Postdoctoral Researcher in Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Surrey Mehrdad Zare is a chemical engineer with 10+ years of experience in industrial R&D, specialising in Tech development and commercialisation with a focus on CleanTech and water/wastewater. Through his PhD at the University of Surrey, he focused on developing sonolysis as a technology for the degradation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). His current focus at the University of Surrey is on the industrialisation of sonolysis, a promising technology aimed at addressing the growing crisis of PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) pollution. As part of this mission, he co-founded Mantisonix Ltd, a spin-out company dedicated to commercialising this innovative technology by building bridges between academic research and real-world application. The company aims to deliver a sustainable, scalable and robust solution to industries grappling with PFAS contamination, including sectors such as water utilities, industrial wastewater treatment, and groundwater decontamination.
William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea & Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison Michael W. Wagner (Ph.D., Indiana University, 2006) is Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he directs the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal. Wagner’s research explores how individuals’ experiences in their local, state, and national information ecologies influence what they believe, what they want, and what they do. His scholarship has been published in outlets such as Cambridge University Press, Science, Journal of Communication, International Journal of Press/Politics, Annual Review of Political Science and many others. Wagner edits the Forum section of the journal Political Communication, which brings together scholars, practitioners, and political elites to contribute to discussions about contemporary issues. He has published public-facing work in outlets including the Washington Post, the Brookings Institution’s TechStream, the Scholars Strategy Network, Vox, Mischiefs of Faction, and PBS’ MediaShift. He has given more than 350 public talks across the globe about misinformation, polarization, and democracy. Wagner is on the Scientific Board of Advisors for the General Social Survey, is Associate Editor of Public Opinion Quarterly and has won several awards for teaching, public service, and research.
Research Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management, Boston University Melissa Garrido is a health economist and Director of the Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center (PEPReC) at the VA Boston Healthcare System. She is also a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Surgery and Public Health at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and a Research Professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health. She received her PhD in Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and completed an NIMH postdoctoral traineeship in mental health services research at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University.
Associate Professor of Technology Law & Policy, Georgetown University I am a Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor in the Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) program at Georgetown University where I research rules and technological change. Ctrl+Z: The Right to be Forgotten, my first book, is about the social, legal, and technical issues surrounding digital oblivion. My second book project, The Character of Consent tells the transatlantic history of digital consent through the lens of the familiar cookie. I am editing a volume with Amanda Levendowski called Feminist Cyberlaw that explores how gender, race, sexuality and disability shape cyberspace and the laws that govern it. I'm now turning to what I call the "new family privacy," which considers the ways changes in reproduction, education, social development, eldercare, and genealogy come together as a currently disparate but potentially powerful source of contemporary privacy practice. I also make comics about and for tech law - I turn talks, debates, oral arguments, cases and research into comics. In addition to CCT, I am core faculty member of the Science, Technology, and International Affairs program in Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, affiliate faculty in the Institute for Technology Law & Policy at Georgetown Law Center, faculty fellow at the Georgetown Ethics Lab, and faculty fellow at the Georgetown Gender Justice Initiative, and visiting faculty at the Brussels Privacy Hub at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. I work across campuses and disciplines at Georgetown as CCT's representative in the Tech & Society Initiative, support the undergraduate Tech, Ethics, & Society minor, and coordinate CCT's partnership in the Law Center's Masters of Law and Technology. Advised by Paul Ohm, I earned a Ph.D. in Technology, Media & Society from the University of Colorado, Engineering and Applied Science (ATLAS). Prior to pursuing a Ph.D., I earned a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law, where I focused on technology and information issues. I have held fellowships and research positions with the NSF funded eCSite project in the University of Colorado Department of Computer Science, the Silicon Flatirons Center at the University of Colorado School of Law, the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society, CableLabs, and the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.
Professor and Director of Sports media and Communication, University of Rhode Island Molly Yanity is a professor and director of the sports media and communication major. A former sports writer, she focuses her research on sports audiences and fandom, as well as women in sport and media.
Lecturer and Researcher of Education Policy, School of Education, Curtin University Dr. Matthew P. Sinclair is a lecturer of education policy at Curtin University’s School of Education in Western Australia.
