Faculty of Natural Sciences
School showcases
School of Geography, Geology and Environment - 15th March - 10am-12pm - sign up here
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 10:00am - 10:15am | Professor Simon Pemberton | Research within the School of Geography, Geology and Environment: An Overview |
| 10:15am - 10:40am | Professor Clare Holdsworth |
Research theme: Sustainable Place o Brief overview of research on Sustainable Places o Exemplar research project: “Pets, health and mental-well-being in a more-than-human world” |
| 10:40am - 11:05am | Dr Ralf Halama |
Research theme: Sustainable Environments o Brief overview of research on Sustainable Environments o Exemplar research project: “Investigating a warming world” (Dr. Alix Cage) |
| 11:05am - 11:30am | Dr Sharon George |
Research theme: Sustainable Energy and Georesources o Brief overview of research on Sustainable Energy and Georesources o Exemplar research project: “Sustainable energy: developing smart, sustainable and ‘just’ energy transitions” |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm | Questions and answers |
School of Life Sciences - 27 March - 10am-12pm - sign up here
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 10:00am - 10:10am | Professor Helen Price | Overview of research in School of Life Sciences |
| 10:10am - 10:20am | Dr Trisna Tungadi | Plant viruses, friends or foe? |
| 10:20am - 10:30am | Dr Hamish Gilbert | Mechano-medicine: Targeting mechano-chemical signalling for therapeutic benefit |
| 10:30am - 10:40am | Dr Naomi Forrester-Soto | Viral diversity essential for transmission cycles |
| 10:30am - 10:40am | Dr Najmul Haider | The disproportionate case-fatality ratio of COVID-19 between top vaccinated countries and the rest of the world |
| 10:50am - 11:00am | Dr Thomas Torode | Plants in a changing world |
| 11:00am - 11:10am | Dr Dan Tonge | Whole-genome-scale identification of novel non-protein-coding RNAs |
| 11:10am - 11:20am | Dr Shivanand Hegde | Engineering of mosquito microbiome to investigate the host-microbe interactions at the gut barrier |
| 11:20am - 11:30am | Professor Toby Bruce | The Future of Crop Protection |
| 11:30am - 11:40am | Professor Helen Price | Initial findings from the ECLIPSE programme on the challenges of living with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka |
| 11:40am - 11:50am | Dr Marcelo Lima | Keele Centre for Glycoscience Research and Training: Pushing the Boundaries of Glycoscience Research in the UK |
Vet School - 27 March - 2pm-4pm - sign up here
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 2:00pm - 2:15pm | Professor Philip Robinson |
Overview of the school research themes Social science approaches to animal health and welfare |
| 2:15pm - 2:25pm | Professor Jonathan Statham | Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) approaches for Sustainable Livestock Health & Welfare |
| 2:25pm - 2:35pm | Dr Joshua Onyango | Epidemiology of infectious diseases - Orf in sheep & salmonella in poultry flocks |
| 2:35pm - 2:45pm | Dr Marisol Collins | The HyData Project: Epidemiology of canine echinococcosis and livestock hydatidosis in the UK |
| 2:45pm - 2:55pm | Dr James Anderson | Identifying Molecular Biomarkers of Equine Orthopaedic Disease |
| 2:55pm - 3:05pm | Break | |
| 3:05pm - 3:15pm | Dr Jennifer Irving | Faecal microRNAs as potential non-invasive biomarkers of intestinal disease in veterinary species |
| 3:15pm - 3:25pm | Dr Abdelkhalek Samy | Future prospects for regenerative medicine in (human/veterinary) clinical practice |
| 3:25pm - 3:35pm | Dr Adewole Adekola | Development of a novel luciferase immunoprecipitation assay and culture-free molecular approach for canine leptospirosis diagnosis |
| 3:35pm - 3:45pm | Professor Jason Spendelow | Pre-recorded - Performance and Wellbeing |
| 3:45pm - 4:00pm | Professor Philip Robinson | Summary & networking |
School of Psychology - 29 March - 10am-12pm - sign up here
| Time | Speaker | Theme |
| 10:00am - 10:05am | Introduction | |
| 10:05am - 10:20am | Dr Sue Sherman | Addressing inequalities in cervical screening |
| 10:25am - 10:40am | Dr Alex Scott | Waking up to the importance of sleep in mental health |
| 10:45am - 11:00am | Dr Jenny Cole | Weight stigma in pregnancy care: Are we making positive progress? |
| 11:05am - 11:20am | Dr Richard Stephens | "I want to break free"; how swearing may help |
| 11:25am - 11:55am | Professor Clifford Stott and Dr Ching-Yu Huang | Security, Justice and Policing Research in Psychology |
School of Computing and Maths - 30 March - 10am-12pm - sign up here
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 10:00am - 10:05am | Yibin Fu | Overview of Mathematics Research Themes |
| 10:05am - 10:15am | Danila Prikazchikov | Multi-scale and multi-parametric mathematical modelling in theoretical solid mechanics |
| 10:15am - 10:25am | Shailesh Naire | Mathematics in Medicine |
| 10:25am - 10:35am | Ed Redfern | Finding order in chaos for fluid flow using triad phases |
| 10:35am - 10:45am | Yibin Fu | Wrinkling, buckling, and pattern formation in soft materials |
| 10:45am - 11:05am | Break | |
| 11:05am - 11:10am | Sandra Woolley | Overview of Computer Science Research Themes |
| 11:10am - 11:20am | Daniel Reidenbach | Theoretical Computer Science |
| 11:20am - 11:30am | Theo Kyriacou | Artificial Intelligence - Applications of AI |
| 11:30am - 11:40am | Marco Ortolani | Artificial Intelligence - Responsible and Ethical AI |
| 11:40am - 11:50am | Ed De Quincey | Human-Centered Computing |
| 11:50am - 12:00pm | Uchenna Ani | Future Systems - Cybersecurity |
School of Chemisty and Physical Sciences - 31st March - 10am-12pm - sign up here
| Time | Speaker | Theme |
| 10:00am - 10:05am | Nick Wright | Introduction from CPS Director of Research |
| 10:05am - 10:25am | Peter Matthews | Synthetic Chemistry |
| 10:25am - 10:45am | David McGarvey and Graeme Jones | Education Research and Scholarship |
| 10:45am - 11:05am | Juliana Morbec | Materials Sciences & Renewable Energy |
| 11:05am - 11:25am | Charlene Greenwood | Forensic & Analytical Science |
| 11:25am - 11:45am | Nick Wright | Astrophysics |