PhD Candidate in Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge Spanning art, technology and science, Victoria Pham is an Australian artist, evolutionary biologist, writer and composer. She is based between Paris and Sydney. Originally trained as an archaeologist, she is a current PhD candidate in Biological Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, St John's College. Victoria is represented by the Australian Music Centre as an Associate Artist where a collection of her scores are available. She is the Artistic Director of FABLE ARTS, lead artist in the RE:SOUNDING project with James Nguyen, co-lead artist in the collective SONANT BODIES with James Hazel, and host and producer of podcast series DECLASSIFY. Her works have been performed, exhibited and commissioned across Australia, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and France. She has been commissioned by and exhibited in a number of galleries and ensembles such as the TATE Britain, the Sydney Opera House, Australian Contemporary Centre for Art (ACCA), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Arts House Melbourne, the Anna Schwartz Gallery, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Campbelltown Arts Centre, amongst others. She has featured as a lead artist in international art festivals, including VIVID (2015-16), TINA (2018), Tilde: New Sounds (2019), BLEED (2020) and ANTIDOTE (2022), amongst others. As an evolutionary biologist and archaeologist, her specialisation is in bioacoustics, the evolution of sound-signalling and acoustic mapping technologies. Victoria has worked with several international museums and institutions such as the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, and has conducted solo fieldwork around the world. Her artistic practice is driven by explorations into the sonic connections across nature; practices of decolonisation and listening deeply. The hallmark of her interdisciplinary practice is her belief that a partnership with Nature is fundamental, and that Nature is a collaborator to her design, research and sound-based work. Victoria continues to pursue her work in biodesign through research into bioacoustics and mycology which inform the cross-form approaches that structure her creative process.
Research Fellow, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, The University of Edinburgh Vanessa is a cross-disciplinary post-doctoral fellow supported funded by the Medical Research Council and the University of Edinburgh; she graduated in 2017 from the University of Edinburgh with a PhD in Astronomy. Vanessa's research interests include cellular senescence, senolytics discovery for anticancer therapy, and genotype-phenotype interactions using machine/deep learning methods. She works in collaboration with JC Acosta's and Neil Carragher's labs at the Institute of Genetic and Molecular Medicine. In her spare time she likes to dance, skate, and read.
Professor of Strategic Communication, College of Charleston Vince Benigni has four decades of experience in mass/digital media and strategic communication. He has taught a variety of courses in those fields as a Professor of Communication to both undergraduate and graduate students. He has served as the College's Faculty Athletics Representative (12 years) and his department's Graduate Director (five years) among his appointments, and received the College's Distinguished Service Award in 2015. He has also authored a number of guest columns that have appeared in various news outlets.
Senior Research Fellow in Genetic Epidemiology, UCL I am a Senior Research Fellow in Genetic Epidemiology at UCL, where I completed my PhD in 2018. I have a degree in Psychology and a master's degree in Research Methods. In my current role I focus on research around why people with poorer sleep are more likely to have more health problems in later life, and I also work on trying to understand why people with diabetes and/or high blood pressure may be more likely to have dementia in later life.
Assistant Researcher in the MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, UCL Valentina Paz received a degree in Psychology from the University of the Republic (Udelar) in 2014 and in 2018 she obtained a Master's degree in Biological Sciences Neurosciences option from the Basic Sciences Development program (Pedeciba). She is currently studying a specialization in Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy and a PhD in Biological Sciences option Neurosciences. She is also an Assistant Research in the MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL. She is a member of the work team investigating "Chronobiology" and "Cognitive Neuroscience and Mental Health" and has coordinated research and development projects studying the relationship between the circadian system and major depressive disorder and the neural basis of social comparisons in people with depression and social anxiety. Her scientific and professional interests are mainly in the area of experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience.
Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University I work on media-government relationship in the United States, and I teach classes in Comparative Politics and American Politics.
