Dr. Agustina Giraudy is a full professor (tenured) of Political Science in the School of International Service at the American University (AU). She was previously an academy scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies at Harvard University and a lecturer at the Torcuato Di Tella University and the San Andrés University, in Argentina.

She also worked as a consultant for organizations such as the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB).

Currently, her work focuses on the analysis of subnational and national democracies and semi-authoritarian regimes, unequal access to public goods, and institutional accountability. Her research explores the causes and consequences of unequal territorial access in LATAM and the U.S., and how this affects citizens’ rights in all spheres: civil, political, economic, and social. 

She is the author of multiple articles in peer-reviewed journals and two books, including Democrats and Autocrats. Pathways of Subnational Undemocratic Regime Continuity within Democratic Countries (Oxford University Press, 2015).

She has been recognized with several awards, including the Dean’s Summer Research Award (AU, 2022) and the Best Journal Article of Regional and Federal Studies published in 2019 (2020), among many others.

Agustina Giraudy joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as Distinguished Visiting Professor in Democracy and Populism for the School of Social Sciences and Government and for the School of Government and Public Transformation.

• Ph.D., Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  
• M.A., Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
• B.A., Political Science, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella 

• Alcañiz, I., & Giraudy, A. (2022). From international organizations to local governments: how foreign environmental aid reaches subnational beneficiaries in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Environmental Politics, 32(4), 663–683. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2022.2124004

• Giraudy, A., & Niedzwiecki, S. (2021). Multi-level governance and subnational research: Similarities, differences, and knowledge accumulation in the study of territorial politics. Regional & Federal Studies, 32(3), 393–411. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2021.1941900

• Diaz-Rioseco, D. and Giraudy, A. (2021), Unconditional Transfers Are Not Oil: The Economic Foundations of Subnational Undemocratic Regime Reproduction. Bull Lat Am Res, 40: 730-749. https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.13219

• Cyril Bennouna, Agustina Giraudy, Eduardo Moncada, Eva Rios, Richard Snyder, Paul Testa, Pandemic Policymaking in Presidential Federations: Explaining Subnational Responses to Covid-19 in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 51, Issue 4, Fall 2021, Pages 570–600, https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjab025

• Benton, A. (2021). Inside Countries: Subnational Research in Comparative Politics. Edited by Agustina Giraudy, Eduardo Moncada, and Richard Snyder. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Perspectives on Politics, 19(1), 295–297. doi:10.1017/S1537592720004326

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Dr. Agustina Giraudy is a full professor (tenured) of Political Science in the School of International Service at the American University (AU). She was previously an academy scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies at Harvard University and a lecturer at the Torcuato Di Tella University and the San Andrés University, in Argentina.

She also worked as a consultant for organizations such as the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB).

Currently, her work focuses on the analysis of subnational and national democracies and semi-authoritarian regimes, unequal access to public goods, and institutional accountability. Her research explores the causes and consequences of unequal territorial access in LATAM and the U.S., and how this affects citizens’ rights in all spheres: civil, political, economic, and social. 

She is the author of multiple articles in peer-reviewed journals and two books, including Democrats and Autocrats. Pathways of Subnational Undemocratic Regime Continuity within Democratic Countries (Oxford University Press, 2015).

She has been recognized with several awards, including the Dean’s Summer Research Award (AU, 2022) and the Best Journal Article of Regional and Federal Studies published in 2019 (2020), among many others.

Agustina Giraudy joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as Distinguished Visiting Professor in Democracy and Populism for the School of Social Sciences and Government and for the School of Government and Public Transformation.

• Ph.D., Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  
• M.A., Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
• B.A., Political Science, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella 

• Alcañiz, I., & Giraudy, A. (2022). From international organizations to local governments: how foreign environmental aid reaches subnational beneficiaries in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Environmental Politics, 32(4), 663–683. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2022.2124004

• Giraudy, A., & Niedzwiecki, S. (2021). Multi-level governance and subnational research: Similarities, differences, and knowledge accumulation in the study of territorial politics. Regional & Federal Studies, 32(3), 393–411. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2021.1941900

• Diaz-Rioseco, D. and Giraudy, A. (2021), Unconditional Transfers Are Not Oil: The Economic Foundations of Subnational Undemocratic Regime Reproduction. Bull Lat Am Res, 40: 730-749. https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.13219

• Cyril Bennouna, Agustina Giraudy, Eduardo Moncada, Eva Rios, Richard Snyder, Paul Testa, Pandemic Policymaking in Presidential Federations: Explaining Subnational Responses to Covid-19 in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 51, Issue 4, Fall 2021, Pages 570–600, https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjab025

• Benton, A. (2021). Inside Countries: Subnational Research in Comparative Politics. Edited by Agustina Giraudy, Eduardo Moncada, and Richard Snyder. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Perspectives on Politics, 19(1), 295–297. doi:10.1017/S1537592720004326

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Dr. José Ramón Cossío is a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) in Mexico (2003–2018) and has taught
at universities such as the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). He is currently an associate researcher at El Colegio de México and the director of the Instituto para el Fortalecimiento del Estado de Derecho (IFED), a civil association dedicated to analyzing and improving the legal system in the country.

He is a Level III national researcher at the National System of Researchers (SNI) in Mexico. His research focuses on constitutional
law, human rights, and legal theory. He is also a columnist for newspapers like El País and El Universal, and a regular contributor to Proceso magazine. He has written 38 books and more than 750 articles in specialized journals.

José Ramón Cossío is a member of the Colegio Nacional, one of the most important academic institutions in Mexico, as well as the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the Mexican Academy of History, and the National Academy of Medicine, where he was the first lawyer to be admitted. He is also a member of the American Law Institute and a Distinguished Jurist in Residence at the University of Houston Law Center.

Ten institutions in Mexico have awarded him an honorary doctorate. He has been recognized with the José Pagés Llergo National Communication Award in 2010 and 2017, the Malinalli National Award in 2011, and the Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes in 2009. Earlier in his career, he received the National Research Award (Social Sciences) from the Mexican Academy of Sciences in 1998.

José Ramón Cossío joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as Distinguished Professor in Law for the School of Social Sciences and Government and for the School of Government and Public Transformation.

• Ph.D., Law, Complutense University of Madrid
• Master’s, Law, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
• Master’s, Constitutional Law and Political Science, Centro de Estudios Constitucionales (Madrid)
• Bachelor, Law, University of Colima

• Cossío Díaz, J. R., & Hernández Salgado, J. O. (2023). La Suprema Corte en la Revolución (1st ed.). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas.
• Cossío Díaz, J. R. (2023). Que nunca se sepa: El intento de asesinato contra Gustavo Díaz Ordaz y la respuesta brutal del Estado mexicano. DEBATE.
• Cossío Díaz, J. R. (2020). Biografía judicial del 68: El uso político del derecho contra el movimiento estudiantil. DEBATE.
• Cossío Díaz, J. R. (2020). Concepciones de la democracia y justicia electoral. Cuadernos de Divulgación de la Cultura Democrática. Instituto Nacional Electoral.
• Cossío Díaz, J. R. (2019). Voto en contra. DEBATE.

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Dr. José Ramón Cossío is a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) in Mexico (2003–2018) and has taught
at universities such as the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). He is currently an associate researcher at El Colegio de México and the director of the Instituto para el Fortalecimiento del Estado de Derecho (IFED), a civil association dedicated to analyzing and improving the legal system in the country.

He is a Level III national researcher at the National System of Researchers (SNI) in Mexico. His research focuses on constitutional
law, human rights, and legal theory. He is also a columnist for newspapers like El País and El Universal, and a regular contributor to Proceso magazine. He has written 38 books and more than 750 articles in specialized journals.

José Ramón Cossío is a member of the Colegio Nacional, one of the most important academic institutions in Mexico, as well as the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the Mexican Academy of History, and the National Academy of Medicine, where he was the first lawyer to be admitted. He is also a member of the American Law Institute and a Distinguished Jurist in Residence at the University of Houston Law Center.

Ten institutions in Mexico have awarded him an honorary doctorate. He has been recognized with the José Pagés Llergo National Communication Award in 2010 and 2017, the Malinalli National Award in 2011, and the Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes in 2009. Earlier in his career, he received the National Research Award (Social Sciences) from the Mexican Academy of Sciences in 1998.

José Ramón Cossío joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as Distinguished Professor in Law for the School of Social Sciences and Government and for the School of Government and Public Transformation.

• Ph.D., Law, Complutense University of Madrid
• Master’s, Law, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
• Master’s, Constitutional Law and Political Science, Centro de Estudios Constitucionales (Madrid)
• Bachelor, Law, University of Colima

• Cossío Díaz, J. R., & Hernández Salgado, J. O. (2023). La Suprema Corte en la Revolución (1st ed.). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas.
• Cossío Díaz, J. R. (2023). Que nunca se sepa: El intento de asesinato contra Gustavo Díaz Ordaz y la respuesta brutal del Estado mexicano. DEBATE.
• Cossío Díaz, J. R. (2020). Biografía judicial del 68: El uso político del derecho contra el movimiento estudiantil. DEBATE.
• Cossío Díaz, J. R. (2020). Concepciones de la democracia y justicia electoral. Cuadernos de Divulgación de la Cultura Democrática. Instituto Nacional Electoral.
• Cossío Díaz, J. R. (2019). Voto en contra. DEBATE.

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Dr. Felicia Marie Knaul has spent 30 years focusing on global health and social development. From 2009 to 2015, she was an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and director of the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. At the University of Miami, she was director of the Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas and is a professor at the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. She is also the secretary general of the Hemispheric University Consortium and an associate of the chancellor at UCLA as of December 2024. In Mexico, she is a senior economist at the Mexican Health Foundation and an Honorary Research Professor of Medical Sciences at the National Institute of Public Health.

Her research focuses on global health, violence against women and children, cancer (particularly breast cancer), health systems reform, and health financing. She is a member of the Mexican National Academy of Medicine, and in 2018, she became a Level III researcher at the National System of Researchers (SNI) in Mexico. After her breast cancer experience, Dr. Knaul founded Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C. in 2008, a Mexican non-profit focused on breast cancer research and early detection awareness.

Dr. Knaul has produced over 350 academic and policy publications. She currently co-chairs commissions such as The Lancet Commission on Cancer and Health Systems. She also serves as commissioner of The Lancet Oncology Commission on Cancer in the Commonwealth, among others. She was honored by being inducted into the International Women’s Forum in 2024.

Felicia Knaul joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as Distinguished Visiting Professor in Public Health for the School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

• Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University
• M.A., Economics, Harvard University
• B.A., International Development Studies, University of Toronto

• Jamison DT, Summers LH, Chang A, Karlsson O, Mao W, Norheim O, Ogbuoji O, Schäferhoff M, Watkins D, OAdeyi O, Alleyne G, Alwan S, Anand S, Belachew R, Berkley S, Bertozzi S, Bolongaita S, Bundy D, Bustreo F, Castro M, Chen S, Fan V, Fawole A, Feachem R, Gebremedhin L, Ghosh J, Goldie S, Gonzalez-Pier E, Guo Y, Gupta S, Jha P, Knaul FM, Kruk M, Kurowski C, Liu G, Makimoto S, Mataria A, Nugent N, Oshitani H, Pablos-Mendez A, Peto R, Sekhri Feachem N, Reddy S, Salti N, Saxenian H, Seyi-Olajide J, Soucat A, Verguet S, Zimmerman A, Yamey G. Global health 2050: the path to halving premature death by mid-century. The Lancet, Volume 404, Issue 10462 p1561-1614. October 19, 2024. DOI: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2824%2901439-9
• Coles CE, Earl H, Anderson BO, Barrios CH, Bienz M, Bliss JM, Cameron D, Cardoso F, Cui W, Francis PA, Jagsi, R, Knaul FM, McIntosh S, Phillips KA, Radbruch L, Thompson MK, André F, Abraham JE, Bhattacharya I, Borinelli Franzoi MA, Drewett L, Fulton A, Kazmi F, Rajah DI, Mutebi M, Ng D, Szeyi Ng, Olopade OI,  Rosa WE, Rubasingham J, Spence D, Stobart H, Vargas Enciso V, Vaz Luis I, Villarreal-Garza C on behalf of the Lancet Breast Cancer Commission. The Lancet Breast Cancer Commission Report. The Lancet. April 15, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00747-5
• Knaul, F., Arreola-Ornelas, H., Jiang, X., Bhadelia, A., Berterame, S., Connor, S., De Lima, L., Downing, J., Krakauer, E., Méndez, O., Pastrana, T., Perez-Cruz, P. E., Portenoy, R., Rosa, W., Touchton, M., Enciso, V., & Radbruch, L. (2024). Distributed opioids in morphine equivalent: A global measure of availability for palliative care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.10.026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.10.026
• Knaul, Felicia & Rosa, William & Radbruch, Lukas & Jiang, Xiaoxiao & Vargas, Valentina & Bhadelia, Afsan & Arreola-Ornelas, Héctor & Coppola, Marissa. (2024). Improving access to palliative care to mitigate multi-dimensional breast cancer suffering. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42. e24084-e24084. 10.1200/JCO.2024.42.16_suppl.e24084.
• Frenk, J., Gómez-Dantés, O., Knaul, F. M., & Arreola-Ornelas, H. (2020). Salud: Focos rojos. Retroceso en tiempos de la pandemia. Peguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A. de C.V. Editorial Debate.

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Dr. Felicia Marie Knaul has spent 30 years focusing on global health and social development. From 2009 to 2015, she was an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and director of the Harvard Global Equity Initiative. At the University of Miami, she was director of the Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas and is a professor at the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. She is also the secretary general of the Hemispheric University Consortium and an associate of the chancellor at UCLA as of December 2024. In Mexico, she is a senior economist at the Mexican Health Foundation and an Honorary Research Professor of Medical Sciences at the National Institute of Public Health.

Her research focuses on global health, violence against women and children, cancer (particularly breast cancer), health systems reform, and health financing. She is a member of the Mexican National Academy of Medicine, and in 2018, she became a Level III researcher at the National System of Researchers (SNI) in Mexico. After her breast cancer experience, Dr. Knaul founded Tómatelo a Pecho, A.C. in 2008, a Mexican non-profit focused on breast cancer research and early detection awareness.

Dr. Knaul has produced over 350 academic and policy publications. She currently co-chairs commissions such as The Lancet Commission on Cancer and Health Systems. She also serves as commissioner of The Lancet Oncology Commission on Cancer in the Commonwealth, among others. She was honored by being inducted into the International Women’s Forum in 2024.

Felicia Knaul joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as Distinguished Visiting Professor in Public Health for the School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

• Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University
• M.A., Economics, Harvard University
• B.A., International Development Studies, University of Toronto

• Jamison DT, Summers LH, Chang A, Karlsson O, Mao W, Norheim O, Ogbuoji O, Schäferhoff M, Watkins D, OAdeyi O, Alleyne G, Alwan S, Anand S, Belachew R, Berkley S, Bertozzi S, Bolongaita S, Bundy D, Bustreo F, Castro M, Chen S, Fan V, Fawole A, Feachem R, Gebremedhin L, Ghosh J, Goldie S, Gonzalez-Pier E, Guo Y, Gupta S, Jha P, Knaul FM, Kruk M, Kurowski C, Liu G, Makimoto S, Mataria A, Nugent N, Oshitani H, Pablos-Mendez A, Peto R, Sekhri Feachem N, Reddy S, Salti N, Saxenian H, Seyi-Olajide J, Soucat A, Verguet S, Zimmerman A, Yamey G. Global health 2050: the path to halving premature death by mid-century. The Lancet, Volume 404, Issue 10462 p1561-1614. October 19, 2024. DOI: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2824%2901439-9
• Coles CE, Earl H, Anderson BO, Barrios CH, Bienz M, Bliss JM, Cameron D, Cardoso F, Cui W, Francis PA, Jagsi, R, Knaul FM, McIntosh S, Phillips KA, Radbruch L, Thompson MK, André F, Abraham JE, Bhattacharya I, Borinelli Franzoi MA, Drewett L, Fulton A, Kazmi F, Rajah DI, Mutebi M, Ng D, Szeyi Ng, Olopade OI,  Rosa WE, Rubasingham J, Spence D, Stobart H, Vargas Enciso V, Vaz Luis I, Villarreal-Garza C on behalf of the Lancet Breast Cancer Commission. The Lancet Breast Cancer Commission Report. The Lancet. April 15, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00747-5
• Knaul, F., Arreola-Ornelas, H., Jiang, X., Bhadelia, A., Berterame, S., Connor, S., De Lima, L., Downing, J., Krakauer, E., Méndez, O., Pastrana, T., Perez-Cruz, P. E., Portenoy, R., Rosa, W., Touchton, M., Enciso, V., & Radbruch, L. (2024). Distributed opioids in morphine equivalent: A global measure of availability for palliative care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.10.026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.10.026
• Knaul, Felicia & Rosa, William & Radbruch, Lukas & Jiang, Xiaoxiao & Vargas, Valentina & Bhadelia, Afsan & Arreola-Ornelas, Héctor & Coppola, Marissa. (2024). Improving access to palliative care to mitigate multi-dimensional breast cancer suffering. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42. e24084-e24084. 10.1200/JCO.2024.42.16_suppl.e24084.
• Frenk, J., Gómez-Dantés, O., Knaul, F. M., & Arreola-Ornelas, H. (2020). Salud: Focos rojos. Retroceso en tiempos de la pandemia. Peguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A. de C.V. Editorial Debate.

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Dr. Miguel Modestino is a Donald F. Othmer Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at New York University (NYU) and director of the NYU Sustainable Engineering Initiative. He is also co-founder of an NYU spin-off company called Sunthetics Inc., which focuses on developing machine learning optimization software for sustainable chemical manufacturing processes. The company is currently active and was highlighted in the documentary “Own the Room” by National Geographic for Disney+.

He is a co-inventor in 9 patent applications on topics related to electrochemistry and machine learning. He has received multiple grants from organizations including NASA, the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the U.S., and ExxonMobile, among others. He has authored over 65 publications on electrochemical engineering and sustainability in prominent peer-reviewed scientific journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, PNAS, Journal of Electrochemical Society, Nature, Joule, and Macromolecules.

He has received multiple honors, including the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Journal Futures Speaker (2022) and the ACS Energy & Fuels Rising Star (2022) recognitions. He was a TED Countdown Speaker (2022) and a TED Idea Search Latin America Winner (2021). He was also named an MIT Technology Review “Innovator Under 35” (Globally, 2020) and in Latin America (2017). Earlier in his career, he won the National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2019).

Miguel Modestino joined Tecnológico de Monterrey as a Distinguished Visiting Professor in Industrial Decarbonization for the School of Engineering and Sciences.

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
• M.S., Chemical Engineering Practice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, Minors in Chemistry and Economics, MIT
   

• Modestino M., Fernandez Rivas D., Murnen H., Rose A., Schofer S., Sheehan S., & Wang R. (2025). Chemical ventures from ideas to scaled solutions. Nature Chemical Engineering.
• Bloomquist C. K., Naumov D., Yang A., Mathison R., Herzog B. D., Tenn W. J., Modestino M. A., Aydil E. S. (2024). Understanding the Role of Energy Transfer Processes in Chemical Reactions at Plasma-Liquid Interfaces.
• Beatty M., Herring M., Llewellyn N., Cohen L., Haley A., Lin Z., Modestino M., Esposito D. (2024). Trends in C1-C4 Alcohol Oxidation Activity Enhancement for Tunable Silicon Oxide Encapsulated Platinum Electrocatalysts.
• Mathison R., Atwi R., McConnell H., Ochoa E., Rani E., Akashige T., Röhr J., Taylor A., Avalos C., Aydil E., Rajput N. & Modestino M. (2025). Molecular Processes that Control Organic Electrosynthesis in Near-Electrode Microenvironments. Journal of the American Chemical Society.
• Akashige, T., Vemuri, R., Urbina-Blanco, C. & Modestino, M. (2024). Understanding Electrochemically Induced Olefin Complexation: Towards Electrochemical Olefin-Paraffin Separations. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering.

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