Research Fellow, Ecotoxicology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham Studying the effects of metal mining waste on on the environment, wildlife, domestic animals and humans. Previously obtained a Masters in Research in Biodiversity, Evolution, and Conservation at UCL, and a Bachelors of Arts in Biology at Pomona College in California, USA.
Profesor Antropología Física, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Licenciado en Biología y Doctor en Antropología Física por la Universitat de Barcelona. Postdoctoral en la Universidad de Bolonia (Italia). Cargos en diferentes instituciones mexicanas (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Universidad del Estado de Hidalgo,....). Investigador "Ramón y Cajal" en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, actualemente Profesor Titular en el departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Especializado en filogeografía humana y en el estudio de las estrategias adaptativas de nuestra especie.
Senior Lecturer in Economics, Sheffield Hallam University I am a dedicated economist and a senior lecturer with a PhD in economics from the University of Exeter. I currently lead a cluster of UG Economics courses at Sheffield Business School, including BSc (Hon) Economics, BA (Hon) Business Economics and BA (Hon) Accounting and Economics. As a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, I take great pleasure in sharing my expertise in econometrics, time series analysis, applied economics, and macroeconomics. However, my passion extends beyond teaching, I am a big research enthusiast exploring a wide range of interest economic topics. To gain insights into my academic journey, teaching philosophy, and research pursuits, you can visit my personal website at www.algarhi.com
Professor of Law and Technology, Georgetown University Professor Chander is Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Technology at Georgetown University. He is an expert on the global regulation of new technologies. A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, he clerked for Chief Judge Jon O. Newman of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge William A. Norris of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He practiced law in New York and Hong Kong with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. He has been a visiting law professor at Yale, the University of Chicago, Stanford, Cornell, and Tsinghua. He previously served as the Director of the California International Law Center and Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis. A member of the American Law Institute, he has also served on the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law, where he co-founded the International Law and Technology Interest Group. The author of The Electronic Silk Road (Yale University Press), he serves as a judge of the Stanford Junior International Faculty Forum. A recipient of Google Research Awards and an Andrew Mellon grant on the topic of surveillance, he has served on ICTSD/World Economic Forum expert groups on the digital economy. He serves as an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Policy, a faculty advisor to Georgetown’s Institute for Technology Law and Policy, and as a faculty affiliate of Yale’s Information Society Project.
Research Student, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex Augustine completed his PhD in geography at the University of Sussex, UK. His research focused on understanding the nature, drivers, and predictability of flood events in the Tana River, Kenya. Through his research, Augustine led two peer-reviewed publications (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3117-9368). A holder of an MSc in hydrology and groundwater resources management and a BSc in meteorology, both from the University of Nairobi, he has extensive data analysis skills using Python and R, which are key in the analysis of large climate datasets. Augustine has also worked at the Kenya Meteorological Department's (KMD) National Meteorological Centre section for the last eight years, where he has been involved in the generation of seasonal forecasts through the running of climate models, including WRF. He is also involved in the running of rainfall/runoff models over the Nzoia River Basin and subsequent flood warnings over a shorter lead time (three days). Currently, he is providing technical support in the risk data on a consultancy basis for the United Nations University-Environment & Human Security (EHS), VARMAP division, Bonn, Germany, under the project "Early Warning for IGAD."
Research fellow, Middle East studies, Deakin University Researcher and writer on political philosophy, religiosity and secularism, extremism and terrorism. Graduated with a PhD in Philosophy and theology in 2008. Research fellow at Deakin University and former lecturer at the University of Sydney. Former lecturer at Tehran University, Qom University, Mustansiriya University, and other Irani and Iraqi universities, and former teacher in Qom and Najaf religious seminaries. Publications appear in several academic and journalistic platforms in English, Arabic and Persian: - Author contributor in "Minorities in Iraqi: Memory, Identity and Challenges": http://masaratiraq.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Minorities-in-Iraq.pdf - Author of "Political Philosophy of Shiite with Emphasis on Muhammad Baqir Al-Sadr Thought" (Persian) - Author contributor in “Fundamentalism and Salafism” (Persian) - Author contributor in "Essays on Modern Islamic Theology" (Persian) - Editor and Author contributor of "Safavid: Culture and Civilisation” (Arabic) - Author of several encyclopedias' articles in: The Great Islamic Encyclopedia: http://www.cgie.ir/intro.html Encyclopaedia of Islamic World: http://www.encyclopaediaislamica.com/
