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Mulat Alubel Abtew

Mulat Alubel Abtew

Dr. Abtew earned his PhD degree through the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Program from three institutions: Université de Lille, France (in Automation and Production), Universitatea Tehnică ‘Gheorghe Asachi’ din Iași,

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Carlye Chaney (she/her)

Carlye Chaney (she/her)

Carlye Chaney is a biosocial anthropologist who examines the interaction between biology, ecology, and culture in relation to reproductive health and development. Her ongoing research investigates environmental exposure disparities, with

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Allison M Roth

Allison M Roth

Animals do not exist in a vacuum, and social interactions can have important consequences for survival and reproduction. Using California quail and three-spined stickleback, Allison’s research integrates across multiple biological

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Justin Van Goor

Justin Van Goor

I am an evolutionary ecologist broadly interested in the maintenance and interactions of biological community associates, mostly using nematodes as a focal taxon. My research program seeks to utilize the

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Roberto Núñez

Roberto Núñez

Roberto works on mathematical modeling of thermal systems. He is especially interested in the integration of machine learning techniques and differential equations. He is currently working on the development of

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Thomas Love (he/they)

Thomas Love (he/they)

Before joining the University of Missouri as a PFFIE postdoctoral fellow, Thomas Love received his PhD in Art History from Northwestern University. Love works at the intersection of contemporary art

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Rowena Aba Woode (she/her/hers)

Rowena Aba Woode (she/her/hers)

Rowena Woode is a PFFIE postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She received both her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and her Doctor

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Tanushree Sarkar (she/her)

Tanushree Sarkar (she/her)

Tanushree Sarkar received her PhD in Community Research and Action from the Department of Human and Organizational Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. Dr. Sarkar studies the global spread of educational

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Pallavi Raonka

Pallavi Raonka

I earned my Ph.D. in Sociology from Virginia Tech. My research and teaching interests revolve around the political ecology of land, forests, and animals, Adivasi studies, ethnography, gender politics, and

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So Young Park (she/her)

So Young Park (she/her)

So Young’s interdisciplinary research bridges family science and law to explore how the two disciplines, together, can increase access to justice and equality for vulnerable populations, such as survivors of

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Donald Joseph (he/him)

Donald Joseph (he/him)

Don Joseph received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in French and Francophone studies with concentrations in Cultural Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. Dr. Joseph studies migration,

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Vaidehi Dixit

Vaidehi Dixit

Vaidehi works in the robust area of mixture models. Particularly, her dissertation aimed at exploring estimation of a mixing distribution under a general mixture model via the predictive recursion (PR)

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Nargiza Buranova (she/her)

Nargiza Buranova (she/her)

Dr. Buranova completed her Ph.D. in Special Education at the University of Missouri. She has worked on several federally funded research projects including the vSocial project that aimed to develop an

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Sarah Balkissoon

Sarah Balkissoon

“Sarah Balkissoon is a PFFIE postdoctoral fellow in the Atmospheric Sciences Program.  Her research interests include the forecasting of meteorological variables (especially for the purposes for renewable energy) using various

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Erik Amezquita Morataya (He/él)

Erik Amezquita Morataya (He/él)

Erik was originally trained as a mathematician with some computer science sprinkled in between. His main interest is to draw tools from different math corners to describe, quantify,  and compare

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Soheila (Sonia) Abachi-Hokmabadinazhad

Soheila (Sonia) Abachi-Hokmabadinazhad

I have always been passionate about design and development of natural products whether as preservatives, additives and or natural health products for the prevention and treatment of infections, cancer and

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Quinnehtukqut McLamore

Quinnehtukqut McLamore

Dr. Quinnehtukqut McLamore received their PhD in Social Psychology from the Psychology of Peace and Violence Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Their research is strongly multimethod and wide-spanning:

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Stephen C. Mukembo

Stephen C. Mukembo

Stephen completed his Ph.D. in Agricultural Education at Oklahoma State University (OSU). His doctoral research focused on integrating agricultural and entrepreneurship education to improve community livelihoods through project-based learning and

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Guadalupe (Lupita) Madrigal

Guadalupe (Lupita) Madrigal

Guadalupe (who also goes by “Lupita”) researches topics related to political communication, with a particular interest in media, race, and immigration. Her dissertation focuses on news media portrayals of immigrant

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Roy Anthony Thompson

Roy Anthony Thompson

Dr. Roy Anthony Thompson was born and raised in Jamaica. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing with First Class Honors (Summa Cum Laude) in 2009, and a Master

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