Raven Wallace is a Lecturer and graduate student in the Department of Psychology, supervised by J. Smallwood in the Clinical Program. Her research bridges lab-based and real-world cognition, focusing on ongoing thought patterns and their neural and psychological implications. Her work employs experience-sampling methodologies functional neuroimaging movie-watching paradigms macro-scale brain connectivity analysis to explore conscious experience , mental health , and well-being in naturalistic settings. Recent publications examine weekly cognitive cycles thought-brain activity linkage task state validation via self-reports experience sampling applications across 2023-2025.
Prof. Silvia Maria Melo Pfeifer holds the Universitätsprofessor (W3) für Didaktik der romanischen Sprachen at the Faculty of Education, University of Hamburg , Germany. She also serves as a Research Fellow at CIDTFF, University of Aveiro, Portugal. Her work centers on multilingual education, heritage language pedagogy, intercomprehension, and linguistic landscapes , with extensive experience in international research collaborations. Key Projects : PEP (2023-2026), AGILE (2022-2025), BOLD (2022-2025), IDéAL (2022-2025), and CoMMiTTEd (2021-2023). Research Themes : Focus on plurilingual literacy, multilingual teacher training, digital language interaction, and critical approaches to heritage language education , analyzing how students negotiate identities in multilingual contexts. Her publications include edited volumes on multilingual teacher education (Springer, 2023) and peer-reviewed chapters on intercomprehension. She advocates for pedagogies that integrate students' entire linguistic repertoires , challenging monolingual norms in educational systems.
Roger Allyn Clemens, DrPH, serves as Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Southern California and leverages more than 25 years of experience straddling the food industry and academia. With 40 peer-reviewed publications and upwards of 70 invited medical/scientific lectures across five continents, he is a nationally and internationally recognized authority on food toxicology, nutrition policy, and functional food safety. Research Interests Food toxicology & safety assessment of botanical dietary supplements Aloe vera bio-active compounds and absence of genotoxicity Precision nutrition approaches to long-COVID metabolic dysregulation Phytonutrient inhibitors targeting SARS-CoV-2 replication machinery Grain-based dietary patterns, refined grains, and chronic disease biomarkers Sugars consumption thresholds and cardiometabolic health Pre-clinical neurotoxicology methodology and translational gaps His recent scholarly output (2020-2024) reveals a strategic pivot toward COVID-19, probing plant-derived inhibitors of viral enzymes (Mpro, RdRp complex) and host metabolic sequelae such as iron-redox dysregulation, while concurrently updating authoritative toxicological reviews on aloe beverages and neurotoxicological testing paradigms. Scientific Awards & Leadership Although specific honors are not enumerated, Clemens is described as a “national/international leader” within the Institute of Food Technologists, American College of Nutrition, and American Society for Nutritional Sciences, implying sustained peer recognition and committee leadership roles. Advising & Grants No formal student advising or extramural grant data are disclosed in the supplied text; emphasis is placed on invited lecturing and consensus-panel participation rather than graduate mentorship. Labs & Teams No dedicated laboratory or research group is mentioned; his adjunct lecturer status suggests contribution to teaching and collaborative scholarship rather than principal-investigator lab management.
Evelyne DE LEEUW is a Full Professor at the University of Montreal's School of Public Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine. She holds the Canada Excellence Research Chair in One Urban Health and directs the Healthy Urban Environments (HUE) Collaboratory and the CHETRE (Center for Training, Research, and Evaluation in Health Equity). Her work focuses on urban health governance, equity, and planetary health, emphasizing intersectoral collaboration and policy innovation. She leads major projects like 'Supporting climate change interventions for urban health and equity' funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (IRSC) and chairs initiatives addressing financial wellbeing and climate resilience. Her research explores urban policy dynamics, the intersection of environmental and social determinants of health, and Indigenous health equity. Notable contributions include frameworks for evaluating urban health networks and methodologies for integrating climate change into health policy. She teaches public health policy and scientific literature analysis at the graduate level. Award-winning collaborations span institutions like UNSW Sydney and the Ingham Institute. Her work bridges academic research with practical policy solutions, particularly in marginalized urban communities. Key themes include equitable urban development, pandemic preparedness, and the 'One Health' approach linking human, animal, and environmental health.
Jan Huissoon is a Professor in the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Department at the University of Waterloo, where he previously served as Chair (2013–2020) and founded Canada's first Mechatronics Engineering program. He holds a Ph.D. and Bachelor's in Engineering Science from Trinity College, Dublin. His research focuses on mechatronic design, sensor-based robotics, autonomous vehicles, and microfluidic control, with notable contributions to robotic welding and intelligent transportation systems. Education: 1983: Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin 1979: Bachelor of Engineering Science, Trinity College Dublin Research Interests: Autonomous vehicle navigation using neural networks Sensor-based control for high-speed robotic welding Microfluidic device development and fluid dynamics Assistive robotics and human motion modeling Intelligent sensing systems (ultrasonic/vision-based) Industrial Experience: Consultant for Paradigm Products Inc. (2005–2007) Expert witness for patent infringement cases (2005–2007) Contract work in mechatronic and machine design (2005–2007) Labs/Teams: While no specific lab names are listed, his work involves collaboration with interdisciplinary teams focusing on robotics, microfluidics, and autonomous systems. He has developed open-source hardware like the µPump for microfluidic applications. Grants/Advising: Currently not accepting graduate students but holds Sole-Supervisory Privilege Status (SSPS). His research has produced over 100 publications and multiple patents, including foundational work in robotic calibration and welding automation.
Mirko Guaralda is an Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology's School of Architecture & Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering. He holds a PhD from Politecnico di Milano and has extensive international collaborations with institutions in Indonesia, Poland, Colombia, and Thailand. His research focuses on urban morphology, sense of place, and community-centered design aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals. He has supervised over 20 HDR candidates and delivered workshops globally on placemaking and sustainable urban development. Dr. Guaralda's expertise spans urban design, architectural pedagogy, and knowledge innovation spaces. He pioneered the City 4.0 Lab and led transdisciplinary projects like the Logan Citystudio, fostering collaboration between academia, government, and industry. His teaching emphasizes typo-morphological approaches and industry engagement, with roles in architectural design studios across multiple countries. Key research areas include medium-density urban development, climate adaptation, and digital placemaking. His recent work explores circular urban paradigms, playable digital interventions, and gender-inclusive public spaces. Awards include the 2015 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence (Engagement). Publications span urban climate design, missing-middle housing typologies, and environmental color frameworks. Collaborations with UN-Habitat and international conferences highlight his global impact in shaping equitable, sustainable cities.
Frans Melissen is a Transversal Professor of Sustainability Transitions at the Breda University of Applied Sciences , affiliated with the Academy for Hotel & Facility . His work focuses on enabling professionals, businesses, and organizations to navigate sustainability transitions through innovative models, ownership structures, and collaborative mechanisms. He emphasizes alignment with global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and explores frameworks like the Donut Economy and Circular Economy. Key research areas include Co-design strategies for tourism destinations Immersive experience design in hospitality Authenticity in luxury accommodations Resilience-building through experiencescapes His interdisciplinary approach integrates qualitative methodologies like Delphi studies and living labs. He leads major projects such as KreativEU (European University collaboration) and SmartCulTour (cultural tourism sustainability), and has received the 2018 EuroCHRIE Best Research Paper Award . Melissen actively engages in public discourse on sustainability intelligence and critiques conventional economic growth paradigms. His work bridges academia and practice through initiatives like the Smart City Hospitality Framework , fostering sustainable urban tourism planning via serious gaming simulations.
Katia Dupret is an Associate Professor in the Department of People and Technology at Roskilde University's Institute for People and Technology (IMT), specializing in Organization, Ethics & Social Sustainability. She serves as Head of Studies for the Master's program in Social Sustainability, Head of the Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability, and participates in the Centre for Arctic Studies. Dupret is also a member of the Study Board for Master's programs at IMT, the Steering group for CoroLab's Social Innovation cluster, and the Advisory board for Greencubator in Copenhagen. Her educational background includes: PhD in Innovating Mental Health Care from Aarhus University (2010) MA from Roskilde University (2002) Dupret researches the future of work-life in purpose-driven organizations from a social psychological perspective, focusing on how professionals and management create sustainable organizing to address meaninglessness, stress, and inequality. She examines digitalization's impact on work engagement, professional competencies, knowledge sharing, and ethics. Through a social innovation lens, she investigates societal and civil engagement in research practices among European researchers. Her expertise spans technology-human relations, organizational change, practical ethics, and social design, with special attention to knowledge work's future and social entrepreneurship's role in creating social sustainability. Her recent publications reveal a strong emphasis on regenerative leadership, emotional labor in knowledge work, and participatory methods for social sustainability. She explores how purpose-driven organizations navigate hybrid work models while maintaining meaningful engagement. Her work increasingly addresses the intersection of environmental concerns with workplace design, as seen in her research on outdoor office interventions. Dupret consistently examines how social innovation can address grand challenges through collaborative organizing processes. Dupret serves as Principal Investigator for several significant research projects: SIW: Socially Innovative Knowledge Work (2018-2021), funded by Innovationsfonden Re:ERUA: Research and Engagement for the European Reform University Alliance (2021-2024) Research Cluster: Creative Activity and Imagination, Local Practices and Social Sustainability (2024-2027) She founded I'mpACT, a social entrepreneurial Impact Hub that promotes social innovation and sustainability among university students through democratic co-creation processes. As head of the professional Master of Social Entrepreneurship program, she guides the next generation of social innovators. Her work contributes to multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to decent work, sustainable communities, and responsible consumption.
Dr. Matthias Rolf is a Reader in Computer Science at the School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, Oxford Brookes University. He serves as the First Year Tutor and Postgraduate Research Tutor for Computing. His research focuses on AI, machine learning, robotics, and smart visitor management, with notable collaborations like the Blenheim Palace project. He teaches courses including Artificial Intelligence (BSc/MSc), Computer Science (BSc), and supervises projects in reinforcement learning, ethical AI, and robotics. Rolf leads the Machine Learning and Robotics Group (MLR) and is part of the Centre for AI, Culture and Society (CAICS) and Visual Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (VAIL). His work bridges developmental robotics with ethical AI frameworks, emphasizing autonomous systems and human-robot interaction. Education: PhD (Dr.-Eng.), MSc in Computer Science, and Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE). He has supervised multiple PhD/MSc students, including Rebecca Raper (PhD 2023 on moral machines) and Mohamed Idries (PhD 2022 on navigational algorithms). His research explores multi-objective reinforcement learning, tactile exploration, and ethical decision-making in AI systems. Publications span journals like IEEE Transactions and conferences, with over 30 articles since 2008. Media coverage includes features in New Scientist and Technology Review. He actively engages in knowledge transfer partnerships, integrating academic research with industry applications.
Bernd Fröhlich is affiliated with the Virtual Reality and Visualization Research Group at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany. His work focuses on advancing virtual reality (VR), visualization techniques, and human-computer interaction. He leads research in multi-user VR scenarios, immersive telepresence, and collaborative systems. Key areas include group navigation strategies, spatial audio integration, and embodied conversational agents in virtual environments. Education details are not explicitly mentioned in the provided text. His research interests span VR system design, gesture-based interaction, and perception studies within immersive environments. He has collaborated extensively with institutions like Toshiba Research Europe and contributed to projects involving virtual museums, social VR interfaces, and real-time rendering techniques. Fröhlich’s publications emphasize empirical studies on user behavior in VR, such as perception of asynchrony in rhythmic stimuli and detection thresholds of gaze awareness. He has also explored technical challenges like volumetric calibration, ray casting optimization, and multi-resolution volume rendering. His work frequently addresses practical applications in collaborative learning, cultural heritage digitization, and industrial design validation. While no scientific awards or grants are listed here, his prolific publication record (164+ entries) reflects sustained contributions to the field. His research teams often investigate cutting-edge topics like binaural audio effects, immersive analytics tools, and gesture-driven interaction paradigms for large datasets.
Hugh Greatorex serves as a Researcher at the University of Groningen within the Faculty of Science and Engineering, affiliated with the Bio-inspired Circuits & Systems research group. His work centers on neuromorphic hardware design, specializing in spiking neural networks and event-based processing systems that prioritize energy efficiency and real-world applicability in robotics and embedded AI. His research spans critical areas in neuromorphic engineering: Neuromorphic Engineering Spiking Neural Networks CMOS Circuit Design Memristive Computing Event-based Vision and Audio Processing Symbolic Computation in Neural Hardware Greatorex integrates circuit design with neural algorithms to solve power efficiency challenges, frequently exploring beyond-CMOS technologies like memristors and multi-timescale neural dynamics for practical implementations. Analysis of his 14 recent publications (2022-2025) reveals a cohesive trajectory toward hybrid neuromorphic processors combining CMOS with emerging devices. Key contributions include the TEXEL and Fused-MemBrain architectures for beyond-CMOS integration, alongside advancements in event-based sensory processing and symbolic operations within spiking hardware. This work consistently bridges neural computation with symbolic AI paradigms while emphasizing scalability and robustness. No scientific awards were documented in available sources. Information regarding student advisement and research grants was not provided in the source materials. As a core member of Groningen's Bio-inspired Circuits & Systems group, Greatorex contributes to internationally collaborative projects focused on biologically inspired electronic systems for intelligent processing, with applications spanning edge AI and neural computation modeling.
Associate Professor Brad Haylock serves as the Associate Dean of Communication Design at the School of Design, RMIT University, Australia. His expertise spans Communication Design, Typography, and Critical Design, with a focus on independent publishing and design activism. He actively supervises research projects addressing generative AI ethics, critical fashion publishing, and decolonial visual analysis. Research interests include Design Theory, Art Criticism, and the intersection of design with social and environmental issues. Notable works explore visual rhetoric in corporate reports, anthropocene-era art practices, and maker culture’s urban implications. His curatorial projects, such as 'Experimental Practice: Provocations In and Out of Design,' highlight innovative design methodologies. Brad’s recent publications analyze institutional design education reforms and Indigenous-led learning frameworks. His work consistently bridges critical theory with practical design solutions, emphasizing ethical and equitable systems. Supervision topics reflect a commitment to addressing bias in AI, community-driven publishing, and rethinking museum spaces. Teaching focuses on fostering critical thinking through design pedagogy, with courses in typography, political art, and cultural studies. He collaborates widely, exemplified by co-authored works on graphic design innovation and material literacy in ideation processes.
Beatrice C Dupuy is a Professor of French & Italian and holds a leadership role as Director of the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy (CERCLL) at the University of Arizona. She is also affiliated with the Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Second Language Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT). Her work bridges language pedagogy, literacy practices, and educational technology. Research interests include teacher professional development, multimodal literacy approaches, and experiential learning frameworks in language education. Dr. Dupuy has published extensively on multiliteracies frameworks, critical discourses in foreign language education, and the intersection of language learning with professionalization. She co-edited a special issue of Intercultural Communication Education exploring mobility dimensions in intercultural competence development. Her scholarly contributions emphasize innovative pedagogical strategies for 21st-century language education challenges. Her academic leadership includes directing interdisciplinary educational initiatives focused on cultural, linguistic, and literacy resources. While no specific grants or awards are listed, her publications reflect sustained engagement with transformative educational practices.
Robert Doe is a Lecturer in Architecture at the University of South Australia's UniSA Creative faculty. His research focuses on advancing offsite construction through improved interoperability standards, computational design integration, and modular prefabrication systems for the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations sector. Doe investigates how object-based standards and open modular formats can enhance information sharing across the construction ecosystem. His work compares interoperability frameworks between construction and other industries like oil and gas, identifying transferable solutions for digital transformation. Recent publications examine ecosystem-level approaches to data exchange and systematic methods for improving information flow in offsite construction. His computational design research develops tools facilitating the integration of prefabricated housing design with digital production workflows. This includes parametric optimization methods balancing multiple criteria like sustainability, cost-efficiency, and customization. Doe applies theoretical frameworks from spatial theory to computational design processes, examining how digital tools reshape architectural practice and production.
Simon O'Keefe is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of York. He holds a DPhil in Computer Science from the University of York, preceded by MSc degrees in Operational Research (Lancaster) and Information Processing (York), and a BA in Natural Science/Engineering from the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on bio-inspired computation, particularly neural networks and unconventional computing paradigms. He has held roles including Deputy Head of Department (Online) and previously served as Reader (2022-2024), Senior Lecturer, Lecturer, and Research Assistant at York. His work spans computational neuroscience, neuromorphic engineering, and AI applications in crisis response. Notable contributions include studies on reservoir computing using nanomagnetic devices, Arabic temporal understanding, and domain adaptation techniques. His publications explore topics like spike-based computing, cellular automata classification, and dependency-based bilingual embeddings. Prof O’Keefe’s research integrates theoretical computer science with practical applications in robotics, disaster informatics, and chemical computing systems. He leads the Artificial Intelligence research group at York and has contributed to interdisciplinary projects involving biochemistry and materials science.
