Who We Are

Expert Researcher

Dr. Ortrun Merkle

Dr. Ortrun Merkle is a researcher at UNU-Merit and Maastricht University. Her research focuses on the nexus of corruption and gender and corruption and migration.

Expert Lead, Ecological Modeling and Food Security

As an agroecologist and modeler, Dr. Mohsen Mesgaran works at the interface of agriculture, ecology, and technology, employing quantitative approaches that utilize a variety of modeling techniques, including statistical/mathematical models, physiological (crop growth) models, and machine learning (AI).

Expert Professorial Fellow

Trisha Meyer

Trisha Meyer is a Professorial Fellow at UNU-CRIS since January 2019, where she is involved in the GREMLIN project on Global and Regional Multistakeholder Institutions.

Expert Principal Research Specialist

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen

Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen has been with the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) since 2016.

Expert Lead, Hydroclimatic Diagnostics

Prof. Simon Michael Papalexiou

Professor Simon Michael Papalexiou’s research is at the forefront of hydroclimatic variability and extremes, bridging advanced space–time stochastic modeling, downscaling, and climate change diagnostics.

Expert Visiting Research Fellow

Justine Miller

Justine Miller is a Visiting Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS and Ghent University. She is working towards understanding the concept of the "Spaghetti bowl" of regional integration under the supervision of Samuel Standaert.

Expert Visiting Fellow

Penelope Milsom

Penelope is a Visiting Fellow at UNU-IIGH.

Expert Policy Research Associate

Sapna Mishra

Sapna Mishra is a Policy Research Associate at UNU Global Health.

Staff Programme Assistant

Aya Mizuno

Aya Mizuno is a Programme Assistant for the Governance for Sustainable Development Programme.

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Ally Mkumbukiy

Ally Mkumbukiy is a Doctoral Researcher in the Joint PhD. Programme in Integrated Management of Water, Soil, and Waste between Technische Universität Dresden and UNU Resource Nexus.