Sterner uses methods from philosophy and social science to investigate how knowledge systems can better address wicked problems. His current projects focus on biodiversity data, modeling, governance, and philosophy.

Dr. Dina Ziganshina Lienhard received her PhD in Biology (Biology & Society) from ASU in 2023 and currently works as the Senior Program Manager at the School of Complex Adaptive Systems at ASU.

Watkins’ research focuses on the relationship between social vulnerability, individual experiences with extreme heat, and heat interventions. He also supports Arizona's Building Resilience Against Climate Effects efforts.

Daniels studies the logic of collective behavior in living systems, using real-world data to build predictive models at the scale of individual interactions, and abstracting away from these toward general principles.

Dr. Shutters fuses evolutionary ecology and economics to better understand complex social systems and to create evidence-based decision support tools for planners facing economic transformations.

Yan's research interests include machine learning, data analytics for images, profiles and time series data for change detection and localization, and spatial-temporal analysis.

Paul Horton is a Ph.D. student and NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity fellow in the Exploration Systems Design program. He develops data science analysis systems for planetary science and astronomy.