Yangyang Cheng is a postdoctoral research associate at Cornell University, and a member of the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Born and raised in China, Cheng received her Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago in 2015, and her Bachelor’s in Science from the University of Science and Technology of China’s School […]
ZHAI Xiaomei, Ph.D. of Philosophy of Science/Bioethics (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences CASS, Beijing, China), M.A. of Philosophy (Southeast University, Nanjing, China), Graduated from Changzhi Medical College, Shanxi, China. She has been IRB fellow at Department of Bioethics, NIH, USA, Visiting Scholar at Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University, USA, Visiting Scholar at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, […]
Judy Wang is a senior consultant for CORTEVA AgriScience and the former APAC Director for Product Approval and Advocacy, Dow Du Pont Agricultural Division. In that role, she led DuPont Pioneer’s biotech affairs, regulatory affairs, and biotech products registration in China. Judy started her engagement in biotech R&D and management since 1996 when she joined […]
Elizabeth is a registered Psychologist and behavioural scientist who uses psychological theories and experimental research methods, to understand and effect behavior change. Her work at CSIRO helps address a number of national challenges, including the development of novel biotechnology for environmental conservation. She has conducted large scale surveys exploring public perceptions of various synthetic biology technologies and is currently […]
Franklin Holley is the Program Director for Agriculture at the Keystone Policy Center, where she leads multi-stakeholder food and agriculture initiatives focused on issues such as sustainable natural resource use, wildlife habitat and biodiversity, climate change, and farm labor. Having also worked the World Wildlife Fund, Southern Maryland Resource Conservation & Development, and the University […]
Sylvanaqua Farms’ co-founder, Chris Newman, is a permaculturalist and an outspoken evangelist of ecological, economic, and social sustainability in food. He’s garnered both criticism and praise for 1.) advocating a moderate, pragmatic approach to sustainable food systems that recognizes the complementary roles of both ecological farming and technological innovation; 2.) frank discussions of the intersection […]
Leland Glenna is a professor of Rural Sociology and Science, Technology, and Society at Penn State University. His teaching and research program is in agriculture and natural resources. Within that more general program, he has three areas of emphasis: 1) social and environmental impacts of agricultural science and technologies, 2) the role of science and […]
Michael Doane is the Global Managing Director for Sustainable Food and Water for The Nature Conservancy (TNC). Michael leads a team of the organization’s foremost experts to scale up conservation outcomes across productively managed farming, ranching and agroforestry landscapes. Michael brings 20 years of relevant business and leadership experience to the role and holds a B.S. in Agribusiness and […]
Modesta Nnedinso Abugu is fellow of the Cornell Alliance for Science and a graduate student in Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida. Before moving to Florida, she was the Programme Assistant for the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB), Nigeria Chapter, where she engaged policymakers, the media, scientists and other stakeholders to promote access to agricultural innovation for small […]