speakerData.js

// Instructions: id all keynote speakers as "keynote-[number]" and all panelists as "panelist-[number]"
const speakerData = [
    {
        id: "keynote-1",
        name: "Russ Poldrack",
        bio: "Dr. Russ Poldrack is a cognitive neuroscientist whose research uses brain imaging and computational methods to understand how the brain gives rise to cognition. In addition to advancing our understanding of the human mind, his work has helped shape modern neuroimaging by promoting rigorous statistical methods, open science, and reproducible research practices. Dr. Poldrack is a leading advocate for transparent and reproducible neuroscience, developing tools, standards, and best practices that have influenced researchers worldwide. His work spans cognitive neuroscience, data science, and scientific methodology, with the goal of making neuroscience more reliable, accessible, and collaborative. He is the Albert Ray Lang Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Stanford University and the author of several influential books on neuroimaging, statistics, and reproducible science.",
        imgPath: "assets/speakers/russell-poldrack.webp",
        link: "https://profiles.stanford.edu/russell-poldrack"
    },
    {
        id: "educational-4",
        name: "Hao-Ting Wang",
        bio: "Dr. Hao-Ting Wang is an Assistant Professor in Data Science in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, where she works at the intersection of data science, neuroimaging, and psychiatry. Her research focuses on understanding brain and cognition in naturalistic contexts for transdiagnostic description of psychiatric conditions. She is a core developer of Nilearn, a widely used Python library for machine learning in neuroimaging. She is a recipient of the 2023 Neuro-Irv and Helga Cooper Open Science Prize. In addition to her research, she is active in education and outreach and is committed to fostering inclusivity in the open science community. Previously, she co-led workshops for Brainhack School and the Montreal AI and Neuroscience initiative.",
        imgPath: "assets/speakers/Hao-Ting_Wang.webp",
        link: "https://wanghaoting.com/"
    },
    {
        id: "educational-2",
        name: "Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan",
        bio: "Dr. J. Magnolia Gilligan is Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Climate & Environmental Studies at Vanderbilt University. Their research focuses on collaborative interdisciplinary studies of interactions between human society and environmental change. They have published over 100 scholarly articles and hold two patents. Their paper \"Household Actions Can Provide a Behavioral Wedge to Rapidly Reduce U.S. Carbon Emissions\" has been cited more than 2,100 times. Their paper \"Beyond Gridlock\" won the 2017 Morrison Prize for the highest impact paper of the year in sustainability law and politics. Their book, Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change, was named one of the most important books in environmental policy of the last 50 years by Environmental Forum. Their work has been recognized with an American Geophysical Union \"Voices of Science\" Award, a Fulbright Scholar Award, Vanderbilt's Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professor Award and Chancellor's Award for Research, an Outstanding Scientific Paper Award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and a Group Achievement Award from NASA, as well as the Mentorship Award from Vanderbilt's Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center.",
        imgPath: "assets/speakers/Jonathan_Magnolia_Gilligan.webp",
        link: "https://www.magnoliagilligan.org/"
    },
    {
        id: "educational-3",
        name: "Alex Maier",
        bio: "Dr. Alex Maier is an Associate Professor in the Neuroscience Area Group within Vanderbilt University’s Department of Psychology. His research focuses on understanding visual processing at the level of individual neurons and neural circuits.",
        imgPath: "assets/speakers/Alex_Maier.webp",
        link: "https://maierlab.wiki/"
    },
    {
        id: "educational-1",
        name: "Nick Souter",
        bio: "Dr. Nick Souter is currently working with Dr Charlotte Rae in the Sussex 4 Day Week team. Nick's work focuses on effects of working hours on brain function, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). This includes analysis of data from the UK Biobank, as well as from participants in businesses transitioning to a 4-day working week.",
        imgPath: "assets/speakers/Nick_Souter.webp",
        link: "https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p596400-nick-souter"
    },

    
    

    /*
    {
        id: "panelist-1",
        name: "Adina Wagner",
        bio: "Dr. Adina Wagner is a Scientific Coordinator and Software Developer at the Psychoinformatics Lab at Jülich Research Centre in Jülich, Germany. Her work focuses on advancing open and reproducible scientific practices in neuroscience through open-source software development. She played a key role in developing DataLad, a free and open-source distributed data management system that enhances data tracking, structure, reproducibility, and collaboration while integrating with widely used data infrastructure. Dr. Wagner earned her PhD in neuroinformatics at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany, with projects intersecting experimental psychology, MEG, and research data management in high throughput computing.",
        imgPath: "assets/speakers/adina_wagner.jpg",
        link: "https://www.adina-wagner.com/"
    }*/
];

export default speakerData;