subsequently held positions at MIT, the Smithsonian Institution, Harvard University and the University of Sydney, before taking up his current position in 2015. Bryan has authored more than 380 refereed papers on cosmic magnetism, neutron stars, supernovae and the interstellar medium, while his popular astronomy book "Extreme Cosmos" was published worldwide by Penguin in 2012 and has been translated into five languages. Bryan has held Hubble, Clay, Sloan, Federation and Laureate Fellowships, was the 1999 Young Australian of the Year, was awarded the 2011 Pawsey Medal for outstanding research in physics, and in 2013 was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

document extreme forces of nature and global natural disasters: tornadoes, volcanoes, hurricanes, wildfires and more. His efforts to document nature's worst weather conditions have taken him all over the globe, into places most normal people are fleeing from. Whether it's a tornado outbreak in Kansas, a monster hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, forest fires in British Columbia, or even an erupting volcano, George is usually in the middle of the action with his camera rolling. George’s efforts have been seen around the world on the Discovery Channel, National Geographic Explorer, BBC-TV, CNN and of course, his own adventure TV program Angry Planet which has been broadcast in over 100 countries.

large scale stressors like climate change interact with intermediate and local stressors like land development and road salt pollutants, leading to cities with depauperate biodiversity. But cities are typically built in and around rich estuaries, shorelines, and lowland areas because these locations are nutrient rich, connected to surrounding resources, and close to water. So, cities are the very areas where humans can have the biggest positive (or negative) impacts. Stephanie received her PhD in landscape ecology from the University of Toronto and did a postdoc at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. She works collaboratively with multiple levels of government and NGO’s and her group uses the tools of data science, ecological modelling, and team science.

a master degree in psychology and graduate degrees in forensic sciences and forensic psychiatry, from the University of Poitiers in France. After completing his training in 2010, Sébastien became a lecturer at the University François Rabelais of Tours and a clinical staff in the Department of Forensic Medicine of the University Hospital Center of Tours. During almost three years, his clinical practice was dedicated to performing autopsies, victims examination and court ordered psychiatric assessment. Later Sébastien decided to do a clinical fellowship in forensic psychiatry at McMaster University in order to enhance his clinical and research skills. In 2015 he became Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and staff psychiatrist in the Forensic Program at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. Sébastien is the executive editor of the International Journal of Risk and Recovery and the co-editor of the brand-new podcast on psychiatry, forensic psychiatry and related topics, named Hitting the Hammer. Currently his clinical activity focuses on court ordered psychiatric assessment, rehabilitation of individuals found to be not criminally responsible and consultation for the sexual behaviour clinic; his research interests are related to sexual offenses and the use of new technologies as a support for treatment and assessment of offenders.