Contributors

Emma Thomson

Clinical Professor of Infectious Diseases and Associate Director, MRC-Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow

Clinical Professor of Infectious Diseases and Associate Director, MRC-Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow I am an infectious diseases physician and researcher specialising in virus research. I have a strong interest in emerging viral infections in sub-Saharan Africa

Elizabeth A. MacDonald

Space Physicist, NASA

Space Physicist, NASA My research has focused on experimental particle measurement techniques and data analysis in the magnetosphere and ionosphere for the last 15 years. Currently I am a Co-I on the Helium, Oxygen, Proton, and Electron Spectrometer on the NASA Radiation Belts Storm Probe mission. At Los Alamos National Laboratory, I was the PI for the Z-Plasma Spectrometer on the DOE Space and Atmospheric Burst Reporting System (SABRS) geosynchronous payload. I also led the Innovative Research and Integrated Sensing (IRIS) team in my group (www.lanl.gov/projects/iris). In the recent past I've led the DoE-funded Technology Infusion Project entitled Modular Advanced Space Environment Instrumentation (from 2009-2011) and served as the PI for the Advanced Miniaturized Plasma Spectrometer on the DOE SABRS Validation Experiment payload (2007-2008). I have a blend of expertise in both instrument development and data analysis and interpretation that comes from sounding rocket and satellite instrumentation experience. This experience ranges over the complete cycle of instrument production, including design and modeling, integration and testing, calibration, satellite operations, and in situ scientific data analysis. As a result, I'm very interested in instrument technology development, basic magnetospheric science, and space situational awareness national priorities. My specific research interests include wave-particle interactions and the effect of plasma on radiation belt dynamics, mapping, coupling, and transport between the ionosphere and the inner magnetosphere, and the impact of heavy ions on geomagnetic storm processes. I received my Masters and PhD degrees from the University of New Hampshire. I received a Bachelor's in Physics from the University of Washington, largely funded by a NASA Space Grant scholarship. I began work in Code 673 in February 2014.

Emily Scicluna

Research Associate – Thylacine Integrated Genomic Restoration Research Laboratory, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne

Research Associate – Thylacine Integrated Genomic Restoration Research Laboratory, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne Research Associate – Thylacine Integrated Genomic Restoration Research Laboratory (TIGRR), University of Melbourne PhD candidate - La Trobe University. Major research focus of endangered species conservation (particularly carnivorous marsupials), behaviour, skull morphology, captive breeding and reintroduction, with a soft spot for fat-tailed dunnarts.

Edwin Burns

Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Edge Hill University

Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Edge Hill University If you think you or someone you know suffers from prosopagnosia/faceblindness (i.e., regular difficulties when recognising faces they should), then please get in touch with me if you would like to be tested for the condition at burnse@edgehill.ac.uk I’m a psychologist who is interested in vision in those with intact face recognition skills, neuropsychological (i.e., brain damage) and neurodevelopmental (i.e., lifelong problems in certain aspects of cognition) groups. A significant proportion of this work has focused on individuals who suffer from developmental prosopagnosia, a lifelong condition characterised by severe difficulties recognising facial identity. Unfortunately, most of the people who believe they have prosopagnosia will not receive a diagnosis using current approaches to testing. I hope to remedy this through my latest research (Burns et al., 2022). I also do work with aphantasia (people who can't visualise imagery in their mind) and developmental co-ordination disorder (people who have trouble with movement). I am also interested in how we perceive a face when it is viewed with other faces nearby. This can often lead to a phenomenon called a cheerleader or friend effect, where the presence of others can make us appear more attractive or trustworthy. My recent paper (Burns et al., 2021, Cognition) drew many of these effects together in a framework that will help authors understand the myriad of influences on such phenomena. Please get in touch with me at burnse@edgehill.ac.uk if you have any questions about my work, or would like to study for a fully funded PhD (open to candidates worldwide). PhD applications are often open near closing dates in January or summer.

Esin Ozdil

Senior Lecturer in Accounting, La Trobe University

Senior Lecturer in Accounting, La Trobe University Dr Esin Ozdil is a passionate accounting educator and researcher at the Department of Accounting, Data Analytics, Economics & Finance of La Trobe Business School. She has a track record of subject coordinating and teaching professionally accredited accounting subjects and providing a positive, accessible, inclusive and engaging learning experience to a diverse cohort of students. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on public sector and management accounting, strategic management, organisational change, accounting education, and ethical qualitative accounting, published in prominent peer-reviewed accounting journals recognised by the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) and Web of Science (WoS).

Eugene Lim

Professor in Theoretical Physics, King's College London

Professor in Theoretical Physics, King's College London I am a Professor of Theoretical Physics at King's College London.