Professor of Nutrition and Public Health, Merrimack College Juliana Cohen is a Professor of Nutrition and Public Health at Merrimack College and an adjunct professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. She is also the Director of the Center for Health Inclusion, Research and Practice (CHIRP). Additionally, she is a member of the The EVidEnce-based Research GRoup to EvaluatE Nutrition policy (EVERGREEN), an interdisciplinary research group at Harvard. Her research centers on the identification, evaluation, and dissemination of effective nutrition policies and initiatives to address diet-related disparities and reduce the risk of obesity among children. Previously she was an ORISE Policy and Science fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity. Dr. Cohen has a doctorate in nutrition from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, where she also received a Master’s in society, human development, and health.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Plant Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University Dr. Jan Łyczakowski is a researcher in the Department of Plant Biotechnology of the Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology of the Jagiellonian University. Łyczakowski's research interests include the biochemistry and molecular architecture of wood; the biosynthesis of primary and secondary cell wall polysaccharides in trees; the impact of environmental signals on the process of wood biosynthesis; the use of cell wall polysaccharides for the manufacturing of biodegradable plastics and the use of lignocellulosic biomass in industrial processes.
Professor of History, Gannon University Jeff Bloodworth is a professor of history co-director of the School of Public Service & Global Affairs at Gannon University (Erie, PA). A political historian who works on the history of contemporary American liberalism and genocide studies, he has published widely on the travails of the liberal project, the history of humanitarian intervention, and the American foreign policy impulse abroad. He is currently midway through a biography of Speaker Carl Albert, who presided as Majority Leader during the Great Society and Civil Rights era and as Speaker during Watergate. Heartland Liberal is under contract with the University of Oklahoma Press. Bloodworth holds a Ph.D. in modern United States history from Ohio University’s Contemporary History Institute and a certificate in contemporary history from the University of Copenhagen. His book, Losing the Center: The Decline of American Liberalism 1968-1992 (University of Kentucky Press) was nominated for the Ellis W. Hawley and Frederick Jackson Turner awards. In addition, Bloodworth was multi-year participant in Stanford University’s pathbreaking Good Judgement Project, which established “best practices” for political forecasting. Bloodworth has received grants and fellowships from the Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, & Ford Libraries as well as the U.S. Holocaust Museum and research repositories and educational institutes throughout the United States, Germany, Israel, Poland, and the Ukraine.
Researcher in Computing, Charles Sturt University Dr Julie Maclean is a researcher whose experience spans across delivering a range of strategic technology and business research over the last twenty-five years. She started consulting in 2018 to provide advice to businesses to improve engagement, processes and technology with their customers with a key focus on human and technology interactions. A key focus area is implementing digital customer experience to facilitate effective online interactions. She has been completing a range of research studies over the last ten years on online communication, social media, privacy, cyber security, freedom of expression, loneliness, social connectedness, well-being, social rewards and online photo sharing.
Research Fellow, Plastics Pollution, University of Leeds Josh is a Research Fellow in the School of Civil Engineering with a focus on plastic pollution, solid waste management and informal sector recycling. His active research involves the modelling of plastic pollution with an aim to quantify both the sources and pathways of plastic pollution to the marine environment. Josh is a member of the ISWA Task Force on Marine Litter, with a focus on preventing plastic pollution in the Global South from mismanaged solid waste. In this role Josh is the lead developer of the ISWA Plastic Pollution Calculator, a model which tracks the flow of plastic waste throughout the waste management system and following its release in the environment. Josh also has a research interest in the informal recycling sector, with an emphasis on plastic recycling, having investigated their contribution to overall recycling and plastic pollution prevention within a number of developing countries.
