Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder I am an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, an affiliate faculty in Economics, a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, and the Director of the Center for Social and Environmental Futures, at the University of Colorado Boulder. My academic training is a mixture of ecology and economics. I received my Ph.D. in 2014 at the University of Minnesota in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, where I supplemented my training with graduate coursework in Applied Economics. My research focuses on economic growth futures and their impacts on the environment and society, mathematical modeling of human-environment systems, and political polarization of environmental issues.
PhD Student in Plant and Ecosystem Ecology, Colorado State University I am interested in plant physiology, global change ecology, and climate-carbon cycle feedbacks. My PhD research is focused on quantifying how photovoltaic (PV, a.k.a. solar panel) energy expansion might impact ecosystem process and their underlying physiological mechanisms in grasslands.
Senior Scientific Advisor, University of Cape Town Marjolaine Krug holds a PhD in physical oceanography from the University of Cape Town. Her research has focused on the dynamics and variability of the Agulhas current as well as interactions between the Agulhas current and the coastal and shelf regions. She has worked extensively with satellite remote sensing data and pioneered the deployment of underwater gliders in the Agulhas current. Krug is currently employed as a senior scientific advisor within the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, where she manages the national Oceans and Coastal Information Management System.
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Gonzaga University I am a philosophical ethicist who specializes in medical ethics. In the past year and a half, I have become increasingly involved in local and state-level public health as an ethicist. I am the ethicist at the Spokane Regional Health District, a co-chair of the Spokane Disaster Clinical Advisory Committee, and a co-chair of the Washington REDi Crisis Standards of Care Regional Triage Team.
Executive Director, Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, and Teaching Professor of Teaching Professor of Islam and Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame An Islamic studies scholar and expert on religious literacy, Mirza brings extensive pedagogical and administrative experience to his role, including serving as dean of faculty at Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, America’s first accredited Muslim liberal arts college. Immediately before his appointment to the Ansari Institute, Mirza served as the lead faculty member for Notre Dame’s Madrasa Discourses project, which equips Islamic religious leaders in India and Pakistan with the tools to confidently engage with pluralism, modern science, and new philosophies. Mirza joined Notre Dame in 2016 as professor of the practice for the Keough School’s Contending Modernities research initiative, a flagship program of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Through Contending Modernities, Mirza led the Madrasa Discourses project by teaching participants in India and Pakistan through distance learning. He also coordinated learning intensive sessions in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Qatar, including sessions that allowed for intercultural exchanges between Notre Dame students, Madrasa Discourses participants, and participants from South Africa. Additionally, Mirza directed pedagogical videos, helped develop an online Urdu journal published in India, and led an effort to launch an interactive website to make the Madrasa Discourses curriculum publicly accessible. Mirza holds a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, an MA from Hartford Seminary, and a PhD in religious studies from Yale University. He has taught courses and lectured on Arabic-Islamic studies, western religions, and the history of science, along with foundational subjects in the liberal arts, including logic, rhetoric, astronomy, ethics, and politics.
Profesora Adjunta Área de Comercialización e Investigación de Mercados, Universidad CEU San Pablo Miryam Martinez es Profesora Adjunta del departamento de Economía de la Empresa de la Universidad CEU San Pablo. Es directora del Grado en Marketing de la Facultad de CC EE y EE. Participa como ponente en diversos congresos y seminarios, así como en proyectos de investigación nacionales e internacionales, dentro de su línea de trabajo: Gender Gap. Es autora de diversos artículos científicos publicados en revistas de reconocido prestigio internacional como: Sex Roles o Educational Management Administration & Leadership.
