Contributors

Manpreet K Dhami

Senior Researcher, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research

Senior Researcher, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research My research trying to understand how species interactions lead to the diversity we observe. I study microbial communities in a diversity of environments, including soil, flowers, birds, and insects.

Michele Madigan

Associate Professor, Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney and Clinical Associate Professor, Save Sight Institute, Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney

Associate Professor, Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney and Clinical Associate Professor, Save Sight Institute, Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney Michele Madigan is a clinician researcher and education academic in the School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney, and the Save Sight Institute, Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney. Michele is actively involved in teaching courses across areas including human eye anatomy and diseases, eye development and ageing. Michele is especially interested in irises and iris colour related to research about eye melanin, pigment cells (melanocytes) and eye melanoma.

Matthew Tyce

Lecturer in International Political Economy, King's College London

Lecturer in International Political Economy, King's College London Dr Matthew Tyce is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer in International Political Economy at King's College London. Matthew's research sits at the intersection of development studies, comparative politics and international political economy. His research explores the political economy of state building and economic transformation under conditions of so-called ‘late’ (or ‘late-late’) development, with a particular focus on countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Matthew’s current British Academy research fellowship (2021-2024) is looking at the political economy of energy transition, renewable energy adoption and ‘green’ industrialisation in Ghana and Kenya.

Mikhail Samarin

Lecturer in Geography and Sustainability, University of Tennessee

Lecturer in Geography and Sustainability, University of Tennessee Mikhail Samarin, Ph.D., is a lecturer whose research focuses on urban and economic geography, housing affordability, housing policy, city planning, real estate markets, and neighborhood change. Education: Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville B.A. and M.A., Moscow State University

Madhuri Sharma

Associate Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee

Associate Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee My research interests focus on understanding spatial patterns and processes of racial/ethnic residential intermixing, poverty and inequality. Currently, I am examining the influence of contemporary housing market elements on residential choices that may be impacting segregation at local neighborhoods, using a mixed-method approach. I use statistical, cartographic, and qualitative tools to understand the nuanced processes operating at local scales in contemporary urban spaces that define various residential mosaics. My teaching and research interests include Urban, Social, Economic, Cultural, Population and Regional Geography of North American (and World) with a focus on Race, Ethnicity and Unequal Development.

Mark Kreider

Ph.D. Candidate in Forest and Conservation Science, University of Montana

Ph.D. Candidate in Forest and Conservation Science, University of Montana I'm an ecologist, NSF Graduate Research Fellow and Ph.D. candidate in the W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation at the University of Montana. My research focuses on understanding the natural role of wildfire, how ecosystems and societies respond to disturbance, and how to make public lands accessible to all. I'm passionate about linking art and science to communicate my work in accessible and engaging ways. Learn more at https://www.markkreider.com/