Mateo Hernández-Hernández
Mateo Hernández-Hernández
japan@worldmun.org
Mateo Hernández-Hernández is a sophomore in Lowell House from Nuevo Laredo (México) and Laredo, TX, concentrating in Neurobiology and Anthropology, pursuing a Concurrent A.M. in Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Beyond WorldMUN, he is a researcher at Harvard Medical School's van Vactor Laboratory, a licensed night-school naturalization educator, and a civics teacher at Mather Elementary. Since his first semester, he has represented Harvard’s Mexican-American community on the Board of Harvard-Radcliffe-RAZA. Additionally, he has interned at UChicago, BU, MIT, and Stanford. In his free time, Mateo enjoys rowing with Lowell IM-Crew, running along the Charles, and serving at the Harvard Catholic Center.
Topic: The Nuclear Crucible - A World on the Brink
In July 1946, the first peacetime nuclear test at Bikini Atoll coincided with the creation of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, opening an era in which science and power became inseparable. For the first time, the world confronted questions that merged ethics, technology, and survival. Could nations trust one another to control atomic energy when secrecy defined security? Would scientific discovery advance peace or accelerate catastrophe? How might equity be achieved when uranium-rich regions faced exploitation while others dictated policy? UNAEC Delegates at Harvard World Model United Nations Lima 2026 will revisit this turning point, examining how physicists, diplomats, and emerging nations sought to build safeguards against annihilation while preserving scientific progress. Delegates will confront dilemmas of verification, humanitarian responsibility, and the balance between sovereignty and inspection. Through debate and collaboration, they will test whether global governance can contain technology of such destructive promise — or whether human ambition will always outpace moral restraint.