Curator of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, Palaeontology student, University of the Witwatersrand I work as a Curator of Palaeontology at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe which is in Bulawayo. I have over 25 years of experience working in the Palaeontology department. Over the years I have gained important skills in prospecting for fossils, fossil collecting, preparation, conservation and curation. I am currently completing my MSc Degree in Palaeontology at Wits University in Johannesburg. I have conducted and have also been part of many successful research expeditions where some very important taxa have been found. I currently have a running project in the Tuli Basin, in the southwestern part of Zimbabwe on which my MSc is based. On this project, several exiting specimens have been discovered.
Librarian for Anthropology, Folklore and Sociology, Indiana University Moira Marsh serves as the collection manager and liaison librarian for Anthropology, Folklore, and Sociology. She is also manager of the Modern Language Association Folklore Bibliography Project. Her research interests of humor theory and folklore are reflected in her scholarly work; she is currently undertaking a cross-cultural analysis of the acoustics of laughter and editing a book of essays about unlaughter entitled “Not Funny, Not Fun.” Her book "Practically Joking" was published by Utah State University Press in 2015. Moira serves as a member of the Human Relations Area Files Executive Committee and as Book Review Editor for Humor: International Journal of Humor Studies. In 2017, Moira became President-elect of the Bloomington Faculty Council, only the second librarian in recent memory with this accomplishment. She earned both her Ph.D. in folklore and M.L.S. from Indiana University.
Master of Public Policy Student, Simon Fraser University I am a second-year Master of Public Policy student. My research and policy interests include the intersections between health, the environment, and various social policy issues, such as housing and LGBTQIA rights. Having worked for the Fraser Health Authority from May to August 2023, I have become especially concerned with the impact that the social determinants of health, such as food security and access to natural environments have on our overall well-being. My extended policy project examines and compares artificial intelligence (AI) legislation between the European Union and Canada, primarily how each jurisdiction's bills are prepared to address challenges regarding healthcare, such as the management of healthcare data and addressing biases. I hope to further my knowledge of AI and its impacts on health and the environment in my future work.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia Dr. Melissa Lem is a Vancouver family physician who also works in rural and northern communities within Canada. President of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and Director of PaRx, Canada’s national nature prescription program powered by the BC Parks Foundation, she is an internationally recognized leader in the field of nature, biodiversity and health. She has also engaged in advocacy and policy work on a broad range of other issues, from extreme heat and hydraulic fracturing to sustainable health care and low-carbon transportation. A widely published writer, her work has appeared in media including the CBC, Vancouver Sun, Toronto Star, Montreal Gazette, The Narwhal and National Observer. As a climate change panellist on CBC Radio's Early Edition, in-house medical columnist for CBC TV Vancouver and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, one of her major priorities is knowledge translation.
Professor of Law and Co-Director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, Vanderbilt University David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of Law Vanderbilt University Law School, Director, Climate Change Research Network Co-director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program Michael Vandenbergh is a leading scholar in environmental and energy law whose research explores the relationship between formal legal regulation and informal social regulation of individual and corporate behavior. His work with Vanderbilt’s Climate Change Research Network involves interdisciplinary teams that focus on the reduction of carbon emissions from the individual and household sector. His corporate work explores private environmental governance and the influence of social norms on firm behavior and the ways in which private contracting can enhance or undermine public governance. Before joining Vanderbilt’s law faculty, Professor Vandenbergh was a partner at a national law firm in Washington, D.C. He served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1993 to 1995. He began his career as a law clerk for Judge Edward R. Becker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1987-88. In addition to directing Vanderbilt’s Climate Change Research Network, Professor Vandenbergh serves as co-director of the law school’s Energy, Environment and Land Use Program. He was named a David Daniels Allen Distinguished Professor of Law in fall 2013. A recipient of the Hall-Hartman Teaching Award, he teaches courses in environmental law, energy, and property. Professor Vandenbergh has been a visiting professor at the University of Chicago Law School and at Harvard Law School.
