MDPI Mini Grants (UK)

Section Editor-in-Chief of Behavioural Sciences
 

Prof. Dr. John Parkinson is a professor of behavioural psychology at Bangor University, UK, with extensive leadership and management experience including being Head of the School of Psychology, and Dean of Faculty, at Bangor University.
 

He is the author or co-author of more than 70 published peer-reviewed papers and has advised businesses, the public sector, and the government on behavioural science policy. His research interests encompass the interaction between cognition and motivation, with a particular focus on behaviour and behaviour change.

Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Functional Biomaterials
 

Prof. Dr. Pankaj Vadgama is an Emeritus Professor of Clinical Biochemistry at Queen Mary University of London. He is a chemical pathologist with an interest in near-patient monitoring via the use of electrochemical biosensors, particularly for diabetes and critical care.
 

With an extensive medicine and chemistry background, he has published over 200 papers and reviews. His work emphasizes polymeric barrier materials for enhanced device biocompatibility and selectivity.​

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Editorial Board Member of Earth
 

Dr. Komali Kantamaneni is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Lancashire and an internationally recognised expert in climate change, coastal vulnerability/science, disaster risk reduction (DRR), and environmental sustainability.
 

Dr. Kantamaneni currently serves as the Co-Director of the United Nations SPIDER-UK Regional Support Office, working closely with UN agencies, national authorities, and international partners to enhance the use of space-based and geospatial technologies for disaster risk management and sustainable development.

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Section Editor-in-Chief of Behavioural Sciences
 

Dr. Andrew Soundy is an Associate Professor in Physiotherapy at the University of Birmingham, recognised for his leading contributions to understanding psychological responses to chronic and palliative illness.
 

Dr. Soundy is internationally recognised for advancing qualitative methodologies and health psychology and his research is widely taught across Physiotherapy programmes and NHS Trusts, shaping how practitioners support and empower patients through enhanced therapeutic interactions. 

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Editorial Board Member of Energies
 

Prof. Dr. Michael Short is Professor of Control Engineering and Systems Informatics and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Engineering within the School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies at Teesside University in the UK.
 

Prof. Dr. Short’s research interests encompass aspects of applied control engineering and systems informatics applied to smart energy systems and robotics. He has supervised twelve PhD completions, won eight best paper awards and is a full member of the IET and IEEE, and is also a fellow of the HEA.

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Editorial Board Member of Universe
 

Dr. Dmitrii Kolotkov is an Assistant Professor and UKRI Stephen Hawking Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK, specialising in solar and stellar coronal magnetohydrodynamic, nonlinear plasma dynamics, helio- and asteroseismology, and advanced data analysis.
 

He has authored over 80 peer-reviewed publications and leads internationally recognised research in seismological diagnostics of solar and stellar atmospheres, combining theory, observations, and innovative signal-processing methods.