The AI Ethics Lab is an international research initiative dedicated to examining the ethical and legal implications of artificial intelligence.
Our mission is made possible by the talented research community listed below. Contributors help develop ideas, conduct research, and co-author publications; Editors advance the AI & Human Rights Index; Visiting Scholars contribute to the lab’s research and programs; and experts currently or formally affiliated with the United Nations contribute to research projects; and student researchers receive mentorship, assist with research projects, and earn publishing credits. We are also excited to welcome Rutgers colleagues who have joined the AI Ethics Exchange, a university-wide community of practice. Learn more about how you can get involved!
His Excellency Ambassador Prof. Muhammadou M. O. Kah, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar, Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the Swiss Confederation and Permanent Mission to the UN, WTO, and other int'l organizations in Switzerland
Dr. Chloé Bakalar
Contributor, Dignity by Design; Senior Research Associate, University College London; ASI Ethics Lead, Institute for Responsible Superintelligence (RESI); former AI Ethics Lead, OpenAI; former Chief Ethicist, Meta, U.S.
Dr. Luca Belli
Contributor, Dignity by Design; AI Safety Lead, Spring Health; former AI Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); former, Twitter, U.S.
Dr. Marta Bieńkiewicz
Contributor, Dignity by Design; Policy and Partnerships Manager, Cooperative AI Foundation, United Kingdom
Dr. Diane Biunno
Member, AI Ethics Exchange and Metadata Archivist, John Cotton Dana Library, Rutgers University–Newark, U.S.
Dr. Dirk Brand
Contributor, Dignity by Design; Co-Editor, AI & Human Rights Index, Extraordinary Senior Lecturer, School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Dr. Auxane Boch
Contributor, Project Insight, AI Ethics Lab and Associate Research Director, Institute for Ethics in AI, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Dr. Caitlin Corrigan
Contributor, Dignity by Design; Co-Editor, AI & Human Rights Index, Executive Director, Institute for Ethics in AI at the Technical University of Munich, Germany
Dr. Georgina Curto Rex
Contributor, Dignity by Design; Co-Editor, AI & Human Rights Index; Senior AI Researcher and Team Lead, United Nations University Institute; Co-Chair, International Joint Conference on AI in the Global South, Macau, China
Dr. Tanya de Villiers-Botha
Contributor, Dignity by Design; Co-Editor, AI & Human Rights Index, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Philosophy, Head of the Unit for the Ethics of Technology, Centre for Applied Ethics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Dr. Shachee Doshi
Contributor, Dignity by Design; Program and Research Lead, Partnership on AI; former United Nations Development Program; former USAID, U.S.
Prof. Joanne Dera, MLIS
Contributor, Dignity by Design and the AI & Human Rights Index; Member, AI Ethics Exchange; Assistant Professor & Science Librarian, John Cotton Dana Library, Rutgers University-Newark, U.S.
Dr. Sophia Devlin
Contributor, AI & Human Rights Index; Head of Technology and Innovation for Peace and Reconciliation at Co-operation Ireland; Doctoral Student, Ulster University, Ireland
Thy Duong
Graduate Research Assistant, AI & Human Rights Index; Institute for Ethics in AI at the Technical University of Munich, Germany
Ojobo Agbo Eje, MBA, MS
Member, AI Ethics Exchange and Senior Program Coordinator, AI Campus, Rutgers University–Camden, U.S.
Jason Entrekin
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Dignity by Design and AI & Human Rights Index; Honors College Student, sophomore majoring in philosophy and psychology at Rutgers University-Camden, US
Dr. Shaunette T. Ferguson
Member, AI Ethics Exchange and Postdoctoral Associate, Institute for Data, Research, and Innovation Sciences, Rutgers University–Newark, U.S.
Dr. Michael Gentzel
Member, AI Ethics Exchange and Lecturer 5, Department of Philosophy and Religion, School of Arts & Sciences, U.S.
Merve Hickok
Merve Hickok, Contributor, Dignity by Design; President, Center for AI and Digital Policy; Founder, AIethicist.org, U.S.
Gabrielle Hibbert, MA
Contributor, Dignity by Design; AGI Governance Fellow, Johns Hopkins University; former New America Fellow; former Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, U.S.
Skye Horbrook, MS
Contributor, Dignity by Design and the AI & Human Rights Index; Member, AI Ethics Exchange; Program Coordinator Center for Urban Research and Education, Rutgers University–Camden, U.S.
Mitja Kara
Graduate Research Assistant, AI & Human Rights Index; Institute for Ethics in AI at the Technical University of Munich, Germany
Tara Kelley, MLIS, MA
Member, AI Ethics Exchange and Audiovisual Archivist and Librarian of Practice III, Archibald S. Alexander Library, Rutgers University-Newark, U.S.
Dr. Alexander Kriebitz
Contributor, Dignity by Design; Co-Editor, AI & Human Rights Index, Researcher at Institute for Ethics in AI, Technical University of Munich, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany
Mala Kumar, MA
Contributor, Dignity by Design; Executive Director, Humane Intelligence; former Senior Advisor at the World Health Organization and former Director at GitHub, U.S.
Dr. John Maldonado
Co-Editor, AI & Human Rights Index; Health Educator at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Division of Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction, U.S.
Chetan Patel
Web Developer, 1791 Delegates; Founder and Lead Software Engineer, Obtain Infotech, India
Dr. Kanshukan Rajaratnam
Co-Editor, AI & Human Rights Index, Director, School for Data Science and Computational Thinking at Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Dr. Laura Ramírez Polo
Member, AI Ethics Exchange and Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, U.S.
Amisha Rastogi
2026 Barry Goldwater Scholar; Undergraduate Research Assistant, Dignity by Design and AI & Human Rights Index; Honors College Contributing Author, majoring in biology and minoring in chemistry at Rutgers University-Camden, U.S.
Vice Chancellor Thomas S. Risch, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Research, Rutgers University-Camden and Member, AI Ethics Exchange, U.S.
Dr. Mireia Triguero Roura
Member, AI Ethics Exchange and Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Rutgers Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, U.S.
Armin Tadayon, J.D., CIPP/US
Contributor, Dignity by Design 1.0; author of, "Dignity by Design: A Human-Centered Framework for Ethical AI"; Director, Brunswick Group, U.S.
Prof. Jonathan M. Torres, MLIS, MA
Google Higher Higher Education Faculty AI Fellow; Member, AI Ethics Exchange and Business and Data Services Librarian, Associate Professor, John Cotton Dana Library, Rutgers University–Newark, U.S.
Ayoub Saidi
Contributor, AI & Human Rights Index and Project Insight, AI Ethics Lab, Delegate at 1791 Delegates, U.S.
Prof. Sonja Schmer-Galunder
Contributor, Dignity by Design; Glenn and Deborah Renwick Leadership Professor in AI and Ethics Professor of Practice and Director of the Renwick Program for Ethical, Safe, & Beneficial Artificial Intelligence, University of Florida, U.S.
Dr. Andrea Salgian
Contributor, Dignity by Design; Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science, The College of New Jersey, U.S.
Tej Shah
Contributor, Dignity by Design; Trainer, OpenAI; Software Development Engineer, Amazon Web Services, U.S.
Adhithi Uppalapati
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Dignity by Design and AI & Human Rights Index; Computer Science & Philosophy student at Cornel University, U.S.
Akshay Wadhavkar
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Dignity by Design and AI & Human Rights Index; Bonner Civic Scholar majoring in computer sciences at Rutgers University-Camden, U.S.
Dr. Nathan C. Walker
Founder, AI Ethics Lab; Lead, Dignity by Design; Founding Editor, AI & Human Rights Index; Lecturer, Dept. of Philosophy & Religion, Rutgers-Camden; 2026 Kapor Foundation Tech Policy Fellow; 2027 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Resident, U.S.
Michelle Watkinson, CIP
HRPP IRB Training & Communications Manager, Office for Research, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, U.S.
Dr. Travis Williams
Contributor, Dignity by Design and the AI & Human Rights Index; Member, AI Ethics Exchange; Senior Scientist in Biomedical & Clinical Informatics, Rutgers University, U.S.
Hisham Zawil
Global Lead, Digital and Technology Partnerships and Engagement at UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency and Member of Steering Committee, Bay Area Conflict and Tech Community of Practice, U.S.