Affiliate researcher, external
Jörn Davidsen is a Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy and a member of the Complexity Science Group as well as the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary, leading the Computational Neuroscience Platform under the University of Calgary’s Brain and Mental Health Strategy. With a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Kiel, Germany, he has worked on applications ranging from neurosciences to earthquakes, from the climate system to nonlinear chemical reaction kinetics (with Nobel laureate Gerhardt Ertl’s group, for example), using tools from statistical physics, network science and nonlinear dynamics. Dr. Davidsen is a Humboldt Research Fellow at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany and was elected Secretary of the Nonlinear Geophysics Focus Group of the American Geophysical Union in 2015 and in 2017.
Brad Bass is a researcher and senior policy analyst with the Indigenous Affairs Directorate in Employment and Social Development Canada.
Eric De Guili is an Assistant Professor of Physics at the Toronto Metropolitan University, interested in emergence and self-organization in complex systems. His group is currently studying the origin of metabolism in chemical reaction networks, learning of syntax in human languages, and the plasticity of amorphous solids.
Chloe Clifford Astbury is a post-doctoral fellow in the School of Global Health at York University in Toronto. Chloe’s research around complex systems has focused on the prevention of communicable and non-communicable disease, with a focus on the food system as a complex system from which health outcomes emerge. Her current projects involve applying complex system methods to understanding how the food system drives the emergence of antimicrobial resistance and emerging infectious diseases, and how policies to reduce the risk of disease emergence intersect with the food system. Chloe also led the development of guidance on using systems approaches in non-communicable disease prevention policy on behalf of the World Health Organization and is interested in complexity training and teaching.
Dr. Simone Philpot is a Fellow at the Cascade Institute where she combines systems modeling with qualitative research to enhance foresight and strategic decision-making
Dr. Naresh Singh is a Professor in the Jindal School for Government and Public Policy and Director of the Centre for Complexity Economics, Applied Spirituality and Public Policy at O.P. Jindal Global University; Special Adviser on Sustainability at the Toronto Centre for Financial Leadership, and Senior VP at Global Development Solutions Canada, a strategic advisory services firm.
Professor Anna Lawniczak teaches Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Guelph.
Jon Mackay is currenty a lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Business Analytics at the University of Auckland. His research interests involve network theory, corporate governance, and business analytics more broadly.
Reza Yousefi-Nooraie's main line of interest includes the application of a social network analysis lens to inform and promote the process of knowledge translation and program implementation (https://goo.gl/EIrwfo).
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