Jessica Gephart (PI, American University) 

Jessica Gephart is an Assistant Professor in Environmental Science at American University. She received her PhD in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center. Her research focuses on the intersection of seafood globalization and environmental change, evaluating how seafood trade drives distant environmental impacts, as well as how environmental shocks disrupt seafood trade. 
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Christopher Golden (co-PI, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health) 

Chris Golden is an Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Planetary Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. With a background in ecology and epidemiology, he studies the human health impacts of environmental change. Golden is the founder and director of Madagascar Health and Environmental Research (MAHERY), a 501(c)3 focused on the training and capacity building of scientists in Madagascar, a country he has worked in since 1999.
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Alex Godwin (co-PI, American University) 
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Alex Godwin is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at American University. He received his PhD in Human-Centered Computing from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His primary area of research is Information Visualization, with a focus on methods for displaying and interacting with geographic data. His lab at American University, the Digital Cities lab, develops systems for civic data collection and analysis. His students specialize in web visualizations and systems that incorporate tangible and tactile interfaces.

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Postdoctoral Scholars & Staff

Rahul Agrawal Bejarano (Data Scientist, American University) 

Rahul Agrawal Bejarano is a data scientist at American University’s Seafood Globalization Lab. During his time at the University of Michigan he received a BSE in Computer Science and Engineering and a MS in Environment and Sustainability. Past work includes making data analytics and programming more accessible in the fields of Ecology, Urban Development, Energy Equity, and Computer Science Education.

Jessica Zamborain Mason (Postdoctoral Scholar, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health) ​

Jessica Zamborain Mason is an interdisciplinary marine scientist who uses quantitative methods to increase our understanding of human-environment interactions, the performance of natural resources, and inform resource management and policy. Jessica's current research takes a nutritional lens to fisheries, integrating nutritional outcomes into fisheries reference points and examining the consequences of climate change, human use, and trade on natural resources, human nutrition and public health. Overall, she aims to improve our understanding on nutrition-sensitive approaches to fisheries management and policy. 

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Daniel Viana (Postdoctoral Scholar, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health) ​

Daniel Viana is a fisheries scientist working at the intersection of marine conservation and public health. He is currently a postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health examining the global implications of marine protected area expansion for human health and nutrition. ​

Student Researchers

Joe Barnes ​(Graduate Researcher, American University)
Parthav Easwar ​(Undergraduate Researcher, American University)
Taraji Ellington ​(Undergraduate Researcher, American University)
Lily Fowler ​(Undergraduate Researcher, American University)
​Aileen McDonald (Undergraduate Researcher, American University)
​Hannah Cohen (Undergraduate Researcher, American University)