IAS Friends and Fellows Coffee Morning

On Tuesday 18th March we will be hosting an IAS Friends and Fellows Coffee Morning, where we will be joined by Open Programme Fellow Dr Luisa Fernanda Chaparro Sierra, and IAS Residential Fellows for March, Dr Maria Carinnes Alejandria & Dr Ranit Chatterjee.

Please feel free to book using the button below, to come along and join us for an informal in-person gathering at International House with coffee and cakes to meet our Fellows, all are welcome.

Dr Luisa Fernanda Chaparro Sierra, Tecnologico de Monterrey

Dr Chaparro Sierra received a B.Sc. in physics in 2009, an M.Sc. in Physics in 2014, and a Ph.D. degree in high energy physics from Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia in 2018. From 2012 to 2018, she was an associated member at CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) in the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoide) Experiment. In 2019, she was a visitor scientific at FNAL (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory). From 2020 to 2021, she was a Postdoc Fellow in the Mathematics Department at Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Since the end of 2021, she has been a Research Professor with the Science Department, School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. Her main research topics include computational modelling and phenomenology analysis of High Energy Physics, Big-Data Applications, and Smart Mobility. Dr. Chaparro is a member of the OWSD (Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World)-UNESCO, Chapter Colombia. She is a member of the national system of researchers in Mexico (Candidate) and Colombia (Junior).

Dr Maria Carinnes Alejandria, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Maria Carinnes Alejandria is an anthropologist specializing in disaster governance and health inequalities in Southeast Asia. Dr Alejandria is an Assistant Professor and the Programme Coordinator of the Sociology and Anthropology Programme at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam. She completed her PhD in Anthropology at the University of the Philippines Diliman, where her research focused on the intersection of food insecurity and flood vulnerability among older adults in an informal settlement in Manila.

Her publications include the edited volumes Disaster Archipelago: Locating Vulnerability and Resilience in the Philippines and Aging in the Global South: Challenges and Opportunities. She has also authored journal articles addressing complex disasters, humanitarian coordination, food security, pediatric tuberculosis, mental health, and older adult health in the Philippines. Dr Alejandria has led projects related to social health, disaster resilience, and food security.

Dr Ranit Chatterjee, RIKA India Pvt Ltd

Ranit Chatterjee is an architect turned disaster management professional with a doctoral degree in environmental management from Kyoto University, Japan. Having a work experience of over 14 years, he has been involved in various projects spanning from architectural planning & conservation to disaster risk reduction in countries across Asia such as India, Japan, Nepal, Laos, and so on. He has worked with UN organizations, national and local governments, the private sector, and academia in the past. Ranit is a visiting associate professor at Keio University in Japan and Rashtriya Raksha University, India. Ranit has co-founded three statrtups namely RIKA India, RIKA Institute and DTECH. In addition, he is one of the founding members of UINSPIRE Alliance, a network of young professionals to further science, engineering, technology, and innovation in the Asia Pacific region.