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Arnold J Wilkins obtained a doctorate in semantic memory from the University of Sussex. He then spent two years in postdoctoral study at the Montreal Neurological Institute. Here, he was asked to see a patient who had seizures whenever she looked at striped lines. He returned to the UK in 1974 to work at the MRC Applied Psychology Unit where he showed that many patients with photosensitive epilepsy are sensitive to striped lines, and that many people without epilepsy also find such patterns uncomfortable to look at. This resulted in a neurological theory of visual discomfort and the demonstration that fluorescent lighting can cause headaches. His interests include migraine, photophobia, trypophobia, lighting, reading, tinted lenses, and the design of text and architecture. In 1997 he moved to a chair at the University of Essex, where he is now Emeritus. He works part-time at the Engineering Department, University of Cambridge.

Beverley Burke is a former Daphne Jackson Fellow who returned to part-time work after a career break. Her return was inspired by experiencing format-related reading difficulties which led her to research visual discomfort at Birkbeck, University of London. Prior to this, she completed her PhD in microbiology at City St George’s University of London and pursued interests in the cellular/molecular mechanisms of chronic health conditions such as neurodegeneration, hypertension and cancer. Her work has contributed to ~ 20 scientific publications but she believes her most significant accomplishment is facilitating cross-disciplinary communication between academic researchers and professional practitioners who share an interest in visual discomfort/stress. Beverley is passionate about visual neurodiversity and was appointed as deputy director of the Birkbeck Centre for Neurodiversity at Work. She believes that there is much work to be done with regards to understanding how spatial and temporal patterns of light effect human health and wellbeing.

Arnold J Wilkins obtained a doctorate in semantic memory from the University of Sussex. He then spent two years in postdoctoral study at the Montreal Neurological Institute. Here, he was asked to see a patient who had seizures whenever she looked at striped lines. He returned to the UK in 1974 to work at the MRC Applied Psychology Unit where he showed that many patients with photosensitive epilepsy are sensitive to striped lines, and that many people without epilepsy also find such patterns uncomfortable to look at. This resulted in a neurological theory of visual discomfort and the demonstration that fluorescent lighting can cause headaches. His interests include migraine, photophobia, trypophobia, lighting, reading, tinted lenses, and the design of text and architecture. In 1997 he moved to a chair at the University of Essex, where he is now Emeritus. He works part-time at the Engineering Department, University of Cambridge.

Dr Louise O’Hare received her PhD from the University of St Andrews in 2012. She was appointed Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Lincoln in 2013 before joining Nottingham Trent University on a part-time basis in 2020. Her research examines individual differences in visual perception, particularly visual discomfort, using behavioural and electrophysiological (EEG) methodologies. Specifically, she investigates why certain visual patterns evoke discomfort and how perceptual and neural factors contribute to this experience. She has a particular interest in migraine and works with people living with migraine to better understand the perceptual and neural mechanisms underlying their visual experiences.

Dr Cathy Manning is an Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Birmingham. She studied Experimental Psychology at University of Oxford, and completed an MRes/PhD at the UCL Institute of Education. She held the Scott Family Junior Research Fellowship at University College, Oxford, followed by a Henry Wellcome Fellowship. She started her independent research group at University of Reading in 2021, before moving to University of Birmingham in 2024. Cathy researches sensory processing across child development, and in autism and dyslexia. She conducts research and impact work to make the world more inclusive for autistic and other neurodivergent people, and leads the 'Sensory Street' project. She has received numerous early career awards, including the Philip Leverhulme Prize in Psychology, British Psychology Society Developmental Section Neil O’Connor Award, the Applied Vision Association David Marr Medal, the Experimental Psychology Society Prize, Autistica’s Reproducible Autism Science Award, and an Association for Psychological Science Rising Star Award. She is also an Editor at the journal, ‘Autism’. She was selected as a member of the UK Young Academy in 2024.