans
Rice University
Evolutionary and Comparative Disease Models
Kristen Gribble
Marine Biological Laboratory
Cancer and Aging
Amro Hamdoun
Scripps
Regeneration and Reproductive Biology
Matt Harris
Harvard University
Evolutionary and Comparative Disease Models
Elizabeth Heath-Heckman
Michigan State University
Immunology and Microbiome
Luis Hernandez
Stanford University
Behavior, Neuroendocrinology, and Physiology
Veronica Hinman
Whitney Marine Laboratory
Congenital and Developmental Disorders
Ellen Hoffman
Yale University
Neurological Development, Function, and Disease
Jane Kudyakov
University of the Pacific
Metabolic and Endocrine Disease
Enoch Ng’oma
University of Missouri
Cancer and Aging
Mike Schmale
University of Miami
Neurological Development, Function, and Disease
Frauke Seemann
Texas A&M University
Toxicology, Environmental Exposure, and Disease Risk
Mansi Srivastava
Harvard University
Regeneration and Reproductive Biology
Rosa Uribe
Rice University
Congenital and Developmental Disorders
Daniel Wagner
University of California, San Francisco
Aquatic Genomics and Genetic Approaches to Disease Discovery
Andrew Whitehead
University of California, Davis
Toxicology, Environmental Exposure, and Disease Risk
Jeff Yoder
North Carolina State University
Immunology and Microbiome
Yunlu Zhu
University of Michigan
Behavior, Neuroendocrinology, and Physiology