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Alex Ip

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Alex is pursuing his B.S. in Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Proud to be a first-generation college student, Alex is an HKSES Scholar, Lee Hysan Memorial Scholar, and Climate Reality…

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Kang-Chun Cheng

KC is a Taiwanese American photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya, covering how environmental change impacts one's sense of belonging, foreign aid, and outdoor adventure. Her work began in the Arctic and extends globally, including unfriendly…

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Hon-Ming Lam

Hon-Ming first obtained his B.Sc and M.Phil. degrees at the CUHK, then completed his Ph.D. at Northwestern University, with research interests including climate-smart and sustainable agriculture. He then returned to teach in the School of Life…

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Laasya Shekhar

Based in Chennai, India, Laasya manages The Xylom's roster of freelancers and coordinates collaborative cross-border investigations centered in South Asia. For her visual coverage of Indian women drying fish with a low-cost solar dryer, Laasya was…

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Sheeva Azma

Sheeva 來自奧克拉荷馬州奧克拉荷馬市,分別於麻省理工學院取得腦部與認知科學學士,及喬治城大學取得神經科學碩士學位。她創辦 Fancy Comma, LLC,同時是主要的研究員和作家。身為科學作家,她的工作是以通俗易懂的方式解釋科學的複雜性;她曾為 LifeWire 和 The Motley Fool撰文。Sheeva 對跑步極有熱忱,她曾參加三場馬拉松比賽,芝加哥馬拉松、費城馬拉松和華盛頓特區海軍陸戰隊馬拉松。 (黃瓊緯 譯)

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Simran Sethi, MindSite News

Simran Sethi is an integrative therapist and an award-winning journalist who has published in outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, NPR and WIRED. She is a Media Fellow with the Nova Institute for Health focusing…

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Tahira Anwar

Born in Rome, Italy, to Pakistani parents, Tahira graduated in Biological Sciences (Master of Science) from Sapienza University. She then moved to Helsinki, Finland, where she obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Helsinki studying autophagy, a…

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Adam Bodley

Originally from Devon in the UK (but born in Stoke-on-Trent), Adam graduated from the University of Warwick with a BSc (Honours) in microbiology and virology. He followed this up with a Master’s degree by research in environmental science from…

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Saugat Bolakhe

Saugat Bolakhe is a freelance science journalist whose work has appeared in Scientific American, NatGeo, Nature, and other publications. He studied zoology as an undergraduate in Nepal and received a master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate…