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Appendix C: Speaker Biographies
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Appendix C Speaker Biographies In alphabetical order: Dr. Osman Ahmed, Head, Global Research and Innovation Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. Dr. Osman Ahmed currently focuses on leading innovation for the Building Per‐ formance and Sustainability Business Line. He served as the Head, Siemens Center of Excellence for Smart Buildings in Masdar City, UAE. He also headed the Global Research and Innovation Organization at the Building Technologies Division. He has been with Siemens for about 25 years and served as a visionary leader, corporate entrepreneur, successful strategic innovator, expert, and experi‐ enced technology and research manager. His experience includes leadership in: Systematically identifying, assessing, forecasting, pre‐developing, and integrating technology for business units. Commercializing breakthrough and high‐value ideas by aligning business needs, technology development, and innovation. Accelerating innovation pace through global collaboration networks, open innovation and living laboratory platforms. For the past five years he has successfully launched a global strategic partnership program in pursuing collaboration on smart cities, smart consumptions, Smart Grid, and smart building environment. He was the founding architect of Masdar City (world's first carbon neutral city of 50,000 people in UAE; www.masdar.ae) -- Siemens BT partnership agreement on Smart Grid Smart Building (SGSB)
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64 Culture Matters: International Research Collaboration in a Changing World He has been engaged in establishing an open innovation network model around the globe, specifically with the research and educational institutions, in order to increase innovation capacity for the company while accelerating the pace of innovation in the areas of building energy, environment, and sustaina‐ bility. He has published/presented more than 85+ technical papers worldwide. He has 85+ patents, awarded and pending combined, covering a wide variety of sub‐ jects including artificial intelligence, software modeling, control and automa‐ tion, microsystems, and energy and building performance. A two‐time technical achievement award winner within the SBT, Ahmed also is the recipient of the 2004 prestigious "Siemens Inventor of the Year" award for his work on mi‐ crosystem applications for buildings. His work on microsystems has been given broad coverage in the media. Recently, Ahmed invented "Building as a Tree" concept -- applying artificial pho‐ tosynthesis on a nano‐structure to a building envelope to harvest energy from ambient CO2 and release O2 in atmosphere. He has been selected as one of the most creative minds within the entire Siemens organization and his work has been included in a Siemens published book on invention. He speaks around the globe and interacts with high‐profile customers on vari‐ ous topics such as future of building systems, Microsystems, technology and innovation management, and lately, building energy, environment, sustainabil‐ ity, and bio‐mimicry. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin‐Madison and is a registered professional en‐ gineer in the State of Illinois. He authored chapters on future vision of sensing and buildings in a printed book and online journal, respectively. Dr. Lida Anestidou, Senior Program Officer, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research The National Academies As Senior Program Officer, Dr. Lida Anestidou directs a diverse portfolio of studies on the use of laboratory animals and animal models; on research with dual use potential and biosecurity; and responsible science/research integrity. Prior to this position she was faculty at the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She earned her doctorate in bi‐ omedical sciences from the University of Texas at Houston. Working with phys‐ iologist Norman Weisbrodt, she explored the effects of nitric oxide on the mo‐ tility of the gastrointestinal musculature. Working with research integrity expert and biomedical ethics educator Elizabeth Heitman, she concurrently
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Appendix C 65 pursued her interests in biomedical ethics, scientific integrity and science poli‐ cy. Anestidou also holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Greece (her home country) and an M.S. in Veterinary Sciences from the University of Florida. She is an editorial board member of Science and Engineering Ethics, Lab Animal, and SciTech Lawyer and an ad hoc reviewer for the American Jour‐ nal of Bioethics. She is a member of the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists. Anestidou serves as an expert reviewer in the Ethics Evaluation of grant applications to the 7th Framework Program of the European Research Council and the European Commission Directorate General Research. Dr. Robert Bertram, Director, Office of Agricultural Research and Policy in Technology U.S. Agency for International Development Dr. Bertram is Director of the Office of Agriculture, Research and Policy in Technology at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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66 Culture Matters: International Research Collaboration in a Changing World Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Other previous positions included assignments as special assistant to the U.N. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke in 1999‐2001 and deputy national security adviser to U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill in 2001‐2002. Burrows graduated from Wesleyan University and re‐ ceived a Ph.D. in European history from Cambridge University. Dr. Benjamin Caballero, Professor of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health and Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University Dr. Caballero is Professor of International Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University. He is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Global Center on Childhood Obesity, an international research and training center aimed at re‐ ducing the burden of obesity worldwide. He has over 20 years of experience as a scholar, researcher and leader in the area of child health and nutrition. He obtained his M.D. from the University of Buenos Aires and his Ph.D. (in neuro‐ endocrine regulation) from MIT. He started his career as assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and director of the Nutrition Unit of Bos‐ ton Children's Hospital, and moved to Johns Hopkins in 1990 to found the Cen‐ ter for Human Nutrition. Caballero is a recognized expert on the nutritional needs of children and adults and on nutrient requirements in undernourished populations. For the past 15 years, he has focused on the problem of childhood obesity in the United States and in developing countries, and explored the impact of dietary transition and globalization on health indicators. He is an active participant in key domestic and international scientific committees related to diet and health, including the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI)
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Appendix C 67 summarizes the current scientific basis for the use of mineral and vitamin sup‐ plements. His book The Nutrition Transition: Diet and Disease in the Developing World explored the impact of demographic and economic development on diet‐ and lifestyle‐related diseases in developing countries. His book Obesity in China summarizes research conducted in rural and urban China to track the impact of socioeconomic development on health outcomes. He is also co‐editor of a widely used textbook on human nutrition, Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, currently in its 11th edition. Recent awards include the Ancel Keys Prize for achievements in international public health and the Thompson‐Beaudette Lectureship from Rutgers Universi‐ ty. In 2011 he was elected to the Spanish Academy of Nutritional Sciences. Dr. John Carfora, Associate Provost for Research Advancement and Compliance Loyola Marymount University Dr. Carfora holds graduate degrees from a number of universities, including The London School of Economics, Harvard University, and a doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University. A recipient of several international re‐ search awards, John has lectured throughout the USA, Europe, Canada and Africa. He was a Fulbright Scholar to Ireland, an IREX Fellow to Russia, and re‐ cipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the National Council of Univer‐ sity Research Administrators. Carfora has been a tenured professor of economics, research scholar, and an international consultant with clients such as American Airlines, Disney and U.S. News and World Report. He served as Director of International Education at the Russian Academy of Management, and was founding Curator of the Sir Leonard Schapiro Collection at the British Library of Political and Economic Sciences. John is also a bioethicist and Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) . He is a member of the Board of the Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association, Senior Advisor to the Fulbright Association, and serves on the Board of the National Organization of Research Development Professionals. John is a former member of the Board of the Alumni and Friends of The London School of Economics (1982‐1990)
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68 Culture Matters: International Research Collaboration in a Changing World ca. He co‐authored a popular article on the New Deal economist Stuart Chase (Harvard Magazine, 2004) , and is writing a book on Leadership, Decision‐ Making and the Academic Presidency. Mr. James Casey, Interim Director of Pre‐Award Services University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Mr. Casey is Interim Director of Preaward Services at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In his present position he directs preaward proposal and contract activities for all units at UNC‐CH with the exception of the Medical School. Earlier in his career he worked at Northwestern University and the Uni‐ versity of Wisconsin‐Madison. Casey has been involved in international re‐ search administration for the past nineteen years, including the negotiation of numerous agreements and the active management of international projects. In 2007‐08 he was a Visiting Professor of Leadership at the Upper Iowa University campus in Hong Kong, China, and has given research administration presenta‐ tions in twelve foreign countries. He is a member of the Interim Executive Committee (IEC)
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Appendix C 69 Policy Research, and Journal of Political Science Education. He is Chair of the Re‐ view Panel for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) , Diplomacy, Security, and Development, Science Technology Policy Fellowships. He is also a member of the High‐Level Panel of Advisors for the UN Global Alli‐ ance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development. Cogburn has been Principal Investigator on grants from the National Science Foundation and the Committee of Visitors for the Office of Cyberinfrastructure. At Syracuse University, he was faculty in the School of Information Studies and Senior Research Associate in the Moynihan Institute at the Maxwell School. He is past president of the Information, Technology, and Politics section of the Ameri‐ can Political Science Association and of the International Communication section of the International Studies Association. He served as Executive Director of the Global Information Infrastructure Commission‐Africa and Vice Chair of the Global Internet Governance Academic Network. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Howard University, where he was a W.K. Kellogg doctoral fellow at the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center. Professor Ames Dhai, Director, Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics University of Witwatersrand Professor Dhai is the Director of the Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics at the Fac‐ ulty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, which she established in 2007. The Centre is recognized as the lead Centre in Bioethics, Human Rights and Health Law on the continent and has local and international recognition. She began her career as a medical doctor, specialized in Obstetrics and Gyne‐ cology, and then went on to graduate with a Masters in Law and Ethics. Dhai heads the only Masters and Ph.D. programs in Bioethics and Health Law on the continent and is an ethicist of international standing who can be credit‐ ed with entrenching bioethics as an integral aspect of health sciences in South Africa (SA)
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70 Culture Matters: International Research Collaboration in a Changing World try. Together with a colleague, she produced the first textbook in Bioethics, Human Rights and Health Law specific to the South African context for health sciences and law students and practitioners. She has over 75 publications in peer reviewed journals in the fields of bioethics, human rights and health law. Dhai has received several special recognition awards and certificates including the South African Medical Association (SAMA) Human Rights and Health Gen‐ der Acclaim Award for outstanding contributions (2012)
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Appendix C 71 she analyzed green power and climate change issues for the Renewable Northwest Project and she facilitated the National Wind Coordinating Collabo‐ rative, a national forum on wind power development, at RESOLVE. She served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Macedonia from 2009‐2011. Kalinowski holds a master's degree in Economics from North Carolina State University, a B.S. in Natural Resources from the University of Nebraska‐Lincoln, and is a cer‐ tified Project Management Professional (PMP) . Dr. Frederick Leong, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Director, Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research Michigan State University Dr. Leong is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Michigan State Universi‐ ty. He is a faculty member in the Organizational and Clinical Psychology pro‐ grams. He is also the Director of the Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research at MSU. He has authored or co‐authored over 240 journal articles and book chapters and also edited or co‐edited 14 books. He is Editor‐in‐Chief of the Encyclopedia of Counseling (Sage Publications)
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72 Culture Matters: International Research Collaboration in a Changing World the APAGS Kenneth and Mamie Clark Award for outstanding contributions to the professional development of ethnic minority graduate students. Dr. Barbara Mittleman, Vice President, Clinical and Head, Immunology Nodality Inc. Dr. Mittleman is Vice President, Clinical and Head, Immunology at Nodality, Inc., a South San Francisco biotechnology company focused on multi‐parametric flow cytometry for diagnosis and drug development support. Before joining Nodality, Mittleman served as Director of the Public‐Private Partnership Program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) , developing an agency‐wide approach to part‐ nering with public, private, advocacy and other organizations to meet NIH's bio‐ medical research mission. In this role she interacted with U.S. and global organi‐ zations in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostics, IT, electronics, and other industries patient and public advocacy groups, and U.S. and other govern‐ mental agencies, in the development of policy, negotiation of partnerships, and implementation of programs and activities. Mittleman is trained as a rheumatol‐ ogist and cellular immunologist, receiving a B.A and M.D. as well as residency and fellowship training at the University of Pittsburgh. She then came to NIH in 1991 for post‐doctoral training in cellular immunology. Her research efforts have in‐ cluded work on the cellular immune mechanisms of murine and human SLE and pediatric post‐streptococcal neuropsychiatric disease; health disparities in the rheumatic diseases; and principles and structures of cross‐sectoral partnerships. Mr. Scott L. Montgomery, Affiliate Faculty Member, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies University of Washington Mr. Montgomery is an author and affiliate faculty member in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. His research interests include scientific language and communication, history of science, education, and energy‐related science and policy. For 25 years he was a consulting petroleum geologist in the U.S. energy industry and is widely known for his many technical papers and monographs on emerging oil and gas plays in North America and around the world. In addition to teaching and lec‐ turing, his current work includes consulting with corporate and research organ‐ izations to improve their level of scientific communication. He is the author of 12 books, most recently Does Science Need a Global Lan‐ guage?
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Appendix C 73 the Twenty‐first Century and Beyond (Chicago, 2010) was a Choice outstanding academic title for 2010. Other recent titles include The Chicago Guide to Com‐ municating Science (2003; Second Edition forthcoming 2014)
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74 Culture Matters: International Research Collaboration in a Changing World abroad tripled, and he created an annual open house day that has attracted over 100,000 visitors on that day, founded a charitable foundation for the campus whose board of trustees launched a $1 billion capital campaign that reached its goal, and took every student to lunch that wanted to go. The Aca‐ demic Ranking of World Universities ranked the campus #36 in 2010 and its Engineering School #13 globally. The NAE elected him to membership in 1988, and to the positions of Councilor (2002‐2008) , Treasurer (2009‐2013)
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In addition, Paraszczak manages a team of specialists who help develop research innovations in ICT into customer solutions for all industry verticals. Previously Paraszczak was Chief Technology Officer of the IBM Venture Capital group and also Director of Technology for the IBM Research Emerging Business Group, where he was responsible for identifying and harvesting all sources of innovation for IBM's solutions and products from the global venture community and the Research Division.
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76 Culture Matters: International Research Collaboration in a Changing World worked as a Staff Scientist in the Software Research Center of Ricoh Corpora‐ tion in Santa Clara, California. Pizano holds a B.Sc. in Actuarial Science from the National Autonomous Univer‐ sity of Mexico and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. Ms. Julissa Reynoso, U.S. Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Oriental Republic of Uruguay Julissa Reynoso was confirmed by the United States Senate as Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay on March 30, 2012. Prior to her nomination, Ambassador Reynoso served as Deputy Assistant Sec‐ retary for Central America and the Caribbean in the Bureau of Western Hemi‐ sphere Affairs at the Department of State. Reynoso is an attorney by trade and, prior to joining the U.S. State Department, practiced law at the international law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York, focusing on international arbitration and antitrust law. She was also a fellow at New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School. In 2006, Reynoso served as Deputy Director of the Office of Accountability at the New York City Department of Education. She has published widely in both Spanish and English on a range of issues including regulatory reform, communi‐ ty organizing, housing reform, immigration policy, and Latin American politics for both popular press and academic journals. Reynoso holds a B.A. in Government from Harvard University, a Masters in Phi‐ losophy from the University of Cambridge in the UK, and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Fed‐ eral Judge Laura Taylor Swain. Reynoso is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. Mr. Daniel Satinsky, Vice President for Business Development Foresight Science & Technology, Inc. Daniel Satinsky is Vice President for Business Development at Foresight Science & Technology, Inc. (www.foresightst.com) , a global technology commercializa‐ tion consulting company. For more than 20 years, Satinsky has been engaged in technology‐related Russian business projects, market entry for both Russian and U.S. companies, thought leadership on Russian‐American economic issues,
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Appendix C 77 and building practical business networks. He has participated personally in three startup companies and has acted as an advisor to a number of estab‐ lished companies. He is a co‐author of the soon‐to‐be published article, "Emerging Innovation in an Emerging Economy: Can Institutional Reforms Help Russia Break through Historical Barriers." Past publications include: co‐author of Yaroslavl Roadmap 10‐15‐20, a New York Academy of Sciences study of worldwide innovation best practices and Russia; Buyer's Guide to the Russian IT Outsourcing Industry; co‐author Perm Innovation Roadmap and Industrial Gi‐ ants, Entrepreneurs and Regional Government‐The Changing Business Environ‐ ment in the Yaroslavl' Oblast 1991‐98. He has been President of the Board of the U.S.‐Russia Chamber of Commerce of New England for more than 15 years. He holds a Master of Law and Diplomacy degree from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, a J.D. from Northeastern University Law School and a B.A. from James Madison College of Michigan State University. Mr. Patrick Schlesinger, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Administration and Compliance University of California, Berkeley Patrick Schlesinger is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Administration and Compliance at the University of California, Berkeley. The Research Admin‐ istration and Compliance office oversees Berkeley's Office for the Protection of Human Subjects, the Animal Care and Use Committee, the Conflict of Interest Committee, and the Sponsored Projects Office. Prior to joining UC Berkeley, Schlesinger served as the systemwide Director of Research Compliance at the UC Office of the President and as University Counsel in the Office of the Gen‐ eral Counsel. Before joining the University, Schlesinger was a partner at the law firm of Lan‐ dels, Ripley & Diamond in San Francisco and was an attorney with the U.S. Envi‐ ronmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. He has a Bachelor of Music from San Diego State University with majors in music performance and Ameri‐ can History and a J.D. from the George Washington Law School in Washington, D.C. Ms. Susan Sauer Sloan, Director, Government‐University‐Industry Research Roundtable The National Academies Susan Sauer Sloan joined the National Academies in 2008 as Director of the Government‐University‐Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) . Before assum‐ ing the role, she served a six‐month appointment as Executive in Residence at
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78 Culture Matters: International Research Collaboration in a Changing World the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) of the National Academy of Engineering and, for the six years prior, as Chief Executive Officer of the Global Wireless Education Consortium (GWEC)
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Appendix C 79 rector of the graduate program in urban ecology. With collaborative research specialties in animal behavior, endangered species management, urban ecosys‐ tem dynamics and science education, he has extended the model for faculty scholarship by co‐founding the Urban Ecology Institute in Boston while he served as a faculty member at Boston College and CURes in LA, both of which provide educational, research and restoration programs to underserved neigh‐ borhoods and their residents. In addition, Strauss is the Founding Editor of a web‐based peer‐reviewed journal, Cities and the Environment, which is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. His research in‐ cludes collaborative long term studies of coyotes, white‐tailed deer, crows, turtles and other vertebrates, with a specialty in understanding wildlife in ur‐ ban areas and the appropriate management responses to wildlife problems and zoonotic disease. His work also includes investigating the role of green space and urban forests in supporting of healthy neighborhoods and how those fea‐ tures can be used to improve science education in underserved neighborhoods. He has co‐written multi‐media textbooks in biology and urban ecology as well as hosting multiple video series on the life sciences and ecology. Strauss re‐ ceived his B.S. in Mass Communication from Emerson College and Ph.D. in Biol‐ ogy from Tufts University in 1990. Dr. Edward (Ted) L. Trimble, Director, Center for Global Health National Cancer Institute Following graduation from Harvard College and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Edward L. Trimble trained in obstetrics and gynecology at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He earned a master's degree in pub‐ lic health from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, then completed a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at Memorial Sloan‐Kettering Cancer Center. He is board‐certified in obstetrics and gynecology, as well as in gynecologic oncology, by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In September 2011 Dr. Harold Varmus, Director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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80 Culture Matters: International Research Collaboration in a Changing World outcomes in NCI‐sponsored treatment trials. For his work at NCI he has re‐ ceived two Public Health Service Commendation Medals, six NIH Merit Awards, and the NCI Director's Gold Star Award.
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