Contributors

Niklas Ihssen

Associate professor, Durham University

Associate professor, Durham University Niklas Ihssen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, Durham University. He has a PhD in Psychology from the University of Konstanz, Germany. As an affective neuroscientist and experimental psychologist he has published in the areas of human reward, motivation and addiction. His recent work looks at the rewarding nature of social media and their addictive potential.

Nancy Goucher

Knowledge Mobilization Specialist, University of Waterloo

Knowledge Mobilization Specialist, University of Waterloo Nancy Goucher has been the Knowledge Mobilization Specialist at the University of Waterloo’s Water Institute for five years. In her role, she ensures the water research produced at the university is actively used and impacts the way communities and governments prepare for and manage increasing water-related threats. She brings an extensive network and her experience with policy decision-making to this position. Previous to the University of Waterloo, Nancy worked for 10+ years to shape water policy conversations across Canada, particularly in the Great Lakes. Nancy has previously held positions at Freshwater Future, Environmental Defence and the Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW). She successfully advocated for a ban on the use of microbeads in pharmaceutical products, increased funding for the protection of the Great Lakes, brought Ontario into Western Basin of Lake Erie Collaborative Agreement, and worked to ensure the passage of the Great Lakes Protection Act. She graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Master’s degree in Planning in 2007. Her research focused on the identification of facilitating conditions for creating new knowledge and adapting to change in watershed-based organizations.

Neeraja Chinchalkar

PhD in Earth and Planetary Science and Exploration, Western University

PhD in Earth and Planetary Science and Exploration, Western University I am a PhD student in Earth Sciences at UWO, with a research focus in planetary and geological sciences. My research interests are meteorite impact craters, rocks affected by hypervelocity impacts and terrestrial-lunar analogs.

Natalia Soares Quinete

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Florida International University

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Florida International University Dr. Natalia Soares Quinete's specialities include: Environmental and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry, PFAS analysis, Emerging Contaminants, Metabolites and Biomarkers. Her areas of reserach include: Method development based on mass spectrometry for targeted and non-targeted approaches with applications in environmental (exposomics) and bioanalytical chemistry (lipidomics and metabolomics); Monitoring and assessment of the occurrence, fate and transport of PFAS in environmental and biological samples Biomonitoring of endocrine disruptor contaminants such as phthalates, hormones, PFAS, PCB metabolites, and other emerging compounds; and Study of biomarkers of exposure to a variety of environmental organic contaminants.

Nichol Castro

Assistant Professor of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo

Assistant Professor of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo Prof. Castro’s research focuses on word retrieval in aging adults and adults with language impairments (e.g., aphasia, dementia), with a particular focus on how words are organized in memory. Her research uses behavioral studies and computational modeling

Nadiya N. Ali

Assistant Professor, Sociology, Trent University

Assistant Professor, Sociology, Trent University Nadiya is an Assistant Professor specializing in Critical Race, Black Studies, Islamophobia, and Anti-Black Islamophobia at Trent University. Nadiya is passionate about community-action research and working on issues of social justice and inclusion.