Our Membership
Learn about our dynamic membership of early to mid career professionals, and peruse our membership directory.
We aim for a gender-balanced membership, we are currently 56% female, and current members are aged between 26 and 48. The average age on appointment is 36.
At the end of their 5 year term, YAS members are encouraged to become Emeritus members, to remain connected with YAS, participate in events and activities, and share their advice and experience with current members.
Our next recruitment drive is in January 2024. Please visit our Become a Member page for information about membership criteria and the application process.
Current Membership
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Member NameAbdelrahman Zaky
Areas of interestOrganismal and Environmental BiologyMember KeywordsIndustrial Biotechnology, Biotechnology, Bioeconomy, Bioenergy, Climate Change Mitigation, Industrial Fermentation, Marine Biorefinery, Microalgae, Seawater, Seaweed, Sustainable Development -
Member NameAgomoni Ganguli Mitra
Areas of interestLawMember KeywordsBioethics, Biomedical Research, Gender, Policy, Sexual Health -
Member NameAidan Brown
Areas of interestMathematics and Statistics, Organismal and Environmental BiologyMember KeywordsAntimicrobial Resistance, Bacteria, Bacteriophages, Biophysics, Microscopy -
Member NameAlejandra Aranceta-Garza
Areas of interestBiomedical EngineeringMember KeywordsElectrophysiology, Assistive Technology, Electromyography, Medical Technology, Muscle Movement, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Neurophysiological Diseases, Parkinson'S Disease, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke -
Member NameAmanda Seed
Areas of interestOrganismal and Environmental Biology, Cognitive SciencesMember KeywordsChild Development, Evolution, Outreach, Primates, Psychology -
Member NameAmelia Penny
Areas of interestBiodiversityMember KeywordsEcology, Biodiversity, Earth Science, Palaeontology, Macroecology, Palaeoecology -
Member NameAndrew McKechanie
Areas of interestClinical SciencesMember KeywordsMedicine, Intellectual Disability, Physical Activity, Psychiatry -
Member NameAndrew Tickell
Areas of interestLawMember KeywordsHuman Rights, Access to Justice, The Law of Evidence, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Devolution, Miscarriages of Justice -
Member NameAndy Buckley
Areas of interestParticle PhysicsMember KeywordsStatistics, Physics, Machine Learning, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Science, Data Preservation, Monte Carlo Simulation, Optimisation, Particle Physics -
Member NameAnne-Marie Weijmans
Areas of interestAstrophysicsMember KeywordsEducation, Public Engagement, Science Communication, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Data Management -
Member NameAreti Manataki
Areas of interestInformaticsMember KeywordsComputer Science, Computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computing Education, Health Informatics, Online Education, Workflow Management -
Member NameAshraf Mousa
Areas of interestPoliticsMember KeywordsInternational Relations, International Politics, Economics, Middle East, Public Relations -
Member NameAsimina Kazakidi
Areas of interestBiomedical SciencesMember KeywordsAquatic Propulsion, Biofluid Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Paediatrics -
Member NameAude Le Guennec
Areas of interestCreative and Performing Arts, HistoryMember KeywordsAnthropology, Childhood Studies, Fashion, Heritage, Material Culture, Sociology -
Member NameAyse Cinar
Areas of interestClinical SciencesMember KeywordsChange Management, Coaching, Mental Health, Mentoring -
Member NameBernhard Blumenau
Areas of interestHistoryMember KeywordsHistory, Europe, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, Germany, International Organisations, International Politics, Political Terrorism, State Terrorism -
Member NameBrian Connolly
Areas of interestPartner and Stakeholder DevelopmentMember KeywordsEconomic Development, Communication, Business Research, Business Support, Partnership Development, Stakeholder Development, Wellbeing Economics -
Member NameCaitrin Armstrong
Areas of interestLanguages and LiteratureMember KeywordsEducation, Equality, Arts Education, Young People, Arts, Awards, Writing -
Member NameCaroline Gauchotte-Lindsay
Areas of interestEngineeringMember KeywordsWater Quality, Analytical Chemistry, Emerging Contaminants, Plastic, Water, Women in Science -
Member NameCatriona Fallow
Areas of interestPerformanceMember KeywordsEducation, History and Culture, Pedagogy, The Arts, Theatre and Performance -
Member NameCatriona Wallace
Areas of interestThird SectorMember KeywordsBookbug, Early Childhood Intervention, Early Years Education, Literacy -
Member NameChiara Bonacchi
Areas of interestheritageMember KeywordsHeritage, Open Science, Data Activism, Digital Heritage, Museums, Social Impact -
Member NameChurnjeet Mahn
Areas of interestLanguages and LiteratureMember KeywordsLiterature, Heritage, Migration, Race, Sexuality, Travel -
Member NameClaire Cousins
Areas of interestEarth Sciences, Cell and Molecular BiologyMember KeywordsArt, Astrobiology, Geobiology, Planetary Exploration, Public Engagement -
Member NameClaire Tynte-Irvine
Areas of interestPublic SectorMember KeywordsGovernment, International Relations, Economics, Central Europe, Economic Policy, International Development, Public Policy -
Member NameClare Taylor
Areas of interestBiomedical SciencesMember KeywordsBacteria, Public Engagement, Equality, Microbiology, Science Policy -
Member NameClaudia Duffy
Areas of interestLawMember KeywordsEntrepreneurship, Technology, Business Growth, Commercialisation, Entrepreneurialism, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Investment, Ip Commercialisation, Technology Transfer -
Member NameCraig Anderson
Areas of interestPublic Engagement, StatisticsMember KeywordsEnvironment, Statistics, Health Inequality, Air Pollution, Child Health, Epidemiology -
Member NameDaniel Friedrich
Areas of interestMathematics and Statistics, EngineeringMember KeywordsSustainability, Absorption Process Design, Carbon Capture, Decarbonisation, Energy System Design and Optimisation, Heat Decarbonisation, Mathematical Modelling, Sustainable Cooling -
Member NameDelma Childers
Areas of interestBiomedical SciencesMember KeywordsAntimicrobial Resistance, Public Engagement, Fungal Infection, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Molecular Biology -
Member NameDeval Desai
Areas of interestLaw, International Economic LawMember KeywordsInternational Law, International Development, Global Governance, Legal Theory, Public Law -
Member NameDorothy Aidulis
Areas of interestBusiness and IndustryMember KeywordsStem, Science, Pharmacology, Teaching, Content Creation, Creativity, Home Science Experiments, Online Business, Science Clubs -
Member NameDouglas Gibson
Areas of interestendometriosisMember KeywordsTissue Repair, Immunology, Endocrinology, Endometriosis, Hormones, Inflammation, Reproductive Biology, Reproductive Health Disorders -
Member NameDouglas Morrison
Areas of interestThird SectorMember KeywordsGender, Education, Innovation, Circular Economy, Construction, Industry, Net-Zero -
Member NameDylan Fotoohi
Areas of interestThird SectorMember KeywordsSociology, Policy & Practice Development, Migration, Community Development, Refugee Integration -
Member NameEamon Keane
Areas of interestLawMember KeywordsLaw, Courts, Access to Justice, Sexual Offences, The Law of Evidence -
Member NameEd Roberts
Areas of interestBiomedical SciencesMember KeywordsCancer Biology, Cancer Research, Lgbtq, Hospice, Immunology, Tumor Development -
Member NameElaine Baxter
Areas of interestinnovation specialistMember KeywordsCoaching, Innovation, Further Education, Strategy, Design Thinking, Facilitation, Innovation Research, Innovation Training, Product and Service Design -
Member NameEllen Garland
Areas of interestOrganismal and Environmental BiologyMember KeywordsAnimal Culture, Behavioural Ecology, Bioacoustics, Conservation Biology, Social Learning -
Member NameEmily Cross
Areas of interestCognitive Sciences, InformaticsMember KeywordsAesthetics, Cognition, Neuroscience, Performing Arts, Social Robotics -
Member NameEmily Draper
Areas of interestChemistryMember KeywordsChemistry, Edi, Edia, Organic Electronics, Physical Organic, Rheology, Sans, Self Assembly -
Member NameErik Gauger
Areas of interestPhysics and AstronomyMember Keywords(Theoretical) Physics, Computer Science, Data Processing and Optimisation, Future Studies Methods, Quantum Technologies -
Member NameEsther K. Papies
Areas of interestpsychology, neuroscienceMember KeywordsPsychology, Food, Climate Change, Health, Behaviour Change, Social Justice, Climate Justice, Drinking, Eating, Food Systems, Greenhouse Gas Emission, Habits, Mitigation, Motivation, Plant-Based Food, Vegan, Vegetarian -
Member NameEuan Greig
Areas of interestProgramme ManagementMember KeywordsApprenticeships, Contract Management, Partnership Management, Pragmatic, Problem Solving, Project Management -
Member NameFiona Heatlie
Areas of interestPartner Engagement, Research DevelopmentMember KeywordsResearch Funding, Interdisciplinarity, Social Science, Poetry GÃ Idhlig, Radical Cross-Sector Partnerships -
Member NameFiona Kerr
Areas of interestBiomedical SciencesMember KeywordsOutreach, Public Engagement, Stem Outreach, Brain Health, Dementia, Drug Development, Functional Genomics -
Member NameGary Kerr
Areas of interestEconomics and Social SciencesMember KeywordsAccessibility, Curating, Events, Festivals, Science Communication, Science Festivals, Science Policy -
Member NameGozde Ozakinci
Areas of interestCognitive SciencesMember KeywordsPsychology, Well-Being, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, Communication, Health Behaviours, Health Care, Health Psychology -
Member NameGuiseppe Pezzini
Areas of interestLanguages and LiteratureMember KeywordsClassics, Latin, Comedy, Linguistics, Philology, Theatre -
Member NameHadi Heidari
Areas of interestEngineeringMember KeywordsFlexible and Wearable Electronics, Implantable Devices, Integrated Circuit Design, Magnetic Sensors, Microelectronics, Neutral Interface, Spintronics, Wearables -
Member NameHelen Mulvana
Areas of interestBiomedical Sciences, EngineeringMember KeywordsEquality, Diversity, Drug Delivery, Elastography, Engineering, Ultrasound -
Member NameHelen Wade
Areas of interestMarine OrnithologyMember KeywordsClimate Change, Women in Leadership, Women in Science, Biodiversity Loss, Environmental Assessment, Gender Equity, Marine Ornithology, Marine Renewables, Nature Crisis, Personal Development, Policy and Planning, Scottish Seas, Seabirds -
Member NameHenry Lovat
Areas of interestLaw, PoliticsMember KeywordsHuman Rights, Corporate Governance, Foreign Policy, International Politics, Brexit, Development, Economic Development, International Futures, International Law, Rule of Law, Security, Trade -
Member NameHyab Yohannes
Areas of interestEducation, Economics and Social SciencesMember KeywordsEducation, Migration, Refugees, Refugee Integration, Intercultural Communication, Migration Studies, Migrant Experiences, Third Sector, Trafficking -
Member NameIain Donald
Areas of interestInformaticsMember KeywordsTechnology, Digital Art, Gaming, Virtual Worlds, War History -
Member NameIman Tajik
Areas of interestCreative and Performing ArtsMember KeywordsMigration, Art, Equality, Refugees, Ethics, Social Justice, Advocacy, Asylum, Photography -
Member NameIssraa Al-Obaidi
Areas of interestBiomedical SciencesMember KeywordsDrug Delivery, Anticancer, Cancer Biology, Cancer Research, Radiotherapy -
Member NameJack Barrie
Areas of interestGeopolitics, International TradeMember KeywordsCircular Economy, Sustainable Development, Innovation Systems, International Trade, Societal Transitions -
Member NameJacqueline Maybin
Areas of interestClinical SciencesMember KeywordsGynaecology, Menstruation, Reproduction, Tissue Repair, Women’s Health -
Member NameJames Rae
Areas of interestEarth SciencesMember KeywordsGeosciences, Climate Change, Earth Science, Co2, Geochemistry, Ocean, Oceanography -
Member NameJamie Cooke
Areas of interestThird SectorMember KeywordsPolicy, Innovation, Networks, Basic Income, Circular Economy, Cities, Global Connections, Networking -
Member NameJamie Cooper-Higgins
Areas of interestMarketingMember KeywordsEntrepreneurship, Innovation, Strategy, Business, Branding, Consumer Behaviour, Fintech, Marketing, Start Ups, Venture Capital -
Member NameJennifer Ann Lang Kirkwood
Areas of interestEducationMember KeywordsConcept-Based Curriculum, Elite Education & Education of Elites, Power & Inequalities, Social Mobility & Educational Strategies, Education for Democracy, Elites, International Education, Scottish Education, Sociology of Education -
Member NameJessica Enright
Areas of interestMathematics and Statistics, InformaticsMember KeywordsAgriculture, Computational Methods, Matematics, Networks -
Member NameJillian Merchant
Areas of interestLawMember KeywordsPolicy, Equality, Law, Campaigns, Discrimination, Employment -
Member NameJo Buckley
Areas of interestCreative and Performing ArtsMember KeywordsEducation, Performing Arts, Arts Education, Music, Arts, Classical Music, Well-Being -
Member NameJoanne Ingram
Areas of interestpsychologyMember KeywordsCognition, Chronic Illness, Cognitive Function, Language and Communication, Mindfulness, Wellbeing -
Member NameJohn O’Connor
Areas of interestPhilosophy and TheologyMember KeywordsCatholicism, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Religion, Theology -
Member NameJohn-Robert Eunson
Areas of interestBusiness and Industry, EngineeringMember KeywordsEngineering, Oil & Gas, Apprenticeship, Further Education -
Member NameJonathan Fraser
Areas of interestMathematics and StatisticsMember KeywordsDimension Theory, Ergodic Theory, Fractal Geometry -
Member NameJosie Fullerton
Areas of interestCardiovascular and Metabolic HealthMember KeywordsOutreach, Public Engagement, Science Communication, Brain Health, Dementia, Stroke, Cardiovascular, Extracellular Vesicles, Health and Disease, Hypertension -
Member NameJulia Allison
Areas of interestEngineeringMember KeywordsHeritage, Artic, Creative Collaboration, Data-Driven Automation, Structural Engineering, Urban Environment -
Member NameJuliano Morimoto
Areas of interestentomologyMember KeywordsEvolution, Nutrition, Ecology, Entomology, Interdisciplinarity, Machine Learning, Social Justice, Behaviour, Geometry, Multidimensional Data -
Member NameJulie Cameron
Areas of interestThird SectorMember KeywordsInequalities, Participatory Research, Prevention, Programme Evaluation, Programme Implemention, Public Mental Health -
Member NameJunaid Ashraf
Areas of interestYouth EmpowermentMember KeywordsPolitics, Race Equality -
Member NameKate Cowcher
Areas of interestArt HistoryMember KeywordsCultural Heritage, Education, Art, Collections Research, Community Outreach -
Member NameKatherine Duncan
Areas of interestBiomedical SciencesMember KeywordsMicrobiology, Antibiotics, Chemical Ecology, Marine Science, Women in Leadership, Women in Sciences -
Member NameKathrin Cresswell
Areas of interestBiomedical SciencesMember KeywordsInnovation, Ehealth, Evaluation -
Member NameKathryn Elmer
Areas of interestOrganismal and Environmental BiologyMember KeywordsEnvironment, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Genomics -
Member NameKatie Boyle
Areas of interestHuman Rights LawMember KeywordsHuman Rights, Law, Economics, Constitutional Law, Social Justice, Justice and Equality, International Law -
Member NameKatie Gibson Smith
Areas of interestClinical SciencesMember KeywordsMedical Education, Well-Being, Behaviour Change, Health Inequality, Mixed Methods, Self-Care -
Member NameKavul Tshiloz
Areas of interestEngineeringMember KeywordsEngineering, Climate Change, Industry, automotive, Energy, Low Carbon Energy -
Member NameKevin Guyan
Areas of interestThird Sector, data, equalityMember KeywordsEquality, Higher Education, Data, Lgbtq, Queer, Research Methods, Social Justice -
Member NameKieren Egan
Areas of interestdigital health and wellnessMember KeywordsPublic Engagement, Computer Science, Dementia, Caregivers, Citizen Science, Co Design, Digital Health and Wellness, Evidence Synthesis, Public Health -
Member NameKimi Smith
Areas of interestHealth InequalitiesMember KeywordsProject Management, Health Inequalities, Communication and Framing Narratives, Health Improvement, Participatory Approaches, Policy Development, Stakeholder Engagement -
Member NameKirsty Woolley
Areas of interestClinical SciencesMember KeywordsMedicine, Mental Health, Health Inequality, General Practice, Social Care -
Member NameKitty Meeks
Areas of interestMathematics and Statistics, computer scienceMember KeywordsComputer Science, Networks, Algorithms, Discrete Mathematics, health data -
Member NameLaura Behan
Areas of interestBusiness and IndustryMember KeywordsLeadership, Finance, Business Strategy, Customer Experience, Financial Capability, Management, Personal Finance -
Member NameLaura Kelly
Areas of interestHistoryMember KeywordsActivism, Birth Control, Contraception, History of Medicine, Medical Education, Reproductive Rights -
Member NameLeslie James Mabon
Areas of interestEconomics and Social SciencesMember KeywordsClimate Change Adaptation, Environmental Governance, Interdisciplinarity, Japan, Qualitative Research, Taiwan -
Member NameLewis Hou
Areas of interestEducation, CommunitiesMember KeywordsPublic Engagement, Community Engagement, Creativity, Cultural Democracy, Culture and Wellbeing, Equity and Diversity, Interdisciplinary Learning, Systems Change -
Member NameLilach Sheiner
Areas of interestBiomedical SciencesMember KeywordsInfectious Diseases, Synthetic Biology, Cell Biology, Malaria Research, Mitochondria, Parasite Biology -
Member NameLindsay Paterson
Areas of interestGlobal EngagementMember KeywordsPolicy, Mental Health, Government, Communication, Politics, Engagement, Collaboration, Unpaid Carers -
Member NameLisa MacKenzie
Areas of interestCreative and Performing ArtsMember KeywordsArchitecture, Coastal Communities, Coastal Resilience, Inter-Epistemic Knowledge, Landscape Architecture -
Member NameLiz Cooper
Areas of interestsocial phycology, sustainable production and businessMember KeywordsSustainability, Higher Education, Circular Economy, International Development, Fair Trade, Supply Chains -
Member NameLouise Reid
Areas of interestGeography, sustainable developmentMember KeywordsSustainability, Institutions, Social Science, Everyday Life, Homes, Human Geography, Qualitative Methods -
Member NameLynn Love
Areas of interestComputer ArtsMember KeywordsPublic Engagement, Animation, Exhibition Design, Experimental Games, Interactive Art, Playful Public Consultation, Social Play, User Testing, Video Game Design, Video Game Installation, Video Games -
Member NameMaarten Zwart
Areas of interestneuroscienceMember KeywordsMicroscopy, Neuroscience, Electrophysiology -
Member NameManal Khatib
Areas of interestaccounting and financeMember Keywordsaccounting, Finance, Human Rights, Refugee Integration -
Member NameManuel Fernández-Götz
Areas of interestHistoryMember KeywordsMigration, Ancient History, Archaeology, Conflict, Urbanisation -
Member NameMargaret Cunningham
Areas of interestBiomedical SciencesMember KeywordsTechnology, Multi-Disciplinary Research, Pharmacology, Stem Outreach, Target Validation -
Member NameMaria Dornelas
Areas of interestOrganismal and Environmental BiologyMember KeywordsEcology, Biodiversity, Eco-Informatics, Open Science -
Member NameMarion Slater
Areas of interestClinical SciencesMember KeywordsEquality, Health Inequality, Equality of Access, Flexible Training, Healthcare, Reducing Inequality, Remote and Rural -
Member NameMark Williams
Areas of interestCell and Molecular BiologyMember KeywordsAcute Myeloid Leukaemia, Bone Marrow-Leukaemia Interactions, Multiple Myeloma and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, Paediatric and Adult Haematological Malignancies, Resistance to Cancer Therapies -
Member NameMarta Vignola
Areas of interestEngineeringMember KeywordsDrinking Water, Flow Cytometry, Microbial Ecology, Water Treatment -
Member NameMatteo Ciantia
Areas of interestEngineeringMember KeywordsGeomechanics, Numerical Modelling, Geohazards, Offshore Geotechnical Engineering, Soft Rocks, Soil Mechanics, Soil Structure Interaction -
Member NameMatthew Bellhouse Moran
Areas of interestCuratorMember KeywordsEducation, Outreach, Museum, Engagement, Galleries, Maritime -
Member NameMegan Coyer
Areas of interestLanguages and LiteratureMember KeywordsLiterature and Medicine, Medical Humanities, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Periodical Press, Scottish Romanticism, Textual Editing -
Member NameMehul Malik
Areas of interestPhysics and AstronomyMember KeywordsQuantum Technologies, Diversity, Computation, Entanglement, Experimental Quantum Physics, Structured Light -
Member NameMhairi Stewart
Areas of interestPublic EngagementMember KeywordsChange Management, Public Engagement, Programme Evaluation, Community Engagement, Collaborative Leadership, Strategic Planning, Training -
Member NameMichael Barany
Areas of interestHistory of Science, MathematicsMember KeywordsAlgorithms, History, Mathematics, Globalisation, History of Science, Institutions, Internationalism, Justice and Equality, Social Science -
Member NameMichael Byrne
Areas of interestClimate ScienceMember KeywordsClimate Change, Climate Modelling., Environmental Sustainability, Extreme Temperatures, Physical Science, Water Cycle -
Member NameMichelle Williams
Areas of interestRadiologyMember KeywordsArtificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, Non-Invasive Imaging, Radiology, Radiomics -
Member NameMiguel Oscar Bernabeu Llinares
Areas of interestBiomedical SciencesMember KeywordsMachine Learning, Mathematical Modelling, Brain Small Vessel Disease, Developmental Vascular Biology, Diabetic Retinopathy, Medical Image Processing, Organ-On-A-Chip, Tumour Microenvironment -
Member NameMiranda Anderson
Areas of interestLanguages and LiteratureMember KeywordsCognitive Humanities, Value of Arts & Humanities, Distributed Cognition, Literary Edinburgh, Renaissance Studies, Shakespeare -
Member NameMirna Šolić
Areas of interestLanguages and LiteratureMember KeywordsLiterature, Central Europe, Comparative Literature, Film Studies, Migration Studies, Text/Image Studies, The Balkans, Travel Writing -
Member NameMohamed Elsharkasi
Areas of interestPharmacologyMember KeywordsPharmacology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dementia, Social Justice, Equality, neurodegenerative disease, Activism, alzheimer's disease -
Member NameMohammed Altayyeb
Areas of interestPublic HealthMember KeywordsPublic Health, social change, Medicine, Community Engagement, Community, health governance -
Member NameMohammed-Albarra Hassan
Areas of interestInformaticsMember KeywordsData, Business Intelligence, Combinatorial Optimization, Logistics, Parallel Machines Scheduling, Transportation, Transportation Systems -
Member NameMona Simion
Areas of interestPhilosophyMember KeywordsPhilosophy, Epistemology, Ethics, Assertion, Concepts, Disagreement, Evidence, Gender and Race, Information, Justified Belief, Knowledge, Philosophy of Language and Communication, Speech Act Theory, Trust, Voting -
Member NameMuhammad Zeeshan Shakir
Areas of interestWireless CommunicationsMember KeywordsEducation, Artificial Intelligence, Built-in Environment, Data Analytics, Digital Health Care, Industry 4.0, Industry Automation, Mobile Communications, Social Innovations, Telecommunications, Wireless Communications -
Member NameMurray Collins
Areas of interestEarth SciencesMember KeywordsRemote Sensing, Biodiversity, Environmental Policy, Forests, Tropical Forests -
Member NameNadimul Faisal
Areas of interestEngineeringMember KeywordsSensors, Coating, Digitisation, Micromechanics, Residual Strain, Surface Engineering -
Member NameNancy Lombard
Areas of interestEconomics and Social SciencesMember KeywordsPolicy, Sociology, Equality, Young People, Children, Coercive Control, Dva Domestic Violence and Abuse, Feminism, Feminisms, Innovative Methodologies, Masculinities -
Member NameNathan Bailey
Areas of interestOrganismal and Environmental BiologyMember KeywordsEnvironment, Science, Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Society, Universities -
Member NameNeil Burnside
Areas of interestgeoscientific engineeringMember KeywordsGeology, Carbon Capture, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, District Heating, Drilling, Environmental Science, Geothermal, Groundwater, Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Low Carbon Energy, Mining, Renewable Resources, Storage -
Member NameOurania Varsou
Areas of interestBiomedical SciencesMember KeywordsMedicine, Neuroscience, Ultrasound, History of Medicine, Medical Humanities, Science Communication, Anatomy, Art-Anatomy Relationship, Imaging, Imaging Phantoms, Mri, Neuroimaging, Object-Based Learning, Poetry, health humanities -
Member NamePanna Muqit
Areas of interestmedical educationMember KeywordsMedicine, Medical Education, Health, Health Inequality, Interdisciplinary Teaching -
Member NameParia Moazemi Goodarzi
Areas of interestvisual and public artMember KeywordsArt, Arts, Arts Education, Identity, Refugee Integration, Equity and Diversity, Diversity, Activism -
Member NamePawel Orzechowski
Areas of interestBusiness and IndustryMember KeywordsEducation, Mental Health, Sustainability, Charity, Citizenship, Community, Enterprise, Programming -
Member NamePinar Aksu
Areas of interestThird SectorMember KeywordsMigration, Human Rights, Community Development, Theatre -
Member NameRachel Myles
Areas of interestClinical SciencesMember KeywordsMedicine, Cardiology, Clinical Research, Electrophysiology, Pre-Clinical Research, Sudden Cardiac Death -
Member NameRaphael Heffron
Areas of interestLawMember KeywordsSustainability, Energy Law, Interdisciplinary Research, Just Transition to Low-Carbon Economy, Responsible Finance, Societal Inequality -
Member NameRebecca Warren
Areas of interestPhysics and Astronomy, EducationMember KeywordsPolicy, Education, Stem, Technology, Teaching, Physics -
Member NameRichard Middlemiss
Areas of interestEngineering, Public EngagementMember KeywordsPublic Engagement, Sensors, Gravimetry, Mems, Volcanology -
Member NameRuth Bowness
Areas of interestMathematics and StatisticsMember KeywordsAntibiotic Resistance, Mathematics, Modelling, Tuberculosis -
Member NameRuth Dukes
Areas of interestLaw, Human Rights LawMember KeywordsEmployment Law, Labour History, Labour Rights, Work -
Member NameSadie Ryan
Areas of interestlanguage in identity constructionMember KeywordsMigration, Accent and Dialect Variation, Identity, Language in Education, Linguistic Discrimination, Multilingualism, The Language of Teenagers and Young People -
Member NameSam Illingworth
Areas of interestGames Design, PoetryMember KeywordsPublic Engagement, Higher Education, Science Communication, Poetry, Creative Writing, Games, Interdisciplinary Studies -
Member NameSandra Quinn
Areas of interestpsychologyMember KeywordsPublic Engagement, Multi-Disciplinary Research, Auditory and Music Perception, Chronic Disease, Health Inequalities, Health Research, Mixed Methods Research, Systematic Reviews -
Member NameSandro Carnicelli
Areas of interestEconomics and Social SciencesMember KeywordsEducation, Adventure, Conferences, Tourism, Volunteering -
Member NameSantiago Romero-Vargas Castrillon
Areas of interestEngineering, ChemistryMember KeywordsWater, Chemical Engineering, Energy, Interfaces, Membranes, Nanotechnologies -
Member NameSarah Wotton
Areas of interestThird SectorMember KeywordsPolicy, Education, Sustainability, Environmental Policy, Circular Economy, Wildlife -
Member NameSavan Qadir
Areas of interestjournalismMember KeywordsRefugee Integration, refugee policy, Human Rights, International Politics, Politics, Social Policy, journalism -
Member NameScott Spurlock
Areas of interestHistory, Philosophy and TheologyMember KeywordsPublic Engagement, Theology, Religious Cultures, Religious Studies, Scottish and Irish History -
Member NameSharon Deane-Cox
Areas of interestLanguages and LiteratureMember KeywordsLiterature, Heritage, Holocaust, Intercultural Communication, Memory, Museum, Translation Ethics, Translation History -
Member NameSimson McCreath
Areas of interestDevelopment ScientistMember KeywordsHealthcare, Chemistry, Manufacturing, Research and Development -
Member NameStavroula Pipyrou
Areas of interestSocial AnthropologyMember KeywordsChild Displacement, Civil Society, Cold War Legacies, Greece, Italy, Minorities, Political Anthropology, Power and Governance, Scotland, Vulnerable Populations -
Member NameStephen Brusatte
Areas of interestOrganismal and Environmental BiologyMember KeywordsScience, Evolutionary Biology, Universities, Geology, Palaeontology, Science Communication -
Member NameTom Russ
Areas of interestpsychiatryMember KeywordsPsychiatry, Ageing, Clinical Research, Dementia, Epidemiology -
Member NameUlrich Schmiedel
Areas of interestPhilosophy and TheologyMember KeywordsMigration, Religion, Theology, Ethics, Faith-Based Activism, Politics, Theology and Philosophy -
Member NameUsman Tariq
Areas of interestcommercial dispute resolution and public lawMember KeywordsEquality, Intellectual Property, Human Rights, Law, Courts, Access to Justice, Rule of Law, Advocacy, Minority Rights, Pakistan -
Member NameVaishak Belle
Areas of interestInformaticsMember KeywordsArtificial Intelligence (AI), Automated Planning, Epistemic Modelling, Explainable AI, Knowledge Representation, Machine Learning -
Member NameZaher Al Bakour
Areas of interestChemistryMember KeywordsGpcrs, Hplc, Medical Devices, Phosphodiesterases, Pulmonary Hypertension, Quality Control -
Member NameZahra Rattray
Areas of interestBiomedical SciencesMember KeywordsPublic Engagement, Pharmacology, Anticancer, Knowledge Exchange, Drug Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Translational Pharmaceutics
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