Contributors

Amélie Gilker Beauchamp

Étudiante à la maîtrise en psychoéducation, Université de Montréal

Étudiante à la maîtrise en psychoéducation, Université de Montréal Détentrice d'un baccalauréat en psychologie et actuellement étudiante à la maîtrise en psychoéducation, mes recherches portent sur l'association entre l'exposition préscolaire au contenu télévisuel violent et les comportements extériorisés à l'adolescence.

Ashleigh Kropp

PhD Student, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University

PhD Student, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University Ash is a PhD student in the Grinter lab primarily working on elucidating the structure and function of the hydrogenases in Mycobacterium smegmatis. She completed her undergraduate, Honours, and Masters of Philosophy degrees at the University of Melbourne/WEHI, writing her thesis on the structural and functional role of specific human kinases that are involved in numerous cancers. In late 2019, Ash joined the Greening lab at Monash as a research assistant and then began her PhD in the Grinter lab in February 2022.

Andrew Vanderburg

Assistant Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Assistant Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Prof. Andrew Vanderburg’s research focuses on studying exoplanets, or planets which orbit stars other than the Sun. Andrew is interested in developing cutting-edge techniques and methods to discover new planets outside of our solar system, and studying the planets we find to learn their detailed properties. In recent years, astronomers have found that planets the size of Earth are common in our galaxy, but little is known about their characteristics. Are these planets mostly rocky like the Earth, or do they have thick gaseous atmospheres like Uranus and Neptune? From which elements and materials are these planets built, and are their geologies similar to our own planet’s? Andrew and his team tackle these problems by conducting astronomical observations using facilities on Earth like the Magellan Telescopes in Chile as well as space-based observatories like the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite and the James Webb Space Telescope. Once the data from these telescopes are in hand, Andrew’s team specializes in developing new analysis methods that help extract as much scientific value as possible. Currently, Andrew’s group is exploring the use of machine learning — especially deep neural networks — in exoplanet detection to both increase the sensitivity and efficiency of planet searches. Eventually, through this work, Andrew hopes to help answer questions like “Are the planets orbiting other stars throughout the galaxy anything like the worlds in our Solar system?” and “Could any of these planets be hospitable to life like the Earth?”.

Andreï Kozovoï

Professeur des universités, Université de Lille

Professeur des universités, Université de Lille Andreï Kozovoï est docteur en histoire et professeur à l'Université de Lille où il enseigne l'histoire russe et soviétique. Spécialiste de la Guerre froide, son histoire des services secrets russes (Tallandier) a été couronnée du Grand Prix de l'Académie du renseignement. Il est aussi l'auteur d'une biographie remarquée de Leonid Brejnev, "Brejnev l'antihéros" (Perrin) et coauteur du "Livre noir de Vladimir Poutine" (Perrin / Robert Laffont). En février 2023 sortira la 2e édition actualisée de son dictionnaire d'histoire et de civilisation russe (Ellipses). En avril, verront le jour une réédition enrichie de sa Chute de l'URSS (Tempus) et un inédit sur les femmes révolutionnaires russes, "Egéries rouges" (Perrin).

André O. Hudson

Interim Dean/Professor-College of Science, Rochester Institute of Technology

Interim Dean/Professor-College of Science, Rochester Institute of Technology The major themes of research in the Hudson lab are vested in biochemistry and microbiology. More specifically, in the areas of amino acid metabolism, structural analyses of enzymes involved in amino acid and bacterial peptidoglycan metabolism that are putative targets for antibiotic development, and the isolation, identification and genomic characterization of plant-associated bacteria. Dr. Hudson has secured approximately $3 million in federal/state funded grants and contracts as PI and or CoPI from the NIH, NSF, Bayer Corporation, Sweetwater Energy and Natcore Technology. Dr. Hudson has published over 75 peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Hudson is a highly respected and well liked teacher. His teaching contributions are substantial especially during the conversion to semesters when he rewrote all the courses he teaches. Dr. Hudson has mentored and engaged many students in research and has published in peer-reviewed journals with a number of them. Many of his students have gone to pursue further research at prestigious institutions. Dr. Hudson joined the RIT faculty in 2008 following a post-doctoral fellowship at Rutgers University. He earned his B.S. (2000) in Biology from Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA., and his Ph.D. (2006) in Plant Biochemistry from Rutgers University.

Anna Debinski

Research Assistant, The University of Melbourne

Research Assistant, The University of Melbourne Anna Debinski is a PhD Candidate, Research Assistant and Sessional Tutor in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. Her research lies at the intersection of screen and disability studies. She has published work on disability and documentary, disability and stardom, the ethics of disability representation and disabled screen workers.