Researcher in Data Science and Immersive Technologies, Stockholm University Luis Quintero is a researcher at Stockholm University, Sweden. His current scientific interest lies at the intersection of human-centered AI and immersive technologies. He holds a PhD degree in Computer and Systems Sciences, with a thesis exploring how future digital services may offer personalization based on virtual reality (VR) technologies and body data from wearables.
Lecturer in Politics and Communication , RMIT University I am interested in communication, journalism, news and politics (in the broadest sense). My PhD thesis addressed the development of online news in Australia and the changing professional journalistic roles and standards that were negotiated through that transition. For a brief period before returning to university to get my PhD, I worked with Misha Ketchell at Crikey, and maintain a keen interest in local news. I also spent 5 years (2015-2020) living in the US, and so have expanded my knowledge and research interests to include the American political and media landscapes. At RMIT, I teach courses about politics and economies to communication students. I'm currently working on a number of papers: about factchecking and its place in HASS teaching; on Stephen Colbert's shift from late night entertainer to political watchdog; and on the view from Australia of the mediatization of the US election.
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, George Mason University Lauren Cattaneo earned her doctorate in Clinical/Community Psychology from the University of Maryland (College Park) in 2001, and joined the faculty of the Clinical Psychology Program at George Mason University in 2003. Cattaneo applies a community psychology orientation to her work, centering on the ways psychology can facilitate and fuel efforts to address social problems, and create a more just society. Community psychology highlights the multiple layers of context influencing individuals and groups, and prioritizes partnership with community members and organizations in research, teaching and advocacy. Broadly, in her Lab for Community REACH (Resilience, Empowerment, Action, Change), Cattaneo and her students are interested in the wellbeing of marginalized populations, exploring and reimagining the role of institutions in societal arrangements, and in catalyzing critical civic awareness and engagement. Within the area of intimate partner violence, Cattaneo’s research has focused on the key constructs of empowerment and survivor-centered practice to explore the best ways to assist survivors. Cattaneo has won awards for excellence in teaching and mentorship from George Mason University and from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
Lecturer and Chancellor's Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Laurence Luu is a Chancellor's Research Fellow (CPDRF). His current research program investigates chlamydia host-pathogen interactions using a systems biology approach (transcriptomic, proteomic and functional genomics) and new organoid models to better understand how chlamydia infection leads to infertility. This knowledge will be used to develop new interventions to reduce the significant burden of chlamydia. Prior to joining Prof Huston's group, Laurence completed his PhD in the Evolutionary Microbiology lab under the supervision of Prof. Ruiting Lan and Dr. Sophie Octavia at UNSW. Here, he investigated the evolution of Bordetella pertussis (which causes whooping cough) to vaccines. During his PhD, he discovered new proteomic adaptations that were associated with increased fitness in the current Australian B. pertussis strains circulating. This discovery garnered widespread media attention and led to a national call to improve vaccines for whooping cough. Laurence continued his research at UNSW as a postdoctoral researcher in A/Prof Natalia Castaño Rodríguez's and A/Prof. Nadeem Kaakoush's research group where he investigated how interactions between host immunogenetics and the microbiome can lead to cancers of the gastrointestinal tract and inflammatory bowel diseases.
Ph.D. Student in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Indiana University I am a PhD student who is broadly interested in the mechanistic and functional drivers of individual differences in social behavior. My research uses genomic and behavioral approaches to investigate natural variation in aggression among individual female tree swallows. I also explore the role of metabolism and energetics in maintaining such variation. I received my BS in Neuroscience from Lebanon Valley College, then worked as a research technologist at Penn State Hershey College of Medicine before coming to IU. My graduate research is funded by the NIH (T32 pre-doctoral training program) and the NSF (graduate research fellowship).
