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Joanna Wright Bangor University Welsh Crucible 2021 Joanna Wright is a multidisciplinary artist who works with documentary film, photography, sound and archive collections. Her work has been shown internationally, including at the Institute for Contemporary Art, The British Film Institute, British Council, Channel 4, BBC, and the United Nations. She has worked as a visiting teacher

Hywel Williams Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2021 Hywel gained his BSc degree in Genetics at Cardiff University where he went on to begin his career working on the genetics of schizophrenia within the Department of Psychological Medicine. It was here he completed his PhD and spent a further seven years working as a postdoctoral researcher

Gemma Whatling Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2021 Gemma is a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University, specialising in biomechanics and orthopaedic engineering. She is a Chartered Engineer, Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Trustee of the South Wales Institute of Engineers Educational Trust 2007.  She graduated with a

Seren Haf Roberts Bangor University Welsh Crucible 2021 Seren is currently the Programme Lead for Mental Health and Learning Disability Nursing at Bangor University (BU). He role involves leading a team of 14 staff in teaching and supervising both undergraduate and postgraduate health and nursing students. She is a registered mental health nurse and followed

Aled Roberts Swansea University Welsh Crucible 2021 Aled obtained his BSc degree in Microbiology at Cardiff University and went on to complete a PhD in Medical/Molecular Microbiology at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.  He completed various postdoctoral positions at the Centre for Biomolecular Sciences (Nottingham University), Biomedical Sciences Department (Cardiff Metropolitan University) and the

Christina Papagiannouli University of South Wales Welsh Crucible 2021 Christina is Research Fellow in Performance and Interactive & Immersive Technology at the University of South Wales, where she also lectures performance and new media. She holds a practice-based PhD in theatre and digital performance and an MA in theatre directing from the University of East

Caitriona Noonan Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2021 Caitriona is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication.  She researches screen production and cultural policy. She is currently leading an AHRC funded project which examines screen agencies (e.g. Ffilm Cymru, Scottish Screen, Danish Film Institute) and the people who work in them. The project involves policy research and interviews. With Professor

Irina Nicholas Natural Resources Wales Welsh Crucible 2021 Irina obtained a Diplom in biology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and a PhD at Goethe University Frankfurt, focusing on avian ecology and biogeography. After working as research scientist on projects for the German Federal Agency of Nature Conservation and the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre in

Alec Moore Bangor University Welsh Crucible 2021 Alec is a marine biologist in the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University. After a BSc in Marine Sciences (Southampton) and an MSc in Ecosystems Analysis (Warwick) he worked outside academia for 15 years, undertaking marine ecological surveys and environmental consultancy for marine and coastal developments. While