About Us

Dr. Park is an assistant research professor at Penn State University. His scholarship is characterized by three interrelated areas of inquiry: sustainable development, risk management, leadership development, and STEM workforce development. He received extensive methodological training in the area of organizational psychology.

Dr. Vanhoy is a Senior Research Scientist at Peraton Labs. His research interests are  in the fields of digital signal processing, wireless communications, software defined radio, and machine-learning. For seven years, he taught undergraduate engineers and computer scientists at the senior level the foundations of making and creating hardware and software for the future.

Dr. Yamano is an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo. She holds a Ph.D. in engineering and a master’s degree in life science from the University of Tokyo. She also worked as a project specialist on public relations for the university. Her research areas include network science, computational social science, and technology management of innovation science.

Dr. Lin is currently a Researcher in the Pharmaceutical Biotech Industry and an Analyst of Biotech Marketing. She got her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences Program at Oregon Health & Science University. Her research experience mainly is focus on Genetic Analysis of Channelopathy & Ion channel electrophysiology in Diabetes mellitus & Cardiovascular Disease.

Mihee Park, MS, has conducted Official Development Aid projects as a researcher or project manager in Southeast Asian countries and East coast African countries. Her major research interests lie in the areas of diversity and inclusion, women empowerment, sustainability education and practice, and multiculturalism.

Andrews Idun is a professional teacher with eight years of experience in school management and currently working as a basic school teacher for Ghana Education Service. He received his Bachelor of Education from the University of Education Winneba. Andrews is passionate about empowering his community through skills development and the acquisition of entrepreneurship knowledge.

Dr. Takano is an associate professor at Tokai Univ. B.A. from the Univ. of Tokyo, M.A. from the Univ. of Chicago, M.S. and Ph.D. from the Univ. of Tokyo. He is a human geographer focusing on urban development around railroad station. He has engaged in peace education through researching interpreting military and war ruins. Finding and preserving modernization period heritage like abandoned industrial and transportational facilities is also his recent interest.

Mumbe Mwangangi is passionate about various issues such as education, urbanization, and youth development. She has wide experience in advocating for these issues as she has worked with Kenyan and international Non Governmental organizations. She is also the co-founder of Nyansapo Ai, a startup focused on improving the basic literacy and numeracy levels of children in Kenya. Growing up in a close-knit society has shaped her to be deeply concerned with the issues affecting others. She believes that being an African is a deeply religious process since through interacting with other people, she has become conscious of her own being, my duties, responsibilities, and privileges towards herself and other people. Mumbe graduated with a degree in International Relations and Diplomacy with a minor in Information Technology in 2018. She is currently pursuing a Master’s in Disaster Management and Sustainable development.

MS in International Management (Northeastern University). As a global strategist, currently working with startups that are based in the USA & Israel and giving them marketing and branding consultation. Creating and implementing marketing and brand strategy in Pillar Foundation Inc.

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