The members of the Student Assembly represent the delegates who attended ISES.
The Mandate was developed by the Student Assembly and select members of the ISES team. The Student Assembly is a group of 9 delegates who were chosen through a competitive essay contest in which they discussed a regional issue. These students were incredibly dedicated to the process and did hours of pre-research before coming to the conference. They are truly ambassadors of ISES and have helped to bring the publication to life.
STUDENT ASSEMBLY MEMBERS:
Eyerusalem Deresse Birru (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Eyerusalem is from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia but her studies have brought her to Sweden. She is currently studying Sustainable Technology, specifically Environment Management, at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.
Steven Butler (Launceston, Australia)
Steven was born in Tasmania and upon completion of high school traveled to Adelaide, South Australia to pursue his interest in finance at the University of Adelaide. From there Steven's interest extended to the renewable energy field and his studies broadened to a double degree in finance and energy economics. He recently spent an academic year abroad in Southern California through the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California Irvine in the United States. Steven's career aspirations are to work in funds management with a tailored specialization in energy and infrastructure projects, advocating a sustainable approach to energy production and management. In his spare time he enjoys traveling, playing basketball, snowboarding and fishing.
Ivonne Andrea Sanchez Hernandez (Pereira, Columbia)
Ivonne Andrea Sanchez Hernandez is an Environmental Manager from the Technological University of Pereira in Colombia and currently undertaking her Master studies at the China University of Geosciences. Ivonne has had the opportunity to work assisting with the designing of the Social-Environmental Monitoring System for the Corridor of Conservation Choco Manabi, and in other environmental assessment and education programs. She is also an involved citizen, volunteering with NGO's like YMCA and The Creative Company Trazasuenos Corporation. Her expectation for her future surrounds international cooperation and collaboration to the development of a sustainable global society.
Gina Lagunes (Veracruz, Mexico)
Gina Lagunes is a senior student of Chemical Engineering with a major in Environmental Technology at the University of the Americas, Puebla, Mexico. She is particularly interested in optimization, energy efficiency, alternative energies, water treatment and social commitment, and has worked with several organizations to raise awareness about the responsibility of consumers and to promote the implementation of solar water heaters in an orphanage. Her academic research has focused on biogas plants feasibility and water purification technologies, and her next goal is to study a Master's in Energy and Process Engineering.
Kavya Meyyappan (India)
Kavya Meyyappan is a third year student pursuing a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronics and Instrumentation at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), India. She is fascinated by the field of solar energy and solar photovoltaic in particular; she believes the impending energy crisis can be effectively curtailed by focusing on renewable forms of energy. She recently commenced work on a project that consists of simulating an alternate hybrid (wind and solar) power generating system for her campus consisting of nearly 3000 inhabitants. She hopes one day solar energy systems will be an integral part of every rural and urban household in India.
Michal Mos (Opole, Poland)
Michal Mos was born in 1979 in Opole, Poland. From 1999 to 2004 he studied at the Life Science University in Poznan, Poland. He completed his M.Sc. degree in the field of Industrial Biotechnology. Although always interested in a "wet" lab project, he focused his M.Sc. thesis on issues connected with legislation of intellectual property rights in biotechnology in the EU. After completion of his M.Sc., Michal spent five years in the risk management field with positions in insurance and auditing. In 2008, Michal returned to his science focus; he is presently working on his PhD project at Aberystwyth University on the topic of Cellular and Molecular Characterization of Senescence in the energy grass Miscanthus.
Aleem Muhammad (Lahore, Pakistan)
Aleem Muhammad is studying at the Graduate Institute of Peace Studies, Kyung Hee University, South Korea and majoring in Future Governance. He has completed his B.Sc. Geological Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan and Master in Business Administration (Strategy and Global Management) from KDI-School of Public Policy and Management, Seoul South Korea. Currently, Aleem is working as an Internee with Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva Switzerland. Aleem plans to find his career in the field of energy development; particularly renewable and alternative energy issues.
Ruchi Soni (New Delhi, India)
Ruchi Soni is from New Delhi, India and is currently pursuing here M.Sc in Environmental Studies at The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) University in New Delhi, India. She is presently working at The World Bank, in the South Asia Sustainable Development Energy (SASDE) Unit in India.
Kourosh Ziabari (Rasht, Iran)
Born in 1990 in Iran, Kourosh Ziabari attending the University of Guilan pursuing he Bachelor of Arts degree in the field of the Engligh Language and Literature. Kourosh is also a freelance journalist and media correspondent. He is a contributing writer to the Foreign Policy Journal and the editor of the Persian section at the Tlaxcala Translators Network for Linguistic Diversity. He is the author of book "7+1" which is a collection of his interviews with 7 Iranian contemporary literary figures. He has dedicated his journalistic mission to human rights and major concerns of the 21st century and the UN's Millennium Development Goals. He has so far worked with magazines and websites in Iran, Canada, UK, Guatemala, Belgium, Austria, South Korea and USA.