Posts Tagged ‘Convergence Conversation’
Blue Economy Convergence Conversation: James Winebrake of UNC Wilmington
Since July 2020, James Winebrake has served as Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). He came to the role after spending 18 years at Rochester Institute of Technology, where he was a Professor and the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. James is a passionate,…
Read MoreBlue Economy Convergence Conversation: Dr. Dan Vermeer of Duke University
Dr. Dan Vermeer spent most of his twenties in the Himalayas. An anthropologist, he wandered through small mountain communities in Nepal and India, learning how the people lived, their connection to the environment, and how their economies were changing. He studied meditation and had the opportunity of a private audience with the Dalai Lama. He…
Read MoreBlue Economy Convergence Conversation: Monica Jain, Founder of Fish 2.0
Monica Jain is a connector of people and ideas. She started her career as a marine biologist, earned an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, spent several years in finance and venture capital, then directed her experience and energy to focus on oceans. After spending many years bringing finance into ocean-related…
Read MoreBlue Economy Convergence Conversation: Jennifer McCall, Co-founder of SeaTox Research
Dr. Jennifer McCall is a leader with one foot in the world of science and the other in business. Already a Ph.D. in immunology, she opted to do further postdoctoral work in the University of North Carolina Wilmington Business of Biotech program that cross-trains Ph.D. scientists in business. She discovered that doing postdoctoral work in…
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