Professor, Faculty of Environment, University of Northern British Columbia I am an insect ecologist in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Northern British Columbia. Insects, spiders, and their kin completely fascinate me. I love to talk about the interesting little creatures that we often find living alongside us, their amazing and often surprising behaviour, how we can work to conserve these fascinating animals, and how "bugs" affect humans -- both beneficially and otherwise. My research includes: - insect and other arthropod biodiversity across a variety of landscapes and ecosystems including forested, agricultural, urban, and aquatic environments. - insect chemical ecology – i.e., how organisms interact with each other using chemicals. - forest integrated pest management.
Professor of Law, University of Southampton After completing my Law (LLB) degree at Lancaster University in 1999, I completed my doctorate at Warwick Law School in criminal law and criminal justice. I have since lectured at universities of Reading, Manchester and Southampton, where I am now a Professor Criminal Law and Interdisciplinary Legal Studies.
Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Birmingham Dr David Adams has research interests in urban planning and urban geography. He has a Geography BSc (2002) from Loughborough University, an MA in Spatial Planning (2008) and a PhD (2014) in planning from Birmingham City University. He taught planning at Birmingham City University from 2008 until 2017. In 2015, David became the programme lead for Birmingham City University’s Royal Town Planning Institute-accredited undergraduate planning course. Prior to taking-up his teaching post, Dr Adams worked in public sector planning.
Curator of Earth Sciences, University of Manchester Dr David Gelsthorpe is Curator of Earth Sciences at Manchester Museum and Lead Curator on the Museum’s Wild exhibition. He has over twenty years’ experience working in the sector using culture and collections to change lives. He is particularly passionate about innovative alternative solutions to the biodiversity and climate crisis and connecting communities, academics and partners to deliver a hopeful biodiverse future. Other recent work includes the decolonisation of Manchester Museum’s mineral collection and the Museum’s new dinosaur gallery. He recently appeared on Channel 5’s Dinosaur with Stephen Fry. David is Chair of Your Trust (Rochdale’s Culture and Leisure Trust) and Chair of The UK Museums and Galleries Accreditation Scheme.
Senior Lecturer in Operations and Innovation Management, CQUniversity Australia Dr Imran Ali is a Discipline Lead in Management & Innovation and a Senior Lecturer in Operations and Innovation Management at CQUniversity's Melbourne Campus. He earned his PhD in Business Management from the University of South Australia (UniSA) Business School in August 2017, supported by a fully-funded scholarship. With over 18 years of experience in diverse academic, industrial, and research institutions both in Australia and overseas, Imran has established himself as an expert in supply chains and operations management. Imran's research primarily focuses on operations, logistics and supply chain management, with a particular focus on emerging topics in agri-food supply chains, including digital transformation, risk management and resilience, circular economy, sustainability, and climate change. The current scope of his research aligns with multiple United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (1, 2, 8, 9 & 13). Imran's work has been published in a range of A/A* (Q1) journals, such as the International Journal of Information Management, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Production Economics, Production Planning & Control, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Business Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, and high-quality conference proceedings. Imran currently sits on the Editorial Board of several prestigious journals: the Journal of Business Research, Production Planning & Control and the International Journal of Emerging Markets. He works closely with the researchers of 'Fight Food Waste CRC' and the 'Centre for Regional Economies and Supply Chain' at CQUniversity to pitch his research to industry partners and funding bodies for external research grants. To this end, Imran's current research grants, as a lead investigator, include: CRCNA (external) - $30,000.00 (2020-2024); Industry partners' (external)- $30,000.00 (2020-2023) + $90,000.00 (2022-2025); CQU's Internal Competitive Research Grant - $12,801.00 (2019-2021). Imran has received multiple teaching and research accolades, such as: Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Early-Career Researcher in 2022; Vice-Chancellor's Research Commendation Award for Outstanding Early-Career Researcher in 2021; Dean's Award for Outstanding Early-Career Researcher in 2021 & 2022 (two years in a row) at CQUniversity; the Educator of the Year Award in 2019; and the Best Proceedings Paper at the Academy of Management 2019 Conference (USA). Before joining academia, Imran held various managerial positions (> 10 years) at small and large organisations and contributed to the organisations' productivity by conducting business analysis, problem-driven research, and benefits realisation reports. As a Business Consultant, Imran applied a range of business management tools and trained staff, earning him a "Best Performance Award" from the company's CEO.
Associate Professor, Neonatology, ANU Medical School, Australian National University David has worked in Neonatal Medicine for 44 years initially as a medical scientist obtaining a MSc and PhD from Sydney University. Following these qualifications, he obtained a medical degree at Sydney University in 1998. Since then, he has continued to work within the field of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine. Currently, he works in the Neonatal Department at the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children, Canberra. He has a university appointment of Associate Professor at the Australian National University (ANU) in the School of Medicine and Psychology. His main focus of research had been Chronic Lung Disease and Retinopathy of Prematurity in preterm babies, but he now also has a major interest in Tongue Ties in babies that can affect breastfeeding. Since 2006, David has established and is the lead clinician at the Tongue Tie Clinic at the Centenary Hospital.
