Panel Details
Moderated by:
Simon Nicholson, Ph.D. - ICRLP Co-Director Professor Nicholson's research and teaching focus on the politics of food and agriculture, global environmental and energy politics, the political and social implications of geoengineering, and issues to do with emerging technologies.
With:
 Shuchi Talati, Ph.D. - Fellow, Solar Geoengineering Research, Governance and Public Engagement;
Climate & Energy Program - Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Dr. Talati works to guide sound governance and public engagement on research into proposed solar geoengineering approaches to limit global warming. Prior to joining UCS, Dr. Talati completed a Congressional Science Fellowship where she helped lead responses to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, and also worked on legislation on carbon capture, utilization, and storage, including direct air capture technology. Before that, she was a post-doctoral fellow in science policy at the American Meteorological Society, where she worked on geoengineering risk and governance. She also served as a graduate intern at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy where she focused on the Clean Power Plan.
Dr. Talati earned a BS in environmental engineering from Northwestern University, an MA in climate and society from Columbia University, and PhD from Carnegie Mellon in engineering and public policy. Her doctoral research focused on the climate-energy-water nexus looking specifically at the impacts of domestic climate regulations and carbon capture and storage technology.
 Olufemi Taiwo, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Philosophy ,Georgetown University
Professor Taiwo's theoretical work draws liberally from German transcendental philosophy, contemporary philosophy of language, contemporary social science, histories of activism and activist thinkers, and the Black radical tradition. He is currently writing a book entitled Reconsidering Reparations that considers a novel philosophical argument for reparations and explores links with environmental justice. He also writes public philosophy, including articles exploring intersections of climate justice and colonialism.
 Joseph Majkut, Ph.D. - Director, Climate Policy, Niskanen Center
Joseph Majkut is director of climate policy at the Niskanen Center. He is an expert in climate science, climate policy, and risk and uncertainty analysis for decision making.
Before joining the Niskanen Center Dr. Majkut worked on climate change policy in Congress as a congressional science fellow, supported by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He holds a PhD from Princeton University in Atmopheric and Oceanic Sciences, a master’s degree in Applied Mathmatics from the Delft University of Technology, and a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College.
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