Research Professor in Environmental Science, American University Although a research professor at American University, I recently completed a MA degree in Global Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. This I did after being inspired as a AAAS Fellow in Science Diplomacy at State Dept where I served as a science advisor at State’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Tenured full professor at Texas A&M, I have published over 100 articles and three books. My career has mostly been academic but I have worked for corporate R&D, federal government and a consulting company specializing in solving problems at the research-policy interface. My interests are atmospheric biology, ecology and evolution - and now science diplomacy.
Professor of cognitive neuropsychology, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) Chris is a specialist in human memory, especially the processes involved in co-ordinating and accessing memory function in human, and especially in memory dysfunction. He is known for his work on déjà vu.
Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University Dr. Lipchin currently serves as director of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies' Center for Transboundary Water Management where he oversees research and development projects, workshops and conferences that focus on transboundary water and environmental problems facing Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority. His specialty is in water resources management and policy. Clive also consults for a number of international water agencies such as the World Bank, EU, UNDP and USAID and has been involved most recently with the European Union's Water Initiative project for the Mediterranean region and the USAID Conflict Management and Mitigation (CMM) program. He also serves as the Israeli partner for the USDA funded project – CONSERVE, and is well integrated in the Israeli water tech sector. Dr. Lipchin has published and presented widely on the topic of transboundary water management in the Middle East and has served as senior editor on two books: “Integrated Water Resources Management in the Middle East”, and “The Jordan River and Dead Sea Basin: Cooperation amid Conflict”. Since the online publication on Oct 9th , 2009 of “The Jordan River and Dead Sea Basin: Cooperation Amid Conflict” there has been a total of 2,440 chapter downloads of the book making it one of the top 50% most downloaded eBooks in the Springer eBook Collection of 2012.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Tasmania Carmel is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Trauma-Informed Practice Lab in the School of Education. She is a sociologist and mixed-methods researcher broadly focusing on social justice issues impacting young people. She is one of few researchers nationally focusing on the issue of teen domestic violence and abuse and combines this with her expertise in trauma-informed practice and education. Her research approach prioritises the voices of children, young people and the professionals who work closely with them and she positions this work within a child rights and social justice framework. Carmel is a board member of the Youth Network of Tasmania (YNOT), and Story Island Project.
Adjunct professor, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Université Laval Expert in environmental public health and climate change. Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Université Laval et Institut national de recherche scientifique.
PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Oxford Christoph Sponsel is a Doctoral Candidate in political science at Oxford and a Visiting Researcher at the University of the Andes in Bogotá. His research focuses on protests and political violence in Latin America. Originally from Germany, Christoph has worked at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bogotá, the German embassy in Quito, and multiple NGOs across Latin America. Christoph holds degrees from Yale, Cambridge, and the Barcelona School of Economics.
