Assist Prof Dr. Francesco Asnicar | Leadership in Education | Best Researcher Award Published on 10/07/202410/07/2024 by Leadership and Management Assist Prof Dr. Francesco Asnicar | Leadership in Education | Best Researcher Award Department CIBIO, University of Trento, Italy 🔗 Professional Profiles Google Scholar Summary: Aman Khurana is an Assistant Professor at IIT Indore, specializing in soft materials mechanics and dynamic behavior of electroactive polymers. He has been recognized with the DST Inspire Faculty Fellowship (2022) and the Ratan Prakash Memorial Gold Medal (2017) 🎓. 🎓Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Saarland University, Germany Postdoctoral Researcher at Intelligent Materials Systems Lab, Saarland University ⚙️Professional Experience: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Indore Guest Editor, Special Issue: European Journal of Computational Mechanics (2023-present) 🌟Research Interests: Mechanics of Soft Active Materials ⚙️ Nonlinear Dynamics 📈 Stability Analysis and Control of Electrically Driven Mechanical Structures 🌟 Aman Khurana has led and contributed to various research projects funded by prestigious agencies and has a strong publication record with over 21 journal articles. Notable Publications Paper Tittle: Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2 Paper Tittle: Extensive unexplored human microbiome diversity revealed by over 150,000 genomes from metagenomes spanning age, geography, and lifestyle Paper Tittle: Integrating taxonomic, functional, and strain-level profiling of diverse microbial communities with bioBakery 3 Paper Tittle: Mother-to-infant microbial transmission from different body sites shapes the developing infant gut microbiome Paper Tittle: Compact graphical representation of phylogenetic data and metadata with GraPhlAn
Dr. Heidi Flavian | Inclusion and Teacher-education | Best Researcher Award Published on 01/07/2024 by Leadership and Management Dr. Heidi Flavian | Inclusion and Teacher-education | Best Researcher Award Achva Academic College, Israel 🔗 Professional Profiles Google Scholar 👩🏫 Summary: Dr. Heidi Flavian is an accomplished educator and researcher specializing in Educational Leadership and Special Education. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Dayton, Ohio, USA, and serves as a Senior Lecturer at Achva Academic College. Her extensive administrative roles include heading educational departments and committees, emphasizing inclusive education and teacher training. 🎓 Education: Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, University of Dayton, Ohio, USA (2002) M.A. in Education, University of Haifa, Dept. of Special Education (1993) B.Ed. in Physical Education specializing in special education, Zinman College of Physical Education at the Wingate Institute (1989) 🌟 Professional Experience: Senior Lecturer, Achva Academic College Head of Education and Teacher-Education Department Chairperson of various academic and research committees 🔍 Research Interests: Inclusive education, simulation-based learning, teacher education, special needs education 📚 Scholarly Activities: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Quality Assurance in Education Guest Editor for multiple academic journals and special issues Active reviewer and editorial board member for prominent educational journals 📖Publication Top Noted Paper Title : Towards teaching and beyond: Strengthening education by understanding students’ self-awareness development Authors: Heidi Flavian Journal: Power and Education Year: 2016 Citations: 56 Paper Title : Simulation-based learning in the context of peer learning from the perspective of preservice teachers: a case study Authors: H Levin, O. & Flavian Journal: European Journal of Teacher Education Year: 2020 Citations: 50 Paper Title : Giving students a voice: Perceptions of the pedagogical advisory role in a teacher training program Authors: Heidi Flavian, Efrat Kass Journal: Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning Year: 2015 Citations: 17 Paper Title : Mediation and Thinking Development in Schools: Theories and Practices for Education Authors: Heidi Flavian Journal: Emerald Publishing Limited Year: 2019 Citations: 16 Paper Title : Creating authenticity in simulation-based learning scenarios in teacher education Authors: Orna Levin, Rivi Frei-Landau, Heidi Flavian, Erez C Miller Journal: European Journal of Teacher Education Year: 2023 Citations: 11