Our Team

Collaborators

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  Visiting Scholar

  Dr. Eloísa Martín

  Dr. Eloísa Martín is an Associate Professor of Sociology at United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and is the Foundation’s 2020 Faculty Research Grant recipient. She has been working on qualitative research in Sociology of Culture for more than 20 years, specifically on religion, popular culture, fandom, and more recently, food studies. Since January 2019, she has been leading a research project on Emirati Food and Culture at UAEU. Dr. Eloísa is the Vice-President for Publications of the International Sociological Association, the co-chair of the SEPHIS Programme, and the editor-in-chief of Springer Books Collection’s Popular Culture, Religion and Society. A Social-Scientific Approach.

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  Visiting Scholar

  Cijo Vazhappilly

  Dr. Cijo George Vazhappilly is currently working as an assistant professor in the Biotechnology Department at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah. He earned his PhD degree in Biosciences from VIT University, Vellore, India. He also received postdoctoral training for more than four years at various institutions in the United States, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates.

  Currently, he is collaborating with the Foundation to study antibiotic resistance among the Ras Al Khaimah population. His research focuses on identifying the degree of negligence among the public for irrational use of antibiotics and to raise awareness of the impacts of such actions. Dr. Cijo is also the recipient of seed research grant from Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for the year 2019 on the project entitled “Resisting Antibiotic Resistance in Ras Al Khaimah”.

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  Visiting Scholar

  Tiffany Lachelle

  Tiffany Lachelle is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development Program, with an emphasis in Comparative and International Development Education, at the University of Minnesota in the United States. She has a teaching background in early childhood education and has taught in the United States, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates. Her current research interest focuses on African American expatriate educational professionals who have departed United States schools for teaching opportunities in the United Arab Emirates.

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  Visiting Scholar

  Uday Jumar

  Dr. Uday Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and a Senior Research Engineer at the RAK Research and Innovation Center, American University of Ras Al Khaimah. Dr. Uday holds a PhD in Energy Technology from KTH, Sweden with more than ten years of experience in interdisciplinary applied research for sustainable development of integrated systems for energy, water, and environmental sustainability.

  With the support of the Foundation, and in collaboration with the RAK Waste Management Agency, he is currently researching the challenges and opportunities for the sustainable transformation of Ras Al Khaimah into a ‘zero waste’ emirate. The project will develop resources that will further drive industrial activities in Ras Al Khaimah and the greater UAE toward sustainability.