Lecturer in Education, University of Cambridge Helen obtained her PhD in developmental psychology from the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London in 1998, where she also worked at the Centre for Social, Genetic and Developmental Research. Since then, she has worked at the Faculty of Education of the University of Cambridge as Research and Teaching Associate, working with, among others, Professor Jean Rudduck. During this time she has also lectured in developmental psychology in the Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies, was Director of Studies at Sidney Sussex College; and currently teaches at the Faculty of Education on undergraduate, masters and doctoral courses. She is also coordinator of the British Psychological Society accreditation programme for the Masters in Psychology and Education. Helen's research at the Faculty of Education has included: Sustaining pupils’ progress at year 3 (for Ofsted); Boys’ performance in modern foreign languages (for QCA); Friendships and performance at transfer and transition (for DfES); Consulting pupils about teaching and learning (ESRC funded project); How young children talk about fairness and How pupils deal with incidents of unfairness (projects internally funded by Research and Development for Helen Demetriou); a Gatsby funded project with Elaine Wilson: Supporting opportunities for new teachers’ professional growth; and has been been part of the Kazakhstan Project, focusing on the professional development of teachers in Kazakhstan. Currently Helen is researching ways to develop creativity in the D&T classroom with Bill Nicholl.
Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance & Senior Lecturer, Children’s Hospital Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney Helen is a Senior Research Fellow at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) and has a conjoint academic appointment as Senior Lecturer in The University of Sydney Children’s Hospital Westmead Clinical School. Helen has extensive experience working in vaccine preventable disease surveillance, vaccine safety and immunisation policy. Helen is the senior technical editor of the Australian Immunisation Handbook.
Research fellow, honorary research associate, University of Cape Town I am a research fellow at Conservation International and an honorary research associate at the University of Cape Town, enabling a linking of academia with grass roots conservation efforts. My main interest is nutrient cycling and drivers in aboveground-belowground communities, and what this means for ecosystem functioning and global change. Recent work tests how major drivers in grasslands and savanna (climate, herbivory, fire, woody plant encroachment) affect primary productivity as well as nutrient cycling, soil microbial and faunal diversity, and carbon sinks. My work has informed agroecological problems concerning sustainable and integrated livestock farming, human-wildlife conflict, as well as nutrition and water balance of indigenous crops (protea and rooibos, barley). Besides academic articles, my work includes translational productions such as manuals and policy briefs. My future research vision is to provide major contributions to the knowledge base of biodiversity and nutrient cycling within above-belowground communities, including wildlife areas, so that we can better understand the biodiversity-carbon nexus and manage habitats in the face of global change.
For the past two decades, my research, supported by NINDS and NIDA, has been focused on understanding the cellular mechanisms of dopamine transmission in both healthy and diseased conditions, including drug addiction, neuropsychiatric disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases. A major challenge in treating disorders where brain dopamine levels are dysregulated is identifying the precise molecular mechanisms involved and developing targeted therapies to address them.
I am an historian of science and technology specializing in the history of the life sciences and the history of information technology. My first book, Life out of sequence: a data driven history of bioinformatics (Chicago, 2013), examined the transformational role of computers and databases in recent biology. I am also the author of Biotechnology and society: an introduction (Chicago, 2016) and the co-editor (with Sarah Richardson) of Postgenomics: Perspectives on Biology After the Genome (Duke, 2015). My work crosses between history and anthropology and more recently I have written about the political and social impacts of artificial intelligence, big data, and surveillance technologies, particularly in an Asian context. I am currently completing a book about the rise of the life sciences in China.
Assistant Professor in Finance, Cardiff University Hossein joined the Accounting & Finance Section in January 2019. He received his MSc and PhD in Finance from Leeds University Business and his BSc in Computer Software Engineering. Prior to pursuing his MSc, he worked in financial industry for 5 years . Hossein's research interests include Cryptocurrencies and market microstructure. Hossein is the creator and founder of Cardiff University Bitcoin Database (CUBiD).
