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Dr. Joowon Im is an assistant professor of landscape architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington. She has developed city comprehensive plans, landscape improvement plans, and sustainable community designs at various scales inter/nationally, with analyses of natural systems and cultural and historical resources, while working at landscape architecture firms in Korea (for‐profit and nonprofit organizations) and at AECOM (former EDAW) in NY. Her primary research interest is creating a sustainable community and resilient environment through water‐ and place‐sensitive approaches to improving quality of life through health, safety, walkability, and livability. She believes that sustainability can be achieved with sincere hearts and open minds.

Dr. Jiyoon Yoon is an associate professor of science education at the University of Texas at Arlington. She received her PhD in science education and curriculum and instruction at Indiana University. Dr. Yoon has participated in extensive science methods research studies and instructional technology projects for pre‐ and in‐service science teachers. She has also established and directed international programs to exchange teaching methods and culture between America and Korea. Her research focuses on establishing rich science teaching and learning environments with the aid of technology within a global society.

Vicente F. Zárate‐Flores is a PhD student in the Departamento de Ecología Humana, Cinvestav del IPN—Unidad Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico. He received a bachelor of architecture degree from Universidad LaSalle in Mexico City and a master’s degree in architecture with an urban design concentration from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He has over 15 years of experience working as a professional in the architecture field and has taught courses related to urban design theories and principles as well as sustainable architecture and urban design at various universities. His current research focuses on the development and application of transdisciplinary tools for urban‐landscape research and problem‐solving.

Lane F. Fargher‐Navarro received a PhD in anthropology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2004 and completed a postdoc at Purdue University (2004–2005). Since 2010 he has been a researcher in the Department of Human Ecology at Cinvestav del IPN, in Merida, Mexico, where he is currently investigador titular c. Fargher‐Navarro’s research includes archaeology, historical ecology, ethnographic studies, and biogeochemistry. This research has been funded by NSF, NGS, FAMSI, and Mexico’s CONAHCYT, among others. He has authored or coauthored over 40 peer‐reviewed journal articles and book chapters, as well as two books, including Collective Action in the Formation of Premodern States.

Laura Cipriani is an assistant professor in landscape architecture at TU Delft. She has taught for a decade at IUAV, Politecnico di Milano, National University Singapore, Venice International University, and the University of Padua. She holds a Master in Design Studies (Hons) from Harvard Design School (2004), a PhD in Urbanism from IUAV (2008), and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture (Hons) from IUAV (2001). The winner of numerous fellowships from 2009–2012, she was awarded the EU Marie Curie research grant (assistant professor level), and since 2014 she has held the title of Italian associate professor. In 2008, she founded Superlandscape, an urban and landscape design firm. She represents TU Delft at UNISCAPE, and she was involved with ECLAS and IFLA Europe to develop the EU Common Training Framework for Landscape Architecture. Laura was recently awarded the prestigious Comenius Fellowship 2023 for teaching innovation.

Maria Villalobos is an Associate Professor at IIT in Chicago and Director of the Master in Landscape Architecture and Urbanism. She holds a master’s in Design Studies from Harvard GSD and a PhD in Landscape Architecture from the ENSP-Versailles. In 2017, she made history as the first woman to receive the first prize in the Venezuelan Architecture Biennale. Villalobos is an active member of the Lincoln Yards Advisory Council and the Committee on Design for the Department of City Planning in Chicago, a Board Member of Friends of the Park in Chicago, and a Core Member of Dark Matter University. Her expertise and dedication have been recognized with the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture’s 2022 Excellence in Design Studio Teaching Award.