Postdoctoral Researcher in Politics of Architecture, SOAS, University of London
I am a trained architect and researcher who creates, studies, teaches and documents histories, theories, and politics of the architecture of Africa.
I am currently a visiting postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Stanford and a postdoctoral researcher on the African State Architecture Project at SOAS, University of London. I have a PhD in Politics and International Studies from SOAS, University of London, an MSc in African Studies from The University of Oxford, and Masters and BSc Architecture degrees from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
I am writing a book, based on my PhD research, on ‘The Architecture of Education in Ghana’ which examines nation-building, social class, and modernness through a longue durée analysis of the sociopolitical and physical architectures of secondary schools. My academic publications, creative writing, and public scholarship have appeared in 'African Affairs', 'Al Jazeera', 'Curator: The Museum Journal', and 'Tampered Press'.
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Associate Professor of Education, University of Juba
Kuyok Abol Kuyok is an associate professor in the College of Education at the University of Juba, South Sudan. A graduate of the University of Juba’s College of Education, he obtained MRes and DPhil degrees from the Institute of Education, London. Before returning to South Sudan in 2010, he was a researcher at the Institute for Policy Studies in Education (IPSE), London Metropolitan University. At the University of Juba, he teaches research methodology, sociology of education and comparative education. His academic interests are in higher education, education in post conflict contexts, and comparative education-national systems of education.
He’s the author of South Sudan: the Notable Firsts, Bloomington: Author House, 2015. The book is a biographical dictionary of eminent personalities in South Sudan since Nyikang, the 16th century founding Reth (King) of the Shilluk monarchy. He has published papers in peer-reviewed journals and contributes articles for national and international publications on educational issues.
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I hold a PhD in Economics from Kobe University, Japan, and an MPhil in Economics from the University of Ghana and a BA in Economics from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
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Senior lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering and Product Design Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
Kwong Ming (KM) is currently a senior lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering and Product Design Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology. He obtained his BEng in Mechanical Engineering (2009) and PhD from National University of Singapore (NUS) (2014). During his PhD, KM had developed and validated a finite element model of human head which has then been used extensively in the applications of head injuries. He continued in the same university as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Centre for Protective Technology (CPT), from Dec 2013 to Nov 2015, working on a defence project funded by Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA), Singapore. Thereafter, KM joined the University of Melbourne as a postdoctoral research fellow working on a defence project funded by Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group, Australia, studying lumbar spine injuries under extreme loadings (Nov 2015 – Dec 2017). His work on head injuries led to international collaboration with institutions in China and Spain. KM has extensive experience working with defence organizations and hospitals in Singapore, Australia and the United Kingdom, and has successfully initiated collaboration with international institutions in China, India, Singapore and Spain.
His research interests are in:
Biomechanics;
Protective Equipment;
Impact Mechanics;
Injury Prevention;
Finite Element Modelling;
Mechanics in Medicine (orthopaedic biomechanics, re-engineering and design of prostheses, surgical procedures, cardiovascular biomechanics).
KM believes that the research is an emerging multidisciplinary field involving engineering sciences, medicine, health and ergonomics, which has the potential to revolutionise the ways of improving health and quality of life for millions of people worldwide. He looks forward to continue working in the field of injury biomechanics and injury prevention mainly on implementing novel engineering materials in protective equipment for military soldiers, sportsmen and elderly.
Research interests
Mechanics in Medicine; Biomechanics; Protective Equipment; Injury Prevention; Finite Element Modelling
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Kye is a doctoral researcher developing and testing innovative applications of emerging technologies for wildlife conservation.
Skills include: Drone operation, koala surveys, koala catching, wildlife monitoring technology, detection dog handling.
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Assistant Professor of Neuroepidemiology, Karolinska Institutet
Epidemiologist with a PhD from the University of British Columbia and postdoctoral training at the Karolinska Institute. My research focuses largely on the causes and consequences of multiple sclerosis.
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M International University
Kyle Breen is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas. He earned his PhD in Sociology from Louisiana State University.
Breen's research interests include disaster response and recovery, volunteerism in disaster, social media use in disaster, social vulnerability, and environmental justice.
Breen has worked on numerous projects and has studied the relationship between inequality, disaster and environmental hazards, and educational outcomes and experiences, hurricane evacuation intentions and behavior, disaster risk perception, and nonprofits and volunteerism in disaster. Currently, Breen is part of several cross-national research projects focused on disaster preparedness, response and recovery in both the United States and Canada.
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Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Dr. Kyle Doudrick is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences. HIs Doudrick Research Group works on problems related to physical-chemical environmental processes, with an emphasis on water quality, drinking water treatment, and emerging contaminants. More detail here: https://www.doudrick.info/
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Research Scientist in Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
Kyle Wilburn, Ph.D., is a research scientist at CIRA. His passion for satellite retrievals and precipitation led him to join CIRA in 2016, which provided him the exciting opportunity to analyze data from the new GOES-R Series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instruments. His main focus has been on using GOES to better initialize convection in high-resolution weather models. Working with data from GLM sparked his interest in lightning. He is also fascinated with the power of artificial intelligence / machine learning to extract spatio-temporal patterns in satellite imagery. His recent research has used convolutional neural networks to extract precipitation latent heating rates from GOES ABI+GLM to inform numerical weather prediction models. He has developed approaches for visualizing and interpreting what the machine has learned. Kyle is also involved in satellite data applications for monitoring and modeling wildfires. Kyle previously worked for Remote Sensing Systems in Santa Rosa, California, where he worked as a Scientist and Lead Software Developer. His research initially focused on improving QuikSCAT wind retrievals in raining scenes, but this evolved into a broader pursuit of precipitation retrievals from passive microwave imagers. Kyle also studied the use of microwave satellite observations to better constrain the global water cycle.
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Assistant Professor of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University
Kyle is an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology. He was a Rose Postdoctoral fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology from 2017-2019. His research, and that of his lab, focuses on the study of bird, bat, and insect migration using a range of tools and approaches, including the use of radar, acoustics, and citizen science data. His work addresses a handful of fundamental questions of migration and its biology, including understanding avian flight strategies, long-term phenological change, population estimates, impacts of artificial light, and migration forecasting. He completed his M.S. with Jeffrey Buler at the University of Delaware and his Ph.D with Jeffrey Kelly at the University of Oklahoma.
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PhD Candidate in Economics, University of Kentucky
Kyle Jones is an economist interested in the intersection of public, health, and labor economics to evaluate the impacts of the social safety net and public policies. He is a PhD Candidate in Economics at the University of Kentucky.
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PhD Candidate in Aerospace Engineering, Curtin University
I graduated from Curtin in 2021 with a Bachelor of Engineering - first class honours. In the same year I began a PhD in aerospace engineering with the Binar Space Program. I have worked with them as both a student and a professional engineer until the present, primarily working on systems engineering, and dynamic modelling and control. I am set to finish my PhD in the first half of 2025.
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Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
It is difficult to explain to many what I do, so I have started by saying that I am like a platypus – full of unique features, but no one knows what to do with me. Currently serve as the Associate Chief Medical Officer for Critical Care at the University of Virginia and the Vice Chair of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement for the Department of Medicine at the University of Virginia. Before these roles, I served as the Associate Hospital Epidemiologist and Medical Director for the Medical Intensive Care Unit and Special Pathogens Unit. My background is in Pulmonary and Critical Care as well as Epidemiology. My research interests are improving population outcomes in Hospital Settings, mainly through the lens of information overload. Outside of my work, I am an avid runner and optical course racer (there is even a photo of me in Trail Runner years ago as an advertisement for Spartan Race). I am also an active volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America, specifically supporting the development of troops for Girls, DEI, and summer camp programs in my local council. Mostly though I am a father, human, and well a platypus.
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Professor of History, University of Montana
Professor Kyle G. Volk's award-winning research and teaching focus on the broad history of the United States, with emphasis on political, intellectual, legal, and social history. He is especially interested in the history of American democracy; the problem and politics of dissent and difference in American society; capitalism, law, and the American state; civil rights, civil liberties, and the contested meaning of freedom in American life.
Volk's research has been supported by the American Society for Legal History, the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Antiquarian Society. His first book, Moral Minorities and the Making of American Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2014), explores the pioneering popular struggles over minority rights that developed out of conflicts over religion, race, and alcohol in nineteenth-century America. Moral Minorities received two major honors from the Organization of American Historians (OAH) in 2015: the Merle Curti Award for Best Book in American Intellectual History; and honorable mention for the Frederick Jackson Turner Award for the Best First Book in American History. His current work explores the problem and politics of personal liberty throughout U.S. History. Volk's scholarly excellence was celebrated in 2016 by the University of Montana when he was named the Provost's Distinguished Faculty Lecturer.
Professor Volk's excellence in the classroom has been recognized on several occassions. He was the 2014 recipient of the Helen and Winston Cox Award for Excellence in Teaching, the University of Montana's 2015 nominee for CASE Professor of the Year, and the 2019 winner of the College of Humanities and Sciences' William Reynolds Award for Excellence in Teaching Across the Curriculum. Most recently, Volk garnered the 2022 University Distinguished Teaching Award, the University of Montana's highest teaching honor.
Professor Volk advises the department's chapter of Phi Alpha Theta (the history honor society) and the UM History Society. He founded the department's Lockridge History Workshop and continues to coordinate it each year. Volk is also a Prelaw advisor for history undergraduates and an affiliated faculty member of the African American Studies Program as well as the Department of Public Administration and Policy.
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Associate Professor of Solar Engineering, Australian National University
Dr. Kylie Catchpole is an Australian Research Council Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems at the Australian National University. Her research interests are in nanotechnology for solar cell applications. She has a physics degree from the ANU, winning a University Medal, and a PhD from the ANU. She was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of New South Wales and the FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam. She has published over 60 papers, which have been cited over 1000 times to date. Her work on plasmonic solar cells has been featured in the news sections of Science magazine and The Economist and in 2010 her work on nanophotonic light trapping was listed as one of MIT Technology Review’s ‘10 most important emerging technologies’. In 2011 she was an episode winner on ABC TV's 'New Inventors'. She currently leads the nanostructures for photovoltaics group at the Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems.
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PhD Candidate, Deakin University
Kylie is a PhD Candidate within the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at Deakin University.
Her research is focused on the potential to harness meal kit subscription services as a health-promoting tool to improve food literacy and vegetable intake among families with young children. Kylie's research areas of interest include early childhood and family nutrition, food literacy and behaviour change.
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Senior lecturer, University of Wollongong
Kylie's primary research interest is access to justice. Her research explores this theme in various legal areas, including criminal, intellectual property, environmental and administrative law. She adopts a pragmatic approach, and is motivated by contributing to tangible change.
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Senior Lecturer in Human Genetics, Liverpool John Moores University
I am a Biological Anthropologist from Japan, speciliased in genetics. My research is to look at genetic variations that are responsible for phenotypic variations, to understand human adaptation and evolution, especially about externally visible traits including pigmentation and cranifofacial morphology.
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Project Assistant, Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kyoungjin Jang-Tucci serves as a Project Assistant at the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is concurrently pursuing her doctorate in educational policy studies. Her research primarily centers on the career development of historically marginalized college students.
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Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology, University of Colorado Boulder
Dr. Kyra Clark-Wolf is a Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology in CIRES at CU Boulder, studying ecological transformation in a context of changing climate and disturbance regimes. Kyra’s research interests integrate perspectives from paleoecology, fire ecology, and ecosystem ecology. At the NC CASC, Kyra is working on the development of ecological scenarios given uncertainty in future climate to inform resource management using the Resist, Accept, Direct (RAD) framework. Her dissertation work utilized lake-sediment records to understand fire-climate-ecosystem interactions over centuries to millennia in Rocky Mountain subalpine forests. She has also led research in recent wildfires investigating post-fire conifer seedling demographic processes and relationships with microclimate conditions. Kyra received a B.A. in Environmental Science from Colorado College and a Ph.D. in Systems Ecology from the University of Montana.
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Lecturer in Applied Psychology, Birmingham City University
Kiki (Kyriaki) is a Lecturer in Applied Psychology and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research primarily investigates mindfulness and compassion, including the benefits of both meditative and non-meditative practices on cognition and mental health.
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PhD candidate in the Department of Music, University of Bristol
L. Holland is a PhD candidate working on queerness in popular music. Their PhD looks at the performance of queer alter egos in pop music, looking at characters used by David Bowie, Prince, and Janelle Monáe. They have taught on hip-hop, gender studies, and music history, and have worked as a researcher on books about a wide range of musicians, from The Streets to Leonard Bernstein. Their work on Prince’s alter ego Camille as a trans* caricature can be found in the Journal of Popular Music Studies (36:1).
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PhD candidate in the Department of Music, University of Bristol
L. Holland is a PhD candidate working on queerness in popular music. Their PhD looks at the performance of queer alter egos in pop music, looking at characters used by David Bowie, Prince, and Janelle Monáe. They have taught on hip-hop, gender studies, and music history, and have worked as a researcher on books about a wide range of musicians, from The Streets to Leonard Bernstein. Their work on Prince’s alter ego Camille as a trans* caricature can be found in the Journal of Popular Music Studies (36:1).
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Entrepreneurial Fellow and Head, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, Australian National University
Associate Professor Lachlan Blackhall is Entrepreneurial Fellow and Head, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program at The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. Lachlan holds a BE, BSc and a PhD in engineering, is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE).
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Lecturer, University of Strathclyde
I am currently a Lecturer in Education Policy in the School of Education at the University of Strathclyde. Before this, I was an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Education at the University of Bath. I completed my PhD in 2020 at the UCL Institute for Education, with my thesis looking at students' negotiations of their language environment in two secondary schools in Tanzania. I have 10 years experience as a secondary History teacher in the UK, and held a school Research Lead role, supporting teachers and students to engage in and with research. I have also worked with the NGO READ International / READ Tanzania.
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Agronomy Consultant, B.C. Centre for Agritech Innovation, Simon Fraser University
I hold a Ph.D. in life sciences specialized in plant breeding and a master's degree in biology from Paris University (France).
I have worked as a scientific consultant for the biotechnology, agri-food and natural health products industries for more than 20 years. My consulting company provides technical expertise, research, grant writing and training services to Canadian SMEs. Over the years, I have developed strong ties with BC companies, government agencies and post-secondary institutions and made significant contributions towards innovative technology adoption, sustainable management practices, market competitiveness and productivity. Additionally, my knowledge of manufacturing and regulatory affairs further strengthens my ability to drive innovation and ensure compliance with industry standards.
I just finished a one-year term position as the Director Innovation and Technology at Simon Fraser University. I had the opportunity to work closely with SFU’s Partnership Hub team and support its effort to launch the BC Centre for Agritech Innovation program by providing scientific expertise and connecting them with key stakeholders.
From 2020 to 2022, I oversaw the creation of an Agritech undergraduate program at SFU.I am driven by a passion for addressing the environmental impact of climate change on agriculture, and I am committed to exploring diverse adaptation strategies and collaborating with researchers, companies, and farmers to promote a more sustainable agri-food system. Additionally, I am dedicated to support the integration of First Nations' traditional knowledge to enhance local food production in remote regions. My goal is to contribute positively to society, the environment, and sustainable food production.
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Professor of Physics, Florida International University
Laird Kramer is a Professor of Physics and served as the Founding Director of the STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University. His work focuses on facilitating institutional change through implementation of, and research on, evidence-based educational practices to establish equitable outcomes for all students. His work began in transforming the undergraduate physics experience at FIU, creating more well-prepared majors through the implementation Modeling Instruction-based studio physics courses, establishment of student-centric methodologies, and establishment of a high school/university research and learning community. He launched FIU’s Learning Assistant Program in 2008 that grew into an institutional priority and now impacts over 12,000 student enrollments across all STEM departments each semester. These and other efforts led to establishing the STEM Transformation Institute that situates FIU as a STEM education laboratory for research, development and dissemination of inclusive models that will transform institutional educational practices in order to meet the national need for qualified STEM professionals.
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Director of Computing Informatics and Applications Research Group, Anglia Ruskin University
Dr Lakshmi Babu Saheer is a researcher in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its applications to different domains including climate change, sustainability, air quality, healthcare, image processing, natural language processing, speech, audio and many more. She leads several AI modules at the MSc AI course at Anglia Ruskin University and is the director of the Computing, Informatics and Applications Research group at the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
Lakshmi completed her Doctoral studies in AI at the Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne (EPFL) and Idiap Research Institute in Switzerland in 2012. She has been working on applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) research in both Industry and academia for over 20 years. She has worked with several international companies in different locations around the world including Siemens (India), Sony Ericsson (Sweden), V-Enable (USA), Idiap Research Institute (Switzerland) and Audio Analytic (UK). She has several awards including the Google Anitaborg Award and acquired Hasler Innovation funds of over £150,000 to run a start-up, Geneemo in Switzerland. She has worked in several roles including Research Engineer, Project Manager to Scientific Collaborator and CTO.
Currently, she leads applied AI research mainly on sustainability, climate change and healthcare at the School of Computing, Information Sciences at the Anglia Ruskin University and is the director of the research group that applies AI to different domains. She works with several national and international collaborators from different fields and local authorities as stakeholder partners.
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Doctoral Researcher in Energy, University of Galway
As a researcher at MaREI, the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine Research, I am working on an interdisciplinary project that explores the interrelationships between operational energy demand practices, internal environmental conditions in buildings, people occupying buildings, materials, and technology used in the retrofit of buildings. My goal is to contribute to the development of innovative and sustainable solutions for energy resilience and the built environment.
I am passionate about science communication and outreach, and I use various platforms and mediums to share my knowledge and insights with diverse audiences. I am proficient in English, Urdu, and Sindhi, and have skills in finance, nationally determined contribution, and faith-based initiatives. I am motivated by curiosity, creativity, and collaboration, and I strive to make a positive impact on society and the environment through my research and teaching.
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Chercheure en agronomie, Cirad
Lalaina Ranaivoson est chercheure en agronomie, spécialiste des systèmes de culture. Elle a rédigé sa thèse sur l'étude des fonctions agro-écologiques des principes de l’agriculture de conservation dans l’amélioration de la production du riz pluviale dans la région du lac Alaotra.
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Research assistant, PAWSitive Connections Lab, University of Saskatchewan
Laleh Dadgardoust is a research assistant at the PAWSitive Connections Lab, an interdisciplinary team with joint direction by Dr. Darlene Chalmers with the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Regina, and Dr. Linzi Williamson with the Department of Psychology and Health Studies at the University of Saskatchewan.
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Professor, Microbiology, University of Cambridge
Lalita Ramakrishnan is a microbiologist and immunologist who researches the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. She developed the zebrafish as a model to study TB and has made discoveries about how the bacteria thwart the host immune system to prevail. She is also interested in why it takes several months with multiple drugs to treat TB. This is attributed to a phenomenon called drug tolerance. Lalita’s group has identified a mechanism by which TB bacteria become tolerant to multiple drugs. Both areas of their work have led to the discovery of already approved drugs that can be used for TB treatment. Lalita is a practicing physician specializing in infectious diseases.
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PhD candidate in FinTech, University of Reading
I am a PhD candidate and associate lecturer at the ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading.
I hold a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Athens University of Economics and Business and a Master's degree in Blockchain and Digital Currency from the University of Nicosia.
I am also adjunct faculty for the Institute for the Future at the University of Nicosia and the research lead for the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum. My research and teaching focus on blockchain technologies, cryptocurrencies, and decentralised finance.
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