The Ronin Institute’s Research Scholars represent fields across the academic spectrum, with many individual scholars contributing to multiple traditional disciplines. See also our map with the locations of current scholars and a high-level overview of their research areas and regions.
| Name | Research Area | Research Tags |
|---|---|---|
| Lianne Abrahams | Single Cell Systems Biology | Biology, Cancer |
| Shahd Al-Janabi | Cognitive Neuroscience | Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology |
| Lee Altenberg | Evolutionary Theory | Biology, Mathematics, Computer Science |
| Katherine Andrews | Translational Science | Chemistry |
| Larry Andrews | Crystallography & Lattice Classification | Physics |
| Wei Rong Ang | Socially Responsible Investment & Financial Economics | Economics |
| Patricia Appelbaum | Religious Studies | Religion |
| Hugo Arias-Pulido | Translational Cancer Research | Biology, Medicine |
| Dan Auerbach | Data-Driven Water Solutions | |
| Kristina Baines | Medical and Ecological Anthropology | Anthropology |
| Curt Balch | Epigenetics & Cancer Biology | Biology, Medicine |
| Soumya Banerjee | Computational Immunology | Biology, Medicine |
| Bishal Banjara | Physics | |
| Sean Barberie | Data Science & Drones | Computer Science |
| Michele Battle-Fisher | Systems Thinking & Health Policy / Governance / Legal Studies | |
| Landon Bennett | Artificial General Intelligence | |
| Matt Bentley | Computer Science | Computer Science |
| Anamaria Berea | Computational Economics / Linguistics / Semiotics | Economics |
| Aviv Bergman | Systems Biology | Aging |
| Herbert Bernstein | Structural Biology / Data Science | Crystallography |
| Jyotiranjan Beuria | High Energy Physics | Physics |
| Seth Bittker | Epidemiology of Inflammatory Diseases | Autism |
| Martin Bohle | Studies of Earth Sciences – Society Relations | Data Science, Earth Science, Marine Physics, Geoethics |
| Katerina Bohle Carbonell | Organizational Behavior | |
| Rene Bruckner | Film History & Media Archaeology | Film, Media |
| Pam Bryer | Environmental Toxicology | |
| Thomas Buckholtz | Elementary Particles, Astrophysics, & Cosmology | Physics, Mathematics |
| Dawid Bunikowski | Law, Philosophy, & Anthropology | Law, Philosophy |
| Gene Bunin | Experimental Optimization / Global Optimization / Uyghur Language | |
| John Laurence Busch | History of High Technology | History, Technology, Economics, Evolution, Art |
| Viviane Callier | Developmental Physiology | Biology |
| Toni Carey | Philosophy & the History of Ideas | Philosophy |
| Stéphanie Cassilde | Language & Space | Economics, Sociology |
| Evelyn Ch'ien | Cultural Production | Literature |
| Scott Chapman | Astrophysics | |
| Bei Jun Chen | Computational Biology | |
| Tom Chittenden | Theoretical Systems Biology | Biology |
| Maciej Chojnowski | Geometrical Model of Particle Mass | Physics |
| Krishna Choudhary | Biomedical Data Science | |
| Timothy Ciesielski | Transdisciplinary Public Health | Medicine |
| Michael Clarage | Plasma Astrophysics | Physics |
| Samuel Clark | Computer Science | |
| Dana Cohen | Computational Biology | Biology |
| Steve Cohn | Meteorology & Transportation Innovation | |
| Nadia Colburn | Literature, Reading, Trauma Studies | Literature |
| Andrew Collins | Operations Research | |
| Will Connor | Ethnomusicology | Musical Instruments, Gothic/Lovecraftian Studies |
| Denise Cook | Genetics of Personality | Genetics |
| Simon Coppard | Marine Biology | Phylogeography, Venomics, Lunar Spawning, Sea Urchin Microbiomes |
| Franco Cortese | Biomedical Gerontology | Aging |
| Victoria Costa | Community Engagement | |
| Michelle Marchetti Coughlin | Early American & Womens' History | History |
| Joachim Dagg | History of Biology | |
| Mike Daniels | Earth Science Data | Management, Computer Science, Data Stewardship, Informatics, Information Science, Real-time Data |
| Jovita De Loatch | Comparative Law & Economics/Legal Anthropology | Environmental Law, Urban Planning |
| Jeffrey T Denniston | Mathematics and Logic | Topology, Linguistics |
| Jorge Diaz | Data Analysis | |
| Jennifer Doering | Music Composition | Music |
| Ashton Drew | Decision Science | |
| Ruth Duerr | Science Data Management, Software & System Engineering | Computer Science, Informatics, Information Science, Cryology, Semantics |
| Harry Durgin | Science Communication | Climate Change |
| Sepehr Ehsani | Philosophical Biology | Biology, Philosophy |
| Mareen Engel | Regulation of Gene Expression in the Brain | Biology, Neuroscience, Epigenetics |
| Bob Fagen | Animal Play Behavior | Biology |
| Andronikos Falagkas | Interculturalism & Global Vision | |
| Mantel Featherson | Human Resource Development | Performance Improvement, Career Development |
| Ben Fertig | Ecological Dynamics | Biology |
| Doug Fischer | Biogeography | Biology |
| Edward Flach | Biology Prediction | Biology |
| Aurora Flynn | Climate & Community Resilience | |
| Maryam Forghani | Ancient Greek Philosophy and Persian Literature and the Tradition of Wisdom | Philosophy, Classics |
| Miguel Fortuna | Network Science | Evolution, Ecology, Computational Biology |
| Paul Frazer | Multi-trait Motivation | |
| Aaron Freeman | Behavioral Biology | Neuroscience, Biology, Behavior, Science Communication |
| Tirthankar Ghosal | Scholarly Language Processing | |
| Philipp Gläser | Planetary Science | |
| Jennifer Goddard | Heritage & Illicit Antiques | |
| Candace Gossen | Environmental Archaeology | Archaeology |
| Vesselin Gueorguiev | Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics, & Cosmology | Physics, Mathematics, Computer Modeling & Simulations |
| Paul Gugger | Ecological Genomics | Biology |
| Fernando Haas | Quantum, Relativistic, and Plasma Physics | |
| Todd Hanson | Historical Archaeology | |
| Stacy Hartman | Cognitive Cultural Studies | Literature |
| Marcia Byrom Hartwell | International Development | |
| Kelli Hash-Gonzalez | International Relations & Political Psychology | |
| Cael Hasse | Foundations of Quantum Theory & Epistemology | Philosophy, Physics |
| Ralph Haygood | Ecology & Evolution | Biology |
| Michelle Hill | Educational Research, Social Media, Genealogy, & Ethics | |
| Meghan Hollis | Criminology & Justice Policy | Inequality, Policing, Critical Theory, Organizational Studies |
| Sophie Hou | UI/UX Design and Assessment for Data Management Services | |
| Aleeza Howitt | Economics | |
| Tamseela Hussain | Medical Informatics | Medicine |
| Ali Hussein | Artificial Intelligence | Computer Science |
| Oana Iancu | Japanese Studies | |
| Michael Ibrahim | Biophysics & Biomedical Imaging | Medicine |
| Sakib Imtiaz | Climate and Disaster Resilience | |
| Nicholas Jackson | International Development | |
| Arkadiusz Jadczyk | Quantum Theory & Geometry | Physics |
| Maria Jakubik | Knowledge Management & Leadership | |
| Min A Jhun | Genetic Epidemiology | Genetics, Epigenetics |
| Yasmina Jraissati | Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences | |
| Kim Kanigel Winner | Computational Cancer Biology | Biology, Medicine |
| Anne Kanno | Literary Structure of Ancient Texts | |
| Diane Kelly | Comparative Biomechanics & Neuroscience | Biology, Evolution, Reproduction, Materials Science |
| Evgeny Khvalkov | Medieval Studies | History |
| Kristina Killgrove | Biological Anthropology & Archaeology | Biology, Anthropology, Archaeology |
| Michelle King-Okoye | Health Sciences | Oncology, Black Minority Ethnic Groups, Men's Health, Complementary Medicine |
| Richard Kirby | Marine Plankton Science | Biology |
| Roman Kogan | Geometric Group Theory | Mathematics |
| Jelena Komlos | Fruit Storage | |
| Vesta Korniakova | Synthetic Biology & Biotechnology | |
| Yulia Kostogorova-Beller | Lightning & Electromagnetism | |
| Marios Kyriazis | Advanced Concepts in Aging | Biology, Aging |
| Alex Lancaster | Evolutionary Systems Biology | Biology, Evolution, Complex Systems, Philosophy of Science |
| Forrest Landry | Applied Metaphysics, Ethics, & Natural Philosophy | Philosophy |
| Emily Lankau | Veterinary Epidemiology | Biology, Medicine |
| Patrick Lenz | Physics | Asteroseismology |
| Kartika Lestari | Climate Change, Variability, and Impacts | Climate, Modeling |
| Eli Levine | Applied Social Science | Complex Social Systems |
| Sarah Arnd Linder | Women in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | |
| Gary Low | Epidemiology | |
| AJ Lumsdaine | Open Science Problem Solving | |
| Vaibhav Madhok | Quantum Information Science, Mathematical Biology, & Complex Systems | Physics |
| Simon Malian | Management Control Systems | |
| Elizabeth Mann | Microbial Ecology | Biology |
| Zoya Marinova | Translational Neuroscience | |
| Kristina Markman | Medieval History | History |
| Heather Maughan | Microbial Ecology & Evolution | Biology, Evolution |
| Lauren McCall | Music Composition & Music Education | |
| Colin Meiklejohn | Population Genetics | Biology, Evolution |
| Athina Meli | Astroparticle Physics / High Energy & Plasma Astrophysics | Physics |
| Aanchal Mishra | Biology | Biology |
| Josh Mitteldorf | Evolution of Cooperation & Aging | Biology, Evolution |
| Lucas Mix | Theory of Life | Biology, Evolution |
| Johnathon Mohr | Neuropsychiatric Modeling of Mental Illness | Biology, Psychiatry |
| Nathan Moles | Digital Curation & Preservation | Archives, Records Management, Information Management |
| Regina Monaco | Complex Systems / AI / Neuroscience | Biology, Neuroscience |
| Emily Monosson | Evolutionary Toxicology | Biology, Evolution, Medicine |
| Carlo Monsanto | Applied Consciousness Science | |
| Gloria Montebruno | Japan Studies | |
| Jaime Moreno Tejada | Historical Geography | History |
| Anthony Morley | Philosophy & Politics | |
| Christina Muirhead | Population Genetics | Biology, Evolution |
| Laura Musgrave | Digital Anthropology & UX | |
| Shogo H Nakakita | Mathematical Statistics | |
| Swami Narasimhananda | Indology | Philosophy, Religion |
| Barbara Natalizio | Higher Education Science Policy | |
| Gam Nguyen | Communication Systems and Networks | Electrical Engineering |
| Chike Nwabuo | Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Imaging | Medicine, Public Health |
| Malory Nye | Culture, Religion, & Anthropology | Religion, Anthropology |
| Christian O'Reilly | Computational Neuroscience & Brain Mapping | |
| Koshi Okamura | Condensed-Matter Physics | Physics |
| Steven Orzack | Biology | Biology, Evolution |
| Octavio Paez Osuna | Algebraic Curves & Combinatorial Configurations | Mathematics, Cryptography, Coding Theory |
| Michael Palmer | Evolution of Complexity | Biology, Evolution |
| Kristin Parker | Cultural Heritage Preservation | |
| Tessa Peixoto | Marine Biology | |
| Carlos Perelman | Mathematical Physics | |
| Elina Petrova | The Innovation and Marketing Interface | Economics of Innovation, Technology Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship |
| Jorrit Poelen | Biodiversity Informatics | Computer Science |
| Josué M Polanco-Martínez | Applied Climatology & Statistical Data Analysis | |
| Vitaly Radsky | International Development & Education | |
| Gillian Ragsdale | Biological Psychology & Genetics | Biology, Evolution |
| Brent Ranalli | History / Philosophy / Policy | History, Philosophy |
| Benjamin Redelings | Mathematical & Computational Biology | Bayesian Statistics, MCMC |
| Jonathan Rees | Biodiversity Informatics | Computer Science, Philosophy |
| Vicente Reyes | Computational, Mathematical, & Structural Biology | Biology, Medicine |
| Carolina Reyes | Environmental Microbiology | |
| Nailah Ricco | Behavioral Resistance within the African Diaspora | |
| Semidán Robaina Estévez | Systems Biology | Computational Biology, Metabolism |
| Cora Roelofs | Occupational Health | |
| Jeffrey Rose | Paleoanthropology | Anthropology |
| Sara Rosenquist | Sexual & Reproductive Health Psychology | Psychology |
| Brandon Routman | Behavioral Economics & Evolutionary Theory | Economics, Evolution |
| Kathleen Rowley | Education & the Path(s) Taken | Education |
| Ronald Ruggiero | Criminology / Penology | |
| Deborah Safron | Sociology | Sociology |
| Sean Avila Saiter | Transpersonal-Phenomenological Psychology | Psychology |
| Vicenta Salvador | Physiology & Evolution | Biology, Evolution |
| Tammy Sanders | Learning for Digital-Age Professionals | Education |
| Elizabeth Sbrocco | Marine Ecology & Evolution | Biology, Evolution |
| Brian Schefke | History of Science | History |
| Jocelyn Scheirer | Wearable Technology | |
| Anneke Schmidt | Multi-Faith Religious Education | Religious Studies, Philosophy |
| Peter Schmidt | Molecular Physics: Chemical Reaction Rate Theory | |
| Soren Scott | Informatics | Computer Science |
| Drew Scott | Soil Ecology | |
| Carolyn Sealfon | Learning Development & Assessment | Physics, Education, Data Science |
| B Lungsi Sharma | Neuroscience | Biology |
| Patricia Silver | Sociocultural Anthropology | Anthropology |
| Levi Simons | Distributed Environmental Monitoring | |
| Prabhpal Singh | Ethics & Moral Philosophy | Philosophy |
| Eric Smith | Stochastic Processes & Statistical Mechanics | Biology, Chemistry, Physics |
| Richard Sobel | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Anders Söderholm | Temporary Organizations and Projects | Organization Theory, Management |
| Martina Spaeni Lima | Evolutionary Ecology of Human Health & Global Change | Biology, Evolution, Medicine |
| Ashton Sperry | Philosophy of Science | Data Science, Decision Theory, Game Theory, Logic |
| Kathleen Stein-Smith | Foreign Language Education & Advocacy | |
| Walton Sumner | Family Medicine & Clinical Informatics | |
| Cheryl Sundberg | Transformative Science Education | Education |
| Alaina Talboy | Cognitive Psychology, Judgement, & Decision Making | Probabilistic Reasoning and Thinking |
| Anne Thessen | Biodiversity Informatics | Biology, Data Science |
| Jeffrey Thompson | Wildlife Ecology | Biology |
| Nathan To | Media Psychology, Cultural Studies, & Digital Mental Health | Media, Psychology |
| Schuyler Towne | History of Mechanical Security | History |
| Meghan Joyce Tozer | Music History | Music, History |
| Keith Tse | Linguistics | |
| Murat Tugrul | Gene Regulation | Biological & Statistical Physics, Mathematical Biology, Evolutionary BIology |
| Peter Turney | Evolutionary Theory | Artificial Life, Evolutionary Computation, Evolution, Computer Science |
| Jose Luis Perez Velazquez | Organizing Principles of Brain & Behavior | Biology, Neuroscience |
| Sangeetha Vijay | Complementary Integrative Medicine & Applied Consciousness Science | |
| Biba Vikas | Cancer Immunotherapy | |
| Linda Villiers | Paleoarchaeology | Archaeology |
| Arika Virapongse | Social Ecology | Sociology |
| Sarah Vizel | Computational Biomechanics | Biology |
| Michelangelo von Dassow | Developmental Biomechanics | Biology |
| Peter Waddell | Statistical Genetics & Molecular Evolution | Biology, Evolution |
| Michael Walker | Human Evolution & Palaeoanthropology | Biology, Evolution, Anthropology |
| Ryan Walsh | Biochemistry & Biotechnology | |
| Swarn Warshaneyan | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) & associated disorders | Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Biotechnology |
| Siv Watkins | Environmental Microbiology | |
| Gordon Webster | Modeling Paradigms for the Life Sciences | Computational Biology |
| Mona Wells | Environmental Management and Impact Assessment | |
| Jon F Wilkins | Evolution | Biology, Evolution |
| John S Wilkins | History & Philosophy of Biology | Biology, History, Philosophy |
| Rebecca Willén | Metascience & Psychology | Metascience, Open Science, Psychology |
| Anne Wilson | Data Stewardship | |
| Donald A Windsor | Parasitology | Biology |
| Eleanor Wynn | Anthropology | Anthropology |