2014

Researcher James Hutton Institute alison.bennett@hutton.ac.uk 2014 Cruciblist  Dr Alison Bennett, from the James Hutton Institute, was part of our 2014 cohort of Scottish Crucibilists, and presented her research at the Inaugural Scottish Crucible Forum. Alison and her Crucible team were awarded funding through the Scottish Crucible Interdisciplinary Project Fund for the project ‘Fungal hyphal networks for

Assistant Professor School of Engineering and Physical Sciences Heriot-Watt University S.Mansell@hw.ac.uk 2014 Cruciblist   Stephen’s research focuses on the synthesis and development of new homogeneous catalysts. He uses skills in synthetic main group chemistry to construct new ligands that include cooperative reaction sites to increase the potential for exciting new

Lecturer in Water and Environmental Engineering University of Glasgow Manousos.Valyrakis@glasgow.ac.uk 2014 Crucibilist   Before joining the University of Glasgow, he worked at Virginia Tech and VCCER as a Research Associate, where he further researched the environmental impacts and associated risks from resource extraction industries. He gained a PhD in Environmental

Lecturer in Interactive Media. University of York debbie.maxwell@york.ac.uk 2014 Cruciblist   Debbie’s research interests are on the ways that people interact with and reshape technology and the roles that storytelling can play across media. She explores this in a number of ways, including: the use of storytelling as an active process

Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Strathclyde grainne.elmountassir@strath.ac.uk 2014 Crucibilist   Grainne has an MEng in Civil Engineering with European Studies and a PhD in Geotechnical Engineering, both from Strathclyde. Her research is largely experimental and focuses on understanding the hydraulic and mechanical behaviour of soils

Dr Miguel Garcia-Sanchez is a Chancellor’s Fellow in the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies of the University of Edinburgh, and was part of the 2014 cohort of Crucibilists. His research focuses on the history of agricultural biotechnology and the cloning of Dolly the sheep, and the development of concerted

Dr Matteo Ceriotti is a Lecturer in Space Systems Engineering at the University of Glasgow, and was part of the 2014 cohort of Crucibilists. Matteo’s main research interests are in space mission analysis and trajectory design, orbital dynamics, trajectory optimisation, and spacecraft autonomy.

Dr Kathryn Elmer is a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, and was part of the 2014 cohort of Cruciblists. Kathryn’s research interests include speciation, adaptive radiation, ecological genomics, phenotypic plasticity, ecological adaptation, ichthyology, herpetology, and adaptation to environmental change. Current projects Adaptation genomics of trophic polymorphism A great challenge of evolutionary

Dr Javier Escudero-Rodriguez is a Chancellors Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, and was part of the 2014 cohort of Crucibilists. Javier’s group focus on processing biomedical signals and images in clinical applications. Their main aim is to reveal the subtle changes that major diseases (e.g., Alzheimer’s and epilepsy) cause in the

Dr Carol Emslie from Glasgow Caledonian University took part in Scottish Crucible 2014. Carol is a Senior Lecturer within the Institute for Applied Health Research / School of Life Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University and leads the Substance Use & Misuse research group. Her research focus on gender and alcohol