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Dr. Guilherme Corte is a Professor (Assistant) at the Texas A&M University College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies, USA. Most of his research explores the ecology and conservation of coastal marine ecosystems, focusing primarily on the structure of marine communities, the functioning of coastal ecosystems, and the reproduction and population dynamics of marine species.
Principal Researcher at Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (IFISC), Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
My interest is mainly focus on the application of modelling tools (and especially complex networks theory and data mining) to a wide range of problems, from the air transport to the interactions within cells.
Dr. Andrew Mitchell is a Senior Research Scientist at the Australian Museum Research Institute. His research interests include systematics of noctuid moths (Lepidoptera), molecular phylogenetics, insect diversity, species delimitation and diagnostics, and DNA barcoding.
I received my medical degree from Kobe University in 2004. I completed my internship at Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Hospital, my pediatric residency at Kakogawa Municipal Hospital, and my fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Kobe University Hospital and Kobe Children’s Hospital.
In parallel with my clinical training, I also received basic research training with a focus on the pathophysiology of neonatal diseases, first as a Postgraduate student at Kobe University, and then as a Postdoctoral scholar in the Dept of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Throughout my Postgraduate training, I have been engaged in a wide range of clinical research projects, including two main projects: the ”Contribution of Genetic Polymorphisms of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor to Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia” and the “Regulation of Renin-Angiotensin Systems in the Monochorionic Twin Pregnancies Complicated by Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndromes”. During my fellowship at Stanford, my research focus was to understand the function of heme oxygenase (HO), the rate-limiting enzyme in bilirubin production, and its contribution to neonatal diseases, specifically neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and sepsis, using animal models. I currently serve as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine as well as Chief of Neonatology at Kobe University Hospital.
Prf. Chengming Fan is a Surgeon in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Central South University. HIs current basic research interests include treatment of ischemic heart disease with human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC)-related strategy and with preclinical animal models.
Professor in the Curtin enAble Institute and School of Population Health, Curtin University.
Interests span health, developmental, and clinical psychology, with the overarching aim of understanding how both individual difference and social/community variables are related to psychological, social, and educational outcomes across the life-span. I am particularly interested in individual differences in cognitive and self-regulatory processes (such as appraisal, coping, and emotion regulation) and their potential links with emotional vulnerability.
Fiore Capozzi is a researcher in Botany at the Department of Biology at Univeristy of Naples Federico II. His research interests concern: i) studies of plants as biomonitor of air quality; ii) studies on phytoremediation and on the effects of pollutants on plant organisms; iii) studies on factors affecting the growth of plants in Space environment.
Dr. Christoph Centner is a researcher within the Department of Sport and Sport Science at the University of Freiburg. Christoph carries out research in Exercise as well as Sports Medicine.
His primary research areas include Resistance Training, Muscle Physiology, Clinical Biomechanics, Sports Medicine, and Exercise Physiology. More specifically, his current project focuses on the effects of blood flow restriction training on musculoskeletal and tendinous adaptations.
Dr Oberst works as Associate Professor at the Centre for Audio, Acoustics and Vibration (CAAV) at the University of Technology, Sydney, and is head of the Biogenic dynamics group conducting research in bioacoustics, complex dynamics, and acoustic/biogenic (meta-)materials. His research is applied to the eusociality of insects, (primarily termites, but also bees) and the structures they build, extending to their vibro-acoustic communication signals following the noise control engineering principle. Nonlinear time series analysis or methods used in engineering and physics are key elements of his research applied to the life sciences, especially behavioural ecology.
Dr. Hong Yang is a Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, UK. His research interests include the effects of climate change and human activities on water environment, water-energy-carbon nexus, and resource management. He has led and been involved in research projects funded by UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), European Research Council (ERC), Research Council of Norway (RCN), Chinese Natural Science Foundation (CNSF) and Chinese Academy of Science (CAS).
Prof. Marcus Vieira is the Bioengineering and Biomechanics Laboratory head at Universidade Federal de Goiás. He received BS in Electrical Engineering and Physical Education from the Universidade Federal de Goiás, and MSc and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the Universidade de São Paulo. He focuses his research in computational neuroscience and biomechanics, especially in motoneuron modeling, spinal CPG, nonlinear tools for movement variability analysis, including entropy, fractal dimension and recurrence analysis, coherence analysis in postural control, transitory tasks such as gait initiation, and gait dynamic stability.
Dr Yunpeng Cao is Associate Researcher (CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture) at Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests mainly focus on the Systematics and Evolution, Genomics, Fruit Development and Regulatory Mechanism.