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Miguel Mera is a Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Southampton, where he has previously served in several leadership roles, including Dean of the School of Arts and Social Sciences and Vice-President (Research) at City, University of London. He is a noted composer of screen music and musicologist for film and television, having works that are widely screened across the globe. His film "Ashes" won the Schermi d'Amore Rose - Audience Prize at the Verona Film Festival. Mera is the author of works such as "European Film Music", and contributed to "Mychael Danna's Ice Storm". He is also a co-editor of the "Routledge Companion to Screen Music and Sound". He is actively involved in academic publications, serving on the editorial boards for several journals including "Music and Moving Image", "Music Sound and Moving Image", "Journal of Film Music", and "Soundtrack" from the Royal Musical Association. Mera has been a member of the REF Panel, the AHRC Peer Review College, and the UKRI Talent Panel College, and is a voting member of BAFTA.