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Leanne Proops
Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour and Welfare, University of Portsmouth
My research expertise is in animal behaviour and welfare. I enjoy trying to find ways to determine what animals understand about their social world. Many of my projects focus on domestic horse, donkey and mule communication and cognition. I'm also fascinated by the field of comparative thanatology – the study of animals’ responses to death.
As well as studying animal minds, I'm passionate about conducting applied research to improve animal welfare. Taking a One Welfare approach that acknowledges the interconnectedness of animals, humans and the environment, I work with international NGOs to improve the welfare of working equids and the people whose livelihoods depend on them.
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Leanne Timpson
Lecturer in Microbiology, Nottingham Trent University
Dr. Leanne Timpson is a Lecturer in Microbiology at Nottingham Trent University. She has a PhD in Microbial Biotechnology from University College Dublin, Ireland. During her PhD (2007-2011), Leanne focused on the production of novel enzymes from extremophilic microorganisms for biocatalytic applications. She published her findings in the journals Extremophiles and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.
Leanne subsequently spent 5 years (2012-2017) working as a Fermentation Research Scientist for the Danish Biotech company, Novozymes. She then shifted her attention to Education. She held Associate Lecturer positions at the University of Lincoln and the University of Leicester (2015-2017) and was a Lecturer for 6 years in Further Education and Higher Education at Nottingham College (2017-2023), United Kingdom. Leanne holds a Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training and QTLS status.
Leanne's current position at Nottingham Trent University is Teaching and Scholarship focused. Leanne explores themes such as methods for approaching work-like experience and enhancing student employability skills. Leanne is interested in student transitions from Further Education to Higher Education. She is also exploring links between microbiology and creative disciplines.
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Leanne Tonkin
Nottingham Trent University
Leanne is a Research Fellow and lecturer in fashion and textiles, School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University where she completed her PhD focussing on conserving ‘Designer Intent’ as a way of evaluating authenticity in contemporary fashion history made with postmodern materials. She is a trained textile and fashion conservator with a specialism in modern materials with previous experience working for institutions like The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Philadelphia Museum of Art. In addition, Leanne's career includes a background in commercial fashion design (10 years exp.). Her current research focuses on conserving and interpreting (post)modern materials and fashion artefacts for museum archives.
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Leanne Weston
Associate teaching fellow, Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick
Leanne’s research typically explores the intersections between popular music, memory, and nostalgia. She is currently working on her first monograph, which explores memory and materiality in music programming.
She has published writing on televised music histories, arts programming and the life of BBC Four, and the television documentaries on Amy Winehouse. She has also written several book chapters on the function and meaning of film scores in Watership Down (1978), and the films of Jane Campion and Julie Taymor. She is also interested in biopics, and performance and stardom. Her forthcoming co-written chapter explores these issues in television dramas on Cilla Black and Shirley Bassey.
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Leda Stawnychko
Assistant Professor of Strategy and Organizational Theory, Mount Royal University
Dr. Leda Stawnychko is an Assistant Professor of Strategy and Organizational Theory at Mount Royal University’s Bissett School of Business. Her research interests include leadership effectiveness and development, organizational performance, and transformative learning.
Before her tenure at Mount Royal University, she accumulated over 25 years of leadership experience in the private, public, and non-profit sectors, advancing local and international strategic initiatives. Drawing upon these extensive experiences, Leda creates vibrant and engaging learning environments in her university courses and professional workshops.
Dr. Stawnychko has held designations as a Qualified Mediator, Practicing Mediator, and Family Mediator from the ADR Institute of Canada and the Alberta Family Mediation Society. She volunteers her time providing coaching and support to individual community members navigating challenging family transitions and to non-profit organizations, including the Community Mediation Calgary Society and the Canadian Immigrant Women’s Association. Currently, Leda is a board member of the ADR Institute of Alberta and a member of Mount Royal University’s General Faculties Council and the Academic Planning and Budget Committee.
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Lee Brown
Professor of Aquatic Science, University of Leeds
I am Professor of Aquatic Science. Within the River Basin Processes and Management research group, I lead research on river ecosystems and aquatic ecology. Through my research I aim to increase understanding of how aquatic ecosystem biodiversity and functional processes respond to environmental change.
I am a freshwater ecologist with a particular interest in river ecosystems. My work crosses several research fields (population and community ecology, hydrology and geomorphology). I am particularly interested in river ecosystems in cold regions (alpine, arctic), the effects of catchment management (e.g. artificial drainage, vegetation burning, environmental-flows) on rivers, and aquatic food webs. Administratively, I have previously held the roles of Director of Research and led the school’s submission to REF2021.
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Lee Cheng
Associate Professor in Games, Anglia Ruskin University
Lee Cheng is an interdisciplinary artist-teacher and researcher. His research and artistic interests include computer game, music, technology, education, immersive and interactive media, digital and sonic arts, law and policy.
Lee Cheng received his Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Law, Postgraduate Diploma in Music Therapy, Postgraduate Diploma in Education, Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK).
Apart from his current title, he also serves different roles in multiple organisations including board member and executive committee member of the International Society for Music Education (ISME), co-opted council member of the Royal Musical Association (RMA), Theory Examiner of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM), Arts Education Examiner of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC), and editorial board member of the International Journal of Music Education (IJME) and Journal of Music, Technology and Education (JMTE).
Research interests:
Music Education
Music Technology
Gamification
Virtual Reality
Immersive media
Sound art
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Lee Cronin
Regius Chair of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
Research in the Cronin Group is focussed on the potential of complex chemical systems derived from non-biological building blocks to have a major impact on our fundamental understanding of the interplay of chemical systems and to revolutionise modern technologies. To this end the Cronin group works within three major research "themes" of Synthesis and Self Assembly, Molecular Devices and Complex Chemical Systems. The Cronin Group believes in a synergistic approach to research with research themes and projects reinforcing each other to enable fundamental advances to be made.
This research feeds into a number of major applications being investigated in the Cronin group with the intention of realising the real-world benefits of the fundamental science being conducted. These applications range from developing materials for solar fuel devices to producing potential drug and drug delivery candidates.
This Research would not be possible without the wide range of state of the art research equipment routinely used by the Cronin Group. Having recently moved into a purpose built facility within the School of Chemistry at Glasgow university the Cronin Group is at the forefront of developing cutting edge synthetic and analytical techniques for the study of complex inorganic Chemical systems. These advances include the use of low temperature (cryospray) ESI MS techniques to observe chemical transformations and highly reactive intermediate reaction structures and using purpose built flow reactors to study the self-assembly of polyoxometalate systems.
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Lee Hutt
Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, University of Plymouth
I have 12 years of experience in the fields of environmental and medical microbiology, parasitology and biochemistry. My PhD thesis examined the role inorganic sulfur oxidation had on bacterial physiology, biochemistry and biogeochemistry. I have been a lecturer in Biomedical Sciences for 4 years where I teach foundation to maters level, predominately in the fields of microbiology and parasitology.
My research interests include novel antimicrobial discovery from hot springs and the biology and pathology of the intestinal parasite Giardia intestinalis. I am currently collaborating with The Roman Baths (Bath, UK) studying the microbiology and antimicrobial potential of this unique site, with a PhD student starting on this project in October 2024.
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Lee Jerome
Professor of Citizenship & Children's Rights Education, Middlesex University
I explore three main themes in my research and writing:
1. Citizenship education
I have published work on the development of citizenship education policy, the establishment of citizenship education as a new curriculum subject in England and deliberation as a pedagogic approach. I am on the editorial group of Teaching Citizenship, the journal of the Association for Citizenship Teaching, and editor of Education, Citizenship and Social Justice. I have also researched character education and the Prevent Duty in education, and am currently conducting research on how to promote active citizenship through schools in the National Citizenship Education Survey.
2. Children's rights
I led a Rights Respecting PGCE at London Metropolitan University, in which the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child were established as a foundation for the teacher education course. I continued to explore this theme in my work at the Centre for Children's Rights at Queen's University Belfast, where I led the MA Children's Rights and coordinated an international research project to establish a baseline assessment of child rights education (CRE) across 26 countries. With Hugh Starkey I have published a book on 'Children's Rights Education in Diverse Classrooms'.
3. Teacher education
Having taught on teacher education courses for a number of years I maintain an interest in this area. I coordinate the Special Interest Group on Professional Education and Partnerships at Middlesex and continue to run short courses and training for colleagues in a range of educational issues. I have published on teacher standards, teachers' agency and with Marcus Bhargava I published a book on teachers' medium term planning.
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Lee Kellingray
Researcher, Translational Microbiome, Quadram Institute
I obtained a first class degree in Microbiology at the University of East Anglia in 2011, and joined the Quadram Institute Science in the same year to do a PhD looking at the effects of Brassica vegetables on the human gut microbiota. Following my PhD I joined the Translational Microbiome group as a research scientist to work with Professor Arjan Narbad to examine how pathogenic bacteria interact with the human gut microbiota, and investigate the potential of next generation sequencing as a clinical diagnostic tool.
I am currently involved in a successful collaboration with the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital providing bacteriotherapy to patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. In addition to this I am using in vitro colon models and 1H NMR to examine the effects of gut pathogens, such as Salmonella typhimurium, on the gut microbiota through metagenomic and metabolomic analyses.
My current interests are focused on the role of the gut microbiota in health, specifically host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions, and how this research can be translated to improved health outcomes for the general public.
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Lee Moerman
Professor of Accounting, University of Wollongong
Lee joined the School in 2001 after completing her undergraduate and Masters degree in Accounting. She has a PhD in accounting focussing on the debtor and creditor relationship in the third world debt crisis. Prior to the position in the School, Lee worked as a medical diagnostic radiographer. Her current research interests include accountability for the environmental and social aspects of corporate activities, accounting for asbestos liabilities and death care.
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Lee Robinson
American Politics Program Director, United States Military Academy West Point
Lieutenant Colonel Lee Robinson is the Director of the American Politics Program and an Academy Professor within the Department of Social Sciences at West Point. Lee teaches the introductory course to American politics and the capstone course on public policy. He is a 2000 graduate of the United States Military Academy and holds an MPA from Cornell University and a PhD in Public Administration and Policy from the University of Georgia. Prior to service as an Academy Professor, Lee served for over 20 years as an Army Aviation Officer including two deployments to Iraq and one to Afghanistan. Lee commanded the 603D Aviation Support Battalion in the 3rd Infantry Division from 2019-2021 and served as a strategist for the Army Talent Management Task Force from 2021-2022. His research focuses on strategic human resource management, public management and organizational performance, and civil-military relations.
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Lee Smales
Senior Lecturer, Finance, Curtin University
Lee Smales is a senior lecturer in Curtin University's School of Economics & Finance. Before joining Curtin, Lee was an associate lecturer with University of New South Wales where he also completed his PhD in finance.
Prior to embarking on his academic career, Lee spent 8 years working for a major U.S. investment bank trading foreign-exchange and interest rate derivatives. Lee’s research interests are closely aligned with this prior career and focus on financial markets, and in particular the market response to news-events and the impact of prevailing sentiment and microstructure on this reaction.
Lee has published in leading journals including the Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Financial Research, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Accounting & Finance, The Economic Record, and the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money.
Lee has won awards for research (CBS New Researcher of the Year, 2013) and teaching (CBS New Teacher of the Year, 2014) and is also a CFA Charterholder.
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Lee White
Visiting Professor, City, University of London
Lee White is an Organisational Psychologist with over 25 years of experience as a consultant. His focus is on the creative application of psychological research and techniques to help individuals, teams and organisations. He consults, coaches and teaches with clients from different industry sectors around the world. Lee is a Health Professions Council Registered Occupational Psychologist in the UK, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.
In addition to his consultancy work, he is a Honorary Research Fellow at City, University of London and visiting faculty at INSEAD business school. He has a first degree in Psychology with an MSc in Occupational Psychology from Cardiff and MSc in Research Methods from Swansea. He also has a PhD in Psychology form Swansea University. In research he is working on a number of projects including looking at how collective emotions influence the execution of organisations’ strategic initiatives, modelling constructive cognitive processes in decision making and investigating the psychology of change and organisational decision making. Lee has published research in journals such as Cognition, the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.
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Lee Zhuge
Research Fellow, New Zealand Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology
I am a Research Fellow at the New Zealand Work Research Institute (NZWRI, AUT). I earned my Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University. My field is labour economics, with a primary focus on inequality and discrimination, particularly in the context of women's and LGBTQ+ rights. My research examines how social norms, cultural dynamics, and policy landscapes shape intrahousehold bargaining and labour supply choices. My proficiencies encompass the skillful handling of micro-level household and personal data, adept application of quantitative econometric methodologies, and versatile programming proficiency across multiple languages and computing paradigms.
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Lee A Rollins
Scientia Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
I lead an internationally recognised research group investigating molecular mechanisms underpinning rapid evolution and invasion success, contributing to innovative solutions for the management and control of invasive species, and improving the management of conserved species. I am the current President of the Genetics Society of Australasia.
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Lee Alan Dugatkin
Professor of Biology and Distinguished Arts and Science Scholar, University of Louisville
I'm an evolutionary biologist and a historian of science in the Department of Biology at the University of Louisville. I have lectured about my research and my books at more than 175 venues around the world, including in New Zealand, Australia, Mongolia, Cuba, Russia, Romania, Turkey, The Czech Republic, Croatia, Taiwan, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and many other countries. I'm the author of twelve books and more than 200 articles, in such journals as Nature, The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and The Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, and I'm a contributing author to Scientific American, The American Scientist, The New Scientist and The Washington Post. The New York Times Book Review called my book, How to Tame a Fox and Build a Dog, "Sparkling... A story that is part science, part Russian fairy tale, and part spy thriller… it may serve — particularly now — as a parable of the lessons that can emerge from unfettered science, if we have the courage to let it unfold.”
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Lee Ann Rawlins Williams
Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Human Services, University of North Dakota
Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, PhD, CRC, CFLE is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Education, Health and Behavior Studies Department at the University of North Dakota. She serves as Program Director of Undergraduate Rehabilitation and Human Services Program. Dr. Williams has extensive academic experience working with programs focusing on disability and rehabilitation at various universities. In addition, her professional experiences include over 20 years of work in the field of rehabilitation in the areas of blindness and low vision, general rehabilitation counseling, human resource training/development, and in corporate. Further, Lee Ann has worked with K-12 educational environments focusing on student services and wellness.
Dr. Williams has held a variety of leadership positions at the local, state, regional, national, and international levels for professional rehabilitation associations. She has published research in peer-reviewed journals and co-authored two books focusing on case and caseload management in rehabilitation.
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Lee D. Han
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee
Han is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) Collaborating Scientist at the University of Tennessee (UT). His fields of expertise and research interests include traffic engineering, application of advanced technologies to transportation, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), system modeling and simulations, traffic flow theory, traffic operations, transportation data and information systems, emergency evacuation and management, crash records and analysis, transportation logistics, operations research, and 3D visualizations.
Since 1985, Han has been actively involved in research activities in the area of transportation and traffic engineering. In terms of externally sponsored projects, he was instrumental towards securing, managing, and conducting research studies. The total expenditure of all the projects he is involved in tops $10 million during the past decade.
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Lee Rafuse Haines
Associate Research Professor of Molecular Parasitology and Medical Entomology, University of Notre Dame
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Leena Adel
PhD Candidate, Political Science and International Relations, Curtin University
Leena is a PhD candidate and academic at Curtin University. Her current research focuses on the Middle East and North Africa region, specifically women's political participation during regime transitions.
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Lei Liu
Senior Research Fellow, Southern Cross University
Dr Lei Liu, also known as 'Ben', completed his PhD on 'Phytochemical and Pharmacological Perspectives of Wheat Grain and Lupin Seed' in 2010. Currently, Dr Liu is a senior research fellow at Southern Cross University, Australia. He has a wide research interest in biologically active phytochemicals. Dr Liu has proven expertise in the isolation, identification and quantification of bioactive metabolites. He has studied cereal grain quality, starch digestion, lipidomics, cotton, coffee, macadamia, seaweed, Australian native plants, Chinese traditional medicine and natural pesticides. Dr Liu has published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles.
Dr Liu has devoted himself to studying health-promoting functional food, nutraceuticals, and environmentally sustainable agriculture. He has worked with several local farmers to identify possible ways to add value to their products. Dr Liu has supervised 10 PhD, 2 Masters and 3 honours to completion. He is currently supervising 4 PhD and 1 Masters students. He is aiming to train all his students to be careful observers, critical thinkers and more independent researchers.
Dr Liu has also developed an undergraduate unit "Analysis of Food and Natural Products" in 2022. He has been teaching that unit and several other undergraduate units at Southern Cross University. Dr Liu currently serves as the Deputy Director of Higher Degree Research Training (HDRT) for the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Southern Cross University. This role is dedicated to managing and facilitating the PhD and Master by Thesis programs within his Faculty.
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Lei (Jeremy) Xu
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Hi there, I'm Lei (Jeremy) Xu, and I'm an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
In the professional realm, my journey delves deep into the intricate world of entrepreneurship. My research is the flame that fuels my passion, with a sizzling focus on unraveling the mysteries of entrepreneurial ecosystem heterogeneity, the pulse of venture capital organization, and the intricate art of social network analysis. I'm all about igniting ideas and sparking innovation.
My personal motto:
Stay humble, work hard, and be kind.
Google scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=d9i-FUYAAAAJ&hl=en
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Leidy Klotz
Associate Professor of Engineering and Co-Director, Convergent Behavioral Science Initiative, University of Virginia
Leidy's scholarship merging engineering and social science for a more sustainable and resilient built environment has been consistently funded, including through an NSF CAREER award and through one of the first awards through NSF’s interdisciplinary INSPIRE program. He also played a lead role in programs, funded by grants from NSF and the Department of Education, which support cohorts of graduate students on interdisciplinary research in a more resilient and sustainable built environment. Since 2012, he has advised 11 Ph.D. graduates (ten from groups underrepresented in engineering) and eight graduates of his research team have secured faculty positions.
Leidy has twice been selected by students as top teacher in his department and twice recognized for individual mentoring of top undergraduates.
Before becoming an academic, Leidy worked managing the design and construction of building projects in New Jersey and before that he played professional soccer for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds.
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Leigh Fletcher
Royal Society Research Fellow, University of Leicester
I am presently a Royal Society Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester. I graduated with a DPhil in Planetary Physics from Jesus College, Oxford (2007) for my investigation of Saturn's atmosphere from the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, and spent two years working as a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California. I returned to Oxford in 2010 on a Glasstone Science Fellowship and Royal Society University Research Fellowship (URF).
I specialise in the analysis of remote sensing data of the giant planets in our solar system, using a variety of visiting spacecraft (e.g., Cassini, Galileo, Voyager), space-based telescopes (Hubble, Spitzer, Herschel) and ground-based observatories (VLT, Gemini and IRTF). I also use transit spectroscopy of extrasolar giant planets to determine the properties of planets around other stars. These sources of data allow us to investigate the atmospheric dynamics, composition, and origins of giant planets and their extensive satellite systems.
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Leigh Johnson
Associate professor, University of Cape Town
Dr Leigh Johnson is an actuary and epidemiologist. His work to date has focused mainly on modelling the HIV epidemic in South Africa and evaluating the impact and coverage of HIV programmes. He is the lead developer of the Thembisa model and he co-chairs the UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates, Modelling and Projections.
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Leigh McKinnon
Research Affiliate, School of Philosophical, Historical, and International Studies, Monash University
I have been the Research Officer at Bendigo's Golden Dragon Museum since 2011, and have spent many years researching the processional traditions of the Chinese diaspora in Australia and North America.
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Leigh Riby
Professor of Cognitive-Neuroscience , Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Prof. Riby began his academic life studying for a PhD at Bristol University in experimental psychology on the topic of attentional control and multi-tasking in ageing. He then moved on to Stirling University to obtain his post-doctoral training in the use of multimodal brain imaging in the investigation of human memory. This early work was influential in driving his interest in the use of mixed methodology (behavioural, neuropsychological and imaging) to explore some of the critical research challenges in the field of gerontology. For instance, a programme of work is using brain imaging techniques (EEG and fMRI) to examine self-generated thought and mind-wandering patterns across the lifespan. The research examines how differences in brain network connectivity in ageing between temporal and prefrontal brain regions predicts positive impacts on behaviour (e.g. creativity; problem-solving; positive aspects of self-reflection). Beyond fundamental science, his intervention work aims to use what we have learnt in the lab to build novel and engaging programmes to encourage the use of untapped brain resources, promoting enhanced mental performance and wellbeing as we grow older. Prof. Riby’s work overall aims to lead theoretical and methodological development of successful and less successful ageing (e.g. diabetes; dementia) with the emphasis that decline is not inevitable. Further interests include the nutritional neurosciences, cognitive neuroscience of mindfulness/meditation and the link between mindful running and psychological wellbeing. More recently, Prof. Riby is conducting a series of behavioural and neuroscience investigations on music's potential to heal the mind.
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Leigh Signal
Professor in Fatigue Management and Sleep Health/Associate Dean, Research, Massey University
Dr. Leigh Signal is a Professor of Fatigue Management and Sleep Health at the Sleep/Wake Research Centre, Massey University, Wellington. Leigh trained as a Commercial Pilot and then completed a Master’s degree in Industrial and Organisational Psychology before completing her PhD in Public Health at the Sleep/Wake Research Centre. Leigh is involved in both basic and applied sleep and circadian research, postgraduate supervision and teaching. Her work spans two main areas.
The first is focused on identifying, managing and mitigating fatigue in applied settings, particularly for the aviation industry. She has worked with aircraft manufacturers, national and international airlines and regulators and has conducted studies onboard aircraft and in the laboratory environment. Leigh provides scientific advice to industry groups and regulators on the management of fatigue and has been an invited member of International Civil Aviation Organisation Fatigue Risk Management Task Forces. She is also often asked to provide expert evidence on the possible role of fatigue in workplace incidents and accidents. Leigh’s second stream of research is focused on the sleep health of women and children. She is interested in understanding the sleep of women across the perinatal period, the relationship between sleep and mental health across the lifespan, and ways we can support people to maintain good sleep health and mental health. She also has an interest in understanding inequities in sleep for women and children and the sociodemographic factors that drive these differences.
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Leigh Sparks
Professor of Retail Studies and Deputy Principal, University of Stirling
I am Professor of Retail Studies and Deputy Principal at the University of Stirling. I was a geography undergraduate at the University of Cambridge, and completed my Ph.D (on retail employment) at the University of Wales.
I have been professor of retail studies at Stirling since 1992. I was a Visiting Professor at Florida State University, Tallahassee from July 2000 to July 2001, and Visiting Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville from June to December 2006.
I undertake research into aspects of retailing, mainly for personal curiosity, but also on behalf of public and private clients and for the research councils and other funding bodies, as well as for major retailers. I have authored and edited a number of books, have published over 125 refereed journal articles as well as many practitioner, trade and newspaper pieces.
In 2012-2013 I was a member of the External Advisory Group for the Scottish Government’s National Review of Town Centres and also on the Expert Advisory Group reporting to the Scottish Government on the lessons to be learned from the horsemeat scandal.
My recent policy work has been as the Chair (and Author) of the Review of the Town Centre Action Plan (2020-21) for the Scottish Government (review published as A New Future for Scotland’s Town Centres). I was also a member of the Scottish Government’s 2020-21 Social Renewal Advisory Board (report published as If Not Now, When?) and was a member and workstream leader of the Scottish Government’s 2020-21 Ministerial Retail Strategy Steering Group (published as Getting the Right Change – a Retail Strategy for Scotland).
I am currently a member of Economic Impact and Price Expert Advisory Group on Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol for Public Health Scotland (2018-2023) and a Steering Board member of the Scottish Grocer Federation’s “Go Local” project (with Scotland Food and Drink, the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland). He is one (of three) University of Stirling members on the Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Region Deal Joint Committee and a member of the High Streets Task Force Professional, Research and Data Group.
I am currently Chair of the Scotland’s Towns Partnership.
I run a blog on things retail, typically Scottish: www.stirlingretail.com
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Leigh Sparks
I am Professor of Retail Studies at the University of Stirling. I was a geography undergraduate at the University of Cambridge, and completed my Ph.D (on retail employment) at the University of Wales.
I have been professor of retail studies at Stirling since 1992. I was a Visiting Professor at Florida State University, Tallahassee from July 2000 to July 2001, and Visiting Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville from June to December 2006.
I undertake research into aspects of retailing, mainly for personal curiosity, but also on behalf of public and private clients and for the research councils and other funding bodies, as well as for major retailers. I have authored and edited a number of books, have published over 125 refereed journal articles as well as many practitioner, trade and newspaper pieces.
In 2012-2013 I was a member of the External Advisory Group for the Scottish Government’s National Review of Town Centres and also on the Expert Advisory Group reporting to the Scottish Government on the lessons to be learned from the horsemeat scandal.
I am currently Chair of the Scotland’s Towns Partnership and Chair of IDS Scotland Ltd, the company set up by the Scottish Government to oversee Scottish Business Improvement Districts.
I run a blog on things retail, typically Scottish: www.stirlingretail.com
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Leigh Walker
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Dr Leigh Walker is an NHMRC Emerging Leader Fellow at The Florey. Leigh completed their undergraduate and honours degree at Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) before moving to Australia to undertake a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Melbourne.
Leigh’s research investigates the neurobiology of anxiety and alcohol use disorders. She is particularly interested in sex differences. To assess this, Leigh leverages various genetic, physiological, neuroanatomical, viral, and pharmacological approaches in rodent animal models to monitor, manipulate, and map the neural circuits, synapses, and signalling mechanisms that drive complex behaviours. She has been awarded University of Melbourne ECR, Brockhoff Foundation, ARC and NHMRC research funding to pursue her research.
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