Contributors

Adomas Valantinas

Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University

Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University I focus on the study of Martian geology, particularly in the detection and analysis of minerals on Mars using spectral data from various sources, including orbital and in-situ measurements, to enhance understanding of the planet's surface composition. My research aims to provide insights into Mars' geological history and assess its potential habitability.

Ari Perez

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Quinnipiac University

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Quinnipiac University Howdy! My name is Ari Perez, and I am originally from Honduras. I grew up mostly there, with a short spell in Rueil-Malmaison on the outskirts of Paris, where from a young age I became interested in engineering, infrastructure, and construction. After finishing my Civil Engineering degree and a short time working for my hometown's engineering department, I then did my graduate work at the University of South Carolina (Go Gamecocks!) where I studied Geotechnical Engineering, with my research centering on the reburial of archaeological sites for conservation purposes. After graduation in 2014, I joined the faculty at Quinnipiac University where I currently teach. On a personal note, I am a huge Real Madrid (Hala Madrid!) and Taylor Swift (Fearless Stan) fan, and I enjoy spending my down time with my family.

Ali Intezari

Senior Lecturer in Management, The University of Queensland

Senior Lecturer in Management, The University of Queensland Ali Intezari is a Senior Lecturer at UQ Business School, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He specializes in the study of Decision-making, Knowledge Management, and Wisdom with a focus on the impact of emerging technologies on human decision-making. His peer-reviewed research appears in the very top international journals such as Decision Sciences, International Journal of Information Management, Internet Technology & People, Journal of Knowledge Management, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management Inquiry and Business & Society. His books include “Wisdom, Analytics and Wicked Problems: Integral decision-making in and beyond the information”, “Practical Wisdom in the Age of Technology: Insights, Issues and Questions for a New Millennium”, “Practical Wisdom, Leadership, and Culture: Indigenous, Asian, and Middle-Eastern Perspectives”, and “Leadership: Regional and Global Perspectives”. Dr Intezari is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Management & Organization, and the editorial board member of the Journal of Knowledge Management, International Journal of Knowledge Management, and the Journal of Business Ethics Education. He is the co-editor of the Routledge book series of “The Practical Wisdom in Leadership and Organization Series”.

Aron L. Crowell

Arctic Archaeologist, Smithsonian Institution

Arctic Archaeologist, Smithsonian Institution Dr. Aron L. Crowell is an Arctic archaeologist and Alaska Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Arctic Studies Center in Anchorage. His research in collaboration with Alaska Native communities has examined cultural adaptations to coastal ecosystems, historical ecology, cultural landscapes, tectonic and glacial impacts, and Indigenous ecological knowledge. His books and edited volumes include Laaxaayík: Near the Glacier: Indigenous History and Ecology at Yakutat Fiord, Alaska (Smithsonian Scholarly Press 2024), Arctic Crashes: People and Animals in the Changing North (Smithsonian Scholarly Press, 2020), and Archaeology and the Capitalist World System: A Study from Russian America (Plenum Press, 1998). Crowell has led or co-curated Smithsonian exhibitions including Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People (2001); Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait (2009), and Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska (2010). Crowell has served on the Advisory Committee for the Office of Polar Programs at the National Science Foundation and represents the Smithsonian for the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States. His Ph.D. in Anthropology is from the University of California, Berkeley (1994).

Anurag Pandit

PhD Candidate in Exercise Physiology, UNSW Sydney

PhD Candidate in Exercise Physiology, UNSW Sydney I am an Accredited Exercise Physiologist based in Australia, and have just started my PhD investigating the menopausal transition and resistance training. My honours thesis was looking at the effect of creatine monohydrate on acute lean body mass changes measured by a DEXA scanner, and was contributing to research in the effect of your gut microbiome profile on adaptations to resistance training. During this time I published a paper (DOI: 10.1007/s40279-023-01878-1) looking at the sex bias in data informing resistance training guidelines.

Andrew R. Leitch

Professor of Plant Genetics and Co-director of MSc Plant and Fungal Taxonomy Diversity, Queen Mary University of London

Professor of Plant Genetics and Co-director of MSc Plant and Fungal Taxonomy Diversity, Queen Mary University of London Professor Andrew R. Leitch researches plant genetics, genomics, and cytogenetics, focusing on questions of an evolutionary and ecological nature. There is a focus on the processes and consequences of interspecific hybridisation and polyploidisation in plants. His ecological work focuses on nutrient - polyploidy- genome size interactions in grasslands. At Queen Mary University of London he is developing ‘The Sustainable Biodiversity Research Initiative - SUBRI’ which aims to bring together interests in financing biodiversity with academic solutions for a nature positive future. His list of publications is available here: https://researchpublications.qmul.ac.uk/publications/staff/20817.html