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Organising Committee

Local Organising Committee

headshot of Benjamin Gompertz
Benjamin Gompertz

Conference chair

headshot of Leah-Nani Alconcel
Leah-Nani Alconcel 
headshot of Bence Bécsy
Bence Bécsy 
headshot of Lily Beesley
Lily Beesley 
headshot of Clément Bonnerot
Clément Bonnerot 
headshot of Suhail Dhawan

Suhail Dhawan

headshot of Jenni French

Jenni French

headshot of Rachel Howe
Rachel Howe 
headshot of Denis Martynov
Denis Martynov 
headshot of Robert Massey

Robert Massey (RAS)

Headshot of Sean Mcgee
Sean McGee 
Headshot of Hannah Middleton

Hannah Middleton 

Jessica Shaper (RAS)

Headshot of Graham Smith

Graham Smith 

headshot of Sam Tonkin

Sam Tonkin (RAS)

Headshot of Emma Willet

Emma Willett 

headshot of Teng Zhang

Teng Zhang

Scientific Organising Committee

  • Benjamin Gompertz (Birmingham, chair) 
  • Bence Bécsy (Birmingham) 
  • Malcolm Druett (Sheffield) 
  • Ian Harry (Portsmouth) 
  • Mark Hollands (Warwick) 
  • Darshan Kakkad (Hertfordshire) 
  • Andrew Kavanagh (British Antarctic Survey) 
  • Marianna Korsos (Sheffield) 
  • Maggie Lieu (Nottingham) 
  • Chris Nixon (Leeds) 
  • James Osborn (Durham) 
  • Christina Schoettler (Keele) 
  • Andrew Spencer (Glasgow) 
  • Rhaana Starling (Leicester) 
  • Fionagh Thomson (Durham) 
  • Aprajita Verma (Oxford) 
  • Emma Willett (Birmingham)