Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa I am a planetary geologist, and my primary research interest is understanding the evolution of planetary bodies, with an emphasis on Mars, to better constrain the geological history of our own planet. My work crosses several disciplines including igneous petrology, geochemistry, mineralogy, and sedimentology to assess planetary surface and interior evolution and constrain magmatic processes on Mars and other planets. I use various methods including measurements from the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers (ChemCam, SuperCam, APXS, PIXL, and CheMin) and orbital data (CRISM visible/near infrared spectroscopy and TES and THEMIS thermal infrared spectroscopy), modeling, experimental petrology, and laboratory measurements.
research scientist, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord I obtained a Ph.D. in Preventive Medicine in 2008 from the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA. I am an epidemiologist and a behavioral scientist with expertise in chronic disease epidemiology, neuropsychiatric needs assessment and prevention research, and mental and behavioral health promotion especially via proper nutrition. I am proficient in research methods, health promotion theory, nutrition and mental health assessment, risk factor assessment, and validation research. At Sorbonne Paris Nord University, I have held the tenured position of Associate Professor of Epidemiology since 2013. I co-directed the Master of Human Nutrition & Public Health program from 2015 to 2022. I am an ad hoc grant proposal reviewer, peer reviewer for over two dozen indexed journals, and a member of numerous public health, epidemiology and nutrition non-profit professional organizations. I have published >180 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, monographs, and conference proceedings (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/valentina.andreeva.1/bibliography/public/).
PhD Student in Resource Ecology Management, University of Michigan Vianey grew up in San Elizario, Texas, a small city in the lower valley of El Paso. Before starting her first year at the University of Michigan as a PhD student, Vianey worked for the City of Boerne, Texas as the city’s Data Architect, where her task included managing the city’s water data and building a water dashboard to be used for decision-makers. Vianey first became interested in water concerns, specifically the role of science and policy in water management, through her work on the family farm and her proximity to the Rio Grande. She grew increasingly more concerned as she saw the section of the Rio Grande that passes through El Paso go dry (as it remains today) and as the livelihood of many farmers became threatened by a scarce resource and a changing climate. Vianey aspires to have a career in policy, either through advising or a political career of her own. Vianey’s current research is focused on the 1944 Water Treaty between the United States and Mexico and using an interdisciplinary lens to finding alternative water delivery mechanisms for the Rio Grande that reduce treaty non-compliance and protect community needs in the face of increasing basin variability. Her interdisciplinary approach is to combine socio-economic, hydrologic modeling, and a legal/political analysis in order to uncover holistic solutions. An important component of her research is the continued interaction with communities of the Texas-Mexico border and the co-production of knowledge.
Associate Professor Natural Resource Management, Namibia University of Science and Technology I am a bioscience engineer specialised in forestry and trained in Belgium and France with more than 25 years of work experience, most as an academic in Namibia.
Researcher, University of Ibadan Victor Achem is a doctoral researcher at the University of Ibadan, with a first and second degree in sociology from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and the University of Ibadan. He specialises in social research and data deconstruction, with a focus on informing policy and justifying intervention.
Associate Professor in Law/Solicitor, Northumbria University, Newcastle Dr Victoria Roper is a qualified solicitor (currently non-practising) and an Associate Professor in Law at Northumbria University, Newcastle. Victoria completed her doctorate on the topic of corporate manslaughter and has published in various academic journals about the subject. She is regularly asked to advise other jurisdictions introducing similar offences. Legal education is Victoria's other area of research. She is Chair of the Law Society's for England and Wale's Education and Training Committee and a Deputy Editor of the Law Teacher journal.
