Bio: Leif is an amateur hypnotist, a tinkerer, a writer, and generally a universal dilettante. He organizes tabletop RPG games, does various theatre projects, and runs educational outreach for the U of A satellite-building club AlbertaSat. In his spare time, he pursues an undergraduate degree in mathematics, with a minor in psychology.

 
Bio: Dr. Svetlana Komarova is Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Alberta, Canada. Dr. Komarova’s research focuses on bone physiology, examining how mechanical and biological signals regulate bone cell function and how bone cells, in turn, shape both local and systemic environments. Her work integrates experimental models with computational approaches, including mathematical modeling and data-driven methods, to study the adaptation of skeletal system to complex environments.