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M. Ángeles Serrano

ICREA Research Professor of Complexity Science, Universitat de Barcelona
M. Ángeles Serrano is an ICREA Research Professor at the Dept. of Condensed Matter Physics of the University of Barcelona (UB) in Spain, where she directs the Mapping Complexity Lab, and holds an appointment as an External Faculty at the Complexity Science Hub CSH Vienna in Austria. M. Ángeles belongs to the Editorial Board of the APS journal Physical Review Research, and she is a founding member of Complexitat, the Catalan network for the study of complex systems, and a promoter member of UBICS, the UB Institute of Complex Systems.

A native of Barcelona, she received a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from UB and a year later a master in mathematics for finance from the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica CRM. She spent several years in the private sector and returned to academia to work in complexity science. She conducted postdoctoral research at Indiana University (USA), the EPFL (Switzerland), and IFISC Institute (Spain), and was awarded a Ramón y Cajal Fellowship.

Prof. Serrano is astonished by the amazing features that emerge in the structure, function, and evolution of complex systems, and she is using networks and data science to model and to predict them.

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M. Hadi Amini

Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University
M. Hadi Amini is an Assistant Professor at the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences at the College of Engineering and Computing, Florida International University (FIU). He is the founding director of Sustainability, Optimization, and Learning for InterDependent networks laboratory (www.solidlab.network), director of the ADvanced education and research for Machine learning-driven critical Infrastructure REsilience (ADMIRE) Center (funded by the US DHS), and Associate Director of the US DOT Transportation Center for Cybersecurity and Resiliency (TraCR). He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2019, where he received his M.Sc. degree in 2015. He also holds a doctoral degree in Computer Science and Technology. Since founding solid lab, his research on advanced machine learning algorithms/optimization and their applications has been extensively funded by various federal and state agencies, with a total funding of $4.7M ($2.92M as PI and $1.78M as Co-PI).
His research interests include distributed machine learning/optimization algorithms, federated learning, interdependent networks, and cyber-physical-social resilience and cybersecurity. Application domains include smart cities, intelligent transportation systems, healthcare, and energy systems. Hadi is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a life member of IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN), the honor society of IEEE. He served as President of Carnegie Mellon University Energy Science and Innovation Club; as a technical program committee of several IEEE and ACM conferences; and as the lead editor for a book series on ‘‘Sustainable Interdependent Networks’’ since 2017. He also serves as Associate Editor of Data Science for Communications (Frontiers in Communications and Networks). He has published more than 150 refereed journal and conference papers, and book chapters. He edited/authored eight books. He is the co-recipient of the best paper award from “2019 IEEE Conference on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence”, 2021 best journal paper award from “Springer Nature Operations Research Forum Journal”, the Excellence in Teaching Award from FIU School of Computing and Information Sciences in 2020, 2023 Faculty Senate Excellence in Teaching Award from the Office of Faculty Leadership and Success at Florida International University, best reviewer award from four IEEE Transactions, the best journal paper award in “Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy”, and the dean’s honorary award from the President of Sharif University of Technology.

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M. Julia Suso López

Dra. en Matemáticas especialidad Astronomía, Universitat de València
Julia Suso es doctora en Matemáticas especialidad Astronomía por la Universidad de Valencia. Es miembro adscrito del Observatorio Astronómico de la Universidad de Valencia del que ha sido durante 4 años jefa de instrumentación astronómica. Es profesora titular en el Departamento de Economía Financiera y Actuarial de la Facultad de Economía.

Ha participado en diversos proyectos espaciales, con colaboraciones en el diseño y el desarrollo de las misiones de rayos gamma INTEGRAL de la ESA y LEGRI a bordo del satélite Minisat 01.

Actualmente trabaja en el estudio de la naturaleza y los parámetros físicos de las estrellas Be y de las binarias transitorias de rayos X. También ha trabajado con las misiones espaciales CoRoT (CNES/ESA) y KEPLER (NASA), dedicadas a la astrosismología y a la búsqueda de planetas extra solares.

Ha realizado observaciones astronómicas en los principales observatorios astronómicos de todo el mundo (Chile -La Silla, Canarias Observatorio del Teide y Roque de los Muchachos, Sudáfrica – SAAO, Almería -Calar Alto, Canadá -DDO).

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M. Muhannad Ayyash

Professor, Sociology, Mount Royal University
Muhannad Ayyash is Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal University. He is the author of A Hermeneutics of Violence (UTP, 2019). He teaches and writes in the areas of decolonial theory, political violence, sovereignty, anti-Palestinian racism, and Palestinian social movements. He has published several academic articles, book chapters, and has two co-edited books. His opinion pieces have been published in Al-Jazeera, The Baffler, Middle East Eye, and Mondoweiss, among others.

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M. Rodwan Abouharb

Associate Professor in International Relations, UCL
I am originally from Cardiff in South Wales of British and Syrian heritage. My undergraduate degree is in Politics and Modern History from Brunel University. I have researched for an MP in the House of Commons, and a U.S. Senator in the United State Senate in Washington, D.C. I received my M.A. in Political Science from University at Buffalo and my PhD in Political Science from Binghamton University. I previously worked in the Department of Political Science at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

My research examines the determinants and consequences of human rights violations.

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Maarja Lühiste

Reader in Comparative Politics & Gender, Newcastle University
Maarja Lühiste is Reader in Comparative Politics & Gender in Newcastle University and Editor of Representation. Maarja's research interests include gender and political communication, participation and engagement; political representation; electoral systems; European Parliament elections; and quantitative research methods.

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Maartje Weerdesteijn

Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Maartje Weerdesteijn is Assistant Professor at the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology and researcher at the Center for International Criminal Justice. Maartje obtained a PhD from Tilburg University, Department of Criminal Law, a Master's in International Crimes and Criminology from VU Amsterdam (Cum Laude), and a Bachelor in European Studies (Cum Laude). She used to work as a lecturer at the History of International Relations Department of Utrecht University and was a visiting scholar with Griffith University Australia at the Griffith Asia Institute in 2014. She is an interdisciplinary scholar, combining a historical and criminological outlook. She focuses on the role of dictators in the perpetration of mass atrocities and the manner in which the international community can potentially mitigate these crimes.

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MaCalus V. Hogan

Professor and Chair of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Hogan is the David Silver Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery for UPMC. With secondary appointments in the Department of Bioengineering and the Katz School of Business. Dr. Hogan was the founder and director of the Foot and Ankle Injury Research (F.A.I.R.) group at Pitt, within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He serves as a foot and ankle consultant for the athletic departments at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University, and Robert Morris University. He is the assistant team physician for Point Park University, including the Conservatory of Performing Arts, and the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. Dr. Hogan also serves as the foot and ankle consultant for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Penguins as part of UPMC Sports Medicine.

Originally from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Dr. Hogan completed his undergraduate studies at Xavier University of Louisiana with a bachelor of science degree in biochemistry and minor in biology. He received his medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC, and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, Virginia, which included a National Institutes of Health Clinician Scientist fellowship year with a focus in musculoskeletal tissue repair and regeneration. He completed his foot and ankle fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, where he served as a consultant for the New York Ballet Company, American Ballet Theatre, and several collegiate and professional sports teams.

Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dr. Hogan is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Association, the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Foundation Board of Directors, the Orthopaedic Research Society, the J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic Society, and the International Society for Arthroscopy, Knee, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. Dr. Hogan has over 250 manuscripts, book chapters, and presentations. Dr. Hogan presents both nationally and internationally on his management of foot and ankle injuries, regenerative medicine, and his clinical outcomes research. Dr. Hogan has been selected as a Best Doctor in America since 2016 and serves on the Hall of Fame Health Medical Advisory Board.

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Macarius Mwinisungee Donneyong

Assistant Professor of Pharmacoepidemiology, The Ohio State University
My research focuses on the safety and effectiveness of medications and medical devices. Specifically, I apply quantitative methods from epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, biostatistics and data analytics to analyze large healthcare databases such as health insurance claims and other linked databases which capture prescribed medication use and outcomes on their safety and effectiveness. Currently, I focus specifically on:
1. The role of the social determinants of health factors on the effectiveness of prescribed medications: He is interested in how the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age influence the safety and effectiveness of prescribed medication use in the community settings.
2. Medication outcomes among racial/ethnic minorities: Through population-based observational studies, he tries to measure differences in the utilization, safety and effectiveness of prescribed medications between racial groups, as racial/ethnic minority groups tend to be under-represented in clinical trials of drugs.
3. Drug-drug interactions: The simultaneous use of multiple medications is growing increasingly common. He investigates whether it is safe to simultaneously use certain medications or not.

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Madeleine Stevens

Reader in Organisational Transformation and Teaching Innovation, Liverpool John Moores University
Dr. Stevens, is a Reader in Organisational Transformation and Teaching Innovation and boasts an illustrious career spanning over two decades as an esteemed HR practitioner before joining academia. Her extensive expertise is underscored by a rich tapestry of high-quality scholarly contributions, totaling over 130 outputs, which significantly impact diverse fields such as organisational dynamics, human resource practices, psychology, sociology, and the educational sector.

Specializing in innovative knowledge transfer within commercial enterprises, Dr. Stevens' research is a beacon of influence in mitigating the adverse effects of redundancies on both individuals and organizations. Her work extends beyond mere academic pursuits, actively promoting cultural and social well-being within the professional landscape.

As the author of "Strategic Redundancy Implementation: Re-Focus, Re-Organise and Re-Build" (2022), a publication that garnered a prestigious 5-star rating from Reader's Choice, Dr. Stevens exemplifies a commitment to advancing the understanding and implementation of strategies that foster resilience amidst organizational challenges.

In addition to her groundbreaking work on redundancy, Dr. Stevens delves into diverse research domains, including gamification, virtual reality, research methodologies, the integration of social media in education, netnography, and action research.

Her stellar contributions have not gone unnoticed, with Dr. Stevens being the recipient of multiple accolades, totaling 17 awards. These honors include recognition from esteemed institutions such as the Academy of Management, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the Association of Business Psychologists, and the International Human Resource Development Conference. Dr. Stevens' exemplary achievements underscore her dedication to advancing knowledge, fostering positive organizational change, and leaving an indelible mark on the academic and professional landscape.

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Madeline Atwell

Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, Clemson University
I am Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice at Clemson University with expertise in biological anthropology, forensic anthropology, and women’s and gender studies. My current collaboration involves a National Institute of Justice-funded project concerned with refining methods for postmortem interval (PMI) estimation, or assessing time since death in medicolegal death investigations. My primary research agenda is focused on women's health in 19th and 20th-century America through the examination of skeletal remains and historical documents, with a particular focus on those who lived and died within state-supported institutional settings.

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Madeline Combe

Doctoral student, University of Technology Sydney
In a world of growing global uncertainty, nurturing collaboration and fostering innovation is critical if we are to overcome the issues facing society and the environment today.

With 8+ years of academic and work experience in the field of environmental sciences and sustainability, including thousands of volunteer hours dedicated to projects spanning design, innovation and entrepreneurship; business and leadership; marine biology and conservation; community development and tourism; terrestrial conservation; and sustainable finance, I understand the inherent complexity and interdisciplinary nature of the struggles we face.

Having displayed an enduring passion for the environment and sustainability I strive to develop the skills and knowledge required to realise the shared vision of social, environmental and economic prosperity for all.

I am currently advancing this aim through doctoral research with the University of Technology, Sydney. My PhD thesis I explore how sustainable finance professionals navigate organisational friction to effectively operationalise attitudes towards biodiversity loss and resolve organizational dissonance.

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Madeline Springle

MSc student in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, University of Calgary
I am a Master of Science student in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Calgary, working under the supervision of Dr. Joshua Bourdage in the Organizational Behaviour and Interpersonal Influence Lab. My master's thesis focuses on asynchronous video interviews (AVIs) and socioeconomic status, specifically how those with lower SES may be more negatively perceived by hiring managers evaluating an AVI. I am a Certified Human Resources Professional, and plan on pursuing my PhD in I/O at U of C following the completion of my Master's. Outside of school and work, I enjoy hiking, biking, skiing, and rock climbing!

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Madga Bou Dagher

Professor in Forest genetics, European Forest Institute
Prof. Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat is the coordinator of the SUPERB project. She holds the position of Principal Scientist at the European Forest Institute and is a professor at Saint Joseph University of Beirut. Magda earned her Ph.D. in Forest Genetics from La Sorbonne University-Paris. She is an associate member of the French Academy of Agriculture and a National Geographic Explorer.

- Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/magda-bou-dagher-kharrat-aa149b30/
- ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7969-1673

SUPERB: https://forest-restoration.eu/
SUPERB is funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme under the topic “Restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services” of the call “Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: Research and innovation in support of the European Green Deal (H2020-LC-GD-2020)“

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Madhur Behl

Associate Professor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, University of Virginia
Dr. Madhur Behl is an Associate Professor in the departments of Computer Science, and Systems and Information Engineering, and a member of the Cyber-Physical Systems Link Lab at the University of Virginia.

He received his Ph.D. (2015) and M.S. (2012), in Electrical and Systems Engineering, both from the University of Pennsylvania; and his bachelor's degree (2009) in ECE from PEC University of Technology in India.

He is the team principal of the Cavalier Autonomous Racing team. Behl is also the co-founder, organizer, and the race director for the F1/10 (F1tenth) International Autonomous Racing Competitions. He is an associate editor for the SAE Journal on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, and a guest editor for the Journal of Field Robotics. He also serves on the on the Academic Advisory Council of the Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE) campaign, to help promote public understanding about autonomous vehicles and their potential benefits. Dr. Behl is an IEEE Senior Member and the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award (2021).

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Madison Williams-Hoffman

PhD Candidate in Environmental Radioactivity, Edith Cowan University
I am a current PhD student studying the legacy of nuclear testing at the Montebello Islands in Western Australia. I also have a Bachelor of Advanced Science in Chemistry from UQ.

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Maggie Inchley

Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London
I am a Senior Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance at Queen Mary University of London. I am interested in the aesthetics and politics of the voice and issues of cultural audibility. I am Principal Investigator of Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project, The Verbatim Formula.

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Maggie Paino

Ph.D. Student in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Now a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Maggie Paino was previously the Director of Accountability for the Indiana Department of Education. In tht role, Maggie oversaw the implementation of federal, state, and district accountability requirements related to student achievement and educational outcomes. During her time as Director, Maggie focused her efforts to promote data literacy for stakeholders and to advance the topic of inequities in educational opportunities. Maggie previously served as Special Education Due Process Coordinator and Staff Attorney for the Department. Prior to her tenure at the Indiana Department of Education, Maggie worked as a teacher for DC Public Schools. She received her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Indiana University Maurer School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Comparative Literature from Indiana University.

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Magnolia Cardona-Morrell

Doctor, UNSW Australia

Dr Magnolia Cardona-Morrell has a background in Medicine from Latin America with Australian postgraduate qualifications in Public Health (MPH) and Applied Epidemiology (Grad Dipl Appl Epid and PhD). She has worked with international aid agencies, at State Health Departments and Universities. Her research interests are patient safety, end-of-life care, health services research, health program evaluation, chronic disease prevention (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer), international health, pharmacoepidemiology and evidence-based health policy.

At The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research she is currently leading a program of research to improve end-of-life care for patients, families and health profesisonals (https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/sense-ending). Central to this is the development, implementation and validation of a checklist for identifying terminal patients and facilitating doctor's conversations with patients and families about end-of-life care preferences. See CriSTAL project page, available at:

https://swscs.med.unsw.edu.au/project/validation-cristal-criteria-screening-and-triaging-appropriate-alternative-care

In consultation with doctors, nurses and health service managers she has also designed the evaluation of an initiative to provide a safer environment in acute hospitals through the introduction of continuous monitoring of vital signs among patients admitted to general wards: See the Vigilance with Vital Signs project (VVS) page. The ultimate goal is to prevent unplanned admissions to intensive care and reduce avoidable in-hospital deaths.

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Magnus Söderberg

Professor & Director, Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research, Griffith University
Dr Söderberg has spent his career studying the essential services (electricity, district heating, water and sewerage and municipal solid waste), using an economic lens.

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Mahan Mirza

Executive Director, Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, and Teaching Professor of Teaching Professor of Islam and Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame
An Islamic studies scholar and expert on religious literacy, Mirza brings extensive pedagogical and administrative experience to his role, including serving as dean of faculty at Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, America’s first accredited Muslim liberal arts college.

Immediately before his appointment to the Ansari Institute, Mirza served as the lead faculty member for Notre Dame’s Madrasa Discourses project, which equips Islamic religious leaders in India and Pakistan with the tools to confidently engage with pluralism, modern science, and new philosophies.

Mirza joined Notre Dame in 2016 as professor of the practice for the Keough School’s Contending Modernities research initiative, a flagship program of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.

Through Contending Modernities, Mirza led the Madrasa Discourses project by teaching participants in India and Pakistan through distance learning. He also coordinated learning intensive sessions in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Qatar, including sessions that allowed for intercultural exchanges between Notre Dame students, Madrasa Discourses participants, and participants from South Africa. Additionally, Mirza directed pedagogical videos, helped develop an online Urdu journal published in India, and led an effort to launch an interactive website to make the Madrasa Discourses curriculum publicly accessible.

Mirza holds a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, an MA from Hartford Seminary, and a PhD in religious studies from Yale University. He has taught courses and lectured on Arabic-Islamic studies, western religions, and the history of science, along with foundational subjects in the liberal arts, including logic, rhetoric, astronomy, ethics, and politics.

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Mahboobeh Shahbazi

Senior Research Fellow, Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology
Mahboobeh Shahbazi holds MSc and PhD degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Wollongong, where she worked on developing energy materials including iron-based superconductors. After graduating, she joined QUT where she followed her research studies on a variety of topics including perovskite solar cells, superconductors and magnetic materials. In 2017, Mahboobeh was awarded an Advance Queensland Fellowship in partnership with Siemens. In addition, Mahboobeh collaborates effectively with Australian and overseas superconductivity experts and is a co-investigator with her collaborative network at the University of Queensland on ARC Linkage projects investigating nanostructure engineered superconductors for fusion energy and MRI applications.

In January 2023, she started a new role as Foundation Fellow for a key project with the Future Energy Exports CRC. In this role, she collaborates on hydrogen-based projects in the CRC’s Programme 2 “Hydrogen Export and Value Chains” including identifying and resolving key issues associated with scaling up electrolysers and the use of magnetocaloric materials for the efficient liquefaction of hydrogen. In addition, she was part of an ARENA-funded team investigating the operational safety of Lithium-ion batteries used in hybrid renewable energy and hydrogen production facilities.

Mahboobeh’s research interests have centred on developing new and efficient methods to synthesise a variety of energy materials including superconductors, batteries, electrolysers and magnetocaloric materials. These syntheses are aimed at cost-effective, quality materials for use in applications such as MRI instruments and fusion reactors, hydrogen liquefaction and green hydrogen production systems. She is passionate about understanding the fundamental relationships between material structure, physical and electronic properties of materials and, accordingly, improving their performance in practical applications.

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Mahjoor Lone

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Palaeoclimatology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Like most people, I was always fascinated by the sky and stars until an internal revelation led me to question if I knew enough about the Earth. This led my quest to find out more and more about Earth and its processes. On this path, I tried to understand how water - the elixir of life, on this planet, cycles through oceans, atmosphere and rocks and I am still doing the same. I use geochemical methods to understand climatic changes across Asia and Africa over the past hundreds of thousands of years. I also use geoinformatics as a tool for contemporary environmental monitoring and assessment. I learn each day and am a student for life.

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Maia Germano

Sessional tutor, The University of Melbourne
Maia is a Research Coordinator at PIJI, managing the Assessment of Diversity research theme.

Maia has recently completed a Master of Geography at the University of Melbourne, with a background in international studies. She has research experience at RMIT’s Centre for Urban Research and not-for-profit organisations.

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Maida Lynn Chen

Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington
Dr. Maida Lynn Chen, MD, is Director of Sleep Medicine and attending physician at Seattle Children’s Hospital in the Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine Division and Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She obtained her undergraduate and medical degrees at Northwestern University, and stayed in Chicago to do her residency in Pediatrics at Rush-Presbyterian-St.Luke’s Medical Center. She then completed her Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, with special focus on respiratory control and sleep medicine. Her clinical interests center on sleep disorders in infants, children, and adolescents. Her research interests focus on respiratory control disorders and sleep-disordered breathing in special needs populations, including those with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, obesity, Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome and craniofacial anomalies. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Thoracic Society, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and Sleep Research Society.

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Maiken Mosleth King

Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Bristol
My PhD research, supervised by Dr Shelley Hales and Dr Silke Knippschild, centres on Egyptian funerary stelae from the Roman period, using the site of Terenouthis/Kom Abou Billou as a case study. I am exploring how the inscriptions and iconography are used to construct and express the social identity of the deceased, with particular focus on gender, religious identity and ethnic identity; I am also investigating the effects of linguistic interference from the Egyptian language on the Greek language in Terenouthis.

I have previously completed a BA and MA in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, where I specialised in the ancient Egyptian language and literary texts. My BA thesis investigated the concept of divine kingship in didactic literature from the Middle Kingdom period. My MA thesis, supervised by Dr Roland Enmarch and Prof Christopher Eyre, focused on the themes and motifs in the Late Egyptian literary text 'Tale of Two Brothers'.

My research interests are diverse and include ancient Egyptian language and literature, cross-cultural contact in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean, language contact in the eastern Mediterranean and Near East, Hellenism and Greek language in Egypt and the Near East, comparative Semitic philology, religion in ancient Egypt and the Mediterranean, Coptic language and literature, early Christianity, the reception of ancient Egypt and archaeology in modern visual media, and the reception of ancient Egypt in 19th and 20th century spirituality and religious movements.

My linguistic competence is broad and includes Egyptian hieroglyphs, Coptic, Classical Greek, Latin, Biblical Hebrew, Phoenician and Classical Arabic.

In addition to my academic research I am actively involved in the outreach programmes Access to Bristol and Classics for All, delivering workshops to schools in the South on a wide range of topics related to the study of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. I also regularly teach courses in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and give public lectures on a range of topics related to Egyptology and ancient history. For upcoming events and courses, please visit https://mmkingevents.weebly.com and https://kemetklub.co.uk.

I am on the board of the Friends of the Petrie Museum, UCL as Secretary-Treasurer. In addition to this role I am also on the judging panel for the category Classical Studies and Archaeology of the Global Undergraduate Awards, an academic awards programme which aims to connect undergraduate students across national borders and academic disciplines.

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Maiken Umbach

Professor of Modern History and Faculty Research Director, University of Nottingham
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

History of the Third Reich, especially propaganda, visual culture, architecture, photography.

Regionalism in modern Europe. The historical roots of modern identity politics; the role of material culture (buildings, urban design, objects) in shaping national and local identity; the history of the brand "Made in Germany".

The role of private 'snapshot' photography in prompting political behaviour, how people internalise, or contest, ideologies and cultural beliefs.

The problems of using 'perpetrator photography' to represent difficult histories, especially in the context of the way we document and exhibit the Holocaust.

Landscape: ways of seeing and perceiving landscapes, the way that historically created landscape shape our ideas of what is 'natural' and 'beautiful'. Modern landscape art; Anselm Kiefer.

Brief bio:

1970
born in Germany
1989-92
University of Cambridge MA in History, First Class
92-96
University of Cambridge PhD (study of how landscape gardens in England and Germany shaped and expressed ideas about Enlightenment and progress, and travelled across national boundaries)
95-98
Junior Research Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
98-2011
Senior Lecturer in Modern European History, University of Manchester
2011-present
Professor, Chair in Modern History, University of Nottingham

Visiting appointments
Institute for Contemporary History, Munich (2015)
Freie Universität Berlin (2008)
University College London (2005-06)
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (2004-05)
Harvard University (2001-02 and 2003)
Australian National University (2001)

Key books / publications (highlights only):

Photography and Twentieth-Century German History, Central European History. 48(3), 2015

German Cities and the Genesis of Modernism, 1890-1930, Oxford University Press, 2009

Municipalism, Regionalism, Nationalism. Hybrid Identity Formations and the Making of Modern Europe. European Review of History, 15/3 (2008)

Vernacular Modernism: Heimat, Globalization and the Built Environment. Stanford University Press, 2005

Hijacked Heimats. National Appropriations of Local and Regional Identities in Germany and Spain, 1930-1945, with Xosé M. Núñez Seixas, European Review of History 15/3 (2008), 295-316.

A Tale of Second Cities: Autonomy, Culture and the Law in Hamburg and Barcelona in the Long Nineteenth Century, American Historical Review, 110/3 (2005), 659-692.

Memory and Historicism: Reading between the Lines of the Built Environment, c.1900, Representations, 88 (2004), 26-54.

"Made in Germany". In H Schulze and E Francois, Deutsche Erinnerungsorte. Beck, 2001.

Federalism and Enlightenment in Germany, 1740-1806, Hambledon, 2000.

FOR MORE DETAILS, SEE:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/Maiken.Umbach

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Maisha Wester

Lecturer, American literature and African American Cultural Studies, University of Sheffield
My research and teaching focuses on Gothic literature and Horror Film, although I also teach American literature and African American Cultural Studies. I specifically investigate racial discourses and manifestations in Gothic Literature and Horror film, as well as the way Black Diasporic people have appropriated the genres to speak back against oppressive socioeconomic rhetoric. For my BA fellowship, I am investigating the ways the Gothic has and continues to impact and inform anti-Black language and discourses from the Gothic’s rise to our current era (as such, I will also consider the ways Horror Film takes up this task in the twentieth-century). I am especially interested in how the genres morph alongside any moments of racial progress, thus providing a means to consistently erase Black humanity despite seeming political and ideological advancement. To put it simply, I want to explore how Gothic Literature and Horror Film have contributed to populations still needing to shout “Black Lives Matter” in protest during the Twenty-First century—150 years of the US abolition of Slavery and over 200 years after its abolition in the UK—at a point of such intellectual and scientific progress that we should be well beyond this discussion. Although my work focuses upon anti-Black discourse, it is also inspired by and has ramifications for anti-immigrant discourses (such as rhetoric warning against hordes of non-white immigrants coming to rape and pillage the nation).

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Maisie Vollans

PhD Candidate, Mosquito Ecology, University of Oxford
Maisie Vollans is a PhD student in the Mathematical Ecology Research Group at the University of Oxford. Her main interests lie in mosquito ecology and, as such, her DPhil project is centred around the broad ecological implications of releasing self-limiting GM mosquitoes. She is researching this using a variety of techniques: theoretical mathematical modelling, experiments in the laboratory and a systematic literature review.

Prior to her PhD, she completed a Masters in Tropical Forest Ecology at Imperial College London, where her thesis examined the impact of forest degradation on the size and demography of mosquito populations. Her undergraduate degree was in Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford.

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Maissaa Almustafa

Lecturer, Political Science, University of Waterloo
Dr. Maissaa Almustafa is a Lecturer at the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. Her primary research interests are on the forcibly displaced. She focuses on their lived experiences as refugees and the politics of marginalization that govern their lives in the Middle East and in their diasporic communities in Europe and Canada. Her scholarship is enhanced by her active involvement in community outreach initiatives in refugee resettlement and integration. Maissaa earned her Ph.D. in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo ON. She recently completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Glendon Political Science at York University, Toronto, were she joined the Whole-COMM, a research project on migrant integration in Europe and Canada, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020. Her publications and research focus on lived experiences of refugees and the politics of marginalization that govern their lives in the Middle East and in their diasporic communities in Europe and Canada. In her doctoral research, “Refugees from Syria caught between war and borders: A journey towards protection,” which received the Award for Outstanding Graduate Work, she examines the governance structures of refugee protection and the encounters between exclusionary bordering practices and refugees’ agency during their displacement. The findings of her research appeared in leading journals. Dr. Almustafa is currently working towards the publication of her book “Contemporary Narratives of Exile: Rethinking Refugee Protection Worldwide” which is based on her dissertation research, with Wilfrid Laurier Press.

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Maïté Rivollat

Archaeologist, Université de Bordeaux

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Maitrayee Deka

Senior Lecturer of Sociology, University of Essex
Before joining Essex, I did my PhD from the Graduate School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Milan and have spent two years as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Milan, working on the research project P2PValue, funded by the European Commission's FP7 program.

My research is in the area of Economic Sociology, STS, Consumer Cultures and Social Theory. I am interested in looking at alternative systems to global capitalism to frame them as a distinct analytical and political category. Part of this interest emerges from examining global bazaar economies as a popular economic system based on my ethnography in Delhi's Electronic Bazaars and developed as a monograph, Traders and Tinkers: Bazaars in the Global Economy, published with Stanford University Press.

I am currently researching the Whitechapel market in East London to investigate bazaars as intellectual places drawing from the literature on public space, and Autonomist Marxism. The other strand of my research focuses on marginal cultural spaces, particularly young adults' social media use in the Global South, to see how they engage with global platforms in unique ways. Overall, I am interested in building a more embedded social theory through observations and practices often ignored in the dominant academic framework.

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Maj Rundlöf

Researcher in Ecology, Lund University
I am an ecologist and environmental scientist interested in understanding the multitude of factors affecting biodiversity and the functions organisms provide in ecosystems and to humans. I am particularly interested in how land use change and management of agricultural landscapes affect pollinators and the pollination services they provide to both crops and wild plants.

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Maja Založnik

Research Fellow in Demography, University of Oxford

I am a demographer and methodologist working for the University of Oxford, and a fellow of the Oxford Martin School.

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Majbritt Lyck-Bowen

Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Reconciliation and Peacebuilding, University of Winchester
I am an experienced principal investigator of international research projects and a conflict transformation facilitator. I am also an award winning teacher and presenter.

Here are some of the areas I cover in my training: 1) Exploring interpersonal conflict; 2) Turning conflict styles into strategies: 3) Developing key interpersonal skills; 4)Facilitating challenging conversations; 5) Developing intercultural awareness and competencies; 6) Creating a culture of dialogue; 7) Workplace mediation; 8) Facilitating inclusive meetings and 9) Developing strategies using envisioning and appreciative inquiry.

My research currently focuses on welcoming and integrating people on the move in Europe. I am currently particularly interested in the roles of language cafes in integration and the roles of faith-based actors in integration. In the past I have also done a lot of research on accountability for war crimes and transitional justice processes.

I also manage distance learning master programmes in reconciliation and peacebuilding at the University of Winchester, for more information see: https://www.winchester.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/courses/ma-reconciliation-and-peacebuilding/

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