Lecturer in Intelligence Studies, Macquarie University Melanie Brand is an historian, lecturer and researcher in the field of Intelligence Studies. Her research interests include intelligence analysis and warning, oversight and accountability, secrecy, and cultural perspectives on intelligence, espionage and spying. Her research has been published in Intelligence and National Security, Cold War History and the Conversation. She completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne in 2023. She is a founding board member of the Women in Intelligence Network.
Associate Professor of Accountancy, Miami University Prior to obtaining my PhD at the University of Pittsburgh, I spent 11 years in public accounting. When I left practice, I was a senior manager in Ernst & Young's transaction tax advisory group. My research interests combine my work experience and my academic training. I am primarily interested in using psychological theory to better understand the judgment and decision making of auditors and tax professionals. My research examines how institutional and environmental factors may bias accounting professionals' judgments, and identifies interventions to mitigate these biases. I am currently an Assistant Professor at Miami University.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Project Dragonfly, Miami University I am a university VAP, and continue to research human-pachyderm relationships globally. My focus is on Nepal and captive elephant-mahout-owner triads, along with wild elephants, wild and orphaned (hand-reared) rhinoceros, and how conservation practices are influenced by these human-pachyderm relationships. Likewise, I examine how I/NGOs influence conservation and tourism practices, especially those centered around marginalized multispecies communities. Other projects include elephant and mahout health and welfare, and one health/one welfare concerns.
Professor of Neurology, University of Florida My career objective is to provide molecular targets, tools and research insights in neurologic and age-related neurodegenerative disorders to encourage major pharmaceutical investment. For the past 25 years my research has been largely focused on neurogenetics and molecular neuroscience modeling of Parkinson’s disease and atypical parkinsonism. My mission it to help molecularly diagnoses and develop disease-modifying therapeutics aimed at neuroprotection (precision medicine). Ongoing projects include the genetic analysis of patient DNA samples from pedigrees and population isolates by high-throughput and Sanger sequencing. In parallel, my team seeks to characterize novel genes and mutations we discover in model systems. I primarily focus on subtle changes to the mouse genome through cre-loxP conditional recombineering (floxed mice). I prefer to keep experiments as physiologic as possible, as true to the human condition. Core experimental techniques include electrophysiology (mostly voltammetry), microdialysis, protein biochemistry, confocal imaging, behavioral assays and neuropharmacology. Ongoing studies involve mature primary cell cultures, brain slice and whole animal work.
PhD Candidate in Psychology, Western University I am currently a PhD candidate in psychology at Western University. My research is focused on body and appearance-related stigma, stigma management, well-being, and health.
Assistant Professor in Global Challenges, Brunel University London Dr Matilde Rosina is Lecturer at Brunel University London and Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics. An expert on migration and asylum matters, she obtained her PhD from King's College London, winning the King’s Outstanding Thesis Prize. She is the author of ‘The criminalisation of irregular migration in Europe’ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).
