Francesco Amico Msc, Ph.D is a Trinity College graduate who has 17 years experience in neuroscientific research. With an early focus on behavioural neuropharmacology, Dr Amico has spent the last 10 years in the field experimental psychology and psychiatry. Since 2014 Dr Amico has been involved in an interdisciplinary research on depression and suicide, contributing to establish the first facial emotion detection laboratory in Ireland. He has recently joined the School of Nursing and Human Sciences at Dublin City University as a part-time lecturer in cognitive psychology.

I am a linguistics Researcher in Iran. I received my BS in physics in 2006. After that, I continued my studies in linguistics and received an MA in 2008 and a PhD in 2013.

Previously, I thought that physics was a science for discovering the world, But I was looking for how we describe the world through language. Ultimately, as a researcher, I realized that I needed to describe the language in scientific and experimental ways, and therefore merged physics and linguistics and focused on acoustic phonetics.

Melaina is a behaviour change specialist in PwC's Advisory practice. She has over 10 years of experience in the experimental study of cognitive science and human behaviour, and four years of experience crafting evidence-based solutions for global companies on stakeholder engagement, reputation risk, issues management, and behaviour change. She holds a degree in cognitive neuroscience, business, and fine art from the University of Guelph, and both an MSc and PhD in Cognitive Neuropsychology from McMaster University.