Nick is a British national who is Professor in Green Chemistry at Tallinn University of Technology. Since finishing his studies in England he has taught students at universities in Denmark, Australia and Ireland before joining TTU in 2015. In Ireland at Dublin City University (DCU) he was nominated for the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in2009, 2011 and 2014. Nick has two children in ISE. His hobbies include reading science fiction, the cinema and anime.

Elizabeth Horst is the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tallinn, Estonia and a career Foreign Service Officer. Prior to Tallinn, Elizabeth worked for International Media Engagement in the Bureau of Public Affairs, where she spearheaded the re-launch of the State Department’s flagship Russian language account @USApoRusski on Twitter and Facebook. She served as Deputy Economic Counselor in Kyiv (2011-214), where she managed a team focused on economic reform and business advocacy. During the Maidan revolution and Russia-Ukraine crisis, she led the Embassy’s interagency task forces. Previous overseas assignments included the U.S. military Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Qalat, Afghanistan; Moscow, Russia; Dushanbe,Tajikistan; and Lahore, Pakistan. Her Washington assignments include the State Department Operations Center, and managing Afghanistan and Iraq training for U.S. government civilians. She has a Bachelor of Arts in History and German from the University of Kansas and a Master of Arts from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill in Modern Germany History. She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Niger, West Africa, and speaks German, Russian, French and Hausa.