Contributors

Bob Barnetson

Professor of Labour Relations, Athabasca University

Professor of Labour Relations, Athabasca University Bob Barnetson is a professor of labour relations at Athabasca University. His research focuses on the political economy of workplace regulation in Alberta with specific attention to occupational injury, child labour and farm worker rights.

Bhavtik Vallabhjee

Head: Power, Utilities & Infrastructure at Absa CIB

Head: Power, Utilities & Infrastructure at Absa CIB Bhavtik C. Vallabhjee has over 25 years of Corporate & Investment Banking experience in South Africa, the Middle East and London. He has been engaged in structuring major project finance transactions in sectors such as power (incl. Renewable Energy), water, oil & gas, telecoms, transportation, healthcare & industrial projects. Bhavtik has worked on several deals in the Middle East and a number of African countries. He has focused on Renewable Energy since 2008 and has personally originated more than 30 projects. He is currently Head of Absa Corporate & Investment Banking Power, Utilities & Infrastructure team and works across conventional & renewable power technologies in Africa. He is based in London.

Brian Timmer

PhD Student, Department of Biology, University of Victoria

PhD Student, Department of Biology, University of Victoria

Bunmi Omorotionmwan

Lecturer in Microbiology, Nottingham Trent University

Lecturer in Microbiology, Nottingham Trent University My research background is the genetic engineering of Clostridium for industrial and clinical applications. These include the generation of advanced genetic tools to extend product range and increase solvent productivity in Clostridium acetobutylicum as well as in the development of a modular spore vaccine platform. My pedagogical research interests explore how new teaching innovations and inclusive assessments can be used to narrow engagement and attainment gaps among student groups. I had my BSc (First Class) in Microbiology from the University of Benin, Nigeria and MSc (with Distinction) in Food Production Management from the University of Nottingham, UK. I completed my PhD in Molecular Microbiology at the University of Nottingham in 2020. Following this, I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SBRC), University of Nottingham on the metabolic engineering of Clostridium acetobutylicum for improved biofuel production and afterwards in the development of a spore vaccine platform using Clostridium chassis. Prior to joining NTU, I worked as a lecturer in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Benin, Nigeria.

Brian Tanner

Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University, Durham University

Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University, Durham University Brian K. Tanner is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University, U.K. and Adjunct Professor at Dublin City University, Ireland. He moved to Durham in 1973, as a University Lecturer, after holding a Junior Research Fellowship at Linacre College, Oxford, U.K. In 1978, he co-founded Bede Scientific Instruments Ltd., which floated in 2000 as Bede plc and is now a division of the giant Bruker corporation. Promoted to Full Professor in 1990, he was the Head of the Physics Department at Durham University from 1996 to 1999. He retired as Dean for University Enterprise in 2016. From 2003 to 2015, he was Chairman and then Non-executive Director of another spin-out from Durham University, which is listed on the London AIM Stock Exchange as the Kromek Group plc. He has published over 400 papers in refereed international journals, authored two books, co-authored two books, and edited three books. His current research interests include use of high resolution X-ray imaging to study advanced materials and the history of science in the medieval period. He is a member of the core research team of the interdisciplinary Ordered Universe Project studying the scientific works of the 13th century polymath, Robert Grosseteste. A Fellow of the Institute of Physics and the Royal Society of Arts, Prof. Tanner received the Barrett Award of the Pennsylvania-Based International Center for Diffraction Data in 2005, the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion in 2012, and the Gabor Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics in 2014.

Ben Kravitz

Assistant Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University

Assistant Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University I run climate models on global and regional scales. My main area of research is climate engineering, or deliberate modification of the climate system to offset global warming. I have completed postdoctoral research associate positions at the Carnegie Institution for Science and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). I was then a staff scientist at PNNL for 3 years before accepting a faculty position at Indiana University, starting 2019.