Associate Professor, School of Physics, University of Bristol I am a computational astrophysicist. My research interests focus on the formation and evolution of planets and small bodies, such as asteroids and comets through the use of numerical simulations. Zoë was previously at Cambridge University, and prior to that, Harvard, and the universities of Maryland and Washington. Among the many accolades and grants she has been selected for, Zoë was awarded the American Association of University Women Ph.D. Award in 2005.
PhD Candidate, Australian Catholic University Zara Saunders is a PhD Candidate working in the Gender and Women’s History Research Centre in the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University. She has a keen interest in cultural, media and women's history.
Ph.D. Candidate in Immunology, Tufts University I graduated from Stonehill College in 2018 with a Bachelors in Biology. Currently, I am a 5th year PhD Candidate in immunology at Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Under my advisor Dr. Alexander Poltorak, I study silent cell death, apoptosis, in immune cells (macrophages and neutrophils). My current work examines a novel role for a surface protein in preventing post-death inflammation and ensuring cell death remains silent. The elimination of these immune cells by apoptosis is crucial for the resolution of inflammation after infection. Interestingly, the apoptosis of these cells can be altered in aggressive cancers, particularly in the tumor environment. I hope that my work will have significant implications in these contexts.
Lecturer in Criminology, Swansea University Zoe is a lecturer in Criminology in the department of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy at Swansea University. She received her doctorate at Cardiff University, undertaking ethnographic research on gender, violence, and embodiment in mixed martial arts (MMA). These themes are still central to Zoe's research, which has interest in the boundaries of humour and violence in interaction. Zoe is co-founder and co-director of the new research centre, Swansea Centre of Research in Sport and Society (SCORSS), with Dr Victoria Silverwood. SCORSS centralises on topics surrounding athlete mental and physical health, including the crisis of concussion in sport. Zoe is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Professor of Marketing, Miami University Dr. Zhiyong Yang is a Professor of Marketing at the Farmer School of Business, Miami University. Before entering academia, Zhiyong spent over 10 years in industry, holding a number of industry positions, including project manager, marketing manager, and vice-president with major corporations. Zhiyong’s research interests are mainly in family decision making and cultural psychology, with a focus on two areas: (1) how parenting strategies exert long-lasting effects on children’s consumption patterns, and (2) how situationally activated cultural identity (e.g., self-construal, sense of power, local-global identity) affects consumer decision making. Zhiyong’s work has been published in leading scholarly journals, including the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, MIS Quarterly, and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Having published over 50 articles in leading scholarly journals, including the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Zhiyong serves on the guest editorship and the editorial review boards of several reputed journals, including the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. Zhiyong's research has been funded by Statistics Canada, Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture of Canada, and the Association for Consumer Research. He also received competitive research awards from Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, the University of Texas-Arlington, and Cardiff University. Zhiyong serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Business Research, a guest editor for Industrial Marketing Management, and is on the Editorial Review Boards of several other journals, including the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. Zhiyong’s research has been funded by Statistics Canada, Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture of Canada, and the Association for Consumer Research. He also received competitive research awards from Harvard Center for Risk Analysis and Cardiff University in UK.
Pharmacist and Academic Lecturer (Pharmacy Practice Division, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand), University of the Witwatersrand I qualified with a Bachelor of Pharmacy (with distinction) in 2011, undertaking immediate postgraduate studies and graduating with a Master of Pharmacy (with distinction) degree in 2014 at the University of the Witwatersrand. After practicing as a qualified pharmacist, I returned to academia as a full-time lecturer on the undergraduate Bachelor of Pharmacy degree, in the Division of Pharmacy Practice. I am currently undertaking a PhD in the field of natural products, with focus on traditional medicinal plants used in the treatment of infectious diseases in South Africa and the implications of combination use of these traditional remedies with conventional antimicrobials.
