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 |
| Abdul Ajia | Leadership Theory and Practice / Public Policy | |
| Shahd Al-Janabi | Cognitive Neuroscience | Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology |
| Mattia Allieta | Solid State Chemistry & Data Science | Chemistry, Crystallography, X-ray powder diffraction, pair distribution function |
| 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 |
| Kondo Assi | Computational Imaging | Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science |
| Dan Auerbach | Data-Driven Water Solutions | |
| Arulpoomalai Ayyanar | Environmental Chemistry | Heavy metals, Remediation, Soil |
| 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 | |
| Mohamed Samir Boudrioua | Applied Mathematics | |
| Robert Ian Bowers | Behavior Systems | |
| Richard Britton | Theology | Theology, New Testament, Critical Theory, Philosophy |
| 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 |
| Bruce Caron | Applied Open-Science Cultural Anthropology | |
| Stéphanie Cassilde | Language & Space | Economics, Sociology |
| Evelyn Ch'ien | Cultural Production | Literature |
| Scott Chapman | Astrophysics | |
| Bei Jun Chen | Computational Biology | |
| Chris Chinowth | Human Programming | Artificial Intelligence, Theoretical Biology, Computer Science |
| 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 | |
| Iuval Clejan | Evolutionary Theory | Multi Level Selection |
| Corey Cleland | Collective Consciousness | Evolution, Consciousness, Civics |
| Dana Cohen | Computational Biology | Biology |
| Steve Cohn | Meteorology & Transportation Innovation | |
| Nadia Colburn | Literature, Reading, Trauma Studies | Literature |
| Andrew Collins | Operations Research | |
| Amy Collins | Psychology | Aging, Health, Well-being |
| Kassie Colón | Latinx Studies | Puerto Rico, Social Justice, Community, Geography, Feminist Theory, Grassroots Organizing, Latinx |
| 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 |
| Christian Corda | Gravitational Physics | |
| Franco Cortese | Biomedical Gerontology | Aging |
| Victoria Costa | Community Engagement | |
| Michelle Marchetti Coughlin | Early American & Womens' History | History |
| Marilia Coutinho | History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science & Social Studies of Exercise and Sport | |
| Joachim Dagg | History of Biology | |
| Mohammed Dahman | Data Science & Human Behaviour | Big Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Human Behaviour and Technology, Decision Support Systems (DSSs) |
| Varsha Dani | Theoretical Computer Science | Theoretical Computer Science |
| Mike Daniels | Earth Science Data | Management, Computer Science, Data Stewardship, Informatics, Information Science, Real-time Data |
| Judy Daniels | Geospatial Soil Science | Soil, Ecosystem Services, GIS, Remote Sensing |
| Walter David | Geospatial Modeling & Simulation | |
| LaVerne Davis | Organizational Leadership & Development | Blind or Visually Impaired Employment |
| 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 |
| Ayush Dogra | Image Processing / Signal Processing | Medical Imaging, Image Fusion, Image Denoising, Image Enhancement, Biomedical Signal Processing |
| William Donald | Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management | Career Ecosystem, Graduate Employability, Graduate Recruitment, Protean Career, Sustainable Careers |
| 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 |
| Chris Eddy | Education & Human Development | |
| 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 | |
| Farid O Farid | Mathematics | Matrix Analysis |
| 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 |
| Michael Fowler | Soundscape Studies | Music Analysis, Japanese Garden, Architecture |
| Paul Frazer | Multi-trait Motivation | |
| Aaron Freeman | Behavioral Biology | Neuroscience, Biology, Behavior, Science Communication |
| Zoe Freggens | Gender, Sexuality, and Health Equity | Sociology, LGBTQ+, Medicine, Intersectionality, Antiracism, Queer Theory, Queer Theory |
| Fabrizio Genovese | Applied Category Theory | Mathematics |
| Robert Gezelter | Computer Science | Operating systems, Networks, Algorithms, Data structures, Protocols |
| Gloria Gheno | Statistical Analysis & Methodology | |
| Tirthankar Ghosal | Scholarly Language Processing | |
| Philipp Gläser | Planetary Science | |
| Jennifer Goddard | Heritage & Archaeology | Collecting & Illicit Antiquities |
| Elmo Gomes | Evolutionary Economics & Organizational Strategy Foundations | |
| Candace Gossen | Environmental Archaeology | Archaeology |
| Vesselin Gueorguiev | Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics, & Cosmology | Physics, Mathematics, Computer Modeling & Simulations |
| Paul Gugger | Ecological Genomics | Biology |
| Laurel Haak | Research Policy | |
| 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 |
| Peter Haswell | Conservation Biology | Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, Animal Behaviour, Environmental Philosophy |
| Ralph Haygood | Ecology & Evolution | Biology |
| Sandy Herho | Historical Climatology | Climatology |
| Michelle Hill | Educational Research, Social Media, Genealogy, & Ethics | |
| Denise Hills | Data Conservation & CCUS | geoscience, science policy, data preservation, energy |
| 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 | |
| Rama Iyer | Chemistry | |
| Nicholas Jackson | International Development | |
| Kenneth W Jacobs | Behavioral Science | Behavior Analysis, Applied Behavior Analysis, Psychology |
| Arkadiusz Jadczyk | Quantum Theory & Geometry | Physics |
| Maria Jakubik | Knowledge Management & Leadership | |
| Min A Jhun | Genetic Epidemiology | Genetics, Epigenetics |
| Erik Johannesson | Anthropology and Archaeology | Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Bioarchaeology, |
| 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 |
| John LaRocco | Neural Engineering, Historical Technology, Medtech | Brain computer interface, prosthetics, signal processing |
| 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 | |
| Angelo Luidens | Artificial Intelligence, Complex Systems Science | Social Ecological Systems Science, Quantum/Spiritual Phenomena, Education Innovation |
| AJ Lumsdaine | Open Science Problem Solving | |
| Vaibhav Madhok | Quantum Information Science, Mathematical Biology, & Complex Systems | Physics |
| Simon Malian | Management Control Systems | |
| Ainara Mancebo | Comparative Democtratization | |
| 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 |
| João Vitor Dutra Molino | Biotechnology | |
| Regina Monaco | Complex Systems / AI / Neuroscience | Biology, Neuroscience |
| Ken Mondschein | Medieval History | Medievalism, HEMA, Fencing, History, Time, History of Timekeeping |
| Emily Monosson | Evolutionary Toxicology | Biology, Evolution, Medicine |
| Carlo Monsanto | Applied Consciousness Science | |
| Gloria Montebruno | Japan Studies | |
| Nicolina Montessori | Critical Discourse Analysis | Social Movements, Political Discourse, Social Entrepreneurship, Qualitative Research Methodology |
| 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 |
| Fredrik Nyman | Health Anthropology | Ethnography, Community Medicine, Global/Public Health, Chronic Disease |
| 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 |
| William Pagnoux | Physico-Chemist of Pulverulent Materials Science | Ceramics, Nuclear, Crystallography, X-ray powder diffraction, pair distribution function |
| Michael Palmer | Evolution of Complexity | Biology, Evolution |
| Kristin Parker | Cultural Heritage Preservation | |
| John Paulas | Professional Development | Humanities, Humanist, Professions, Careers, Life, Work, Communities |
| Tessa Peixoto | Marine Biology | |
| Micha? Peno | Law, Philosophy, Sociology | Law, Philosophy, Sociology |
| Carlos Perelman | Mathematical Physics | |
| Elina Petrova | The Innovation and Marketing Interface | Economics of Innovation, Technology Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship |
| Dyah Pitaloka | Health Communication | Health communication, Culture, Social change, Social transformation |
| Jorrit Poelen | Biodiversity Informatics | Computer Science |
| Josué M Polanco-Martínez | Applied Climatology & Statistical Data Analysis | |
| Alberto Gonzáles Pons | Korean Studies, Urban Studies, Literary Studies | Korea, History, Urbanism, Literature |
| Fernando Portela | Structural Bioinformatics | RNA, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Computer Modeling & Simulations |
| Christopher H Punzalan | Community-based Environmental Education | Environmental Education, Education for Sustainable Development, Ecopedagogy, STEM |
| Vitaly Radsky | International Development & Education | |
| Gillian Ragsdale | Biological Psychology & Genetics | Biology, Evolution |
| Aghaghia Rahimzadeh | Social implications of climate change in mountains | Human-environment interaction, political ecology, climate change, mountain livelihoods, Himalaya |
| 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 |
| Sara Vanessa C Rodrigues da Silva | Philosophy | Business Analysis, Behavioral Patterns, Emotional Intelligence |
| Cora Roelofs | Occupational Health | |
| Jeffrey Rose | Paleoanthropology | Anthropology |
| Sara Rosenquist | Sexual & Reproductive Health Psychology | Psychology |
| Todd Rounsaville | Ecology | |
| Evangelos Roussos | Machine Learning & Earth Observation Science and Engineering | Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, Geodesy, Natural Hazards |
| Brandon Routman | Behavioral Economics & Evolutionary Theory | Economics, Evolution |
| Kathleen Rowley | Education & the Path(s) Taken | Education |
| Grant Roy | Computational Biology | Computer Science, Mathematics, Biology, Economics |
| Ronald Ruggiero | Criminology / Penology | |
| Ali Sadraei | Archaeology | |
| Deborah Safron | Sociology | Sociology |
| Sean Avila Saiter | Transpersonal-Phenomenological Psychology | Psychology |
| Marco Salerno | Materials Science | |
| Vicenta Salvador | Physiology & Evolution | Biology, Evolution |
| Tammy Sanders | Learning for Digital-Age Professionals | Education |
| Srija Sanyal | Gender & South Asia | |
| 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 |
| Natalia Sizochenko | Computational Chemistry | |
| 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 |
| Geneva Stein | Science of Teaching and Learning | Education |
| Zachary Stein | Education | Education, Human Development, Evolution of Civilizations |
| Kathleen Stein-Smith | Foreign Language Education & Advocacy | |
| Walton Sumner | Family Medicine & Clinical Informatics | |
| Cheryl Sundberg | Transformative Science Education | Education |
| Siamak Tafazoli | Applied Mathematics, Dynamics & Control, Physics | |
| Alaina Talboy | Cognitive Psychology, Judgement, & Decision Making | Probabilistic Reasoning and Thinking |
| Jason Taylor | Applied Climatology | |
| Boris Tefsen | Molecular Microbiology | Biology, Antimicrobial Resistance, Environmental Pollution |
| 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 | |
| Jonathan Walter | Ecology | |
| 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, Genetics |
| John S Wilkins | History & Philosophy of Biology | Biology, History, Philosophy |
| Gregg Willcox | Intelligent Systems | Artificial Intelligence, Biology, Game Design, Multiagent Systems |
| Rebecca Willén | Metascience & Psychology | Metascience, Open Science, Psychology |
| Ele Willoughby | Marine Geophysics | Instrumentation development, Gas hydrates, Remote sensing, Earth science, Real-time data |
| Anne Wilson | Data Stewardship | |
| Donald A Windsor | Parasitology | Biology |
| Eleanor Wynn | Anthropology | Anthropology |