Ph.D. Candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles Joseph Curti is a fifth year Ph.D. Candidate interested in applying whole-genome sequencing to California conservation management. Joey’s current research projects include 1) the impacts of long-term isolation and small population size on California red-legged frogs (Rana draytonii) in the Santa Monica Mountains, 2) the impacts of roads on the genetic health and population connectivity of California quail (Callipepla californica), and 3) population structure and signatures of local adaptation of the Yuma bat (Myotis yumanensis). He works closely with the National Park Service (Santa Monica Mountains), the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the US Fish and Wildlife, and the California Conservation Genomics Project. For more information, visit Joey’s website (www.josephcurti.com).
Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Southern California Julie Cederbaum is an associate professor in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. Her work focuses on the impact of childhood adversity and family processes on the well-being of youth. Using a dyad and family systems lens, her research explores the strengths and challenges experienced by diverse families, and ways in which parenting processes and behaviors (i.e. parent–child communication, parental monitoring, parent–child relationship, and parental role modeling) and positively influence mental health, reproductive health, and substance use behaviors in children, adolescents and young adults.
Director del Centro de Investigación Nebrija en Cognición (CINC) y Director de la International Chair in Cognitive Health (ICCH) en la Universidad Nebrija, Universidad Nebrija Jon Andoni Duñabeitia (Bilbao, 1981) es doctor en Psicología por la Universidad de La Laguna y experto en ciencia cognitiva y psicolingüística. Es catedrático e investigador principal en la Facultad de Lenguas y Educación de la Universidad Nebrija, donde dirige el Centro de Investigación Nebrija en Cognición (CINC) y la International Chair in Cognitive Health (ICCH). Después de finalizar sus estudios como maestro (Universidad del País Vasco) y psicopedagogo (Universidad de Deusto), comenzó una carrera investigadora explorando la relación entre cerebro y lenguaje, usando técnicas conductuales y de neuroimagen, atendiendo principalmente al al multilingüismo y a los procesos de alfabetización en personas de diferentes edades. Sus contribuciones científicas superan los 160 artículos de impacto internacional (https://jonandoni.com) y ha dirigido varios proyectos nacionales y autonómicos sobre cognición, emoción, lenguaje, lectura y aprendizaje de lenguas.
Professor of Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York Prof. González earned his Doctorate (1994) and Bachelor (1988) degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, respectively. He joined The City College of New York faculty in 2008 after tenures at Santa Clara University, California, as Professor and David Packard Scholar, and as Chairman and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez. He teaches and conducts research in urban energy sustainability, urban weather and climate, urban remote sensing, and regional climate modeling and analysis. Professor González holds several patents in solar energy equipment, aerosol detection, and energy forecasting for buildings, and was recognized as a prominent young researcher by the National Science Foundation with a prestigious CAREER Award. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, has delivered 100s of conference presentations, and his research has attracted more than $40M in external funding. He is a Fellow Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), and Former Vice-Chairman of the American Meteorological Society Board on the Urban Environment. He was appointed in 2015 by the Mayor of the City as Member of the Climate Change Panel for the City of New York, and more recently as Senior Visiting Scientist of the Beijing Institute of Urban Meteorology and of Brookhaven National Laboratory. He is the coeditor of the ASME Handbook of Integrated and Sustainable Buildings Equipment and Systems, and was named this year 2019 as the Founding Editor of the newest ASME Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities.
Postdoctoral Researcher in Evolutionary Biology, Lund University Jonathan Goldenberg is an evolutionary biologist specializing in the dynamics of species evolution under changing environmental conditions. His research primarily investigates the function and evolution of colored integuments in animals. Since 2023, Jonathan has been a Wenner-Gren Postdoctoral Fellow at Lund University, working in the research group of Nathalie Feiner and Tobias Uller. Previously he was a Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Associate at Ghent University. He completed his PhD at Ghent University with Matthew Shawkey and with the co-supervision of Liliana D’Alba (Naturalis Biodiversity Center) and Susana Clusella-Trullas (Stellenbosch University). His doctoral work included leading a seven-month field expedition in South Africa, coordinating an international research team. Jonathan mainly studies non-avian reptiles such as lizards and snakes, and integrates fieldwork, literature analysis, and museum collections with computer vision, biophysical models, spatial analyses, and phylogenetic comparative methods to examine how species respond to shifting environments at local and global scales, from past to present and into the future. He currently holds a Guest Research position with Ghent University and has been affiliated to the University of Florida, the University of Queensland, the University of Florence, and the Free University of Brussels (ULB, VUB).
