Dr. Lydia Gibson
Dr. Gibson is a geographer and anthropologist, whose research cuts across natural and social sciences to understand the relationship between environment data and everyday lives in remote areas of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Sangeun Lee
Sangeun is a Master of Public Policy student at Georgetown University specializing in environmental policy, climate resilience, and technology governance.
Her professional background spans energy and climate policy research and analysis across think tanks in Germany and
South Korea. She is particularly interested in how climate infrastructure decisions shape community access and equity at the local level, and in bridging high-level policy analysis with on-the-ground community engagement.
Zoe Verma
Zoe is a rising senior at Georgetown University in the
Walsh School of Foreign Service. She is pursuing a major in Science, Technology, and International Affairs with a concentration in Energy & Environment, and she is also pursuing minors in Public Health and Spanish.
She is particularly interested in the connection between environmental science and public health, understanding how climate change is gravely threatening health at the individual and community level. She has work experience in both the public and private sectors, mostly focusing on international relations, global development, and issues of energy security.
Madhura Shembekar
Madhura is a senior in the Walsh School of Foreign Service
at Georgetown University, majoring in Science, Technology,
and International Affairs (concentration in Energy/Environment) with a minor in Spanish.
She is interested in climate adaptation, environmental law,
and community-based advocacy. Her previous experience spans policy research, fieldwork, and volunteering, and she is interested in further exploring how community-based research shapes policy engagement and outcomes.
Cailyn Sullivan
Cailyn Sullivan is a second-year undergraduate student at Georgetown University, studying Anthropology and Economics. She is interested in exploring how culture shapes risk and decision making.