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Amy Vincent is a Newcastle Academic Track Fellow at Newcastle University in the Mitochondrial Research group and John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre. She completed her PhD in 2017 and was awarded a Fellowship in 2019, when she was invited to be a principal investigator in the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research. Mitochondria are the batteries of our cells making the energy for the cells to function. Her group works on understanding the cause and progression of a rare disease called mitochondrial disease, and the effect of mitochondrial dysfunction on muscle cells. Public and patient engagement are incredibly important to Amy, who regularly attends family days run by the Lily Foundation and Muscular Dystrophy UK. She is active on several committees which focus on equality, diversity and inclusion and career development for early career researchers. Amy is a woman in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and a member of the LGBTQ+ community in STEM.

Amy Vincent is a Newcastle Academic Track Fellow at Newcastle University in the Mitochondrial Research group and John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre. She completed her PhD in 2017 and was awarded a Fellowship in 2019, when she was invited to be a principal investigator in the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research. Mitochondria are the batteries of our cells making the energy for the cells to function. Her group works on understanding the cause and progression of a rare disease called mitochondrial disease, and the effect of mitochondrial dysfunction on muscle cells. Public and patient engagement are incredibly important to Amy, who regularly attends family days run by the Lily Foundation and Muscular Dystrophy UK. She is active on several committees which focus on equality, diversity and inclusion and career development for early career researchers. Amy is a woman in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and a member of the LGBTQ+ community in STEM.

Charlotte Senior is the Membership and Alumni Officer and joined the UK Young Academy at the end of November 2023. As part of her role, she overseas member activities and development, facilitates member-led projects, and organises events for members and stakeholders, including the New Members’ Induction and Annual Members’ Meeting. She is also the project manager for the yearly call for applications. With previous roles spanning design to clinical reporting, Charlotte has experience in membership and public engagement, organising sell-out public events, and supporting individuals at all stages of their careers to develop new skills. Outside of work, Charlotte is a regular performer with the BBC Symphony Chorus and keen houseplant cultivator – casual hobbies which have grown exceedingly out of hand.

Amy Vincent is a Newcastle Academic Track Fellow at Newcastle University in the Mitochondrial Research group and John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre. She completed her PhD in 2017 and was awarded a Fellowship in 2019, when she was invited to be a principal investigator in the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research. Mitochondria are the batteries of our cells making the energy for the cells to function. Her group works on understanding the cause and progression of a rare disease called mitochondrial disease, and the effect of mitochondrial dysfunction on muscle cells. Public and patient engagement are incredibly important to Amy, who regularly attends family days run by the Lily Foundation and Muscular Dystrophy UK. She is active on several committees which focus on equality, diversity and inclusion and career development for early career researchers. Amy is a woman in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and a member of the LGBTQ+ community in STEM.

Arthur Dudney is the Director of Culture at the charitable fund Arcadia. He manages a programme of grants to digitise endangered cultural heritage around the world, ensuring that it is available to future generations as well as being more accessible in the present. In this role, he thinks extensively about the ethics of cultural documentation and best practices for sustainable digital archiving. Arthur’s academic research field is the intellectual and cultural history of eighteenth and nineteenth-century South Asia, particularly how language was understood and literature was connected with identity formation. He has published two books on the subject. He was previously a research fellow at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and a teaching fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). He holds a PhD in Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies from Columbia University and an AB in Classics from Princeton University. He is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Charith Perera is a Reader (Associate Professor) at Cardiff University. He works on the Internet of Things: networks of everyday devices and sensors that collect and share data. He focuses on building connected systems that are secure, safer, and sustainable. He received a PhD in Computer Science from the Australian National University, Canberra and an MBA from the University of Wales, UK. He founded the Cardiff Internet of Things Group and the Internet of Things Garage, which focus on developing highly distributed sensing systems for a wide range of applications, including environmental monitoring, smart built environments, and healthcare. He was named a GCHQ National Resilience Fellow (2020), a Google Research Scholar (2023) and an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Cooperative Research Programme Fellow (2025). He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). He is a School Governor and also works with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Smart Cities to integrate DEI principles into modern smart city designs.