Established Professor of Computer Science, University of Galway Prof. Michael Madden is the Established Professor and Head of School of Computer Science in University of Galway. He leads the Machine Learning Research Group there, and he lectures on Machine Learning and Deep Learning topics. His research focuses on new theoretical advances in machine learning, including deep learning, motivated by addressing important data-driven applications in medicine, engineering, and the physical sciences. This has led to over 100 publications, 4 patents and a spin-out company. He has also been a Visiting Research Scientist in University of Helsinki, University of California Irvine, and UC Berkeley.
Visiting scholar, Russia and Eurasia Program, Tufts University Maxim Krupskiy, a human rights defender and attorney, joined The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy for the Spring 2023 semester as a visiting scholar of the Russia and Eurasia Program. Krupskiy has 12 years of legal experience in Russia. Throughout his legal career, his work has primarily revolved around defending refugees, NGOs, and activists labeled as foreign agents by Russia. In addition to his work as an attorney, Krupskiy has also prepared over 40 expert opinion briefs on anti-corruption related to migration, state administration, the environment, and legislation in relation to non-profit organizations. Many of these opinions have been utilized by NGOs such as the Human Rights Centre Memorial, Greenpeace, and the World Wildlife Fund, among others. As a current Ph.D. candidate, his research focuses on the role of NGOs and civic activism in establishing social connections that are resistant to challenges arising from modernity.
Postdoctoral Researcher in Immunology, Karolinska Institutet I am a postdoctoral researcher in the field of Immunology (T cell responses in particular), currently working in the group of Prof. Johan Sandberg, Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, with a particular focus on mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells. Before joining Johan Sandberg’s group, I completed a first postdoctoral training in the group of Prof. Annika Karlsson at the Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, where I investigated T cell responses to viral infections. I obtained my MSc (Immunology, Microbiology, Infectious diseases) from Grenoble Alpes University, France, and my PhD (Immunology) from the University of Geneva, Switzerland (Prof. Stéphanie Hugues’ group). My PhD work aimed at investigating the modulation of peripheral T cell responses by unconventional antigen-presenting cells, in the contexts of anti-tumoral immunity and autoimmunity.
Senior Lecturer Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria Dr Motshedisi Mathibe is a full-time faculty lecturer at University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). She shas more than 15 years’ experience lecturing in various higher academic institutions. Dr Mathibe helps pioneering social ventures catalyse change. She travels regularly in Africa. She works best at the interface of culture, technology, formal and informal businesses, and social impact. Dr Mathibe teaches entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial ecosystem, social impact, and strategic marketing. Her research interests are in the field of Social Entrepreneurship, Women Entrepreneurship, Informality, township Economy, and Base of the Pyramid markets. In addition to teaching and research responsibilities, Dr Mathibe is involved with The United Nation’s Global Impact Young Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Innovators Programme. Here, she mentors and supports a team of young innovators in their efforts to frame a challenge, applying sustainable business and innovative concepts/ideas to create tangible business solutions with real market potential. In 2020 she co-published an award-winning case “All Women Recycling: Staffing Challenges during a Global Pandemic”.
Moana Project Manager, MetService — Te Ratonga Tirorangi Malene is the Moana Project Manager and team lead of the Whai Hua project workstream. Her background is in marine ecology and resource management.
Ph.D. student in Ecology, Colorado State University I am a Ph.D. student studying radar aeroecology to study how we can make cities safer for migratory birds. I am also a writer, interested in connecting people to the natural world and making ecological research more accessible to all. I have written for the National Audubon Society, Nature Portfolio, Positively Filipino, and BirdCast, and I am a recurring guest on the American Birding Podcast.
