Shuang Ma Andersen is a Full Professor at the Department of Green Technology (IGT) and SDU Chemical Engineering, specializing in electrocatalysis, fuel cell technologies, and sustainable resource recovery. Her research focuses on oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts, membrane electrode assemblies, and innovative synthesis methods for iridium/platinum-based systems.
Prof. Dr. Matthias Bruhn is a Professor of Art History and Media Theory at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG Karlsruhe), where he leads the DFG priority program project "Designing Habits" (2023–2025) and its predecessor "Adaptive Images" . He is also a co-editor of the series Image Worlds of Knowledge: Art Historical Yearbook for Image Criticism and a member of the DFG Cluster of Excellence "Matters of Activity" . His academic journey began with studies in art history and philosophy in Hamburg, culminating in a 1997 doctorate on Nicolas Poussin's correspondence. Co-founded ArtHist network (2001) Directed Berlin's "The Technical Image" research unit (2005) His research spans art history, media theory, and digital humanities, focusing on the intersection of technology, visual culture, and critical theory. His recent work in The Digital Image DFG program explores adaptive images as social interfaces and their role in shaping digital interaction patterns. He also co-founded the KIM research group on AI and media philosophy (2018), addressing societal impacts of artificial intelligence. His publications include monographs like The Image: Theory - History - Practice (2008) and edited volumes such as Images of Precision: Practices of Refinement in Technology, Art, and Science (2018). He has participated in international conferences like After Memory – Recalling and Foretelling (2024) and Image Servitude: New Dependencies in the Digital Age (2019). Current affiliations include membership in the advisory board of the Stiftung Forum Recht and leadership roles in DFG-funded projects. His teaching emphasizes the relationship between traditional arts, media technology, and electronic production processes, aligning with HfG Karlsruhe's mission as a reform university.
Jadranka Kolenović-Đapo is a Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo, where she serves as Vice Dean for Teaching, Education, and Student Affairs. Her research spans personality psychology, social interactions, and cognitive reasoning, with a focus on adolescents and athletes. She has contributed extensively to understanding self-esteem development, humor styles, and psychosocial adjustment in post-conflict societies. Current position: Vice Dean for Teaching, Education, and Student Affairs Institution: Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo Main research areas: Personality traits, cognitive reasoning, self-efficacy, humor studies Her recent publications highlight the interplay between personality dimensions (e.g., the Dark Triad) and behavioral outcomes, including workplace stress and social interactions. She has validated multiple psychological scales for assessing competencies in sports and self-esteem metrics in youth populations. Key trends in her work include analyzing linguistic violence, imagined contact theory, and psychosocial resilience in clinical and educational contexts. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges psychology, linguistics, and sports science.
Margherita Fantoli is a tenure track lecturer at the Faculty of Arts at KU Leuven, affiliated with the Cultural Studies Research Group. She is an active member of multiple research institutes including DigiSoc – KU Leuven Institute for Digital Society and LECTIO – KU Leuven Institute for the Study of the Transmission of Texts, Ideas and Images in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Her institutional involvement extends to the Faculty Council of Arts and the POC Digital Humanities. Dr. Fantoli's research spans Digital Humanities with a focus on historical linguistics, classical studies, and book history. Her work integrates computational methods with traditional humanities scholarship, particularly in analyzing ancient Greek and Latin texts, knowledge transmission networks, and multilingualism in historical contexts. She specializes in using digital tools to explore cultural transmission from antiquity through the Renaissance, with particular attention to network analysis of historical texts and academic communities. Her recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward computational approaches to historical scholarship, particularly through the STUDIUM.AI project which maps knowledge networks around the premodern University of Leuven (1425-1797). Her work bridges classical philology with digital methods, examining topics such as canon formation in antiquity, multilingualism in early modern book catalogues, and the presence of classical texts in later periods. She frequently collaborates across disciplines, working with computer scientists, historians, and linguists. Dr. Fantoli serves as promoter or co-promoter on multiple significant research projects including CLARIAH-VL+ (toward the 'SSH Open Science Cloud' in Flanders), studies on the coherence of scientific language in ancient technical texts, and investigations into canon formation in Greco-Roman antiquity. Her teaching portfolio includes courses on data processing, linked data scholarship, and introduction to Digital Humanities, reflecting her commitment to training the next generation of digitally literate humanities scholars. She is actively involved with the Cultural Studies Research Group in Leuven, contributing to their mission of exploring cultural transmission across historical periods. Through her leadership in the STUDIUM.AI project and other digital initiatives, she helps build infrastructure for connecting historical knowledge networks and making premodern scholarship more accessible through digital means.
Professor Isabella Dobrescu is Head of the School of Economics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Business School and co-chair of the STEP UP initiative in Education. She serves as an editor for the Journal of Pension Economics & Finance and maintains an active research program spanning labor economics, public finance, health economics, and applied econometrics. Her educational background includes a Ph.D. in Economics with Honors from the University of Padua (2009), an M.Sc. in Economic Mathematical Modeling Summa cum Laude from West University of Timisoara (2005), and dual bachelor's degrees in Economics from Nottingham Trent University and Finance Summa cum Laude from West University of Timisoara (2003). Dobrescu's research has evolved from structural work on consumption and saving dynamics to pioneering applications combining theory, empirical analysis, and randomized controlled trials to improve educational outcomes through technology. Her recent work focuses on financial literacy interventions for high school students through the STEP UP program, while maintaining her longstanding research on aging populations, retirement decision-making, and risk behavior. Her publication portfolio demonstrates consistent output across labor economics, health economics, and applied econometrics, with recent emphasis on educational technology interventions and financial decision-making in retirement contexts. The research shows methodological diversity spanning structural modeling, nonparametric partial identification techniques, and experimental approaches. UNSW Business School Research Impact Award (2021) UNSW President's Award for Building Collaborations (2019) UNSW Scientia Education Fellowship (2017) Australian Government Office of Learning & Teaching Citation (2016) ARC Early Career Research Fellowship (2012) Dobrescu has secured over AU$2.5 million in competitive research funding since 2010, including major ARC Linkage grants and substantial UNSW strategic investments. She leads the STEP UP initiative which has received over AU$650,000 in funding for financial literacy outreach programs. Her collaborative approach is evident in numerous multi-investigator projects with colleagues including Bateman, Thorp, Motta, and Newell across economics, finance, and education domains. As Head of the School of Economics and co-chair of STEP UP, Dobrescu leads research teams focused on educational interventions using technology, retirement decision-making, and the economics of aging. Her Playconomics platform represents a significant innovation in experiential economics education, receiving media coverage from major outlets including The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian.
Gideon Hartman is an Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department at the University of Connecticut, where he conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of paleoenvironmental reconstruction, plant and animal eco-physiology, anthropology, and archaeology. His work primarily employs stable isotope methods to reconstruct past environments, human mobility patterns, paleodiets, and ancient economic systems. Dr. Hartman received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2008. His educational foundation in anthropology and archaeological science has enabled his innovative approach to stable isotope analysis. Rather than treating isotopic values as static markers, he investigates the mechanisms causing variability in stable isotope ratios as they move along foodwebs from soil and atmosphere to plants and then to animals and humans. Hartman's research program uniquely begins in the contemporary world to establish principles that can be reliably applied to archaeological settings. His work spans diverse geographical regions including the Eastern Mediterranean, Levant, Jordan Valley, and Armenian Highlands, with temporal coverage from the Middle Pleistocene to the Early Bronze Age. He has made significant contributions to understanding how environmental factors like water availability, temperature, and soil conditions affect isotopic signatures in modern ecosystems, creating robust models for archaeological interpretation. His publication record demonstrates consistent productivity in high-impact journals, with research trends showing increasing sophistication in multi-isotope approaches applied to complex archaeological questions about pastoralism, trade networks, human migration, and human-environment interactions. His work increasingly integrates zooarchaeological, archaeobotanical, and geochemical evidence to build comprehensive pictures of past societies. As director of the Stable Isotope Preparation Lab at UConn, Hartman leads a research team that processes and analyzes samples from archaeological sites worldwide. His laboratory serves as a hub for interdisciplinary collaboration between archaeologists, anthropologists, geoscientists, and biologists seeking to apply isotopic methods to their research questions. His work has been instrumental in refining methodologies for interpreting strontium, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen isotope data in archaeological contexts, particularly regarding animal and human mobility patterns in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Dr. Barbara E. Jones serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine, with dual appointments in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Her clinical practice spans diverse healthcare settings within the Veterans Affairs system and academic medical centers, focusing on evidence-based adaptation of care to varied patient populations. Her educational background includes: M.D. from University of Washington School of Medicine B.A. in Philosophy from Dartmouth College Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (M.S.C.I) from University of Utah Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at University of Utah Residency in Internal Medicine at University of Utah Dr. Jones' research centers on decision-making processes in pneumonia diagnosis and treatment, employing a tripartite informatics approach combining population analytics, cognitive behavior analysis, and clinical decision support systems. Her work specifically targets reducing diagnostic uncertainty and treatment variation across healthcare systems, with emphasis on equitable care delivery for diverse patient populations. Current projects investigate diagnostic discordance in community-acquired pneumonia, electronic surveillance for hospital-acquired infections, and machine learning applications for diagnostic error detection. Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals consistent focus on pneumonia management systems, with emerging emphasis on pandemic impacts on diagnostic practices and AI-driven quality improvement. Her work predominantly utilizes large VA healthcare datasets spanning 100+ medical centers, featuring mixed-methods approaches that integrate quantitative analytics with qualitative clinician experience assessment. Dr. Jones actively contributes to clinical guideline development and medical education through editorial work in major journals including Chest and Annals of Internal Medicine , where she frequently addresses controversies in pneumonia diagnosis and antibiotic stewardship. Her research program operates at the intersection of the University of Utah Health system and the Veterans Affairs national healthcare network, leveraging electronic clinical decision support implementations across diverse hospital settings including rural and critical access facilities. Current initiatives focus on real-time feedback systems for diagnostic performance improvement and automated surveillance for healthcare-associated infections.
Dubravko Radic serves as Professor of Service Management at the University of Leipzig's Faculty of Business and Economics since 2009, while simultaneously holding the position of Deputy Head of the Price and Service Management group at the Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economics IMW since 2013. His academic career spans multiple institutions including the University of Wuppertal where he completed his habilitation, and the University of Frankfurt am Main where he earned his doctorate in statistics and econometrics. Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol. summa cum laude): Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M. (2004) Habilitation: Bergische Universität Wuppertal (2009) Diplom-Volkswirt: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M. (1999) Research Stay: University of California Davis (2008) Professor Radic's research centers on the intersection of empirical methods and business management, with particular emphasis on service pricing modeling, applied microeconometrics, and social interactions in service contexts. His work bridges theoretical econometric approaches with practical business applications, especially in the healthcare sector where he has led multiple Fraunhofer IMW projects including ASARob, NurMut, and ATMoSPHÄRE. His research methodology combines quantitative modeling with real-world case studies to address strategic and operational decisions in service organizations. His recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on discrete choice modeling, game theory applications in marketing, and service innovation frameworks. The 2025 paper "Discrete Games in Marketing Research" presented at the Global Marketing Conference in Hong Kong exemplifies his approach of applying advanced econometric techniques to practical marketing problems, particularly in digital service contexts. His work shows an evolving trajectory from foundational service management concepts toward increasingly sophisticated modeling of strategic interactions in service markets. Professor Radic has extensive experience advising major corporations including Metro AG, Lilly Deutschland, IMS Health, Berlin Chemie, and Augustinum gGmbH. His practical projects at Fraunhofer IMW focus on translating academic research into actionable business solutions, particularly in healthcare digitization and service innovation. He has led the TRAIN@MINE project developing training tools for Vietnam's mining sector and contributed to studies on Big Data applications in health insurance. At the University of Leipzig, he leads research activities through the Institute for Service and Relationship Management, supervising multiple research projects that connect academic inquiry with industry applications. His team collaborates with international partners including the University of California Davis, University of Maryland, Northwestern University, and the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, creating a robust research ecosystem focused on service management innovation.
Professor Richard Allen holds the position of Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Leeds, School of Psychology. He joined the university in 2008 as a Lecturer, became Associate Professor in 2015, and was promoted to full Professor in 2025. His academic journey includes a BSc and PhD in Psychology from the University of York, followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Bristol and University of York with renowned psychologists Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch. He is an Associate Editor of Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (2019–2024) and previously served at Memory (2013–2019). He organized the 4th International Conference on Working Memory (2024) and is involved in international memory conferences. His research focuses on memory function across populations, including mechanisms of binding in working memory, attentional control, and aging. Key projects include ESRC-funded work on cognitive ageing and ARC-funded studies on cognitive offloading in children. He leads the Working Memory and Cognition (WoMCog) and Psychology of Ageing at Leeds (PAL) research groups, and his work is supported by grants from ESRC, ARC, and others. He has supervised over 20 PhD students and teaches at all levels in the School of Psychology. Research interests emphasize memory binding, attention-memory interactions, and applications to education/clinical settings. His work explores how information is encoded, maintained, and retrieved across modalities, with a focus on lifespan development and neurodegenerative conditions. Recent studies include detecting long-term forgetting in epilepsy and improving memory strategies for older adults. He has pioneered concepts like 'visuospatial bootstrapping' and 'strategic prioritization' in memory research.
Gérard Ben Arous is a Silver Professor of Mathematics at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, where he has served as Director and Vice Provost for Science and Engineering Development since 2011. He holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Paris VII (1981) and has previously taught at the University of Paris-Sud, École Normale Supérieure, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. His research focuses on probability theory, stochastic analysis, and their applications to physics and industrial problems, particularly exploring complex systems' long-time behavior and aging phenomena in disordered media. Education: PhD in Mathematics, University Paris 7, France (1981) M.Sc. in Statistics, University Paris-Sud Orsay, France (1979) B.S. in Mathematics, École Normale Supérieure (Paris), France (1978) His research interests bridge probability with partial differential equations, dynamical systems, and statistical mechanics. Key contributions include studies on random media, random matrices, and the interplay between complexity, disorder, and aging in physical systems. He has held leadership roles in academic institutions, including directing the mathematics departments at Orsay and École Normale Supérieure, and founded Lausanne's Bernoulli Center. Notable awards include Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the Montyon Prize from the French Academy of Sciences. His work is published in top journals like Annals of Probability and Communications in Pure and Applied Mathematics , and he co-edits Probability Theory and Related Fields . Ben Arous has advised numerous researchers and contributed to interdisciplinary projects, including studies on machine learning landscapes and financial mathematics. His lab focuses on stochastic modeling and its applications across disciplines.
Kushal Dey, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Computational and Systems Biology Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). His research develops machine learning models that integrate genetic, genomic, and epigenomic data (e.g., RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, Perturb-seq, spatial transcriptomics) to decode the causal functional architecture of heritable complex diseases, including immune-related disorders like Alzheimer’s and inflammatory bowel disease, as well as heritable cancers such as breast and prostate cancer.
Professor Siegfried Handschuh holds dual academic appointments as Associate Professor at the University of Passau and Ordinary Professor for Data Science at the University of St. Gallen. His research spans semantic technologies, information linguistics, and artificial intelligence applications in the humanities, with significant funding from the EU, Science Foundation Ireland, and Enterprise Ireland. His research focuses on making big data workable for humanities scholars through innovative AI approaches. Handschuh's work addresses critical challenges in digital humanities including inconsistent and non-integrated data with varying quality. His research interests encompass semantic technologies, information linguistics, information extraction, and distributional semantics, with particular emphasis on applying AI to art history and cultural heritage. Handschuh has coordinated numerous international research projects including the Digital Aristotle project initiated by Microsoft founder Paul Allen, which aimed to develop AI-powered educational tools. His Neoclassica project teaches machines to recognize neoclassical objects through formal language processing, while the PACE initiative establishes the Passau Centre for eHumanities as a research hub. Other significant projects include EU-Project MARIO for healthy aging with care robots and various studies on human-machine interaction. His scientific contributions focus on developing new tools for humanities researchers that leverage artificial intelligence to uncover novel contexts and relationships in cultural data. Handschuh's work bridges computer science with humanities disciplines, creating practical applications for semantic technologies in cultural heritage analysis.
Professor Beata Zarzycka, affiliated with the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin , serves as a leading academic in the Department of Social Psychology and Psychology of Religion under the Faculty of Social Sciences . Her research bridges psychology and religious studies, focusing on spiritual well-being, religious coping, meaning-making processes, and mental health in Polish Catholic contexts. Over her career, she has explored faith transitions, therapeutic relationships, and the psychological impact of pandemics and chronic illness. Her publications span topics like deconversion in adolescence , religiosity and life satisfaction in seniors, and spiritual struggles in healthcare workers . She has validated key psychological scales (e.g., Religious Comfort and Strain) for Polish populations and investigated MMPI-2 and 16PF-5 in predicting religious vocation outcomes. Her work often employs mediation and moderation models to uncover complex psychological-spiritual dynamics. Recent studies include 2024 articles on parental attachment and adolescent deconversion, and 2023 work on religious support networks. She has received national honors like the Bronze Medal for Long Service and KEN Medal , reflecting her contributions to psychology and religious studies. Her peer-review activities for journals like International Journal for the Psychology of Religion and Roczniki Psychologiczne further highlight her academic leadership.
Rev. Prof. Dr. Hab. Marian Nowak (born 1955) is a Professor at the Department of General Pedagogy, Institute of Pedagogy , within the Faculty of Social Sciences at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin . His academic focus lies in personalistic Christian pedagogy , emphasizing human dignity, transcendence, and axiological foundations. Education : Ph.D. in Pedagogy (Salesianum University, Rome, 1989); habilitation in Pedagogy (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, 1999). Roles : Director of the Pedagogy Institute (2000-2008, 2012-2019); Vice-Dean at KUL (2008-2012); President of the Christian Pedagogy Committee (2004-2019) and Section of Christian Pedagogy (2019-present). His research interests include: Personalistic Pedagogy (8 books, 15+ peer-reviewed articles in journals like PAEDAGOGIA CHRISTIANA ). Educational Axiology (2021 analysis of dignity in student-educator dynamics). Teacher Training (2022 work on ethical foundations for modern education). Resocialization and Ethics (2016 exploration of forgiveness, 2013 studies on human values). Key scientific contributions span systemic educational approaches (2024), pandemic-era family pedagogy (2023), and Martha Nussbaum’s capabilities theory in prisoner rehabilitation (2022). His 15 most recent articles (2010-2024) address spirituality in education, religious pedagogy, and axiological challenges. Scientific Leadership : Co-editor, Encyclopaedia of Pedagogy of the XXI Century (8 volumes). Editor-in-chief of Education and upbringing – Post-pandemic transformation (2023). Academic advisory roles for journals like Ruch Pedagogiczny (2017) and PAEDAGOGIA CHRISTIANA . Organized international ACISE conferences (2022) and national seminars on pedagogical methodology. Full Description : Rev. Prof. Nowak’s career intertwines academic rigor with clerical service . After ordination and roles as a priest, religion teacher, and prison chaplain, he joined KUL in 2001 as a Professor of General Pedagogy. His scholarly output includes 6 sole-authored books (e.g., Foundations of Christian Pedagogy , 1985; Theories and Concepts of Education , 2008) and 30 co-authored works. As a mentor, he has supervised 35 doctoral students. His international collaborations include research stays in Louvain (Belgium, 1994/1995) and ACISE conferences in France, Italy, and Scotland. Awards include leadership in Polish and Catholic educational commissions and recognition for advancing personalistic pedagogy through publications, conferences, and editorial work. Current projects focus on systemic educational collaboration and post-pandemic pedagogical adaptation.
Dr. Jessica Grieger is a Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide, affiliated with the Adelaide Medical School under the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Her research focuses on maternal diet, metabolic health, and reproductive outcomes, with a particular emphasis on gestational diabetes, fertility, and developmental origins of disease. Her research program includes systematic reviews and meta-analyses on gestational diabetes prevention, intervention components, and the impact of preconception diet on fertility. She has contributed to high-impact studies in journals like Communications Medicine and Human Reproduction Update . Dr. Grieger's scientific work has been recognized through her NHMRC Externally-Funded Research Fellow position, and her findings have informed clinical guidelines and public health strategies. She supervises honors and higher degree research students in dietary analysis, qualitative methods, and metabolic syndrome studies. Her collaborations span institutions like the Australian Pathogen Genomics Program and involve developing genomic tools for pathogen tracking. She also explores telomere biology in offspring and the implementation of precision medicine approaches for maternal health.