Visiting Researcher, Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre, University of Regina Sola John is an experienced coach and mentor with over 15 years in working with various groups of people from young people to leadership teams from the development space, to the Business start-up entrepreneurs. His clientele includes the GIZ, PEF, NMDPRA, Aiducation Int’l, Eramet, and many others across Nigeria, Africa and Europe. He has focused on problem solving in the areas of leadership crisis management, change management and emotional intelligence. This has taken him to some African countries for similar assignments with proven results. He is also a workshop facilitator, conference speaker, leadership and organizational skills development trainer. He is a certified Emotional Intelligence; Certified Career Coach and NLP Coach. Sola John is an aviation professional with the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency. He got a PhD in Arts Management from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Nigeria. He is currently a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre (C_SET), University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. While at C-SET, he will be researching into the intersection between aviation, entertainment and culture; performing artists and emotional intelligence; artists and data management on the prairie. He is open to collaborations and critical engagement on these themes and the areas of interest to C-SET.
PhD Candidate of Astrophysics, Trinity College Dublin I am an Irish astrophysicist, currently enrolled as a PhD researcher at Trinity College Dublin , jointly supported by UC Berkeley under the supervision of Prof. Evan Keane and Dr. Vishal Gajjar . My research is based on transient astronomical objects using everything from pulsars as gravitational probes to searching large data sets for signs of ET. I completed my undergraduate degree in Physics with Astronomy and Space Science at University College Dublin (UCD) in 2022. During this time I worked as a research assistant at UC Berkeley. Working primarily using LOw Frequency ARrays (LOFAR) searching for technosignatures, pulsars and FRBs.
Head of the Department of Human Geography, Lund University I am a senior lecturer, reader and department head. My research bridges the gap between technical and social sciences, with time spent at institutions like MIT and the Royal Institute of Technology. My work primarily focuses on using satellite data, such as nighttime lights, to analyze economic development in areas with limited statistical data. This approach is particularly impactful in regions with underdeveloped public statistics or restrictive regimes. I am is also the co-author of "Models for Non-Modelers," a guide for social scientists and researchers in understanding and applying data and statistical models. This work simplifies complex concepts in AI, epidemiology, and climate science, making them accessible to those without extensive mathematical backgrounds. Recently, I have focused on the use of AI and satellite imagery in poverty analysis. Research in this field involves statistical analysis of welfare and poverty predictions, emphasizing the synergy of machine learning and deep learning in enhancing predictive accuracy. Recently, I combine high-resolution satellite imagery with expert analysis to estimate welfare levels, using the 2015 Tanzania DHS dataset for validation. This innovative approach highlights the potential of integrating human expertise with AI in socioeconomic research. My mark is to merge technical and social science disciplines, making significant strides in GIS applications for socioeconomic studies and advancing the use of AI and satellite imagery in understanding complex global issues.
Associate Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, UMass Lowell I am an assistant professor at the Physics & Applied Physics department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Prior to that I was an Astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. My research involves interdisciplinary studies covering wide range of topics from Solar & Space Physics and Planetary Science to Astrophysics and Exoplanets. My research approach is based on the assumption that plasma physics processes are universal, and that we should use the detailed information we have from our own solar system to study astrophysical problems that are less constrained.
Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry, Florida International University Olutobi Daniel Ogunbiyi is an environmental analytical chemist with interests in targeted and non-targeted analysis of per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in environmental samples using liquid chromatographic in tandem mass spectrometry techniques.
Professor of Law, Ono Academic College Dr. Ofer Tur-Sinai is a researcher and senior lecturer. He has worked as a lawyer in leading commercial offices in New York and Israel. Dr. Tur-Sinai has extensive experience in the legal representation of start-ups and other entities in a wide range of commercial transactions, including intellectual property licensing.
