School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
Submissions from 2024
Offsetting the greenhouse gas footprint of hydropower with floating solar photovoltaics, Rafael M. Almeida, Areefin-Ul-Hassan Chowdhury, Hansapani Rodrigo, Mingxu Li, and Rafael J. P. Schmitt
Iron-Imine Cocktail in Drug Development: A Contemporary Update, Judith Anane, Esther Owusu, Gildardo Rivera-Sanchez, and Debasish Bandyopadhyay
Year-round CO2 emissions from the drawdown area of a tropical reservoir: Strong seasonal and spatial variation, Ícaro Barbosa, José R. Paranaíba, Sebastian Sobek, Sarian Kosten, Rafael M. Almeida, Vitor Duque, Natália Mendonça, Nathan Barros, and Raquel Mendonça
Biotechnology for sustainable materials: innovating today for a greener tomorrow, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Saurabh Bhatia, Maria Eugenia Inda-Webb, Konstantina Kourmentza, Tae Seok Moon, Vijai Singh, Vishal Ahuja, Jingbo Li, Sanjeet Mehariya, and Jikai Zhao
Salmonella in the environment: A review on ecology, antimicrobial resistance, seafood contaminations, and human health implications, Mohammad Maruf Billah and Md Saydur Rahman
Disaster plant pathology: Smart solutions for threats to global plant health from natural and human-driven disasters, Berea A. Etherton, Robin A. Choudhury, Ricardo I. Alcalá Briseño, Romaric A. Mouafo-Tchinda, Aaron I. Plex Sulá, Manoj Choudhury, Ashish Adhikari, Si Lin Lei, Nattapol Kraisitudomsook, and Jacobo Robledo Buritica
Scaling Up Pareto Optimization for Tree Structures with Affne Transformations: Evaluating Hybrid Floating Solar-Hydropower Systems in the Amazon, Marc Grimson, Rafael M. Almeida, Qinru Shi, Yiwei Bai, Hector Angarita, Felipe Siqueira Pacheco, Rafael Schmitt, Alexander Flecker, and Carla P. Gomes
Temperature Thresholds for Leaf Damage from Two Extreme Freeze Events (2018 and 2021) Near the Northern Range Limit of Black Mangroves (Avicennia germinans) in Southeastern North America, Simen Kaalstad, Michael J. Osland, Donna J. Devlin, C. Edward Proffitt, Laura C. Feher, Anna R. Armitage, Richard H. Day, Kathleen M. Swanson, Gordon H. Anderson, and Alejandro Fierro-Cabo
Urban Soil Compaction Remediation by Shallow Tillage and Compost in Hydroseeded Lawn, James Jihoon Kang, Adam Flores, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, and Jungseok Ho
Effects of hyposalinity on ion content, organic osmolytes, and lipid peroxidation in the seagrass Halodule wrightii, Joseph L. Kowalski, Kirk Cammarata, Michael W. Persans, Kristina P. Vatcheva, and Sarah Quintanilla
The impact of pricing structure change on residential water consumption: A long-term analysis of water utilities in California, Juhee Lee, Mehdi Nemati, Maura Allaire, and Ariel Dinar
Detection and Monitoring of Plant Pathogens and Pests, Walter F. Mahaffee, Lindsey D. Thiessen, Kevin M. King, and Robin A. Choudhury
Integrating Remote Sensing with Ground-based Observations to Quantify the Effects of an Extreme Freeze Event on Black Mangroves (Avicennia germinans) at the Landscape Scale, Melinda Martinez, Michael J. Osland, James B. Grace, Nicholas M. Enwright, Camille L. Stagg, Camille L. Stagg, Simen Kaalstad, Gordon H. Anderson, Elena A. Flores, and Alejandro Fierro-Cabo
Early corticosterone increases vocal complexity in a wild parrot: An organizational role of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in vocal learning?, Celia Rose McLean, Astolfo Mata, Richard Kline, and Karl S. Berg
Early corticosterone increases vocal complexity in a wildparrot: An organizational role of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in vocal learning?, Celia Rose McLean, Astolfo Mata, Richard J. Kline, and Karl S. Berg
Synthesis and Characterization of Titanium Nitride–Carbon Composites and Their Use in Lithium-Ion Batteries, Helia Magali Morales, Horacio Vieyra, David A. Sanchez, Elizabeth M. Fletes, Michael Odlyzko, Timothy P. Lodge, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, Mataz Alcoutlabi, and Jason Parsons
A pilot study on particulate matter concentrations from cooking and its effects on indoor air pollution in a Mexican American household in Mission, South Texas, USA, Sai Deepak Pinakana, Carlos Garcia Patlan, Esmeralda Mendez, and Amit U. Raysoni
Review of agricultural biomass burning and its impact on air quality in the continental United States of America, Sai Deepak Pinakana, Amit U. Raysoni, Alqamah Sayeed, Juan L. Gonzalez, Owen Temby, Dawid K. Wladyka, and Katarzyna Sepielak
Skimming genomes for systematics and DNA barcodes of corals, Andrea M. Quattrini, Luke J. McCartin, Erin E. Easton, Jeremy Horowitz, Herman H. Wirshing, Hailey Bowers, Kenneth Mitchell, María del P. González-García, Makiri Sei, and Catherine S. McFadden
Exploitation of environmental DNA (eDNA) for ecotoxicological research: A critical review on eDNA metabarcoding in assessing marine pollution, Sakib Tahmid Rishan, Richard Kline, and Md Saydur Rahman
New prospects of environmental RNA metabarcoding research in biological diversity, ecotoxicological monitoring, and detection of COVID-19: a critical review, Sakib Tahmid Rishan, Richard Kline, and Md Saydur Rahman
Road mitigation structures designed for Texas ocelots: Influence of structural characteristics and environmental factors on non-target wildlife usage, Anna Rivera Roy, Kevin W. Ryer, Md. Saydur Rahman, John H. Young Jr., and Richard J. Kline
Managing inter-organizational trust and risk perceptions in transboundary fisheries governance networks, Evelyn Roozee, Dongkyu Kim, Antonia Sohns, Jasper R. de Vries, Owen Temby, and Gordon M. Hickey
Using Bayesian multispecies models to evaluate fish and invertebrate detection probability and distribution in the hypersaline Bahia Grande tidal basin, Roy M. Ulibarri, Catherine M. Eckert, David Hicks, David Montagne, Brandon Jones, and David R. Stewart
Submissions from 2023
Assessment of Dermo Perkinsus marinus in the “Southern Oyster” from a High-Salinity Environment, D. Ammons, D. Gonzalez, M. T. Lu, and Joanne Rampersad
Saturating growth rate against phosphorus concentration explained by macromolecular allocation, Gabrielle Armin, Jongsun Kim, and Keisuke Inomura
Predictive ecology and management of phyllosphere microbial communities through cross-scale synthesis, David W. Armitage, Morgan E. Carter, Robin A. Choudhury, Mitja Remus-Emsermann, Cindy E. Morris, Johan H. Leveau, Linda L. Kinkel, and José Pablo Dundore-Arias
Rapidly Changing Range Limits in a Warming World: Critical Data Limitations and Knowledge Gaps for Advancing Understanding of Mangrove Range Dynamics in the Southeastern USA, Rémi Bardou, Michael J. Osland, Steven Scyphers, Christine Shepard, Karen E. Aerni, Jahson B. Alemu I, Robert Crimian, Richard H. Day, Nicholas M. Enwright, and Christopher A. Gabler
Multi-omics assisted breeding for biotic stress resistance in soybean, Ashita Bisht, Dinesh Kumar Saini, Baljeet Kaur, Ritu Batra, Sandeep Kaur, Ishveen Kaur, Suruchi Jindal, Palvi Malik, Pawanjit Kaur Sandhu, and Amandeep Kaur
Detection of a Diverse Endophyte Assemblage within Fungal Communities Associated with the Arundo Leaf Miner, Lasioptera donacis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), Marie-Claude Bon, John A. Goolsby, Guy Mercadier, Fatiha Guermache, Javid Kashef, Massimo Cristofaro, Ann T. Vacek, and Alan Kirk
Detection of a Diverse Endophyte Assemblage within Fungal Communities Associated with the Arundo Leaf Miner, Lasioptera donacis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), Marie-Claude Bon, John A. Goolsby, Guy Mercadier, Fatiha Guermache, Javid Kashef, Massimo Cristofaro, Ann T. Vacek, and Alan Kirk
Biodiversity of forage fishes in the Lower Laguna Madre, southernmost Texas, David Camarillo Jr., Elizabeth Mogus Garcia, and Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro
Chloeia rozbaczyloi, a new species of polychaete (Archinominae: Amphinomidae) and first record of the family for the Nazca Ridge, southeastern Pacific Ocean, Juan I. Cañete, María S. Romero, Erin E. Easton, Ariadna Mecho, and Javier Sellanes
Effects of short-term exposure to a pesticide mixture on free-swimming behavior in goldfish, Carassius auratus, Esmirna Cantu, Michelle Rivera, Brittney Lacy, and Md Saydur Rahman
Molecular and biochemical biomarkers in the American oyster Crassostrea virginica exposed to herbicide Roundup® at high temperature, Afsana Chowdhury and Md Saydur Rahman
Draft genome of methanol-oxidizing Methylobacterium fujisawaense strain LAC1, Jooho Chung, Jinha Kim, John C. Blazier, Myung Hwangbo, and Kung-Hui Chu
Microplastics Distribution within Western Arctic Seawater and Sea Ice, Alessandra D’Angelo, Nicole Trenholm, Brice Loose, Laura Glastra, Jacob Strock, and Jongsun Kim
Impacts of Episodic Freshwater Inflow Pulses on Seagrass Dynamics in the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas, 1998–2017, Hudson R. DeYoe, Warren Pulich Jr., Melissa Lupher, Ram Neupane, and Carla G. Guthrie
Impacts of tectonic subsidence on basin depth and delta lobe building, Tian Y. Dong, Jeffrey A. Nittrouer, Brandee Carlson, Brandon McElroy, Elena Il’icheva, Maksim Pavlov, and Hongbo Ma
Tree canopy cover and elevation affect the distribution of red harvester ant nests in a peri-urban setting, Lilly Victoria Elliott-Vidaurri, Isabel Martinez, Engil Isadora Pujol pereira, Hannah J. Penn, and Robin A. Choudhury
“Collaborative NGO Analysis in NRM: When your collaborator is also your unit of analysis”, Anna Erwin, Lorien MacAuley, and Brooke McWherter
Self-organization for community resilience in an invisible agricultural community, Anna Erwin, Chelsea A. Silva, and Zhao Ma
Can trap color affect arthropod community attraction in agroecosystems? A test using yellow vane and colorless traps, Adegboyega Fajemisin, Satinderpal Kaur, Alejandro Vasquez, Alexis Racelis, and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Cascading Effects of Cover Crops on the Subsequent Cash Crop Defense against the Polyphagous Herbivore Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), Adegboyega Fajemisin, Alexis Racelis, and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Increased floodplain inundation in the Amazon since 1980, Ayan Fleischmann, Fabrice Papa, Stephen K. Hamilton, Alice Fassoni-Andrade, Sly Wongchuig, Jhan Carlo Espinoza, Rodrigo Paiva, John Melack, Etienne Fluet-Chouinard, and Rafael M. Almeida
Nutritional challenges of substituting farmed animals for wild fish in human diets, Sebastian A. Heilpern, Rafael M. Almeida, Kathryn J. Fiorella, Alexander S. Flecker, Demetra Williams, and Peter B. McIntyre
On the architecture of collaboration in inter-organizational natural resource management networks, Gordon M. Hickey, Evelyn Roozee, Remko Voogd, Jasper R. de Vries, Antonia Sohns, Dongkyu Kim, and Owen Temby
Globally-distributed microbial eukaryotes exhibit endemism at deep-sea hydrothermal vents, Sarah K. Hu, Amy R. Smith, Rika E. Anderson, Sean P. Sylva, Michael Setzer, Maria Steadmon, Kiana L. Frank, Eric W. Chan, Darlene S. S. Lim, and John A. Breier
Effect of Different Pre-Growth Temperatures on the Survival Kinetics of Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes in Fresh-Cut Salad during Refrigerated Storage, Avninder Kaur and Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy
Effect of Different Pre-Growth Temperatures on the Survival Kinetics of Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes in Fresh-Cut Salad during Refrigerated Storage, Avninder Kaur and Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy
Trichomes mediate plant–herbivore interactions in two Cucurbitaceae species through pre- and post-ingestive ways, Ishveen Kaur and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Revisiting the Genomic Approaches in the Cereals and the Path Forward, Ishveen Kaur, Ashima Relan, Dinesh Kumar Saini, Gurleen Kaur, Anju Biswas, Lovepreet Singh, Shivreet Kaur, and Karansher Singh Sandhu
Advances and perspectives of using stable isotope probing (SIP)-based technologies in contaminant biodegradation, Jinha Kim, Myung Hwangbo, Chih-Hsuan Shih, and Kung-Hui Chu
Advances and perspectives of using stable isotope probing (SIP)-based technologies in contaminant biodegradation, Jinha Kim, Myung Hwangbo, Chih-Hsuan Shih, and Kung-Hui Chu
Visualization of Productivity Zones Based on Nitrogen Mass Balance Model in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, Jongsun Kim, Myung Hwangbo, Patricia S. Thibodeau, Georgia Rhodes, Emma Hogarth, and Stewart Copeland
Combined effects of high temperature and pesticide mixture exposure on free-swimming behaviors and hepatic cytochrome P450 1A expression in goldfish, Carassius auratus, Brittney Lacy, Michelle Rivera, Leinady Flores, and Md Saydur Rahman
Inter-seasonal comparison of acoustic propagation in a Thalassia testudinum seagrass meadow in a shallow sub-tropical lagoon, Kevin M. Lee, Megan S. Ballard, Andrew R. McNeese, Preston S. Wilson, Gabriel R. Venegas, Mathew C. Zeh, and Abdullah Rahman
Inter-seasonal comparison of acoustic propagation in a Thalassia testudinum seagrass meadow in a shallow sub-tropical lagoon, Kevin M. Lee, Megan S. Ballard, Andrew R. McNeese, Preston S. Wilson, Gabriel R. Venegas, Mathew C. Zeh, and Abdullah Rahman
Quantifying sponge communities from shallow to mesophotic depths using orthorectified imagery, Michael P. Lesser, Marc Slattery, and Keir J. Macartney
Investigation of the Thermodynamics for the Removal of As(III) and As(V) from Water Using Synthesized ZnO Nanoparticles and the Effects of pH, Temperature, and Time, Helia Magali Morales, Grecia Torreblanca, Arnulfo Mar, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Thomas Eubanks, Erik Plata, and Jason Parsons
Metal contents in house geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from industrial and urban areas of southern Tamaulipas, Mexico and western Andalucía, Spain, may reflect airborne metal pollution, Luisiana Morales-Zamudio, Alejandro Fierro-Cabo, Md Saydur Rahman, and Miguel Antonio Dominguez-Crespo
IntelliBeeHive: An Automated Honey Bee, Pollen, and Varroa Destructor Monitoring System, Christian I. Narcia-Macias, Joselito Guardado, Jocell Rodriguez, Joanne Rampersad, Erik Enriquez, and Dong-Chul Kim
Balancing renewable energy and river resources by moving from individual assessments of hydropower projects to energy system planning, Jeffrey J. Opperman, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Rafael Kelman, Rafael J. P. Schmitt, Rafael M. Almeida, Emily Chapin, Alexander Flecker, Marc Goichot, Guenther Guenther Grill, and Julien J. Harou
Air Pollution in South Texas: A Short Communication of Health Risks and Implications, Sai Deepak Pinakana, Esmeralda Mendez, Ismaila Ibrahim, Md. Salahuddin Majumder, and Amit U. Raysoni
Assessment of Air Pollution Levels during Sugarcane Stubble Burning Event in La Feria, South Texas, USA, Sai Deepak Pinakana, Edward Robles, Esmeralda Mendez, and Amit U. Raysoni
Effects of elevated temperature on 8-OHdG expression in the American oyster (Crassostrea virginica): Induction of oxidative stress biomarkers, cellular apoptosis, DNA damage and γH2AX signaling pathways, Md Faizur Rahman, Mohammad Maruf Billah, Richard Kline, and Md Saydur Rahman
A Review of Literature on the Usage of Low-Cost Sensors to Measure Particulate Matter, Amit U. Raysoni, Sai Deepak Pinakana, Esmeralda Mendez, Dawid K. Wladyka, Katarzyna Sepielak, and Owen Temby
Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect subterranean and aquatic invasive species: A critical review on the challenges and limitations of eDNA metabarcoding, Sakib Tahmid Rishan, Richard Kline, and Md Saydur Rahman
Significance of storage conditions on the flow properties of wheat flours, Jared Lou Rivera, Jikai Zhao, Aminu Owonikoko, and Kaliramesh Siliveru
Activity Patterns of the Endangered Amargosa Vole (Microtus californicus scripensis), Austin N. Roy, Anna D. Rivera Roy, Deana L. Clifford, and Janet E. Foley
Evidence of an established population of Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868) in south Texas, USA, Adam Sanjar, Drew R. Davis, and Richard J. Kline
Post-Harvest Eucalyptus Residue Removal Reduces Soil Aggregation and Biological Activities in Central-West Brazil, Karla Nascimento Sena, Thaís Soto Boni, Kátia Luciene Maltoni, Ana Maria Rodrigues Cassiolato, and Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira
Use and effectiveness of wildlife exits designed for ocelots and other mesocarnivores on a south Texas highway, Zarina N. Sheikh, Jamie E. Langbein, Kevin W. Ryer, Md Saydur Rahman, Christopher A. Gabler, John H. Young Jr., and Richard Kline
Sex and stress modulate pupal defense response in tobacco hornworm, Sukhman Singh, Sakshi Watts, Ishveen Kaur, Isabella Rodriguez, Jessica Ayala, Dariela Rodriguez, Elian Martin, and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Effective farm management promotes native AMF and benefit organic farming systems, Pushpa Soti, Rupesh R. Kariyat, and Alexis Racelis
Port-of-Entry Simulation Model for Potential Wait Time Reduction and Air Quality Improvement: A Case Study at the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas, USA, Benjamin Stewart, Hiram Moya, Amit U. Raysoni, Esmeralda Mendez, and Matthew Vechione
Visualizing Oceanographic Data to Depict Long-term Changes in Phytoplankton, Patricia S. Thibodeau and Jongsun Kim
Health and Safety Effects of Airborne Soil Dust in the Americas and Beyond, Daniel Q. Tong, Thomas E. Gill, William A. Sprigg, Robert Scott Van Pelt, Alexander Baklanov, Bridget Marie Barker, Jesse E. Bell, Juan Castillo, Santiago Gassó, Cassandra Gaston, and Amit U. Raysoni
Widespread dominance of methane ebullition over diffusion in freshwater aquaculture ponds, Renske J. E. Vroom, Sarian Kosten, Rafael M. Almeida, Raquel Mendonça, Ive S. Muzitano, Icaro Barbosa, Jonas Nasário, Ernandes S. Oliveira Junior, Alexander S. Flecker, and Nathan Barros
Lowland river sinuosity on Earth and Mars set by the pace of meandering and avulsion, Chenliang Wu, Wonsuck Kim, Ryan Herring, Benjamin T. Cardenas, Tian Y. Dong, Hongbo Ma, Andrew Moodie, Jeffrey A. Nittrouer, Frank Tsai, and An Li
Observed impacts of large wind farms on grassland carbon cycling, Donghai Wu, Steven M. Grodsky, Wenfang Xu, Naijing Liu, Rafael M. Almeida, Liming Zhou, Lee M. Miller, Somnath Baidya Roy, Geng Xia, and Anurag A. Agrawal
Life cycle assessment of calcium oxide pretreatment of corn stover with carbon dioxide neutralization for ethanol production, Jikai Zhao, Danyi Feng, and Juhee Lee
A Critical Review on Water Overconsumption in Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment for Ethanol Production through Enzymic Hydrolysis and Fermentation, Jikai Zhao, Juhee Lee, and Donghai Wang
Isomerization of Galactose to Tagatose: Recent Advances in Non-enzymatic Isomerization, Jikai Zhao, Zhuo Wang, Qing Jin, Danyi Feng, and Juhee Lee
Sulfur cycling connects microbiomes and biogeochemistry in deep-sea hydrothermal plumes, Zhichao Zhou, Patricia Q. Tran, Alyssa M. Adams, Kristopher Kieft, John A. Breier, Caroline S. Fortunato, Cody S. Sheik, Julie A. Huber, Meng Li, Gregory J. Dick, and Karthik Anantharaman
Small Molecule EGFR Inhibitors as Anti-Cancer Agents: Discovery, Mechanisms of Action, and Opportunities, Tanzida Zubair and Debasish Bandyopadhyay
Submissions from 2022
Groundwater vulnerability assessment of shallow aquifer in the South Texas sand sheet using a GIS-based DRASTIC model, Syed Istiyak Ahmed, Chu-Lin Cheng, Juan Gonzalez, James Jihoon Kang, Jungseok Ho, and Leslie Soto-Sanchez
Floating solar power could help fight climate change — let’s get it right, Rafael M. Almeida, Rafael Schmitt, Steven M. Grodsky, Alexander S. Flecker, Carla P. Gomes, Lu Zhao, Haohui Liu, Nathan Barros, Rafael Kelman, and Peter B. McIntyre
Analysis of Urbanization and Climate Change Effects on Community Resilience in the Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, George Atisa and Alexis Racelis
From a Tabula Rasa to the Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation, Roseann Bacha-Garza, Juan L. Gonzalez, Christopher L. Miller, and Russell K. Skowronek
Impacts of anthropogenic contaminants and elevated temperature on prevalence and proliferation of Escherichia coli in the wild-caught American oyster, Crassostrea virginica in the southern Gulf of Mexico coast, Mohammad Maruf Billah and Md Saydur Rahman
Why New Zealand’s Indigenous reconciliation process has failed to empower Māori fishers: Distributional, procedural, and recognition-based injustices, Hekia Bodwitch, Andrew M. Song, Owen Temby, John Reid, Megan Bailey, and Gordon M. Hickey
Islands in the mud: The South Texas banks provide crucial mesophotic habitat for coral communities, Maria Bollinger, Keir J. Macartney, Erin E. Easton, and David Hicks
Where to Invest Project Efforts for Greater Benefit: A Framework forManagement Performance Mapping with Examples for Potato Seed Health, C. E. Buddenhagen, Y. Xing, J. L. Andrade-Piedra, G. A. Forbes, P. Kromann, I. Navarrete, S. Thomas-Sharma, Robin A. Choudhury, K. F. Andersen Onofre, and E. Schulte-Geldermann
Stability of fishes assemblage structure over a lustrum in coastal wetlands under different disturbances in an industrial zone of the central Gulf of Mexico coast, Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro and Alejandro Fierro-Cabo
Identifying available resources and agricultural practices useful in soil fertility management to support orange-fleshed sweet potato cultivation on smallholder farms in Mozambique, Rafaela Feola Conz, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, Abdul Naico, Maria Isabel Andrade, and Johan Six
Quantitative relationships between river and channel-belt planform patterns, Tian Y. Dong and Timothy A. Goudge
Vocal babbling in a wild parrot shows life history and endocrine affinities with human infants, Rory Eggleston, Nurialby Viloria, Soraya Delgado, Astolfo Mata, Hilda Y. Guerrero, Richard Kline, Steven R. Beissinger, and Karl S. Berg
Red Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus F. Smith; Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Preference for Cover Crop Seeds in South Texas, Lilly Victoria Elliott-Vidaurri, Daniella Rivera, Adrian Noval, Robin A. Choudhury, and Hannah J. Penn
Centering Community Voices in Mining Governance, Anna Erwin, Zhao Ma, Emma Patricia Salas O'Brien, Jonathan Bauchet, Nelly Ramirez Calderon, Eliseo Zeballos Zeballos, Glenn Roberto Arce Larrea, Ruxandra Popovici, Laura Zanotti, and Chelsea A. Silva