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UK members of the organising committee
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Subject |
Name and contact details |
Biographical information |
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Neuroscience |
Dr Holly Bridge Royal Society University Research Fellow Department of Clinical Neurology University of Oxford |
Dr Bridge is a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the Department of Clinical Neurology at Oxford. Her research looks at how visual information is processed in the human brain, both in subjects with normal, and abnormal vision, in particular how the input from the two eyes leads to a perception of depth (stereoscopic vision). |
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Astronomy |
Dr Dalia Chakrabarty Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow Department of Statistics University of Warwick
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Dr Chakrabarty is a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow at the Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick. Her research interests revolve around solving puzzles within Astrophysics, using numerical and statistical algorithms developed for the purpose at hand. Examples of such problems include the estimation of the total mass distribution in hot systems, the determination of the intrinsic shape and orientation of galaxy clusters and data-driven deprojection of measured surface brightness maps. She is also closely involved in the International Consortium for Interdisciplinary Sciences. |
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Mathematics |
Dr Jonathan Dawes Reader in Applied Mathematics / Royal Society University Research Fellow Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Bath |
Dr Dawes is a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Bath. His research interests are applied dynamical systems, bifurcation theory, fluid mechanics and mathematical modelling. |
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Chemistry |
Dr Saif Haque Royal Society University Research Fellow and Lecturer Department of Chemistry
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Dr. Haque is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London. He is a physical chemist with a particular interest in photochemistry. Dr. Haque’s research involves the application of time-resolved laser spectroscopic techniques to probe charge transfer dynamics in nanostructured molecular materials. His current research activities include the function and development of organic solar cells based upon self-organizing systems and quantum dots, and the development of hybrid inorganic/organic light emitting displays. Dr. Haque has been recognised for his research in 2006 with the award of the Harrison Memorial Medal by the Royal Society of Chemistry. |
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Geosciences |
Dr Richard Kirby (co-chair) Royal Society University Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer Marine Biological Association Plymouth University |
Dr Kirby is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the School of Marine Sciences and Engineering at the University of Plymouth. He obtained his PhD in Genetics from University College London in 1992. His research looks at the application of molecular biology to questions in evolutionary ecology. |
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Macrobiology |
Dr Kerry Franklin Royal Society University Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences University of Bristol
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Dr Franklin is a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Bristol. Her research interests are light and temperature signalling in Arabidopsis development; photomorphogenesis, phytochrome signalling, temperature sensing; and the elucidation of transcriptional complexes involved in mediating crosstalk between multiple environmental stimuli. |
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Microbiology |
Dr Araxi Urrutia Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow Department of Biology and Biochemistry University of Bath |
Dr Urrutia is a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow at the Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Bath. Her research focuses on how large scale gene activity patterns change during evolution and disease states and what factors modulate these changes on a genome wide scale. To address these topics she uses an in silico approach using bioinformatics tools. |
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Physics |
Dr Peter Vukusic Associate Professor School of Physics University of Exeter |
Dr Vukusic is Associate Professor at the School of Physics at the University of Exeter. His research looks at the the optical effects found in animals and plants. |