David Towsey University of South Wales Welsh Crucible 2017 David completed his BA degree in English & Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University, his MA at Bath Spa in the same subject, and then returned to Aberystwyth for his PhD. Having…
Coleen Suckling
Coleen Suckling University of Rhode Island (formerly Bangor University) Welsh Crucible 2017 Coleen obtained her BSc and MSc degrees in Marine Biology and Oceanography at Bangor University and went onto working in industry in Africa producing shrimp. This was followed…
Amanda Rogers
Amanda Rogers Swansea University Welsh Crucible 2017 Amanda is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Swansea University. Previously she was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-2012) and ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow (2008-2009) in the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway…
David Reynolds
David Reynolds University of Arizona (formerly Cardiff University) Welsh Crucible 2017 David obtained his BSc (Hons) degree in Marine Biology and PhD in Ocean Science from Bangor University. After completing a three year postdoc position he moved to Cardiff University…
Swati Puranik
Swati Puranik Aberystwyth University Welsh Crucible 2017 Swati received her Ph.D. degree from Jamia Hamdard University, India in 2012 and joined as a Research Associate at the National Institute of Plant Genome Research the same year. Thereafter, she started as…
Sarah Pogoda
Sarah Pogoda Bangor University Welsh Crucible 2017 Sarah obtained her PhD in German Literature at Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) and was appointed DAAD-Lektorin at The University of Sheffield in 2012. Here, she taught German Studies and Language alongside extending her…
Harriet Pierpoint
Harriet Pierpoint University of South Wales Welsh Crucible 2017 Harriet is a Reader in Criminology. She is interested in fairness and vulnerability in the criminal justice system. Her areas of expertise are: (1) criminal process, (2) vulnerable people in the…
Matthew Pearson
Matthew Pearson Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2017 Matthew is an early career lecturer at Cardiff School of Engineering working within the Structural Performance group. He completed his PhD in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of aerospace structures in 2013, prior to…
Alvin Orbaek White
Alvin Orbaek White Swansea University Welsh Crucible 2017 Alvin is chemist (PhD) with a history of physics (BSc), who is now in the college of engineering at Swansea University (Senior Lecturer), having just arrived from MIT (Department of Engineering). He…
Kerry Lewis
Kerry Lewis Truman Bodden Law School ,Cayman Islands (formerly Aberystwyth University) Welsh Crucible 2017 Kerry qualified as a solicitor in 2001, specialising in environmental law at international law firms in London, before returning to west Wales in 2004. She continued…