Contributors

Kendall Mollison

Postdoctoral researcher, University of Newcastle

Postdoctoral researcher, University of Newcastle Dr Kendall Mollison is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences at the University of Newcastle. Kendall's research focuses on coastal and marine tsunami hazard.

Mel Rutherford

Professor and Department Chair, Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University

Professor and Department Chair, Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University I am a Full Professor in Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour and McMaster University's first Transgender department chair. In my professional life and my personal life I work towards Social Justice, and I take an evidence-based approach to issues of equity, diversity and inclusion. We share the goal of creating a workplace where each person can bring their whole selves to work, but what are the best practices for creating this safe workplace? As psychologists, and as scientists, we have some tools at our disposal to discern which approaches work, and which lead us astray. The work in my lab is experimental psychology motivated by evolutionary theory. We work on the questions of Social Perception and Social Perceptual Development. We study the perception of social categories, using both face-perception paradigms and essentialist paradigms. We use these approaches to explore evidence-based approaches to equity, diversity and inclusion. We are exploring developing psychological machinery underlying prosocial and moral behavior, and exploring whether we can expand our definition of our ingroup to extend our moral concern to a bigger circle . We study animacy perception, as the first developmental step in social cognition. Using eye-tracking technology, we study the development of autistic characteristics and of the broader autism phenotype. I have developed workshops and writings on the topics of Radically Inclusive Leadership, Formal Consensus Decision Making, and Queer Etiquette.

Niyazi Arslan

Ph.D. Candidate in Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University

Ph.D. Candidate in Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University I am Niyazi Arslan, a third-year Ph.D. student in the Speech and Hearing Science program at Arizona State University. I am currently conducting research in the Auditory Implant Laboratory directed by Dr. Xin Luo. I have a sincere interest in the technological applications of hearing science, in particular with cochlear implants (CIs). Making a positive impact on people with hearing loss is the source of my deep motivation for research in this field. https://niyaziarslan.carrd.co/#

Shichun Huang

Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee

Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee I use elemental and isotopic tracers, together with petrology and mineralogy, to study the Earth’s mantle and the early Solar System.

Sagatom Saha

Research Scholar in Energy Policy, Columbia University

Research Scholar in Energy Policy, Columbia University Sagatom Saha is an Adjunct Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA. He is an expert on the geopolitics of the global energy transition and U.S. competitiveness in clean energy technologies. Sagatom previously worked on cleantech competitiveness at the International Trade Administration in the U.S. Department of Commerce and served as a special advisor in the Office of the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. In this role, he was chief of staff to Secretary Kerry’s clean energy and innovation team and led on cleantech competitiveness, nuclear energy, industrial decarbonization, Ukraine and Eastern Europe, and India. Sagatom was also a Fulbright researcher in Kyiv, Ukraine, where he advised the Ukrainian Parliament and cabinet ministries on strategies to advance energy reform. Sagatom previously helped direct the Council on Foreign Relations’ Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, managing its geopolitics portfolio.

Gautam Jain

Senior Research Scholar in Financial Markets, Columbia University

Senior Research Scholar in Financial Markets, Columbia University Gautam Jain is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). He focuses on the role of financial markets and instruments, including thematic bonds and carbon markets, in the transition to net-zero emissions, particularly in emerging economies. Gautam joined the center after a long and fulfilling career in the financial industry where he covered emerging markets as a portfolio manager and strategist. He has worked at asset management firms and investment banks, including The Rohatyn Group, Barclays Capital, and Millennium Partners. He has helped manage emerging market local debt and hard-currency bond portfolios, encompassing currencies, interest rate instruments, and sovereign credits. He specialized in portfolio construction and asset allocation incorporating macroeconomic, policy, and political developments in emerging market and developing economies. Gautam holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Columbia University. He also has an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University and a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He is a CFA charter holder and a Cornell EMI Fellow. He has co-authored publications in the Journal of Derivatives, the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Journal of Applied Probability, and Probability in Engineering and Informational Science. He has also contributed chapters for the 2020 and 2021 Cornell EMI Annual Reports.