Lecturer, School of Global and International Affairs, University of British Columbia Grace Jaramillo is core lecturer at University of British Columbia’s School of Global and International Affairs teaching Public Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation and International Development. She specializes in International Political Economy and, more specifically Latin American Political Economy. Her latest publication, co-edited with Maxwell Cameron, Challenges to Democracy in the Andes was launched officially at the Organization of American States in January 2023. Other recent publications include: “Comparing historical cases: advances in Comparative Historical Research” for the Handbook of Research Methods in Comparative Policy Analysis; “Latin America: Trade and Culture at the Crossroads” for the International Journal of Cultural Policy; and “Rafael Correa’s Foreign Policy Paradox” for the edited volume Assessing the Left Turn in Ecuador. Grace holds Ph.D. in Political Studies from Queen's University in addition to a master’s degree in Public and International Affairs from University of Pittsburgh, thanks to a Fulbright Scholarship. Before moving to Canada, Grace was a professor and Head of the International Relations Program at FLACSO, the largest graduate program in Social Sciences in Latin America.
Assistant Professor of Economics, Bocconi University I am an Assistant Professor of Public Economics at Bocconi University. I was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. I received a Ph.D. in Economics from the London School of Economics. My research interests are in the areas of Labor and Public Economics, with a focus on social insurance programs and minimum wage policy.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Fundamental Physics in Radio Astronomy, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy I am currently a postdoctoral researcher with a data scientist role at the Max-Planck Institute for Radioastronomy in Germany. I have over 10 years of experience working in software development and data science within some international collaborations. My work is about extracting information from a large amount of data and interpreting it. Coordinator of a research working group, my skills are the following: data science, C/C++/Python, Linux, GPU/CUDA, ML, Spark, HPC (Slurm).
Professor of Geosciences, Buffalo State, The State University of New York Dr. Gary Solar is a professor of geosciences whose research focuses on Appalachian tectonic history, with a specialty in Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut rocks. He has served Buffalo State University as department chair from 2006-2015, and 2020 to present. He has served the geological community as Chair of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, and as President of the New York State Geological Association
Ph.D. Candidate and Research Assistant, Michigan State University Gabriel (he/him) is a third-year Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Media and Information, College of Communication at Michigan State University. He works closely with Keith Hampton, Ph.D. as a research assistant for the Quello Center (Aug. 2022 to present), including advanced statistical analysis, data modeling, management, and cleaning (SPSS, MPlus) of two large surveys of rural Michigan students and their Internet use. He has likewise co-taught as a graduate teaching assistant and instructor of record for numerous undergraduate courses within the department. Gabe’s research primarily focuses on the relationships between students’ academic achievement/social networks and their access, use, and skillsets related to digital technologies, and how such relationships may be limited by or framed within the field of digital inequalities. He specializes in advanced statistical analyses, such as path analysis, multi-level modeling, and social network analysis, while also having experience in qualitative methods like ethnographic observations and in-depth interviewing, particularly related to adolescent students and their digital media use. His co-authored work has been accepted at conferences such as the National and International Communication Associations and the American Sociological Association, has co-authored an in-depth report on student broadband access over the COVID-19 pandemic with the Quello Center, and has multiple manuscripts in progress, under review, and published with peer-reviewed journals. Prior to his current degree, Gabe completed his Master of Arts (2021) and Bachelor of Arts (2020) in Media and Information at Michigan State University. His thesis focused on the reciprocal norms associated with varying dimensions of culture. If not working on projects related to his research, he enjoys marathon running, listening to podcasts (mostly while running), and spending time outside with his dog.
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Chemistry(Legacy and Emerging Contaminants), Federal University of Technology, Akure I bagged a PhD in chemistry from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom in 2017. I also hold an MSc in sustainability and chemical Processing (distinction) from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom and an MTech in analytical chemistry (distinction) from the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Nigeria. Earlier, I had my bachelor's degree in industrial chemistry at FUTA, graduating in 2008 with first class honours, and emerging as the overall best graduating student (the valedictorian) of the university for that year. I am a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) of the United Kingdom, a member of the British Ecological Society (BES) and a member of the Chemical Society of Nigeria (CSN).
