Mara Voss
Materials and structures lead
PhD, materials mechanics | MSc, mechanical engineering
Doctoral work on fracture in laminated carbon structures; subsequent research in defect mapping and load redistribution.
Specialty: Fracture mechanics, laminate interfaces and structural qualification
https://meridianrc.org/people/mara-voss/

Jonas Reed
Test metrology researcher
MSc, measurement science | BEng, instrumentation engineering
Developed calibration procedures for mechanical test fixtures, with particular attention to displacement measurement and uncertainty budgets.
Specialty: Calibration, displacement sensing and measurement uncertainty
https://meridianrc.org/people/jonas-reed/

Elias Chen
Optical systems lead
PhD, photonics | MSc, electrical engineering
Research in coherent optical links and adaptive receiver control; focuses on serviceable systems whose processing can be independently audited.
Specialty: Coherent optical receivers, beam correction and link design
https://meridianrc.org/people/elias-chen/

Leila Haddad
Timing and data provenance researcher
MSc, computer engineering | BSc, applied mathematics
Built timestamping and replay tools for distributed sensor streams, emphasizing clock provenance and reproducible reconstruction.
Specialty: Clock alignment, immutable records and replay pipelines
https://meridianrc.org/people/leila-haddad/

Nadia Okafor
Cognitive systems research lead
PhD, cognitive neuroscience | MSc, experimental psychology
Research on agency, source monitoring and perceptual confidence; translates those questions into testable requirements for Aletheia's proposed evidence system.
Specialty: Source monitoring, agency and experimental design
https://meridianrc.org/people/nadia-okafor/

Tomás Ibarra
Independent verification engineer
MSc, control systems engineering | BEng, electronic engineering
Designed fault-injection and verification harnesses for adaptive control software; investigates whether an inference system can mistake its own outputs for independent evidence.
Specialty: Fault injection, feedback isolation and independent safing
https://meridianrc.org/people/tomas-ibarra/

Ruth Calder
Communications lead and collective scribe
MA, science writing | BA, history of technology
Former editor of engineering field reports and an oral-history interviewer focused on maintenance crews, laboratory practice and the distance between a proposed machine and its working life.
Specialty: Research interpretation, technical narrative and institutional memory
https://meridianrc.org/people/ruth-calder/