Researcher, University of Oxford I am a BRC Researcher with research interests in trialling interventions for the management and treatment of obesity-related diseases. My PhD at Newcastle University focused on assessing the potential utilisation of lifestyle therapies as a means of treating and managing liver disease. As part of this, I explored the feasibility of a very low calorie diet (VLCD) to achieve significant weight loss in patients with advanced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). I am currently working on the DIAMOND programme, which is looking to see how effective a low-energy, low-carbohydrate behavioural programme is for people with Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM). I am also working on the RESULT study, which is looking to assess a digitally delivered low-carbohydrate diet for people with recently diagnosed T2DM.
Reader in Structural Robustness, University of Surrey Dr Juan Sagaseta joined University of Surrey as a Lecturer in September 2010. He obtained the degree of Civil Engineering (Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos) at the School of Civil Engineering in Santander, University of Cantabria (Spain) in 2003. During his degree, he specialized in the area of structures obtaining a final grade of A (Sobresaliente). After graduation, he worked as a Structural Engineer in a consultancy office in Madrid (Proes) carrying out structural design of buildings and bridges. In 2005, he moved to London to start his PhD at Imperial College London on Shear Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures. His thesis was focused on the influence of aggregate fracture on the shear strength of reinforced concrete beams. This work included testing of large-scale specimens and developing analytical models using the strut-and-tie method, discrete crack approaches and non-linear finite element analysis. The work was summarized in five journal papers and several conference papers. During his PhD he was a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London in the following courses: Constructionarium project, Creative Design, Reinforced Concrete Design, Structural Mechanics and Autocad Drawing. From 2008 to 2010, Dr Juan Sagaseta was a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, where he carried out research on punching shear of flat slabs and slab bridges. His work at EPFL focused on extending existing punching shear models and design methods to non-symmetrical cases, which are commonly found in practice. The findings contributed towards the validation of the new design formulas for punching shear in the first version of the New Model Code 2010 produced by the Fédération Internationale du Béton (fib). In 2011 he was awarded the fib Achievement Award (research category) based on his Doctoral Thesis for the scientific and technical contributions in the area of structural concrete. In 2012 he received the Magazine of Concrete Research Award (ICE publishing) for best paper of the year. In 2013-2014 he was the principal investigator in a EPSRC project on the structural performance of flat slab-column connections under impact and blast loading. He is currently involved in research on structural robustness and the development of innovative forms of construction using steel-concrete solutions.
Research Associate in the Department of Psychology, Durham University I am a postdoctoral research associate studying comparative psychology in great apes. My research interests include empathy and other emotional processes, decision-making, rationality, conflict management, and individual and group-level variation in the aforementioned concepts. I have worked with captive, wild, and sanctuary-living populations of primates. My current research is focused on great apes, but I have interests in and some experience studying human populations. I completed my Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University of Kent and my PhD at Durham University, where I now work.
Directeur de recherche au CNRS, Université de Lorraine Jacques PIRONON a fondé le laboratoire GeoRessources de l’Université de Lorraine et du CNRS (Nancy, France). Il est Directeur de Recherche au CNRS à l'Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers et Docteur en Géologie de l'Université de Lorraine. Spécialiste des fluides géologiques en milieu sédimentaire, il pilote des projets de recherche pour réduire la part des émissions de CO2 atmosphérique, pour comprendre la formation des gisements de pétrole et de gaz, pour aider à la surveillance de sites industriels et réduire l’impact environnemental de l’exploitation du sous-sol. Acteur important de la recherche partenariale, il anime des programmes de recherche partagés entre industrie et milieu académique.
Associate Professor of Complex Systems, University of Sydney A/Prof. Joseph Lizier is a faculty member of the School of Computer Science at The University of Sydney, where he teaches into the University's Master of Complex Systems degree. His research studies the dynamics of information processing in biological and bio-inspired complex systems and networks, in particular for neural systems. A/Prof. Lizier was awarded a PhD in Computer Science (2010), a BE (2000) and BSc (1998) from The University of Sydney. He has previously held postdoctoral positions at CSIRO and the Max Planck Institute (Leipzig, Germany), and worked in the telecommunications industry for 10 years, including at Seeker Wireless and Telstra Research Laboratories.
Assistant Professor of Management, Texas State University Dr. Jacob A. Waddingham is an Assistant Professor of Management in the McCoy College of Business at Texas State University. He earned a PhD in Management from Auburn University, an MBA from Iowa State University, and BS degrees in Journalism and Political Science from the University of Texas at Tyler. His research explores how organizations and entrepreneurs manage stakeholder perceptions, and stakeholder attitudes and behaviors. Jacob’s research has been published in multiple outlets, including Journal of Management and Journal of International Business Studies.
