McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University A materials chemist that cooks up metals and minerals, making materials to improve our lives. Intermetallics and inorganic solid-state researcher.
Research Fellow in Quantitative Social Science, UCL Charlotte completed her PhD in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, where she studied adolescent mental health problems in relation to cognitive biases and negative life experiences. She now works at the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies, investigating a range of developmental and life course outcomes in relation to structural inequalities, using rich longitudinal data from multiple British birth cohort studies.
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon Chandler James is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Oregon. He specializes in American politics with a focus on the U.S. presidency. His research has been published in Presidential Studies Quarterly and has been supported by the American Political Science Association, the University of Chicago Council on Advanced Studies, and the Bradley Foundation. In 2018, he was an APSA MFP Fellow. He received a PhD, MA, and AB in Political Science from the University of Chicago.
Research Fellow, Auckland University of Technology Dr Chien Ju Ting joined AUT in 2018. She taught in AUT’s refugee programme delivering literacy and numeracy skills. She also taught critical media studies and English for academic studies. She received her PhD in 2021. Her PhD looked at Indigenous language revitalisation and language policies in Taiwan. Although she has authored numerous articles in this field, she also engages in collaborative work with scholars from various backgrounds, including sports and physical activity research, family violence studies, translation studies, and nursing. Chien has spoken at numerous conferences and has received a number of scholarships and awards during her PhD study, including the Kate Edger First-year Doctoral Award, the AUT Faculty of Culture and Society Doctoral Scholarship and a travel grant to enable her to attend the Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines (CADAAD) conference in Aalborg, Denmark. Chien's PhD research centres on Indigenous linguistic rights, showcasing her commitment to research that confronts power dynamics and seeks to advance equity in real-world scenarios for indigenous communities. This dedication is further evident in her collaborative research efforts. Currently, she supports Te Kākano Research Network within the School of Sport and Recreation (https://te-kakano.aut.ac.nz/). The Network supports research that engages mātauranga.
Professor, The University of Queensland Chiara is Professor in Veterinary Pathology at the School of Veterinary Science (SVS) of the University of Queensland (UQ). She is a board certified specialist veterinary pathologist (Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Pathology), graduated with a DVM from the University of Teramo (Italy) in 2002 and a PhD in Ultrastructural Pathology in 2006. Before joining UQ in 2012, She has been working as an Assistant Professor in Veterinary Pathology at the University of Teramo (Italy). She has a specific research interest is small animal oncology, in particular canine prostate cancer, veterinary oncoepidemiology and cancer data. She is coordinator of the first national registry of canine and feline cancers (ACARCinom), co-coordinator of the Global Initiative for Veterinary Cancer Surveillance (GIVCS) committee for the establishment of international standards of veterinary cancer registration and team leader of the comparative oncology theme of the Queensland Alliance of One Health Science. She is past President of the Australian Society for Veterinary Pathology and, within UQ SVS, she has been postgraduate coursework coordinator (2014-2017), HDR coordinator (2017-2019) and Director of Research (2019-2021). She has received several academic awards, including SVS awards for research excellence (2017, 2021), best lecturer (2021, 2022, 2023), and UQ award for excellence in HDR supervision (2020). She has published more than 100 papers on international journals, 3 book chapters and numerous abstracts in proceedings of national and international conferences.
PhD candidate, University of Adelaide Cambrey Payne (he/they) is a queer, autistic PhD researcher and writer. His current research, 'Embodying Autism', explores how autistic adults make meaning from their embodied experiences, with emphasis on centring autistic voices. Cam has a background in Gender Studies, completing his Honours in 2019 at the University of Adelaide. His research engages with the ways politics of identity are enacted by queer and other marginalised groups. He currently convenes the Disability Studies/Crip Theory reading group, which includes academics from multiple Australian universities. He also leads a regular writers' group for aspiring teenage writers.