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Justin Malbon

Justin Malbon

Professor of Law, Monash University Professor Malbon commenced his position at Monash in 2008. He is an Adjunct Research Fellow of the Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture, a Visiting Scholar, Law School, Cambridge University, Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge and a Visiting Fellow, the European University Institute, Florence Italy. He is a previous Dean of the Griffith University Law School and Director of the Credit and Consumer Law Research Program. He has formerly held the positions of Principal Assistant Parliamentary Counsel, Queensland Office of Parliamentary Counsel; Assistant Divisional Head (Legislation) Division of Aboriginal and Islander Affairs; Research Manager, Blake Dawson Waldron, Melbourne Office; and Senior tutor at the Law School, University of Melbourne. He also practiced as a Barrister and Solicitor in South Australia for a number of years.

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Mamiza Haq

Mamiza Haq

Lecturer in Finance, The University of Queensland Dr Haq's research interest centres on bank equity, and credit risks, bank regulation, capital adequacy requirement and market discipline, bank competition and efficiency, financial crises, and non-conventional banking (microfinance and Islamic finance). She is also interested in the area of corporate finance including dividend policy, capital structure, mergers and acquisitions. Her research publications have appeared in international and Australian peer-reviewed journals. Dr Haq has received a number of competitive research grants. She is an active researcher and presents her work regularly at international and Australian conferences. Dr Haq teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. She also supervises honours, Masters and PhD students. She holds Bachelor of Commerce (Banking and Finance), Master of Commerce (Finance), Master of Science (Finance) and PhD degrees.

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Jeff Bessen

Jeff Bessen

Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Biology, Harvard University I am a graduate student in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Dept at Harvard University. I specialize in protein evolution and genome editing.

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Brooke Macnamara

Brooke Macnamara

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University Brooke Macnamara is an assistant professor of psychology, and she specializes in the psychology of expertise, among others. For her first piece for The Conversation, she is writing about sports and children. And she has news for all parents who think they can engineer the next Tiger Woods.

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Shane Satterley

Shane Satterley

Research Assistant and PhD Candidate, Griffith University Shane is a graduate of Macquarie and Griffith University who is interested in terrorism, international security and humanitarian related issues. Shane has a Bachelor of Arts in Security, Terrorism, and Counter Terrorism studies. A Masters of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism and a Graduate Diploma in Criminological Research Studies. Shane is currently pursuing a PhD at Griffith University looking at global counter-radicalisation and deradicalisation policies.

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Benjamin Cowie

Benjamin Cowie

Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, The Doherty Institute Epidemiologist, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, The Doherty Institute Infectious Diseases Physician, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne

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