Category: 2020 Delegate

Dr Latha Krishnan is a Research Fellow at Coventry University, Functional Material Group. She was awarded a full EPRSC scholarship to carry out a successful PhD in Materials Science from The University of Bolton (UK), which was completed in 2016. Dr Krishnan holds M. Tech in Fibre Science Technology (with distinction) from reputed Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. Dr Krishnan’s research experience includes working as Senior Executive in Business Research & Development for a multinational company (SRF Limited) in India for 2 years and developed heat resistant nano composite fibres for tyre cord applications. She has published 11 high impact journal papers of Polymer Degradation and Stability, RSC Advances and Materials Science with h-index-6 and 124 citations. She has presented at five international conferences. Within her time at Coventry University, She has made significant contribution to four UK and EU interdisciplinary research projects (funding from H2020, Innovate UK and APC) and led work-packages within them as a Research Fellow. Recognising her abilities in research, she has been nominated to be the Early Career Researcher representative of the Doctoral College and Centre for Research Capability and Development Steering Committee at Coventry University. She is a ethics reviewer at Coventry University and a reviewer for the Polymer Journal.

Student at Hindustan university

Kumar Mitesh is the student of Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science. I’m pursuing B-Tech in Aeronautical Engineering and currently I’m in my 4th year of the program.

Rachel Brooks earned her MA in International Relations & Security Studies with distinction from Bradford’s Division of Peace Studies & International Development (PSID) in 2021 as a Rotary Peace Fellow. Rachel currently works as an Intelligence Analyst for a risk consultancy firm in the Seattle, Washington area, and she is delighted to stay engaged with her time in Bradford as an Alumni Ambassador.

Faisal Al-ShowaikH, Associate Professor in Computational Mathematics and Acting Dean of Student Affairs at Ahlia University (AU) since January 2020. He was the Chairperson of the Department of Mathematics at University of Bahrain (UOB) from October 2017 till June 2019. He was promoted to an Associate Professor in June 2018. He was the Director of Continuous Scientific Education Program at the College of Science at UOB. He was a Director of Program Review at Quality Assurance Authority for Education and Training (QAAET) (2008 – 2010). He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) in UK since 2015. He finished Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PCAP) from the University of Bahrain in 2014. He obtained the Microsoft Certified Educator (MCE) in June 2018. He is a member of many committees at the department, college, and university levels. He obtained the Kuwait Research Fellowship offered by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), University of Cambridge, from September 2003 to February 2004. He obtained his Bachelor degree in 1989 and Master degree in 1994 from the University of Bahrain. In 1989 he was appointed as a Teaching and Research Assistant at the Department of Mathematics at UOB. He obtained his Ph.D. from Brunel University, UK, in 1998. He worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics from 1998 to 2017. His areas of expertise are numerical solutions of initial-value problems, boundary-value problems, parabolic partial differential equations, systems of differential equations, systems in the biomedical sciences and quantum information.