Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg Daniele Silvestro is a computational biologist with expertise in evolutionary and conservation biology. He leads a research team at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland that develops computational methods and software to study evolutionary processes across different organisms including plants, vertebrates, and invertebrate groups. They also cover new methods and software to predict extinction risk in modern species, to model the dynamics of the ongoing biodiversity crisis, and to optimise conservation efforts using artificial intelligence.
Professor of Human Development and Family Science; Director of the Center for Early Learning, Purdue University I’m a professor of Human Development and Family Science at Purdue University. The focus of my research is on early mathematics and reading development, assessment, and intervention. I am also the Director of the Center for Early Learning which is a research, practice, and policy center.
Professor, California State University, Sacramento David Zeanah is Professor of Anthropology at Sacramento State, where he has taught since 1999. He is trained as a prehistoric archaeologist, with geographic expertise in the Great Basin region of the United States, but has broad interests in evolutionary theory, hunter-gatherer organization and subsistence, ethnoarchaeology, and the transition to agriculture. He has been a member of three international, collaborative research projects. Martu Ecological Anthropology project- a long-term ethnographic and ecological collaboration with the Martu people of Western Australia on the social relationships, land use and resource values of a contemporary hunter-gatherer economy. Barrow Island Archaeological Project- archaeological investigations of the Pleistocene (Ice Age) occupation and hunter-gatherer adaptations in Western Australia. Grass Valley Paleoindian Archaeological Project survey and investigation of Late Pleistocene sites in Grass Valley Nevada,
Mualgal man, Moa Island, Torres Strait, Indigenous Knowledge Torres Strait Island artist David Bosun grew up in a very sensitive cultural environment and from the age of four he practised traditional dancing and singing. He first became interested in art in grade six after participating in an art class at school. David went to Thursday Island Secondary school and later moved to All Saints and St Gabriels Anglican college in Charters Towers, Queensland. During High School he was always in trouble for drawing in class instead of doing his work. David has attended James Cook University and Cairns TAFE. He travelled extensively internationally with the touring exhibition Gelam my Son. He was also part of a delegation to Cambridge University and is believed to be part of the first people from the Torres Strait to examine the Haddon Collection of Torre Strait artefacts. David has also attended a cultural exchange in Suva, Fiji. David believes that both the future generations in the Torres Strait as well as the rest of the world need to be educated about the rich cultural heritage and distinctiveness of Torres Strait culture. He is striving to record and illustrate his ancestral beliefs & traditions through the visual and performing arts.
Professor, Political Science; Academic Director, Wilson College of Leadership and Civic Engagement, McMaster University Faculty of Social Sciences, McMaster University Professor, Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences Professor Emeritus, Western University, Academic Director, Wilson College of Leadership and Civic Engagement, Director, Brian Mulroney Institute of Government, Steven K. Hudson Chair in Canada-US Relations, and Professor, Political Science, Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University Adjunct Research Professor, Political Science, Western University Professor, Western University, Associate Professor, Political Science, Western University Assistant Professor, Western University,
Professor of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Ibadan Professor Daniel Oladimeji Oluwayelu is a veterinarian with MSc (veterinary microbiology) and PhD degrees from the University of Ibadan. He was appointed a lecturer II in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Ibadan in July 1995 and became a professor in October 2016. A seasoned academic with 25 years of teaching experience at the university level, Professor Oluwayelu has published extensively in the different fields of veterinary microbiology including virology, bacteriology and mycology. He has over 100 scientific publications comprising articles in peer-reviewed, high-impact journals, technical reports and conference papers to his credit. Professor Oluwayelu’s current research interests are viral diseases of livestock, companion animals and wildlife as well as arboviruses, emerging viruses and viral zoonoses at the human-animal-environment interface. He employs both classical virology and genomics techniques for the surveillance and diagnosis of these diseases. He is a member of several learned societies including the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, International Society for Infectious Diseases, American Society for Microbiology and American Society for Virology. He is also a Fellow of the College of Veterinary Surgeons, Nigeria (FCVSN).
