Biomedical Engineer, University of Sydney Christina is a PhD candidate in the School of Biomedical Engineering and Brain and Mind Centre at the University of Sydney. She applies AI and computational neuroscience to MRI and EEG data to map brain networks and signals. Her goal is to explore novel neuroimaging biomarkers that can guide diagnosis and treatment of persons living with drug-resistant epilepsy. Along with a postgraduate in psychology and neuroscience, her broad experience includes a clinical role providing EEG neurofeedback and leading a software development team.
PhD, University of Sydney Cyma Hibri is a second-year PhD student living and working on Gadigal land. Their research is on the influences of humanitarian ideologies and practices in documentaries made in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle.
PhD Student, Anthropology, University of Toronto I a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. My research is focused on human evolutionary genetics, pigmentation genetics, and phenotype prediction. The driving question which has motivated me throughout my academic career is ‘what makes us human’? At the undergraduate level, I explored this broad question from a historical perspective, participating in archaeological excavations in Italy to learn about humans from ancient civilizations. As a part of the excavation team I was involved in processing pottery, as well as conducting age and sex estimations of excavated skeletons. This experience is what initially drew me to working with genetic data; I realized that to uncover exactly what made an ancient person human, it would be required to delve deeper than the skeleton, and into the genome. As a result, my graduate studies were focused on studying human evolutionary genetics, where I was able to integrate both a historic and genetic perspective. Today, some of the questions I am interested in include: How do natural selection and other historic evolutionary forces shape the genome? How can population genetics be used to answer questions about human history, for instance in relation to population movements and interactions? And how do gene studies help determine the probabilities of ancestry, disease risk, and phenotypic variation?
Associate lecturer in Comedy, Bath Spa University I teach comedy writing for BBC Writersroom, Bath Spa University and the British Library. I also run online and in person comedy writing classes that anyone can join. I coach sitcom, comedy drama, sketch and stand-up writing. And if you are performing your work, I can coach you in the delivery and performance. My speaking training also has an unusual focus on getting the content and the words right before looking at the delivery. Speaking coaching clients include PwC, Allen & Overy and Superheroes ad agency (Amsterdam). I also work with individuals. And I direct shows of original material, from stand-up to comedy plays, for the stage. I work with original material as again I have a sharp focus on the writing as well as the performance. My live directing work has been seen at Soho Theatre, Bloomsbury Theatre (London), Pleasance, Assembly and Underbelly (Edinburgh) as well as internationally including Melbourne Comedy Festival. I am the author of Creating Comedy Narratives for Stage and Screen and A Director's Guide to the Art of Stand-up both published by Bloomsbury Methuen.
Senior Lecturer, University of Pretoria PhD in Landscape Architecture, University of Pretoria (2015) Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (2009) Masters in Design, UNAM, Mexico (2003) BL Landscape Architecture (1998)
Co-cooridinator of the Tangentyere Youth Safety Group, and Northern Territory Aboriginal domestic, family, and sexual violence advisory group, Indigenous Knowledge
