Visiting Scholar

Ximeng Chen

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Degrees Ph.D. Philosophy :: Zhejiang University (2020)
M.A. History of Science :: Capital Normal University (2015)
B.A. Computer Science :: Henan Polytechnic University (2013)

Professor Chen's research in the field of "Human-in-the-Loop (HITL)" presents a unique opportunity for our interdisciplinary environment. Her work adopts a "hybrid" approach, combining human and machine intelligence to enhance the accuracy of machine learning models and facilitate ethical decision-making. Currently, there is a lack of comprehensive analysis on how HITL can effectively...

Nathaniel Comfort

Professor
History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Degrees Ph.D. History :: University of Stony Brook (1997)
M.S. Neurobiology and Behavior :: Cornell (1990)
B.A. Marine Biology :: UC Berkeley (1985)

Professor, History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

A barefoot Berkeley boy from the 1960s-70s, he completed his undergraduate work at Cal, majoring in biology with a concentration in marine biology, before unexpectedly moving to the East Coast. There, he spent four years studying South American electric fish and later served as a science writer at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long...

Megan Finn

Associate Professor, Information School
University of Washington

I am an associate professor at the University of Washington’s Information School in Seattle where I teach courses in data policy, information ethics, and infrastructure studies. Much of my research has used historical and ethnographic approaches to study information infrastructures for publics in crisis. I wrote Documenting Aftermath: Information Infrastructures in the Wake of Disasters (MIT Press).

Maryam Firoozi

Associate Professor, Accounting
Carleton University
Degrees PhD in Business Administration (Accountancy) :: John Molson School of Business, Concordia University (2014)
Master of Accounting :: Tarbiat Modares University (2008)
Bachelor of Accounting :: University of Tehran (2005)

Maryam Firoozi is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University. Her research interests are in the intersection between corporate governance mechanisms, corporate disclosure, and information technology. Her current research mainly focuses on the impact of digitalization and...

Brian Freer

Research Affiliate, Department of Nuclear Engineering
North Carolina State University
Degrees Postdoctoral Research :: University of Washington (2015-2018)
PhD Industrial Archaeology :: York University (2010)

Brian Freer’s research seeks to better understand environmental legacies of highly contaminated industrial sites from engineering, occupational health, ecological and temporal perspectives. He conducted graduate research at the Hanford Site in southeast Washington State where 60% of the plutonium for the US nuclear arsenal was manufactured—along with 60% of the nuclear and chemical wastes currently managed by the US Department of Energy. Brian’s...

Tamara Kneese

Senior Researcher and Project Director, Algorithmic Impact Methods Lab
Data & Society Research Institute
Degrees PhD, Media, Culture and Communication :: NYU (2016)
MA, Social Sciences/Anthropology (MAPSS) :: University of Chicago (2008)
BA :: Kenyon College (2006)

Dr. Tamara Kneese is Senior Researcher and Project Director of Data & Society’s AIMLab. Before joining D&S, she was Lead Researcher at Green Software Foundation, Director of Developer Engagement on the Green Software team at Intel, and Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Director of Gender and Sexualities Studies at the University of San Francisco. Tamara holds a Ph.D. in Media, Culture and...

Henning Laux

Professor, Director, Leibniz Center for Science and Society
Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Degrees Ph.D., Sociology :: Friedrich Schiller University Jena (2012)
M.A. Philosophy, Political Science and Business :: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (2006)
B.A. Social Sciences :: University of Glasgow (2005)

Henning Laux is a Professor of Sociological Theories of the Knowledge Society at Leibniz University Hannover. He studied in Mainz and Glasgow, completed his doctorate in Jena and taught in Bremen, Chemnitz and Hamburg.

In his recently published book "Risk Democracy” (with Jenni Brichzin and Ulf Bohmann) he attempts to explain...

Nuno Martins

Research Fellow
Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society

Dr. Martins is a visiting scholar at the University of California Berkeley, in the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine and Society. He is a scientist, innovator, entrepreneur and international speaker. As a scientist and an innovator, he is interested in technological developments with potential to solve humanity’s most challenging problems in healthcare, education, and work. He is currently focused on new technologies aiming to increase healthy human lifespan. Between 2016 and 2019, he was an affiliated researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, looking at applications...

Anna Molas

Juan de la Cierva Fellow (AFIN Research Group)
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Degrees Doctor in Social Anthropology :: Monash University (2021)
Masters in Anthropology and Ethnography :: University of Barcelona (2016)

Anna Molas is a PhD in Social Anthropology (2021, Monash University) currently based at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) where she holds a Juan de la Cierva fellowship at the AFIN Research Group. Her research interests include reproduction studies, biotechnologies, and epigenetics.

In 2017, she obtained a scholarship to undertake her PhD at Monash...

Anna Puzio

Postdoctoral Researcher, Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (ESDiT)
University of Twente
Degrees Ph.D. Philosophy :: Munich School of Philosophy (2021)
M.A. German Studies :: University of Munster (2018)
B.A. German Studies :: University of Munster (2017)

Dr. Anna Puzio is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine and Society (CSTMS) at UC Berkeley, coming from the University of Twente in the Netherlands. She is conducting research on the ethics of technology as part of the Dutch research programme Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies.

She studied theology, philosophy, and German language and...