Professor of Neuroscience, Boston University Andrey Vyshedskiy, Ph.D. is a neuroscientist from Boston University. He has authored over 100 scientific publications that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, J. of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Thorax, Chest, J. of Neuroscience and other leading scientific journals. His research focuses on children development, the neurological basis of imagination, and evolution of language. He has founded multiple successful companies and directed the development of several FDA approved medical devices. Based on his research, ImagiRation has designed a therapy application for children with autism (MITA), that has been demonstrated to significantly improve their language abilities.
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Nottingham Plant physiologist, working with trees, crops and horticultural species. In particular investigating adventitious (stem-formed) roots to understand how they develop and function - how are they triggered in normal development or by stressful environments, how do they take up nutrients and water and what that means for the whole plant. Currently funded by the Forestry Commission Tree Production Innovation Fund, Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Whetman Plants International and Royal Society International Exchange grant.
Senior research fellow, Griffith University I am a Digital Archaeologist specializing in rock art recording and enhancement using photogrammetry and other remote sensing techniques including lidar and unmanned aerial systems. I have almost 20 years of archaeological experience in Australia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia working on some of the most famous World Heritage Sites like Kakadu National Park (NT), Niah Cave (Malaysia), and Nan Madol (Pohnpei). I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Place, Evolution, and Rock Art Heritage Unit at Griffith University currently working on an ARC Special Research Initiative (Art at a crossroads: Aboriginal responses to contact in northern Australia and the Griffith Postdoctoral Fellowship (Lost and Found CHamoru Cultural Heritage: Using lidar to find archaeological sites in the Mariana Islands) among other projects.
Deputy Director, PIER; Associate Professor, Criminology, Anglia Ruskin University Anna joined Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University in 2005 and in January 2023 Anna moved to PIER. Anna has been successful with a number of externally funded projects, including British Academy Small Grants (investigating drug related issues in Ukrainian prisons, the experience of migrant workers in Eastern Europe). In May 2013, the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences hosted the 14th Cross-Border Crime Colloquium, welcoming leading European criminologists. Anna has collaborated on a number of research projects with Karazin Kharkiv National University and National University of Internal Affairs (Kharkiv, Ukraine). Research interests Countries in transition Organised crime and corruption Transnational policing Police reforms in Ukraine Legitimacy and trust Policing in war time War crimes in Ukraine Environmental crimes and war Areas of research supervision Organised crime and corruption
Head of the Research Lab for Psychological Support of Law Enforcement, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs Dr. Alexey Serdyuk (Oleksii Serdiuk) is a Head of the Research Laboratory for Psychological Support of Law Enforcement, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine; Lieutenant Colonel of Police. He was born in 1974. PhD Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs (Sociology), 2003; BA/MA V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Psychology) and Kharkiv Institute of Management (Economics), 1997. Associate Professor in Sociology, 2006. Visiting Scholar and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Michigan, Addiction Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, 2015. His previous appointments include Deputy Head of Research Lab on Combating Crime; Head of Research Lab on Distance Education; Head of Sociology and Social Work Department; Deputy Head of Research Lab for Staff, Sociological and Psychological Support of Law Enforcement. He is author of over 150 publications. Has extensive experience in international research on sociology, psychology, criminology, policing and epidemiology of substance abuse. Research: 2019 – present, Ukrainian Longitudinal Study (ULS) – measuring behavioral development of Ukrainian children across the transition from middle to high school and then to college with special focus on substance abuse risk factors with interdisciplinary methodological approach (Principal investigator) 1995 – present, Youth and Drugs – Substance Use Monitoring Among Youth in Kharkiv City (Principal investigator) in cooperation with Sociological Association of Ukraine within the Regional Community Safety and Public Order Ensuring Program and Development Strategy for Kharkiv Region 2013 – present, Trust and Safety – Measuring of police performance in Kharkiv region (Principal investigator) in cooperation with Sociological Association of Ukraine and European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM), within the Regional Community Safety and Public Order Ensuring Program and Development Strategy for Kharkiv Region 2013 – present, Corruption in the Everyday Life – Survey on corruption in Kharkiv region (Principal investigator) 2014 Survey on socio-political situation in Kharkiv region and identifying ways of overcoming the crisis (Principal investigator) 2013 – 2014 Like mother, like daughter: Intergenerational criminality of Ukrainian women, in collaboration with Ohio State University – Marion, USA (Co-Principal investigator) 2011 – 2012 Study of the effect of internal and external migration on the criminal situation in Kazakhstan, in collaboration with International Organization for Migration (scientific consultant on criminology) 2010 – 2011 Migrant workers and crime: where Kings Lynn meets Moscow. The study in England, Russia and Ukraine, in collaboration with Anglia Ruskin University (Co-Principal investigator) 2007 – 2009 Corruption in State traffic inspection (STI) of the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine (Project director / Principal investigator) 2007 – 2008 Drugs-crime connection: the study of convicted offenders in Ukraine In collaboration with Anglia Ruskin University (Co-Principal investigator) 2005 Monitoring of illegal spread of drugs among young people in Kharkov region (Co-Principal investigator) 2001 Injection drug use in Kharkov region: WHO survey of injection drug use, stage 2. (scientific expert of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs) 2000 – 2001 Organizational and methodical aspects of drug abuse prevention among youth. Measures in Ukraine, Germany, Spain and Russia (Co-Principal investigator / scientific expert of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs) 1998 – 1999 The dynamics, socio-cultural context and subjective conditions of illegal spread of drugs among young people Since the Second World War (Co-Principal investigator / as scientific expert of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs)
PhD Candidate in Business, University of Tennessee Ashley Y. Roccapriore is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Haslam College of Business at The University of Tennessee. Her research focuses on how stakeholders make decisions about entrepreneurs that enable them to obtain the resources they need to start, grow, and sustain their venture, as well as how firm and investment failure, interpersonal relationships, and context influence both stakeholder and entrepreneur decision making.
