Professor of Isotope Geochemistry, Imperial College London Tina van de Flierdt is a Professor of Isotope Geochemistry and Head of the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College London. She grew up on a dairy farm in rural Germany and is a passionate football fan and potter. Her academic background includes a Diploma in geology from the University of Bonn (Germany), a PhD in Natural Science from the ETH Zurich (Switzerland), and Fellowship, Research Scientist and Lecturer positions at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (USA). She co-leads the MAGIC isotope facility at Imperial College London (UK). Her research spans a variety of fields from understanding chemical cycles of trace elements and pollutants in the ocean, over reconstruction of ocean circulation and its relationship to climate, to the history of the polar ice sheets and their vulnerability to future climate change. Tina is particularly interested in the response of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to warmer temperatures and implications for future sea level around the world. She is a stubborn optimist and values working across disciplines and in collaboration with diverse teams of people.
Researcher, University of the Western Cape Tamryn Frank is a researcher at the University of the Western Cape’s School of Public Health (SoPH). She works in the field of obesity- and non-communicable disease prevention. This informs her current PhD work which is in the area of obesity prevention policies in low income settings. Prior to joining the SoPH, Tamryn worked as a primary health care dietitian for the department of health, both in the Eastern and Western Cape in South Africa. Her masters research focused on human rights and food security.
Teaching Fellow in Politics and International Relations, University of Portsmouth Tarek is a researcher and currently a Teaching Fellow at the University of Portsmouth. His focus is on contemporary Lebanese politics, as well state-building and nation-building processes more generally. Tarek's work so far has centred around state formation and building political legitimacy in the case of Lebanon during the 20th century, though recent publication have looked at the nuance in conceptualising political legitimacy across non-Western contexts. Separately, Tarek is also active in researching international law, specifically with regard to belligerent occupation.
Associate Professor in Education, UNSW Sydney Tony Loughland is an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Research) in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales. Tony is an experienced educator who likes to think that theory should be the plaything of practice. Tony is currently leading projects on mentoring conversations on professional experience, the role of job demands and resources on the job intentions of graduate teachers and professional growth cultures in schools.
Senior Lecturer in Grazing Lands Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand My research interests focus on understanding ecological mechanisms of functionally-sustainable grazing lands, for the purpose of applied management of these agricultural landscapes in meeting the economic and social needs of humanity while maintaining the biophysical resource on which the ecosystem rests.
