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Gates Cambridge Scholars 2007

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Gates Cambridge Scholars 2007

Scholars are listed alphabetically by name within their year-group. The list includes current Scholars, although a few will start their coursein January or April 2008 or later.

Several students listed here may be spending all or part of the academic year 2007-08 working away from Cambridge whilst undertakingfield-work or other study as an integral part of their doctoral research. The list also retains some Scholars who will complete their PhD thesisand will be leaving Cambridge before the end of the academic year.

Some Scholars shown as working for a PhD degree will be required to complete successfully in 2008 a post-graduate certificate or Master’sdegree, or similar qualification, before being allowed by the University to proceed with doctoral studies.

A full list of the 256 Gates Scholars in residence during 2007–08 appears indexed by name on the last two pages of this yearbook.

An alphabetical list of the 470 Gates Scholars who have, as of October 2007, completed the tenure of their scholarships appears on pages77–83.

ContentsPreface 4

Gates Cambridge Trust: Trustees and Officers 5

Scholars in Residence 2007 by year of award2002 82003 82004 92005 162006 292007 46

Countries of origin of current Scholars 75

Gates Scholars’ Society: Scholar’s Council 76

Gates Scholars’ Society: Alumni Association 76

Scholars who have completed the tenure of their scholarship 77

Index of Gates Scholars in this yearbook by name 84

NOTES* Indicates that a Scholar applied for and was awarded a second Gates Cambridge Scholarship for further study at Cambridge** Indicates that a Scholar was given permission by the Trust to defer their Gates Cambridge Scholarship

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As you settle into Cambridge, I want to join with the trustees of the Gates Cambridge Scholarships in extendinga warm welcome. I would be less than honest if I did not confess to harboring some envy about your ability tolive and study on the banks of the Cam. Cambridge is one of my favorite places – the hustle and bustle of thecolleges, the variety of interesting speakers, and the ancient passageways around which it is easy to imagine thelikes of Watson and Crick chatting over their life’s work, or Newton puzzling out some phenomenon of thephysical sciences, make this a place like few others in the world. I am pleased that you have an opportunity tobecome part of this community and I am excited to think of all of the experiences that lie ahead for each of you.I trust that you will take advantage of the opportunity to explore the narrow passageways as well as the big ideasthat make this university such an extraordinary place for scholarship and for fellowship.

Just reading about you, your accomplishments, and your goals has filled me with a great sense of optimism aboutour future. Among your ranks are budding scientists, economists, political leaders, professors, doctors and medicalresearchers.You hail from an array of countries, and I am pleased to say, this year’s class includes our first scholarsfrom Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Slovenia,Trinidad and Tobago, Egypt, and Uganda. The diversity of your academicinterests and your experiences is inspiring, but what always impresses me most about each class of scholars, isthe widespread commitment to serving others.

You arrive in Cambridge just as the University prepares for its 800th birthday. It is incredible to think of all thatthis place has witnessed in eight centuries. While big birthdays are important because of what they symbolize interms of history, they are also exciting for a place like Cambridge because of what they symbolize in terms of theinstitution’s own transformations.A class of scholars like yours is very much at the forefront of change.Your wide-ranging interests, individual backgrounds, and aspirations will make significant additions to an increasinglydiverse community of energetic thinkers and doers. I hope that over the coming months you will find ways totest out your ideas and that in your relationships with one another and with your fellow students, you will alsofind encouragement for your commitments to making a difference at home, wherever that may be. I am confidentthat your class of Gates Cambridge Scholars, as well as the preceding six classes totaling more than six-hundredscholars, and the many classes of scholars that will follow, will translate this time at Cambridge into a life’s workthat will help bring compassion and understanding to our global community.

Best wishes to each of you.

William H. GatesTrustee, Gates Cambridge TrustCo-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation


Mr William H Gates SrCo-Chair of the Bill & Melinda GatesFoundation

Dr William GerberdingFormer President of the University ofWashington

Lord Rees of Ludlow PRSPresident the Royal Society andMaster of Trinity College, Cambridge

Professor Lord Broers FREngFRSVice-Chancellor Emeritus of theUniversity of Cambridge and FormerPresident of the Royal Academy ofEngineering

Mrs Anne LonsdalePresident of New Hall, Cambridgeand Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge

Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve PBAPresident of the British Academy andformer President of Newnham College,Cambridge

Professor Alison RichardVice Chancellor of the University ofCambridge and Chair of the GatesCambridge Trust

Gates Cambridge Trust: Trustees

Mr James Smith (Executive Officer)Senior Member of Wolfson College,Cambridge

Dr Gordon Johnson (Provost)President of Wolfson College, andDeputy Vice-Chancellor of theUniversity of Cambridge

Mr Andrew Thompson MBE(Treasurer)Fellow (and former Bursar) of MagdaleneCollege, Cambridge

Dr Jonathan Nicholls(Secretary)Registrary of the University ofCambridge

Gates Cambridge Trust: Officers

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Mr ChristopherKirchhoff*

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil (2001) and PhD (2002) in Social & PoliticalScience; Sidney Sussex College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Harvard University

For a long while now the intersection ofpublic policy and partisan politics hascaptivated my attention and aspirations.I’ve worked both as a professional politicalhack doing opposition research and attackmedia for a U.S. Senate candidate and as apolicy aide and speechwriter, serving mostrecently as one of two Editors of the SpaceShuttle Columbia Investigation Report andbefore that in the White House Office ofScience and Technology Policy.

INTERESTS:Long distance running, backpacking (Moscow toSingapore overland during summer of 2001;Australia, Marshall Islands winter 2002; Fiji, Egypt,2003; Cyprus, South Africa 2004), landscapephotography, cooking, and the occasionalenthusiastic consumption of red wine or fine Gin.

Ms ElizabethBeiswenger

United States

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Polar Studies; Jesus College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Vassar College

I have a special fondness for Arctic Russia,and I plan to find employment insustainable resource development followinggraduation from Cambridge. I would like tofocus on oil and gas development, which israpidly expanding in Arctic Russia. One ofthe things that I hope to work on is theprotection of the native populations nearand around this development. I think that itis essential that the indigenous populationsparticipate in and gain from thedevelopment of natural resources in their

regions. Being a Gates Scholar gives me thefreedom to pursue my studies withouthaving to worry about the financialdifficulties to graduate school. The GatesFoundation’s focus on addressing globalproblems by improving people’s lives fitsperfectly with my future career goals.

INTERESTS:Russian Literature, travel, downhill skiing.

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Ms Su-Yin Tan

Canada

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD Geography; Wolfson College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Boston University (USA), MAUniversity of Guelph (Canada), BSc

My ultimate career goal is to become aleading researcher in the development anduse of geographic information technologies,as applied to the environmental and socialsciences. Having spent my childhood inPapua New Guinea, I have always beenfascinated with nature and my unique lifeexperiences have strongly connected me tosocial needs. I believe that environmentalproblems are highly complex and require amultidisciplinary approach to solve them.By pursuing my proposed studies at theUniversity of Cambridge, I hope to gain thetechnical expertise and practical experienceneeded to specialize in the application ofsuch technologies in a socioeconomic and

public health context. Following my PhDstudies, I hope to continue in academia andto teach students, while participating inconsultancy work in developing countries.By pursuing these interests, I hope to makea valuable contribution to the related areasof environmental protection, conservation,and sustainable development.

INTERESTS:I have grown increasingly aware of the diversity ofenvironmental and social issues while participatingas an active member in numerous studentassociations. My interests include travelling,environmental activism, creative writing, playing thepiano, listening to music, and being involved incommunity volunteer activities. I am a keenpractitioner of karate having served as Women’sCaptain of the CU Karate Club. I attained Half Bluesstatus after competing at national and varsitycompetitions.

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Ms SarahAlexander

Ireland

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Classics; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Trinity College, Dublin

I am delighted to have the opportunity towork towards a PhD in Classics atCambridge. My particular focus isHellenistic Greek poetry and literarycriticism.

INTERESTS:My interests include history, politics, philosophy,literature, music, film, food and conversation.

Ms Sook Chia

Singapore

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Education; Homerton College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of London (Institute of Education)University of Auckland (New Zealand)Nanyang Tec Univ (National Institute of Education)

I am very privileged to be part of the GatesCambridge Community. Being aneducationist, I look forward to the excitingadventure ahead, to advance the cause ofeducation and contribute to society, in thespirit of a Gates Cambridge scholar.

INTERESTS:Traveling, Reading, Singing (Choir), Playing thepiano, listening to Jazz Music.

Miss CarolineDingle

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Zoology; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:San Francisco State University (MA Biology 2004)University of California Santa Cruz (BA Biology)School for International TrainingWesleyan University

My PhD research at Cambridge willintegrate genetic, morphological andbehavioural studies to address questionsrelated to speciation and conservation inthe neotropics. I also do work as part of theYanayacu Natural History Research Groupin Ecuador to describe the natural historiesof little-known tropical species in order to

contribute to a deeper understanding oftropical ecology, evolutionary biology, andthe diversity of organisms that share ourplanet.

INTERESTS:Chasing birds around South American jungles,backpacking through remote wildernesses, Hashing,rowing with the St. Radegund Boat Club, waterpolo, open water swimming, evolution, mountains,natural history.


2004

Ms Laura Allan

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Pharmacology; Queens’ College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Newcastle upon Tyne, BSc Hons(Pharmacology) 2004

I am investigating the role of amyloidprecursor protein derived peptides in thepathological mechanism of Alzheimer’sDisease(AD). It has been predicted that in50 years time there will be as many as 100million AD sufferers worldwide. Thistranslates into severe strain on medical,monetary and human resources. I would

like to make a contribution towardsacquiring a clearer understanding of ADthus advancing the search for treatmentswhich will halt its progression or indeedeffect a cure.

INTERESTS:I enjoy music and dance of all kinds and both indoorand outdoor sporting activities.

Ms KarunaGanesh

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MBBCh in Clinical Studies; Fitzwilliam College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge BA (Hons.) Biochemistry

The Gates Cambridge Scholarship will allowme to study clinical medicine and pursuedoctoral research at Cambridge, therebypreparing me for a career as a medicalscientist. In the long term, I hope to studyvirulence mechanisms of microbial pathogens,and develop affordable means of combatingthem. In this way, and by participating in

international health policy planning, I hope tomake a real difference to people’s health in thepoorest parts of the world.

INTERESTS:Molecular evolution, political philosophy andinternational affairs, literature, languages,Bharatanatyam, community service, travel,badminton, wine, chocolate...

Miss MarcellaGomez-Perez

Colombia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Earth Sciences; Newnham College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Universidad Nacional de Colombia: BSc Geology2001

I am interested in understanding the historyof life on Earth, not only by studying eventstoday, but understanding those thatoccurred in the past and to some extendshaped the world we know inhabit.Cambridge has a strong research group inPalaeobiology doing innovative research in

this area. My goal after my PhD is to studypart of the great palaeontological richnessof Colombia as part of the leading scientificcommunity of my country.

INTERESTS:Classical music, playing the viola, swimming,Natural History Museums, traveling.


Mr GregoryHughes

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Computer Science; St Edmund’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Rhode Island

I am interested in adapting computers forusers who are blind and partially sighted.Cambridge is not only a great place to studycomputer science, but there have also beenvarious research projects on adaptivetechnology, and thus it is an amazingenvironment for me to conduct myresearch. “Be who you are and say what

you want, because those who mind don’tmatter and those who matter don’t mind.”Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss)

INTERESTS:Aside from my studies I am interested in downhillskiing, water skiing, mountain biking, swimming,kayaking, and canoeing.

2004

Mr PaulFranklyn

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Chemistry; Darwin College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of the Witwatersrand (MSc Chemistry,BSc Chemistry Hons, BSc Physics)

I have always been driven by scientificcuriosity. Cambridge has the resources toallow me to carry out science for the sake ofscience with no direct industrialapplication. My focus is the crystalstructure of nanoparticles and indetermining and explaining the mechanismby which crystalline nanoparticles form.

I’m using the opportunity of being based inthe UK to gain international experience andto meet experts before returning to SouthAfrica to work in a university there onnanoscience.

INTERESTS:Programming, computer gaming, extreme chemistry,current affairs (with an emphasis on scientificliterature), sketching, tennis and squash. And sincebeing here cooking, punting and touring cycling canbe added to that list.

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Dr AnandJeyasekharan

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Oncology; Gonville & Caius College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:MBBS – Christian Medical College, Vellore (2002)

In the course of my PhD at the Hutchison-MRC Cancer Cell Unit, I’ve explored wideranging questions related to how cellsrespond to damaged DNA; from surfaceprotein alterations to the dynamicbehaviour of chromatin factors. Myresearch now focuses on studying themechanics of the crucial tumour suppressorBRCA2 in living cells, using novelapproaches in optical biophysics. Theunprecedented ‘view’ of single proteinmolecules inside a cell has also beeninteresting from the aspect of how exactlythese fundamental units of life function inrealtime. A tangential interest in how

laboratory science works as a discipline alsoled to my involvement in the creation of‘postpub.org’ (an on-line non-profit tool toorganize the post-publication peer reviewprocess) which won the Yale Y2K socialentrepreneurship prize for 2006-2007.

INTERESTS:Music (Classic Rock, Alternative, Indian StringClassical and Trivia), Anime, Bridge, Volleyball,Tennis, Sci-Fi + Fantasy and Narrative...

Miss Yinglin Ji

China

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in English & Applied Linguistics; Trinity Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge MPhil (English)Peking (Beijing) University MA (English)

My career goal is to become a linguist who can view language teaching from the perspective of a practitioner andmeanwhile, a practitioner who would liketo see language teaching through a researchlens. I believe that my potential as anEnglish teacher and researcher will befurther exploited in the highly stimulatingand exciting atmosphere of Cambridge. I’malso very grateful to the Gates CambridgeTrust for their generous financial support ofmy PhD study in Cambridge.

INTERESTS:Reading, Chinese ancient poetry, music, jogging,traveling.

Dr Joseph Lim

Philippines

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Pharmacology; Selwyn College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Western Australia (MLM)DLSU-Medical Center (Pathology Residency)De La Salle University (MD, cl)University of the Philippines (BS, scl)

I believe that the University of Cambridge,given its prestigious history in the training ofbiomedical researchers, is the perfect settingfor me to gain more research skills andexperience in the field of multidrug resistancein cancer. In the long term, I intend to beactively involved in biomedical research inthe context and setting of the population ofa developing country, like the Philippines, aswell as collaborative studies with mycontacts in Australia and in the UK.

INTERESTS:Music, films, tennis, and cooking


2004

Ms RitaMonson

Canada

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Biochemistry; Gonville & Caius College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Until recently, scientists assumed that singlecelled organisms acted on their own. Myresearch focuses on the growing field ofquorum sensing and how bacteriacommunicate with each other. I aminterested in discussing questions of ethicsin science, medicine and what diseases wechoose to invest resources in. I am trying tounderstand how governments and

independent funding bodies choose toinvest money in certain fields and how ourcurrent system benefits the worldwidescientific community.

INTERESTS:I love reading cultural non-fiction and anythingabout current scientific debates. I also love beingoutside playing sports and during the winter I canbe found on the squash court most of the time.

Miss JuliaMoses

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in History; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Oxford (University College) Columbia University (Barnard College)

My PhD will focus on the development ofsocial welfare policies in Germany, Britainand Italy from the 1880s to the early 1920s.I seek to address the extent to whichdomestic and transnational discussionsabout national welfare policy related tochanging conceptions of national identity

and national strength. With thisdissertation, I also hope to contribute tocurrent debates about social welfarereform.

INTERESTS:Learning languages (currently working on my sixth),playing the piano (mostly classical but hope to startwith jazz), listening to music, the history of art andarchitecture, sailing, rambling, traveling


Mr MichaelMotto

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Criminology; King’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Yale University

September 11, 2001, brought home for methe urgent need to examine the relationshipamong policing, the community andeffective anti-terror policy. My research onLondon’s Metropolitan Police Service andthe New York Police Department isgrounded in the belief that we can protectgreat nations while ensuring the civil rightsand basic liberties of all citizens. I hope my

time at Cambridge will inform a career inpublic service, building internationalcoalitions to address the global threats ofterrorism.

INTERESTS:Gates Scholars’ Council (Chairman, 2005-06;Secretary, 2004-05), long-distance running, tennis,soccer, photography, US politics and elections,international affairs, civil rights issues, animal rightsissues, collecting postcards, trying new foods,staying connected with my friends (wherever theymay be) and spending time with my family.

2004

Miss EllaMcPherson

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Social & Political Science; Pembroke College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:ITAM (México), Resident FellowUni. of California, Berkeley, Visiting Researcher Cambridge Uni., MPhil, Latin American StudiesPrinceton Uni., BA, Woodrow Wilson School

My PhD is on the factors affecting how theMexican press covers human rights stories.This meant I spent a large part of 2006living in Mexico City conducting myfieldwork. The aims of my thesis are to shedlight on cultures of information as well as

to provide a greater understanding of theimportant relationship between the pressand human rights organizations incombating violations.

INTERESTS:Latin American films, documentary photography,Mexican food & drink, train travel, ebay.

Mr LarsNordstrom

Sweden

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Pure Mathematics; King’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge

I’ve previously done the MathematicalTripos here in Cambridge. I am now stayingon to do research in differential geometry,particularly Kahler geometry and thegeometry of manifolds of special holonomy.

INTERESTS:Boardgames (particularly go and diplomacy), film.

Mr RamarPandia Raj

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Engineering; Jesus CollegeIIT Madras

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:GCE, University of Madras

My PhD research in Cambridge Universitywill add value to the research that I havecarried out during my MS at IIT Madras.This will enable me to understand and usetechnological innovation in variousinfrastructure projects specifically projectsrelated to Structural Engineering. Suchknowledge will undoubtedly help me and my country to realise the vision of

making a developing country like India into a developed country. I gratefullyacknowledge the support of the GatesCambridge Trust.

INTERESTS:Badminton, swimming, traveling, listening to musicand reading literature.

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Ms Emily Noah

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Geography; Queens’ College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Yale University: MESc (Environmental Policy)Brown University: AB (Environmental Studies)

Building on previous work, my focus ingeography is on environmental policyinnovations, especially ones reliant oncooperation among businesses, citizens andgovernment. I will apply interdisciplinarymethods I used to research wood eco-labeling to other efforts in EU sectors, manyof which are leaders in this area. Throughthe unequaled opportunity offered by theTrust, I will prepare for a career inacademia, where environmental issuesdemand collaboration across and beyondthe university.

INTERESTS:I enjoy the outdoors, travel, cinema (both artisticallylauded films and more obscure, unintentionallykitschy fare), personal attempts at creative writingand various craft activities, and learning aboutplants and the development of the field of naturalhistory. I am also a devotee of 19th century-early20th century British literature and caffeinatedbeverages. Political advocacy processes are animportant part of my life as are environmentaleducation and volunteer tutoring/mentoring for at-risk kids. At Cambridge, I hope to become re-acquainted with earlier pursuits of tennis andequestrian sports.


Ms AlexandraMudd

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in History & Philosophy of Science;Darwin College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:The University of Chicago, M.A. DivinitySt. John’s College, B.A. Liberal Arts

My Ph.D. explores the problem of trust intestimony from a psychological perspectivethat foregrounds unconscious motivation.

INTERESTS:Broadly speaking, I am interested in the intersectionof ethics and epistemology.

2004

Miss AmyRowe

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD Social Anthropology; Girton College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Harvard University, MA in Theology, 2001Colby College, BA Anthropology & Religion, 1999

Prior to Cambridge I taught history at aprivate school in Vermont, studied in India,worked in public policy, and volunteered onan archaeology project in the Caribbean. Iam in the final year of my PhD in SocialAnthropology. I did my fieldwork in theUSA in an Arab-American Christian

community. Religious identity, socialmemory, and perceptions of the past aresome of the issues I focus on in my work.My goal is to pursue a career in academiaafter completing my PhD.

INTERESTS:Hiking, Girton rowing, running, cooking, gardening,and traveling.

Mr FlorianSteinberger

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Philosophy; Hughes Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge University of ParisUniversity of Provence

My doctoral work focuses on thephilosophy of mathematics and logic.Ultimately I hope that my work willencourage the collaboration betweenresearchers in the fields of philosophy,

mathematics, computer science and relateddisciplines.

INTERESTS:My interests include: spending time with my dog,literature, Jewish history, jazz, politics, naturalsciences, cinema, arts, soccer, basketball.


Ms CassandraSweet

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Land Economy; Jesus College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Georgia State University

My work explores the emergence of analternative geography of trade, focusing ongiants Brazil and India and the capacity oflarge developing nations to realize south-south economic integration. ThisSoutherner hails from Atlanta, tradeterminus, pecan and hip-hop hub.Experience spans work in internationalagencies, public schools, radio journalism,international legal research and municipaladministration. I hope through mydoctorate studies to illuminate trends ineconomic development.

INTERESTS:Clean water, community cinema, north-easternBrazil, large tomato gardens, East Palo Alto,international relations, transportation, all languages,salsa, samba, bachata, ciranda, poetry of the street.

2004

Miss CamillePaxton

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Biology; Downing College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Hampshire College

I am trying Biochemistry, cell and molecularbiology to understand the basses of howcells work. Many time advances in sciencesand medicine go forward with outunderstanding the underlining mechanismsof how cells work. By trying to have this

understanding it will not only advancehuman knowledge but may make it easierfor further scientific developments toproceed.

INTERESTS:My other interest include Traveling, taking pictures,scuba diving, trying new out door actives such asrock climbing and white water rafting. Doingvolunteer work, especially encouraging children’sscientific pursuits.

Ms Sarah VanMastrigt

Canada

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Criminological Research; MagdaleneCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge (MPhil in Criminology)University of Calgary, Canada (B.A. Hons in Psych)

Many crimes are committed by groups ofoffenders working together. Despite thiswidely reported fact, research on crime anddelinquency has traditionally focused onthe individual offender as unit of analysis.In my PhD I adopt a different, group-levelapproach, in order to examine the extentand nature of co-offending in England. My

hope is that the research I conduct as aGates Scholar will act to broaden the scopeof international study on group crime and,ultimately, inform good policy around theinvestigation, prosecution, and preventionof joint offending behaviour.

INTERESTS:Travel, cooking, shoe shopping, theatre, reading,volunteering.

Mr ShaneWoods

Canada

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Genetics; Hughes Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Harvard UniversityUniversity of Notre DameQueen’s University

I have a degree in biochemistry but havespent most of my research hours studyingthe cytoskeleton and searching for drugabletargets of small molecules. I plan tocomplete my doctorial studies investigatingduplicate genes on a functional level anddeciphering their evolutionary role. Besides

research, I’m interested in the relationshipbetween science-business and the way inwhich this relationship influences theeconomy.

INTERESTS:In my off time you will most likely find mesnowboarding, wakeboarding, traveling, or hangingout with friends.

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Mr ViktorVafeiadis

Greece

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Computer Science; Selwyn College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge: BA (computer science)

My long-term aim is to improve softwarequality by developing programmingenvironments that will detect most errorsautomatically, thus enforcing correctness bydesign. During my PhD, I will investigatethe design space of safe modular typesystems and extend existing systems inorder to capture more precisely the implied

semantics of each module; thus creating asystem able to provide additional static anddynamic correctness guarantees, going farbeyond what classical type systems achieve.

INTERESTS:Orthodox and Hellenic societies, water polo, chess.


Mr Jan Trnka

Czech Republic

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Biochemistry; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

I am very glad to have the opportunity tostudy at Cambridge University. My researchwill focus on the signalling from themitochondria to the rest of the cell bymeans of redox active species. Any progressin this area might elucidate some of themechanisms behind the damage caused by

diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson disease,atherosclerosis, stroke, etc. In the future Isee myself as a researcher and teacher at auniversity.

INTERESTS:Music (classical, world, punk...), yoga, rowing,movies, philosophy, travelling, theology, history...

2004

Ms Mi Zhou

Australia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in English; Clare Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:UNSW, Australia

I’m curious about how representation –through all media, but in particularliterature and music – affect the way welook at the world and what that means forthe decisions we make. I’m looking forwardto having the opportunity to explore thearea (or part of it!) in Cambridge in thenext three years.

INTERESTS:Human rights advocacy, refugee law, internationalrelations, random debates, good music of any kind,(plays piano and violin), theatre, film, hiking andbeing under the sky, travelling, and reading in bed.

Mr AlexanderAl-Haschimi

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Economics; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of OxfordColumbia University

During my PhD studies, I plan to developmodels for the analysis of monetary policy.I am particularly interested in howuncertainty about the economic outlookaffects the performance of monetary policy.I am grateful to the Gates Cambridge Trustfor funding my studies.

INTERESTS:Guitar, drums, tennis, chess and boxing.


2004

Mr ShehuAbdussalam

Nigeria

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Applied Mathematics; St Edmund’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Part III, University of Cambridge African Institute for Maths Sciences, South AfricaAhmadu Bello University, Nigeria

I enjoy learning new ideas of physics at highenergies and want to contribute to ourunderstanding of the secrets of nature. TheGates Cambridge Scholarship has given mean opportunity for tools and experiencegathering towards achieving that.

INTERESTS:Science, reading history, politics, cycling, jogging.

Ms UmutYildirim

Turkey

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Social Anthropological Research; LucyCavendish College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:London School of Economics, MSc SocialAnthropology (2004)Bogazici University, MA Modern History (2002)Koc University, BA Busuness Administration (1999)

My research at Cambridge will look at the formation of political subjectivities in the context of the state of emergency in South Eastern Turkey. My research involves rethinking the politicaldimentions of the “discipline” and practiceof anthropology with a particular focus

on methodologies and the role of theanthropologist in the context of violence.

INTERESTS:Music, food, photography, critical theory.

2005

Mr RittikChaudhuri

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Biological Science; Magdalene College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Duke University

Among the genes encoded by HIV, Nef hasbeen shown to be a primary determinant ofviral pathogenicity. Patients infected withan attenuated strain of HIV, lacking afunctional Nef, have displayed markedlyslower progression towards AIDS. While atCambridge, I intend to explore the role ofNef in HIV pathogenesis using an array of

biochemical, cell biological, and genomicapproaches. Hopefully, the findings of thesestudies will contribute to our understandingof HIV.

INTERESTS:Running, lifting, near death experiences, playingsandlot baseball, betterfication campaigns, nottearing my ACL a third time, email, becoming anastronaut, shooting, and living the life of amendicant student.

Ms Chi(Angela) Chew

Singapore

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Classics; New Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge (BA, MPhil)

I am extremely grateful to be provided withthis opportunity to continue to pursue mystudies in Philosophy and to benefit fromthe enriching community life of CambridgeUniversity, especially in its inter-culturaland international aspects. I look forward tomany fascinating conversations with otherGates Scholars and others.

INTERESTS:Theology; international friendship (I have beeninvolved in running international coffee bars andother activities for several years in Cambridge);traveling; languages; (non-academic) counselling.

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Ms Silvia Breu

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Computer Science; Newnham CollegeSaarland University, Germany

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Edinburgh, UKUniversity of Passau, Germany

I am excited about coming to Cambridgeand I hope to sharpen my skills, to broadenmy view, and to meet exciting people. I planto work on the automated analysis ofsoftware. In particular, I like to improve thequality of software systems. I tackle thisproblem by helping programmers toidentify functionality that is spread over asystem but could be bundled for improved

understanding and maintainability. AtCambridge, I am looking forward tofinding mutually inspiring discussions aswell as collaboration with people frominside and outside my field.

INTERESTS:Sports (Volleyball, Skiing, Skating, Diving, Hiking),music (singing, playing instruments) and movies. I’vealways been a bookworm and have a passion forcooking & baking. I love walking around inmuseums of modern art, cities with intriguingarchitecture, traveling fascinating countries, throughwild nature & to buzzing cities. I enjoy to chill incafes, latte macchiato, reading, solving logicalpuzzles, listening to music, watching people walk by,but also love to perfectly organise events.


Mr RossAnthony

South Africa

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Social Anthropological Analysis; PembrokeCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Natal; BA (Hons) History of ArtUniversity of Cape Town; MA English

I am interested in the development ofChina’s western region of Xinjiang. Myresearch focuses on ways in which urbandevelopment shapes notions of identity onglobal, national and local levels. Aftercompleting my PhD, I will return to SouthAfrica in the hope of fostering a greater

awareness of China amongst Africansthrough teaching, researching and perhapscontributing to policy issues. My long-termgoal is to contribute to the development ofan Asian studies department in SouthAfrica.

INTERESTS:Mountains (especially the Himalayan family), China-watching, novel theoretical approaches to anythingand everything, playing guitar, drinking coffee andhanging out with friends.

2005

Ms AmandaDennis* & **

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil (2005) and PhD (2007) EuropeanLiterature/French; Trinity College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Princeton University: AB Comparative Literature(2003)

My interests revolve around the interplaybetween philosophy and literature. I wouldlike to explore the influence of memory onpresent experience, and to look at how thisperceptual phenomenon is manipulated byartistic (literary) and cultural productions.My studies engage with the work ofNietzsche (among others), who stylisticallyblurred boundaries between poetry andphilosophy in order to exposecorrespondences between psychology,mythology, literature and the structure ofconsciousness.

INTERESTS:I love traveling, learning foreign languages, soccer,running, sailing, cooking Thai food, theater, film andall kinds of music.

Mr DanielDicenso

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Music; Magdalene College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Pennsylania (MA, MS, PhD)Villanova University (MA)College of the Holy Cross (BA)

I bought my first chant album in the sixthgrade as a first-year Latin student. While anundergraduate, my childhood fascinationwith chant blossomed into an intellectualpassion, which now, in turn, has led to thepursuit of a Ph.D. in Music.

INTERESTS:I am particularly excited about pursuing my interestsin chant at Cambridge University becauseCambridge is unique in its resources for theinterdisciplinary study of chant and its medievalcontexts. Music, singing, concerts, art, culturaltheory, reading, teaching, and travel.


Mr FernanFederici

Argentina

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Plant Sciences; St Edmund’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Universidad Catolica de ChileUniversidad Nacional de Cuyo (Argentina)

I have chosen to investigate CellDevelopment in Plants. The aim of thisproject is to contribute to better understandthe genetic and cellular interactions thatcontrol this phenomenon. I have chosenCambridge because not only it is one of theoldest educative institutions of Europe and

with the greater prestige in the world, butalso because gives a complete and integralformation to their students. I’m also verygrateful to the Gates Cambridge Trust fortheir financial support of my PhD.

INTERESTS:Football (to play and watch C.A.Boca Juniors), FlyFishing, Tennis, Outdoor... and Science.

2005

Mr AaronCoble

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Computer Science; King’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:The Pennsylvania State University

I am honored to be continuing my PhDresearch as a Gates Scholar. During the nexttwo years I will be analyzing privacytechnologies for use on the internet.

INTERESTS:My interests are quite varied and include: swingdancing, cycling, climbing/backpacking/outdoorpursuits, wine tasting, classical and contemporarycookery, activism, abstract painting, bonsai,gardening, modern poetry, and independent film.Most of all I enjoy meeting and talking with anyoneabout their interests and experiences.

Mr JoelHalcomb

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Early Modern History; Selwyn College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Oklahoma State UniversityUniversity of York, U.K.

I was born in Texas, lived for a while in thedeep south and graduated from OklahomaState University with degrees inmathematics and history. Here atCambridge I am studying early modernhistory, with an emphasis on religion. MyPhD looks at puritan religion duringBritain’s Revolution in the 17th century. Iam interested in religious motivation, the

power of ritual and providence and howthese aspects translate into religiouspolitics.

INTERESTS:I like long walks on the beach, red wine, English girlsnamed Helena, and Yearbook statements. I play in aband called Bert and the Shirts. I like workingconstruction while drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon andtalking about Eugene Debs to a bunch of wrylyrednecks who don’t know who he is. It’s futile, butno more than the current geopolitical situation. Atleast the rednecks are partly charming.

Miss DeborahHayden

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic; Hughes Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge, B.A. Affiliated ASNaC2005Wellesley College, B.A. 2003

My PhD research will focus on theevolution of linguistic study and thought inmedieval Ireland, and will aim to explorethe broader questions of language use andacquisition through a textual medium.Ultimately I hope to use my experience at

Cambridge to pursue a career in teachingand research.

INTERESTS:Music (of all sorts, but especially playing horn andfiddle), literature, languages, travel.

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Mr DanielGreenfield

Australia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Computer Science;Trinity Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of New South WalesUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign(exchange)

As part of the Cambridge-MIT Alliance in Pervasive Computing, I am excited to be working with some of the bestresearchers in this field. As transistorsshrink, communication becomes a major bottleneck to performance. Myresearch concerns Networks-on-Chip for

communication-limited VLSI. As a bigbeliever in the cross-pollination of ideas,even from seemingly far-flung fields, I lookforward to many fascinating discussions, aswell as close friendships, in the GatesCambridge Community.

INTERESTS:Development, Sustainable Energy, Music (an eclecticsort), Japanese Animation, Systems Biology, CancerDiagnosis, Statistical Machine Learning, Sociology,Gourmet Food/Chocolate and Travel


2005

Mr SzilardFejer

Romania

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Chemistry; Downing College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

Computational chemistry is becoming amore and more powerful tool for chemistsas time goes by. One “mystery” ofparticular interest, which can be very wellinvestigated with the help of computationalchemistry is how certain systems can self-assemble into well-defined structures. I amvery excited to do research in this field inCambridge, and I’m sure my experiences

gained during these years will last for alifetime.

INTERESTS:General stuff like biking, movies, traveling; most ofthe time I play the guitar or the piano when I’m notnear a computer or sleeping.

Miss Ling-YanHung

Hong Kong

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Theoretical Physics; Peterhouse

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:CASM, University of Cambridge 2004–05BA (Physics), Oxford University 2001–04

I am a Theoretical Physics student. I havealways aspired to understand the mostfundamental laws governing Nature and soI am now working on String Theory. May Iexpress my gratitude to the Gates Trust forgranting me this invaluable opportunity torealize my childhood dream.

INTERESTS:Reading, soccer, Cantonese opera.

Mr AnthonyHylick

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Computer Science; Churchill College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

I am from Warner Robins, GA, UnitedStates of America, and I completed myundergraduate curriculum (B.S. ComputerEngineering 2005) at the Georgia Instituteof Technology in Atlanta, GA. My currentresearch interests include operating systemsresearch, power-performance management,and computer hardware and architectures.

INTERESTS:I love baseball, football (American), basketball,being outdoors and relaxing. My future plans are tocomplete my Ph.D. and become a Research Scientistin the field of Systems-type power managementresearch. Enjoying my first time in the UK andEurope, sports, food, friends, and life. Relaxing andremembering what is important in life.


Ms Tala Jarjour

Syria

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Music; Trinity Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge 2004–2005Ohio University 1999–2002Higher Institute of Music in Damascus 1992–1997

Throughout my studies I came to realizethat whether in the Western world or in theEast, music and religion have always hadintriguingly close affinities. It is widelyknown that modern Syria hosts an array ofmodern and classical Arab musical trends.Nevertheless, little attention is ever given tothe relation of this music to the ancientChristian heritage of Syria. In my time in

Cambridge I intend to look closely at theSyrian Orthodox Chant which dates to thedawn of Christianity and continues to besung in Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic.Looking with modern eyes at this ancientheritage, the mere persistent existence ofwhich is fascinating, enriches, I believe, ourexperience of our common human musicalheritage and offers new dimensions formore inter-cultural awareness.

INTERESTS:Hiking, baking, reading, music.

2005

Ms Jin He

China

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Education; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge MPhilSouthwest China Normal University BA

My field of research is Second LanguageEducation, which I have pursued for over10 years. However, I am also extremelyinterested in early education, educationalpolicy-making and management. My careergoal is to become a professional educatorand help improve education in my homecountry. I am very glad to be able to

conduct further research at Cambridge andI would particularly like to extend mythanks to the Gates Trust for generouslysponsoring my study at Cambridge.

INTERESTS:Reading, trekking, music, history, social work inimproving education at depressed areas.

Mr NicholasJohnson

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Chemistry; Churchill College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Texas Tech University

My PhD project involves imaging live cellsat high resolution. I am attempting to seefeatures the size of nanometres,approximately 10,000 times smaller than ahuman hair. To achieve this goal, I amworking with a relatively new techniquecalled Scanning Ion ConductanceMicroscopy (SICM). SICM is specificallydesigned to image soft surfaces in salt buffer

solutions. I am also working on extendingthis capability to apply localised forces tocells and monitor how they react. Thisproject is especially exciting to me becauseit involves biology, chemistry, physics, andelectrical engineering.

INTERESTS:In my spare time, I enjoy playing sports andtraveling. I have immersed myself in the Cambridgesporting culture becoming deeply involved in rowingand playing a bit of cricket on the side. To relax, Iprefer golf, and I have been privileged to play someof the historic links courses in the UK.

Ms RebeccaJohnston

Australia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Physics; Peterhouse

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Sydney: BSc (Physics andMathematics)

My research will be motivated by some ofthe most fundamental questions in science:how did our universe form, why does itlook like it does, and what is its ultimatefate? Specifically, I’ll be looking at howfluctuations in the early universe grew andevolved, acting as primordial ‘seeds’ for thelarge scale structure we see in the universe

today. In Cambridge, I’m looking forwardto joining the Gates community, and tobeginning what I hope will be a diverse andchallenging career in research.

INTERESTS:Writing and literature; films, drawing, and singing. Ican’t wait to try rowing at Cambridge.

Mrs IzabelaKisilowska

Poland

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Social & Political Science; Peterhouse

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Yale University (visiting assistant in research)Freie-Universität Berlin (exchange)Warsaw University (M.A. in political science)

So far my student life has been a lot of funboth in and outside the classroom. Parallelto studying on both sides of the Atlantic,I’ve run a vigorous student association,managed a nationwide project on Europeanintegration and established a monthly forthe youth. Thanks to the Gates Scholarship

I am able to engage in intensive research onsocial sacrifices made in extraordinarysituations. Pursuing this project inCambridge’s unique multiculturalenvironment is a great adventure.

INTERESTS:Traveling, skiing and photographing social diversity.


MrSeevaratnamJegandan

Sri Lanka

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Engineering; Churchill College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Moratuwa

I am very much interested in soil mechanicsand geotechnical engineering during myfirst degree in Civil Engineering. Aftergraduation, I decided to pursue a researchdegree in geotechnical engineering afterthoroughly enjoying my final yearundergraduate research project on the topicof deep soil mixing. Currently, I am doingmy PhD in applicability of innovative and

sustainable binders in deep soil mixing onproblematic soil conditions.

INTERESTS:I am a big fan of classical music; love to travel andplay cricket on sunny days.

2005

Ms SvetlanaKobzar

Ukraine

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in International Studies; Wolfson College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge: MPhil in ContemporaryEuropean Studies (2005)Alma College: BA in Foreign Service (2004)

I am thrilled to be able to pursue my PhD atthe University of Cambridge with manyfaculty and students specialising in the EU’sexternal policy. I will research the‘European Union factor’ that contributes todemocratisation in Ukraine. I intend to usemy knowledge to facilitate further reforms

in Ukraine by promoting the politicaldialogue among government agencies andorganised civil society actors.

INTERESTS:I enjoy spending time with my family and friends,volunteering for non-government organisations,traveling, reading, running, skiing and watchingmovies.

Miss CarmenLacambra-Segura

Spain

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Geography; St Edmund’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Hull, Hull, UK Universidad de losAndes, Bogota, Colombia

I am a biologist, most of my experience hasbeen on tropical coastal ecosystems andpolicy making. I plan to research about theresponses of coastal ecosystems to naturaldisasters.

INTERESTS:Family, conservation, sustainable development,natural disasters, football, scuba diving.


Dr RamonMaluping

Philippines

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MSc in Veterinary Medicine; Sidney Sussex College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Santiago de Compostela, SpainSwedish University of Agri. Sciences, UppsalaUniversity of the Philippines

The occurrence of infectious diseases stillremains one of the major challenges theworld has to face. These diseases have notonly brought economic losses, but moreimportantly some have posed great threatsto human health. It is my objective that byspecialising in microbiology, I cancontribute to solving this problem. Beingaccepted in one of the best universities inthe world and winning a prestigious Gates

scholarship have greatly encouraged me inmy belief that I can realise this goal.

INTERESTS:Sports (badminton, swimming, table tennis, etc.),snorkelling, hiking, camping, mountain and rockclimbing, cycling, beach hopping, traveling, dancing,rodeo, community immersion and participation involuntary and non-government organizations.

2005

Mr SebastianKlinge

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Zoology; Clare College


During cellular division, DNA needs to bereplicated and distributed into twodaughter cells. My studies in Cambridgewill focus on factors, which are required totrigger the initiation of DNA replication.The characterisation of these initiationfactors will help to understand themolecular basis of this process in normaland cancerous cells.

INTERESTS:Music (cello), independent cinema and art.

Mr KamiarMohaddes

Sweden

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Economics; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:MPhil Economics, University of CambridgeBSc Economics, University of Warwick

Having recently graduated with an MPhil inEconomics, I am now continuing to worktowards my PhD in Economics. Inparticular, I am developing models of oilsupply in the presence of heterogeneous oilfields in order to shed light on thegeopolitics of the oil supply process. I amvery grateful for the PhD funding providedby the Gates Cambridge Trust, as it has

given me the opportunity to study atCambridge and allowed me to worktowards my goal of pursuing a career inacademia.

INTERESTS:Music, sports, movies, traveling, cooking, hangingout with friends, as well as doing volunteering workin the community.

Mr JonasNeher

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Biochemistry; Darwin College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Tuebingen, MScTrinity College DublinUniversity of Darmstadt

Through my research I hope to helpelucidate the biochemical basis ofneurological diseases – especially theprocesses involved in neurodegeneration.This knowledge should eventually allow forthe development of efficient therapies forthese yet untreatable and devastatingdisorders.

INTERESTS:Volleyball, playing the flute and saxophone, non-scientific reading, all kinds of music.

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Mr Alex Mauss

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Zoology; Emmanuel College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge, United KingdomJohannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany

One fascinating question in neurobiologicalsciences is how the brain develops,providing the basis for correct informationflow and integration that enables us tothink, sense, and feel. My research projectdeals with one aspect of this exciting field

of investigation, namely how neurons sendprocesses to their synaptic partners in theembryonic central nervous system to formfunctional neuronal networks.

INTERESTS:Outdoor sports (running, hiking, cycling, football),traveling, and playing the guitar.


Ms NayanikaMathur

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Social Anthropology; New Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:The Institute of Social Sciences (ISS), The HagueCambridge UniversityThe Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University Hindu College, Delhi University

I am currently engaged in conducting mydoctoral fieldwork in the north IndianHimalayan state of Uttarakhand where Iam attempting to follow through theimplementation of India’s largest rural anti-

poverty scheme. My work focuses on thedaily workings of local bureaucracies as Icritically analyse the relationship betweenthe state and development.

INTERESTS:Reading, cinema, mountaineering, yoga.

2005

Mr Thai BinhNguyen

Vietnam

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Oncology; Fitzwilliam College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Ecole Polytechnique: Diploma Engineering (2004)Universite de Paul Sabatier: Msc (Medical Physics)(2005)

My research focuses on methods foroptimization of intensity modulatedradiation therapy where the planning targetvolume extends into the build up region. Ibelieve that this type of advanced techniquein radiation therapy can improve

significantly cancer patient’s life. Studyingat the prestigious universities of EcolePolytechnique (X) in France and theUniversity of Cambridge in England willhelp me in building bridges betweenVietnamese researchers and otherresearchers all over the world.

INTERESTS:Golf, football, table tennis, walking ... I enjoytraveling and my next continent will be Africa.

Ms SarahNouwen**

Netherlands

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in International Relations; Emmanuel College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge: MPhil InternationalRelationsUtrecht University, LLM Dutch private law andinternational law

Ever since participating at the age of elevenin an international summercamp (CISV) inJapan, I felt at home at the internationalplane. My legal studies in Utrecht and CapeTown and working experiences withinternational organisations (UN), NGOs(Plan Senegal), the Dutch Ministry forForeign Affairs and a law firm in Parisrevealed my passion for international law.They also fostered a fascination for theinteraction between international law and

politics, so after obtaining an LLM atUtrecht University I read internationalrelations in Cambridge. Before I embarkedon the PhD project, the call from the realityof the “world out there” was too strong. Iworked for a year as legal and politicaladvisor on the implementation of theComprehensive Peace Agreement inchallenging Sudan. Now I hope to combinethe working experiences and studies in athesis on the interaction betweeninternational cirminal courts and thedomestic rule of law in states in transitionfrom war to peace.

INTERESTS:International law and politics, literature, CISV,theatre, running, journalism, transitional justice.


Mr MikkelOestergaard

Denmark

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Epidemiology; Clare Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Clare Hall, Cambridge: MPhil Epidemiology (2005)University of Copenhagen: BSc Biochemistry (2003)

2004–07 were excellent years inCambridge, both socially and academically.After my MPhil and two years of PhDstudies, I now look forward to one moreyear of Cambridge life and finalizing myPhD. My project aims to identify humangenetic interactions relevant to cancersusceptibility.

INTERESTS:Travel, human rights, population genetics, sports(e.g. running, golf, surfing and scuba diving).

2005

Dr VirginiaNewcombe

Australia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Medicine; Wolfson College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge, MPhil (Epidemiology, 2005)University of Queensland, MBBS (2001) University of New South Wales, BSc (1998)

My PhD project involves using diffusionweighted tensor imaging to demonstrate theincidence, time course, and clinicalcorrelates of axonal injury following headtrauma.

INTERESTS:Travel, cooking, reading and music

Ms LauraPorro*

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil (2004) & PhD (2005) in Earth Sciences;Selwyn College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Illinois at ChicagoEastern Illinois University (summer course only)

It is a true honor to have received a GatesCambridge Scholarship. Pursuing my PhDat Cambridge is the opportunity of alifetime and I am excited to join such aninteresting and diverse group of people. Iam working in the Earth Sciencesdepartment using finite element analysis

(FEA) to shed greater understanding onskull function and feeding strategy in basalornithischians, an early group ofherbivorous dinosaurs.

INTERESTS:(Besides an unhealthy fascination with extinctanimals) I enjoy: travel, cooking, gardening,literature, cycling, drawing (pencil and pen, digital),film, amateur photography, and ambling in thecountryside.

Mr TowfiqueRaj

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Genetics; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of PennsylvaniaDrexel University

I aspire to be part of new generation ofresearch professionals who will usegenomic technology to develop novelcomputational approaches to prognostics,diagnostics and treatment of diseases. Myresearch will focus on the genetic variationin the human population and itscontribution to disease. A Ph.D. from

Cambridge with the resources of a GatesScholarship will allow me to fulfil not onlymy career goal of becoming a scientist butalso my dream of using my career to benefithumanity.

INTERESTS:Public health for the developing world, infectiousdisease, human genetic variation, andcomputational genomics. Reading (autobiographiesand philosophy of religion), community service,traveling, long walks, exploring new culture,dancing, music, basketball, soccer, would like tolearn cricket.

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Miss IrenePeano

Italy

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Social Anthropology; King’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Cambridge (2004)

My research shall focus on issues of gender,sexuality and the body in the context of sexworkers trafficking from Nigeria to Italy. Iaim at actively contributing not only toanthropological knowledge, but also tomore political and social issues related tothe lives of these women within a widersocial context, in a time when migration

and the rights of migrants are becoming acentral issue for European and globalpolitics.

INTERESTS:Travelling, grassroots politics, cinema, art.


Ms XiaohanPan

China

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Biotechnology; Downing College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Zhejiang University, BS of Biomedical Engineering

My project is to design a novel contact lensglucose sensor to achieve real-time glucosemonitoring for diabetes management. Twounparallel features, non-invasive andcontinuous, will benefit diabetics byreleasing them from the six-time-per-dayfinger-pricking assays. Such a contact lenssensing approach might also be employedto monitor other ailments such as stress,

hypertension, as well as heart and kidneydiseases, and applications in sportsmedicine and training.

INTERESTS:A sports girl, also like singing and reading.

2005

Mr PaulRhatigan

USA


PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge University of Arizona

I thoroughly enjoy my studies atCambridge. My research in theNanoscience Centre focuses on a novelmethod to study the electrical properties ofDNA using nanofabrication techniques.The field of molecular electronics has

fascinating applications that are onlybeginning to be realized. I’m lookingforward to tackling new challenges andtaking advantage of interestingopportunities in the coming year.

INTERESTS:Rowing, running, traveling, cooking, and beingadventurous!

Mr AndreSartori

Brazil

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Earth Sciences; Emmanuel College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Universidade de São Paulo:MSc Zoology (2003);Licentiate Biology (2002); BSc Biology (2001)

Studying in an excellent scientific centresuch as the University of Cambridge is aone-in-a-life-time opportunity to learn anddevelop myself professionally as I will workon a daily basis with a leader in my field ofinterest. Moreover, living abroad for threeyears and meeting people from all over the

world will certainly broaden my horizonsand provide me with an insight into severaldifferent cultures. I am very grateful to theGates Cambridge Trust for making thispossible.

INTERESTS:Sports (table tennis, swimming, snorkelling andscuba diving) and music (blues harmonica andguitar player).


Ms Erin Snider

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Social & Political Science; Trinity College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:MSc, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)BA, James Madison University

I’m really excited to begin doctoral studiesat Cambridge to continue my research on the intersection of politics andeconomics in the Middle East, specificallyin Egypt and Iran. I am particularlyinterested in examining political change,democratization and economic reformbroadly and in relation to the Middle Eastand Asia. After finishing my degree, I hopeto work on democratic governance and

poverty reduction programs with the UN oran NGO focusing on these areas in theregion.

INTERESTS:I’ve always been fascinated by politics andinternational affairs, particularly Middle Eastern andCentral Asian politics. I’m also interested insustainable development issues, and humanitariandemining after working on the landmine issue forseveral years. Other interests include photography,music, travel, cooking (noble attempts at itanyway!), writing, films (especially Bollywood), andcopious amounts of coffee.

2005

Ms RebeccaRancourt

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Anatomy; Darwin College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Syracuse University

I am looking forward to the adventure thatlies ahead in jolly old England. My greatestfeat will be remembering to look theopposite way when crossing the street. I amexcited to do research in the fascinatingfield of Epigenetics. There can be a millionreasons not to try something new....You justneed one great reason to begin!

INTERESTS:My interests include dancing (ballroom, flamenco,salsa etc.), rowing, attending concerts (rock, indie,opera) and a mean game of kick-ball.

Ms FedericaSulas

Italy

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Archaeology; Gonville & Caius College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge, MPHIL (2005)Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli, BA (Hons.)(2003)

I intend to pursue a PhD inGeoarchaeology. My goal is to investigatethe landscape history of the Aksum region,northern Ethiopia, and to examine thehuman-environment relationship through along-term perspective. I see my researchplaced within a broader trend whichexplicitly aims to contribute through the

archaeological data to help informcontemporary debates regarding riskassessment and sustainable development inAfrica.

INTERESTS:Swimming, snorkelling, scuba diving, traveling...long-lasting dinners with old friends.

Mr AlirezaTaheri

Canada

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in History and Philosophy of Science andMedicine; Darwin College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University College LondonUniversity of EssexUniversity of Toronto

The focus of my PhD will on the origins ofthe feeling of guilt. I will look at thisquestion from philosophical andpsychoanalytic sources mainly in the worksof Nietzsche, Freud and Lacan.

INTERESTS:Psychoanalysis, philosophy, running, cycling,swimming, yoga.

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Mr OliverStegle

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Physics; St Edmund’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of FreiburgSwiss Federal Institue of Technology

I get excited where Physics meets otherfields. I want to work on a machinelearning approach of Bio Informatics whichallows to combine Physics andMathematics with life science.

INTERESTS:Music (playing guitar), sports (skiing, squash),traveling and any kind of social activity :)


Ms Uta Staiger

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in German Literature; King’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:MPhil Cambridge (2002)MA (Hrs.) Edinburgh (2001)

Drawing both on previous academicresearch and my professional backgroundworking at an institute for cultural policyresearch and international culturalcooperation in Spain, my PhD will focus onculture and citizenship in the EuropeanUnion. My project is concerned with thechanging modes and limits of citizenship incontemporary Europe under the dual

influence of integration and migration, andwith the ways in which cultural productionsnegotiate these concerns.

INTERESTS:Languages, travel, literature, international relations,cultural policies & cooperation, cities.

2005

Mr LaurVallikivi

Estonia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Polar Studies; King’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Tartu, Estonia: MA 2004 in Ethnology;BA 2001 in Ethnology

I am doing a PhD in Polar Studies with afocus on the religious conversion of Arcticreindeer-herders in Russia. While inCambridge, I hope to develop my expertisein social anthropology for contributing tothe development of the discipline at home.In the long term perspective, I intend to

work for the benefit of the northernindigenous communities by raising, throughmy research, such issues as human rightsand sustainable development in thecircumpolar areas.

INTERESTS:Travel, hiking, cycling, swimming, animal ecology,art history.

Mr BradyWagoner

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Social & Political Science; Corpus ChristiCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge Clark University

I am cultural psychologist interested in howculture shapes thought and behaviour. MyPhD is on cultural transmission andtransformation – for example, how a storychanges as it passed from one context toanother (like the game of “Chinesewhispers”). Upon graduation I hope tocontinue research on culture both in andoutside of academia.

INTERESTS:Appreciation of the Beautiful and the Absurd: I enjoymountaineering, travel, art, photography,architecture, philosophy, literature (especially withexistential overtones), comparative religion,evolutionary theory, good conversation.


Ms Anke Weber

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Economics; Emmanuel College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge, MPhil EconomicsUniversity of Cambridge, BA Honours Economics

My choice to undertake a PhD in monetarypolicy is due to my deep interest in thesubject and to my future career plans: Upongraduation, I would like to pursue a career asa professional economist in a central bank,such as the European Central Bank. A PhDin monetary policy will equip me with thenecessary knowledge, which I hope to beable to use eventually to contribute to thefurther development of a unified Europe.

INTERESTS:Rowing, tennis, skiing and playing the piano.

2005

Mr RobertTonita

Canada

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Engineering; Hughes Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Waterloo: Applied Science

My area of study is control theory, myresearch is motivated by finding pragmaticresults that lend themselves to applicationsfor mainly engineering systems but alsointerdisciplinary fields such as biology andeconomics.

INTERESTS:Sports, politics, people and travel.

Miss AnikoAdam

Hungary

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:BAaff in Law; Homerton College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of British Columbia: BA Economics andInternational Relations (2006)American International School, Budapest: IBO(International Baccalaureate Dip.) (1999)Lycée Français de Budapest, HungaryDALF (Diplome Approfondi de langue Française)

I was born and raised in Budapest, Hungarybut moved to Canada to undertake a B.A.in Economics and International Relations. I

am currently taking Law as an affiliatedundergraduate at Cambridge.

INTERESTS:Horseriding (hopefully equestrian polo), snowboarding,hiking, languages and cheesecake.

Miss ShaziaAfzal

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Computer Science; New Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Jamia Millia Islamia Central Universaity, New Delhi

The pulse of being in one of the mostprestigious seats of learning & the thoughtof treading corridors shared bydistinguished scientists leaves you in awe.The academic culture is exemplary and Iconsider it a privilege to be here. I expectmy time here to prove to be one of the mostremarkable & rewarding experiences.

INTERESTS:I love reading Tolstoy and George Eliot. I’m a natureperson and love water! Professionally, I shall beresearching in the area of Intelligent LearningEnvironments & its psychological implications.

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Mr DiegoWinkelried

Peru

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Economics; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:MPhil Economics, University of CambridgeBA Economics, Universidad del Pacífico, Lima-Peru

My deep interest in social behaviourtogether with the fact that I come from adeveloping country, led me to enquire aboutthe ways to overcome the barriers toimprove living standards. Realising thateconomic reasoning helps greatly to solvethis puzzle, I decided to pursue a career inEconomics. Thanks to the Gates Cambridge

Trust I have now the opportunity to refineand expand my expertise on developmenteconomics for policy design and to learnamong colleagues from a wide culturalspectrum.

INTERESTS:Economics; Music (Classic rock, Latin jazz);traveling.


Mr JerrellWhitehead

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Economic & Social History; King’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Yale UniversityUniversity of Washington (transfer)

With my entrance into Cambridge andKing’s College, my goal for the immediatefuture is to study obesity and health policywith regard to the minority populations ofEngland. Much like the United States, theobesity epidemic is a severe and growingproblem, which makes research on thismatter of the highest importance.

INTERESTS:Dancing, banana pancakes, oatmeal, bodybuilding,college football, fine timepieces, Disney movies,discussing the business of Hollywood, arguing oversports, FIFA World Cup on Gamecube.

2005

2006

Ms DianeArcher

Thailand

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil (2005) & PhD (2006) in Planning, Growth &Regeneration/Land Economy; Sidney SussexCollege


I am nearing the end of the first year of myPhD in Land Economy, looking at theimplications on social capital of communityparticipation in slum upgrading in

Bangkok, Thailand. I shall be away for afew months of 2008 carrying out fieldworkin slum communities.

INTERESTS:I enjoy playing ladies football for my college, as wellas playing tennis and going for runs along the river.I’m a keen reader and baker, and like visiting newplaces in order to stave off itchy feet.

Mr AxelBangert

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Modern & Medieval Languages; Gonville &Caius College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Humboldt University Berlin (2000–06)University of Bologna (2003)University of Cambridge (2003–04)

In my PhD, I will investigate filmicrepresentations of the Holocaust in Germanculture. My aim is to assess the films’ role inthe construction of Holocaust memory.With the Holocaust turning into a remoterepisode of history, collective memory of theevent is taking on different shapes, both

influenced and mirrored by filmicrepresentations. Thus, I hope that theiranalysis will provide essential insight intothe development of German nationalidentity and historical consciousness.

INTERESTS:I’m interested in all kinds of music, from popularand classical music to and jazz and moderncompositions. What I probably enjoy most isimprovising on the piano. Moreover, I love reading,and besides German literature I take an interest inItalian, English and American literature. Not least, Ilike watching movies, and I’m especially fond ofAsian films.


Ms SophieBeeren

Australia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Chemistry; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of New South Wales, Australia

The research I am undertaking in the fieldof Supramolecular Chemistry is focused onthe synthesis of new macrocycliccompounds with the ability to recogniseand selectively trap small molecules withinthem. Thus far, living and working inCambridge has provided me with a uniqueopportunity to improve my skills as asynthetic and analytical chemist whileexposing me to new areas of chemistry andencouraging a broader interest in science

and its possible applications. I am interestedin pursuing a career in academia, but I hopealso to find a means to apply my knowledgeof science to address broader issues insociety, such as climate change.

INTERESTS:I enjoy playing the violin and piano, going toconcerts, watching plays, reading and cooking. I likesalsa dancing, playing netball, soccer and squash.

2006

Mr Amir Amel Zadeh

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Finance; Clare Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge, MPhil in FinanceUniversity of Bayreuth, Ger., Diploma in BusinessUniversity of California, Berkeley, Business Admin

Studying an MPhil in Finance at Cambridgeoffered me a valuable experience in manyways so far. I have not only grownacademically but also personally. Every dayI had the opportunity to meet extraordinarypeople from diverse backgrounds, toexpand my knowledge in different fields,

enter into lively discussions over a cup ofcoffee or simply have fun with friends; anexperience that I do not want to havemissed and that I look forward tocontinuing during my PhD studies inFinance for the following two years. “Thequality of our life comes down to therichness of our thoughts”.

INTERESTS:Traveling, rowing, running, squash, reading, meetingpeople.

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Mrs PashminaBendale

India


PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:BE Electronics & TelecommunicationsGovt College of Engineering, Pune

At Cambridge, my research will be in thebroad area of biologically motivatedcomputer vision and image processing. I aminvestigating the role of visual cortex area18 in perception of objects. I believe thatprogress made in this area will enable us tobuild rather intelligent machines, enabling

them to see and analyse data on a real timebasis. I am excited about studying at thisworld class institute and meeting scholarsfrom all over the world.

INTERESTS:Rowing is my favourite sport. I hope to continue it inCambridge. I like traveling to new places, especiallysanctuaries, beaches and hills. During free time, Ilove to do some craft or collage. I am also fond ofcooking.

Mr PradiptaBiswas

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Computer Science; Trinity College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurUniversity of Kalyani

My subject of Ph. D. is ‘Computer Supportfor Special Needs’. Here I an working tounlock the world of physically challengedpersons. We are developing a simulator tohelp with the design and evaluation ofassistive interfaces. The simulator will

predict the likely interaction patterns whenundertaking a task using a variety of inputdevices, and estimate the time to completethe task in the presence of differentdisabilities and for different levels of skill.

INTERESTS:To be honest it is F (space, time, mood). Currently itis reading, music and cricket. I am a member of theBA society cricket team of Trinity College.

Mr ConwayBlake

Jamaica

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Legal Studies; Corpus Christi College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge – LL.M (2006)University of the West Indies – LL.B. (2004)

I am from Jamaica, and previously studiedlaw in the Caribbean and at Cambridge.With the Gates scholarship I hope to pursueresearch leading to the award of a PhD inInternational Law. More specifically, I willlook at the implementation of international

human rights through regional mechanismsin the Americas and Africa. Subsequently, Ihope to mix an academic career withinternational law practice.

INTERESTS:Music, theatre, travel, debating, mooting, walkingand reading.

Mr Kofi Boakye

Ghana

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Criminology; St Edmund’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge: MPhil Criminology (2006)University of Ghana-Leges: BA Psychology (2001)

What could have allowed one man to causethe death of over 6 million people? Whywould millions of people be dragged notonly against their will but, more so, bedeemed inferior, and hence deserving ofsuch fate? Why would one man choose ashis victim the innocent and the helpless? Isthe rage of the terrorist crazed and/orcapricious? How different is that man whoconspires to deny thousands of the rewardof their years of labour? And why do thegreat majority usually stand by in apathy?

In other words, what is crime? These areboth philosophical and practical questionsthat have continuously engaged myattention; and, not satisfied with existingexplanations, I set out to seek furtheranswers. I do not pretend to know theanswer or answers, but the questions areworth a second thought. This is why I ammost thankful to the Gates Trust forassisting me in grappling with the issues ofcrime and the causes of crime, particularlyfrom the African perspective.

INTERESTS:Travelling, photography, football, swimming,creative writing, reading, cooking and, of course,you can’t love music and loathe the art of dancing!


2006

Mr ChristopherBohn

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Chemical Engineering; Christ’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Princeton University

I was born in Austria and attended theupper-level Gymnasium before returning toMonument, Colorado for my high schoolyears. I pursued my Bachelors at Princetonwhere I majored in Chemical Engineering. Iam loving England thus far and theCambridge system is fantastic. From

porter’s lodges to punts, this town is packedwith quaint icons and incredibly giftedpeople. While at Cambridge my researchwill be focusing on clean coal, specificallyhow to combust coal while controlling thepotentially hazardous emissions.

INTERESTS:Out of lab, I enjoy almost all sports includingsnowboarding, biking, running, and basketball. Ialso love to read and travel when time allows.


Ms MollyCrockett

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MSc in Biological Science (ExperimentalPsychology); King’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:UCLA

Originally from Irvine, CA, I completed myB.S. in Psychobiology at UCLA, where Istudied the neural mechanisms of emotionregulation. At Cambridge, I am exploringhow serotonin modulates interactionsbetween prefrontal (cognitive) andsubcortical (motivational) brain systems,and how these interactions contribute toself-regulation and impulsivity. I’m hoping

my experiences at Cambridge will lead meeither in the direction of an academic careerin research and teaching, or toward anadvocacy role in public health policy.

INTERESTS:I spend as much time as possible traveling throughEurope and elsewhere. When I’m in Cambridge, Ising with King’s Voices and compete on the VarsityBlind Wine Tasting Team. I’m also involved with theGates Scholars Council. Other interests: running,hiking, biking, being outdoors; reading, writing,cinema, photography; cooking, enjoying good foodand wine.

Mr Simon DeSmet**

Belgium

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Legal Studies; Gonville & Caius College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Columbia University, New York: LLM Internationaland Comparative Law (2002)Lund University, Sweden: MA Human Rights &Humanitarian Law (2001)Ghent University: Licentiaat Law (1999)

It is my intention to combine scholarship inInternational Law with practice in humanrights. I hope that this will create a synergythat will enhance both my teaching skillsand my effectiveness as a lawyer. Being a

Gates Scholar in Cambridge will certainlyhelp my academic development andhopefully already create some opportunitiesfor actual case work. By the time Igraduate, I hope to have laid the foundationfor both an academic career and gainedenough experience to start helping people intheir legal struggle for justice and humanrights.

INTERESTS:Classical music, with a special interest in modernand contemporary composers, piano playing, karate-do.

2006

Ms TiffanyBogich

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Zoology; St Catharine’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:The Pennsylvania State University

I am excited to shift from my previousresearch on invasive species management toconservation, and apply spatialoptimization techniques to the conservationof birds in managed, agricultural systems. Iwill be working with Professors AndrewBalmford and Rhys Green to both expandupon their work in conservation modellingin agricultural systems and to begin to

develop new models to balance agriculturalyield with conservation needs. In additionto the farming models, I will also beworking to improve theoretical methods formeasuring the effects of land use change onextinction risk for vulnerable species.

INTERESTS:Outside of my specific area of research, I am alsointerested in questions of optimal monitoring andissues of environmental justice, particularly in SouthAfrica. In extracurricular activities, I am involved inathletics and am now playing rugby for theUniversity team at Cambridge.

Mr Carlos DelCueto*

Mexico

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil (2002) & PhD (2003) in Musicology; ClareCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Cardiff University

Music can truly be a path for great learningabout who we are and how to be in this life.The overwhelmingly positive effects forpeople that make music in groups, and thatknow how to listen, are of huge interest tome. I’m delighted, therefore, to be inCambridge active as a musician (mostly as aconductor) and musicologist.

INTERESTS:Music of all types, especially opera and sacredmusic. Meditation and Indian non-dualphilosophies. Films (Woody Allen!!). Poetry. Latindancing. Good food, champagne, and spending timein engaging meaningful conversations.

Mr Zhao Ding

China

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Pharmacology;Sidney Sussex College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Imperial College London, Biochemistry

My research focuses on Calcium signalling,a fundamental process that controls manycellular functions as diverse as contraction,secretion, fertilization, division,development, apoptosis, memory andlearning. Gates trust offers me not only thefunding, but also the chance to meet other

highly motivated Gates scholars. I will takeadvantage of this opportunity to build myskills and network so that I can pursue mygoals further.

INTERESTS:Tennis, ping-pong, fencing, swimming.

Dr JustinEchouffoTcheugui

Cameroon

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Epidemiology; Wolfson College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge (MPhil,2006)University of Yaounde I, Cameroon (MD, 2001)

I am interested in the primary andsecondary prevention of diabetes andrelated conditions. The focus of my PhDresearch will be the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of screening for type 2diabetes. The results of this work willinform policy making about screening fordiabetes. I hope to pursue my career in

academia, to be involved in advancedepidemiological research and public healthpolicy-making.

INTERESTS:Reading (history and biographies), watchingmovies/documentaries/football matches, music andjogging.

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Ms Natalia DelCampo

Spain

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Psychiatry; Clare College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Utrecht, The NetherlandsUniversidad Autonoma de Madrid, SpainU.N.E.D., Spain

Trained as a psychologist in Madrid (Spain)and as a neuroscientist in Utrecht (TheNetherlands), I’m very interested in theinterface between neuropsychology andfundamental neuroscience as a way toidentify the neuro-biological mechanismsunderlying psychopathology. For my PhD, I

am combining various neuroimagingtechniques with psychopharmacology,neuropsychological testing and geneticprofiling on various psychiatric patientgroups, such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

INTERESTS:All cultures and languages, Greek and Romanmythology, traveling, running, good food with goodwine, Italian coffee, the sun, the sea (especially theCaribbean!) and last but not least, all about thehuman brain.


2006

Ms NuriaGonzalez-Rabade

Mexico

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Plant Sciences; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Universidad de las Americas Puebla, MexicoUniversity of Nottingham, England, UK

I have always liked Biology and everythingrelated to it, especially Molecular Biology,Genetics, Immunology and Biotechnology,since they possess, to some extent, theanswer to many of the problems we arefacing at the moment. I would like tocontribute as much as I can in improving

the lives of others dedicating myself to avery rewarding field of science: ediblevaccines. My PhD, in particular, focuses onan AIDS edible vaccine.

INTERESTS:Literature (both as a reader and as a writer), music(interested in a wide range of genres as well asplaying the piano) and arts in general (photography,painting, etc). I also love traveling and getting toknow different cultures. I play squash, like to swim,and love watching football.


Mr Dirk-HinrickHaar*

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil (2005) & PhD (2006) in Criminology; SelwynCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Universität Konstanz, Diplom 2005Institut d’Etudes Politiques de ParisUniversität Leipzig

Ultimately, my goal is “better” criminalpolicy in a double sense: To address moreeffectively crime as a major concern ofpeople in many countries, and to freeresources and sympathy for human rightsand equal protection. Beyond contributingto policy design and its knowledge

foundations, I am also willing to engage inthe struggles of implementation. TheInstitute of Criminology provides anexcellent environment for related research.Being a Gates scholar inspires andmotivates me further.

INTERESTS:Sports (esp. ice hockey, fencing, windsurfing,football), politics (esp. international anddevelopment issues), writing (esp. speeches, essays),music (esp. violin, jazz, modern classical), reading(20th century literature, esp. poetry).

2006

Ms AmparoFlores

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Engineering; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:MITUC Berkeley

Born in the Philippines, I moved toCalifornia in 1989. My past education andexperience have been grounded inenvironmental engineering, specificallywater and sanitation issues, but I hope toexplore related socio-economic and policyissues at Cambridge. My research here isfocused on developing ecological sanitationalternatives for urban areas in bothdeveloping and industrialized countries. I’m

also hoping to round out my technicaleducation with courses in the humanitiesand interactions with people from otherdisciplines. After Cambridge, I plan toreturn to public service and eventuallypursue a leadership position inenvironmental management and policy.

INTERESTS:Exploring old and new places on foot, hiking,cycling, reading, going to the theatre, enjoying goodfood with friends, hanging out with family, and,occasionally, weeding.

Dr SebhatErqou

Ethiopia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Epidemiology; Downing College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of CambridgeUniversity of Gondar

I believe doing my PhD in Public Healthand Primary Care will help me to become abetter health researcher and openopportunities for me to contribute to themaking of health policies in my country.

INTERESTS:Praying, reading, playing international chess,swimming, listening to songs.

Mr Franz Huber

Austria

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Geography; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of SalzburgDuke University (visiting graduate student)Oxford Brookes University

My research at Cambridge focuses on therole of social networks on knowledge flowsand regional economic development. I aimto investigate how personal networks affectuneven economic development and socialinequalities. The community of the GatesScholars represents a great opportunity todiscuss intellectual and practical problems

in a truly international perspective. I hopethat my Cambridge experience will prepareme for having an impact on the academic aswell as the “real” world.

INTERESTS:Sports (cycling, mountaineering, skiing, tennis),music (piano), international newspapers, politics,philosophy of science.

Mr Isaac Idun-Arkhurst

Ghana

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in International Studies; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge Northeastern UniversityUniversity of Ghana

I study relations between rising industrialnations and developing countries (theperiphery). Two system-changing eventshave occurred at the turn of this century.One is bad enough for everyone; the otheris a positive development on the worldstage, yet a potential threat to many. Theformer is 9/11; the latter, the rise of China.My research investigates the developmentand geopolitical implications of the

emergence of China for African countries,with whom China has been buildingunprecedented relations. I also studyrelations between Western countries andAfrica in the wake of 9/11 and the rise ofChina.

INTERESTS:Reading, creative writing, rhetoric and culture,football, volleyball, traveling

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Mr JonathanHollander

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Materials Science; Churchill College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

It’s very cliché, but carpe diem. How manypeople look back and feel no regret foropportunity lost?

INTERESTS:Underwater hockey, ultimate frisbee, classic rock,and traveling on other people’s money.


Ms Ximin He

China

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Chemistry; Lucy Cavendish College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Tsinghua University

My current research focuses on PolymerElectronics, especially fabrication of FETsand PVs through polymer synthesis, whichmay have promising application in displaysand solar cells. Wish the life here fruitfuland colourful *^_^*

INTERESTS:Violin, skiing, dancing, swimming, taekwondo,singing and rowing...

2006

Mr MichalJezek

Czech Republic

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Economics; King’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge, MPhil 2005Charles University in Prague, Mgr (MA) 2004Charles University in Prague, Bc (BA) 2002

I am interested in finance andmacroeconomics. My PhD dissertation willconsist of essays on finance.

INTERESTS:Sports, traveling, music, films and cooking with myfiancee.


2005–06

Ms EvgeniaIlyinskaya

Iceland

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Geography; Darwin College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Royal Holloway, University of London (2003-2006):B.Sc Honours in Geology

I was born in Russia and moved to Icelandwhen I was 10 years old. My PhD topic isin the field of Volcanology andGeochemistry. Volcanoes are one of theprincipal natural sources of reactive gas andparticle emissions to the atmosphere.Important species include sulphur dioxide,halogen compounds, trace metals and acidaerosols. Volcanic emissions can result insignificant local and even regionalperturbations to the atmosphericenvironment and their deposition can havesignificant effect on terrestrial ecology,agriculture and human health. Theobjective of my project is to carry outdetailed field measurements of both gas andaerosol phases in plumes of severalvolcanoes in Central America, South Pacific

and Hawaii. These measurements willcharacterise the geochemical compositionof emissions, interactions between gasesand particles and lead to an understandingof the fate of the volcanic plume and itsimpacts on the environment.

INTERESTS:My favourite sport is figure skating – I practicemyself and coach the youngest groups on ice. Igreatly enjoy reading, hiking and spending timewith friends and on my own.

Mr Adam Jed**

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Modern Society & Global Transformations;TBC

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Harvard LawYale

My research is ultimately aimed at a betterunderstanding of antidiscrimination law. Iplan to evaluate differences in mechanismand consequences of various models ofantidiscrimination law in the United Statesand United Kingdom. Drawing on thiscomparison, I hope to show what models ofgovernment regulation are most successfulin preventing discrimination and whatmodels have unintended consequences thatundermine the policy goal. I also hope toconsider how these various models can beviewed normatively by drawing upontheories of responsibility and distributivejustice that may suggest that certain modelsof regulation are more just than others.

INTERESTS:I like to cook, eat, play poker, play bridge, and watchTV. I have an unhealthy addiction to reruns of theWest Wing.

Ms ZoricaJovanovic

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Clinical Biochemistry; Corpus Christi College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge: MPhil in ClinicalBiochemistryVordiplom in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,University of Hamburg (Germany)

Obesity is now a worldwide epidemicwhich is associated with a number of healthcomplications, including diabetes,hypertension and cancer. Collectively, thesediseases represent a major public healthproblem, being the main causes ofmorbidity and mortality in the Westernworld. Over the past decade, enormousadvances have been made in ourunderstanding of the molecular regulationof mammalian body weight with specialemphasis on the hypothalamus as a centre

of neuronal control of body weight andappetite. In my PhD studies, I aim toidentify novel components of thehomeostatic system that regulates bodyweight, specifically within thehypothalamus. Ultimately, my aim is toreturn to Germany and work at theinterface between scientific research andpublic policy.

INTERESTS:I enjoy drama and reading books with historicalbackground. Furthermore, I take interest inorganizing cultural events within the Serbianorthodox church community.

Mr VijayKanuru

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Chemistry; Fitzwilliam College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of PuneJ.K.C College, Nagarjuna University

The quest of understanding Chemistry atatomic level is crucial for the innovation ofnovel materials, technologies, potentialdrugs and in achieving atom economy. Thevital role of chemistry spans from theprediction of evolution of life to hunt ofnew planets in the Universe. Catalysis is afield of research with great power ofinnovation, and is a pivotal technology tomeet the challenges of the future in thefields of green chemistry, renewable energyetc. UHV single crystal studies enable us toelucidate fundamental mechanisms of

chemical reactions at the atomic level. I’mstudying metal catalysed Carbon-Carboncoupling reactions both in vacuum-modelsystems and at atmospheric pressure withnanoparticles, the conventional catalysts. Itis a great opportunity to study in theUniversity of Cambridge, the prestigiousand the ancient educational landmark forthe modern history. This honourableachievement is totally supported by Gatesfoundation.

INTERESTS:Listening to music, traveling, reading biographiesand non-fiction, teaching ,photography, meetingnew people, watching cricket and football, snooker,golf.


Mr ThomasJohnson

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Brain Repair; Trinity College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Northwestern University

I am originally from Chicago, IL in theUnited States and completed myundergraduate work at NorthwesternUniversity. I am honored to have beenelected a Gates Scholar and am currentlypursuing a Ph.D. at the Centre for BrainRepair where I am evaluating the efficacy ofstem cell therapy as a treatment modalityfor glaucoma. Upon completion of my time in Cambridge, I plan to return to theUS to begin a medical degree at Johns Hopkins Medical School inBaltimore, MD. My academic interest liesin ophthalmology and particularly in

glaucoma, a neurodegenerative disorder ofthe optic nerve that eventually leads toblindness. Ultimately, I would like to obtaina position as a clinician-scientist so that Imay treat patients with sight-threateningdisorders as well as conduct research thatwill benefit the field on a grander scale.

INTERESTS:Personally, I enjoy skiing, rugby and tennis. I am alsoa black belt in shotokan karate, and the captain ofthe Cambridge University Karate Club. I lovebaseball and American football (although I promiseto give cricket and “soccer” a chance). I am a fan ofall types of music though I am partial towardsplaying and listening to the acoustic guitar.

2005–06

Mr JeremyKessler

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in History and Philosophy of Science andMedicine; King’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Yale University, 2002–2006: B.A. Literature

The Gates Cambridge Trust has providedme an incredible opportunity to exploreconnections between my undergraduatework in literary theory and the history ofscience. I hope to chart the historicaldevelopment and internal logic of suchhumanistic pursuits as poetry and criticismas they coincide with developments in themore “proper” sciences.

INTERESTS:The meets, Bob Dylan, baseball, basketball, soccer,early 1960’s literary criticism.


Ms PaulinaKolasinska

Poland

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Genetics; Clare College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Warsaw University, Poland

I am very excited about starting my PhD inCambridge. My dream is to study principlesof animal genetics and development. I thinkit is both interesting and important to learnabout the very basic processes and lawsruling biology. I am especially interested inthe influence of chromatin regulation on thecell life.

INTERESTS:Apart from biology I love skiing and mountaintrekking. I spend a lot of time with friends in Polishmountains but when the weather is not the best Ilike reading books, especially science fiction.

2006

Mr AndrewKau

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Medieval & Renaissance Literature;Magdalene College


My study at Cambridge centers on thepoetry and prose of John Milton.Specifically, I am studying Milton’s poeticself-presentation in the 1645 and 1673Poems.

INTERESTS:Reading, writing, travel, squash, opera, oysters,cities.

Mr EthanKaufman

Canada

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Biochemistry; Gonville & Caius College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Hon B.Sc, University of Toronto, Canada

In my time at Cambridge, I hope tocontribute to our understanding of themolecular events required to generate aremarkably complex adult body plan froma single cell embryo. Such developmentalprocesses are often found to be deregulatedin cancer, and thus research in this areapromises to provide insight into canceretiology and reveal opportunities fortherapeutic intervention. I would like to

express my profound gratitude to the GatesTrust for enabling me to pursue thisopportunity of a lifetime.

INTERESTS:Consistent with my interest in science, I’m an avidreader of social and economic history as these areasalso help me to make sense of the world. To keep mymind fresh, I play basketball, soccer, and ultimate.

Mr Daniel Lam

South Africa

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Clinical Biochemistry; Fitzwilliam College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cape TownStellenbosch University

In recent years we have begun to realizethat the brain exerts overall control overappetite, energy expenditure, and glucosemetabolism. By integrating peripheralmetabolic signals in specific interconnectednuclei, the brain can determine theorganism’s energy status and formulateappropriate behavioural and metabolicresponses. By its nature, a central

regulatory mechanism is a powerful anddesirable target for pharmacological agentsto treat obesity and associated metabolicdisorders such as type 2 diabetes. I am veryprivileged to have the opportunity to enterthis field just as exciting advances are beingmade on several fronts.

INTERESTS:I’m an avid squash player, though not as good as I’dlike to be. I enjoy outdoor activities includingcanoeing, cycling, and hiking. I am also passionateabout traveling!

Ms Hang Le

Vietnam

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Clinical Biochemistry; Churchill College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of New South Wales

I am looking forward to the adventure atCambridge. My career goal changes a bitevery now and then, but I hope thisexperience will be a great start for whateverfuture direction I may decide to pursue.

INTERESTS:Traveling, hiking, making handicrafts, photographyand cinema.

Miss AnneLeone

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Italian; Sidney Sussex College


My PhD will use the cultural significance ofblood in the Middle Ages to interpret thesubstance’s role in the work of Dante. Afterfinishing my studies I hope to teachliterature at the high school or universitylevel.

INTERESTS:I sing in a band that plays many different kinds ofmusic. I like to learn folk songs and dances fromdifferent cultures (currently the bulk of my repertoireis Slavic). I play the violin (mostly solo work but Iwould love to form a string quartet at Cambridge). Ilike going to films, plays, and concerts. I followcurrent events and have a particular interest inissues of criminal justice.


Ms KathelijneKoops

The Netherlands

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Biological Anthropology; St John’s CollegeUniversity of Utrecht, The Netherlands: MScBehavioural Biology (Hons), 2005University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (Studentexchange, 2002)

My Ph.D. research is a dream come true:studying wild chimpanzees in the Africanrainforest! The aim of my Ph.D. is todetermine the ecological factors influencingthe use of elementary technology inforaging and in shelter construction (i.e.nest building) among the chimpanzees ofthe Nimba Mountains, Guinea, WestAfrica. Ultimately, I hope to be able toprovide new insights into the possibleorigins of tool use and material culture. In

addition to my research activities in Guinea,I am involved in conservation projects andenvironmental education of the local peoplein the Nimba area. I am very excited to startmy Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge,which is yet another dream come true!

INTERESTS:Chimpanzees and other primates (non-human andhuman!); conservation; hiking; theatre; nature;Africa; movies; reading; traveling; art; horse-riding;music; animals; photography; running; culture; andmore.

2006

Mr Nicholas-JacomoMacaluso

USA


PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Hobart and William Smith Colleges

I will be working in the Unilever Centre,and to say I am excited about thisopportunity is an understatement. Whatwill the future hold for me in Cambridge?What will I accomplish? Only time cananswer these questions. For the moment,I’m simply looking forward to hard work,completing my degree, and enjoying life.

INTERESTS:Reading, sailing (though I haven’t done it in awhile), films, opera, and traveling.


Ms JulieMacArthur

Canada

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in History; Trinity Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Toronto

My research focuses on ethnicity andborder conflicts in Colonial Kenya. I hopeto use this research to not only to furtherour understanding of history in Africa, butalso to gain insights into the currentconflicts facing the continent. Specialthanks to the Gates Cambridge Trust,Trinity Hall, and my family for theircontinued support of my research.

INTERESTS:I am interested in colonial and postcolonial histories.I also have a special interest in films and filmfestivals. I am an avid traveller and enjoy playingand listening to music.

2006

Mr Larry Li

Canada

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Engineering; Emmanuel College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of British Columbia

My research at Cambridge looks at ways toimprove the stability and efficiency ofcombustion devices such as gas turbinesand rocket engines.

INTERESTS:Photography, snowboarding, reading, and traveling.

Mr Aaron Lobo

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Zoology; Trinity Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Wildlife Institute of India: MScWildlife ScienceGoa University: BSc Zoology

My research will address the impact of ahighly unsustainable form of fishery, shrimptrawling on incidentally caught species,laying special emphasis on sea snakes. Seasnakes are among the apex predators ofthese near shore marine ecosystems andthus play a key role in their functioning.Consequences of their loss/significantdepletion are largely unknown. I hope to

see my research, influence a paradigm shiftfrom the present unsustainable form offishery to a more sustainable one in India.

INTERESTS:My interests are closely linked to the kind of work Ido and are basically tools to explore the naturalworld. This said, I have a keen interest in reptiles andhave grown up keeping and breeding severalspecies in captivity. I love trekking in the wilderness,swimming in mountain streams and scuba diving incoral reefs. I share my experiences with othersthrough writing about my travels and myphotographs.

Mr JonathanMiller

Canada

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Engineering; St Edmund’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:McGill University (Montreal, Canada)University of Calgary (Calgary, Canada)

It is my goal to combine work in the areasof dynamic analysis, mechatronics, andcontrols at both the theoretical andpractical levels to improve the safety andefficiency of motor vehicles. I intend towork with Canadian institutionsinternationally, as I believe in promotingCanada’s international presence anddeveloping the budding Canadianautomotive community. I am excited by theprospect of my involvement with theCambridge Vehicle Dynamics Consortium(CVDC), part of the CambridgeTransportation Research Group, which hasstudied vehicle dynamics for over 20 years.The knowledge I will acquire in the stronglearning environment at the CVDC, as wellas the hands-on experience I will receive

through use of the Experimental HeavyVehicle, will greatly help me embark uponmy intended international career. What isarguably most important about my time atCambridge, though, is that it will allow meto return to my childhood days of playingwith big trucks.

INTERESTS:I thoroughly enjoy traveling, and studying diversecultures and languages. I am an avid automotiveenthusiast, constantly racing, repairing, andmodifying motor vehicles. I participate in variousmountain sports, including snowboarding, hiking,and biking. I also like urban activities such asUltimate Frisbee, Latin dance, volunteering, andteaching.

Ms IrisMonteroSobrevilla

Mexico

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in History & Philosophy of Science; DarwinCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Warwick: MA in Eighteenth CenturyStudiesITESM, Campus Monterrey: BA in InternationalRelations

I am interested in how knowledge travelsand transforms over time: on how it is“translated”, in a broad sense. My workfocuses on eighteenth-century Frenchencyclopaedias and how they presentMexican Natural History. In particular, Istudy the mechanisms used byencyclopaedists to transform traditionalknowledge emerging from the Spanish

colonies into empirical, practical, evenmodern, knowledge on the page. Being aGates Scholar enables me to work on anarea that has only recently started to catchattention in the English-speaking world. Isee my time at Cambridge as anopportunity to, in a way, emulate thesecurious eighteenth-century men and“translate” what is found in one world, toanother.

INTERESTS:Creative writing – mostly short stories, yoga, Latindancing, singing -specially bossa nova, andMozartian opera.


Miss MartaMachala

Poland

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:BAaff in English Studies: British Literature1700–1830; Wolfson College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of SilesiaUniversity of WroclawYork St. John’s College of the University of Leeds

I want to do something in my life whichwould make a difference to the life of othersand would serve the community I live in. Ibelieve that, following Mother Teresa’swords, ‘We ourselves feel that what we aredoing is just a drop in the ocean. But theocean would be less because of that missingdrop’.

INTERESTS:British and American culture and literature; playingthe piano and music in general; languages;traveling; hiking; cycling.

2006

Mr MartialNdeffo Mbah*

Cameroon

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Plant Sciences; St Edmund’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of CambridgeAIMS, South AfricaYaounde 1 university, Cameroon

Epidemiological modelling and Economicshave tended to proceed independently ofeach other on the subject of control ofepidemics. My current research aims tocontribute in bridging the gap between thetwo fields.

INTERESTS:Bible, science, reading and listening music.


Mr (Sean) YewNg

Singapore

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Zoology; Trinity Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Imperial College London

My research topic at Cambridge is on theaerodynamics involved in the flight ofdragonflies. Specifically, I would bestudying the fluid structural formations andinteractions which lead to the high liftperformance of dragonfly wings. This,

however, would have been impossiblewithout the necessary support, so manythanks to the Trust!

INTERESTS:Most sports in general though I prefer running,dragonboating and playing badminton. Chilling outin a cafe is another favourite.

2006

Mr DavidMotadel

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in History; Pembroke College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge University of BaselUniversity of Freiburg

My PhD project will be an analysis of therole of Islam in the Third Reich. Thegeneral focus of my inquiry will be thedevelopment of relations betweenrepresentatives and institutions of the NSstate and those of the Muslim community inGermany and the occupied countries. I amcertain that my studies will sharpen my

analytical skills in politics and interculturalissues and I am most grateful to the GatesTrust for giving me the opportunity to carryout my research in Cambridge. I hope tomeet interesting people from differentcountries and fields of research and I amcertain to gain excellent experiences thatwill influence my studies and future life.

INTERESTS:Tennis, surfing, photography, chess, traveling,philosophy of science. Apart from my studies I amwriting for several newspapers and journals –particularly about the Middle East.

Ms GiedreMotuzaiteMatuzeviciute

Lithuania

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Archaeology; Downing College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Vilnius UniversityCopenhagen UniversityMPhil University of Cambridge

For my PhD studies in Cambridge I aminvestigating the earliest appearance andsubsequent geographical spread ofdomesticated plant species in South-easternEurope. Hopefully, this research willcontribute towards the understandingabout the origins of local population andthe beginning of civilization in this part ofthe world.

INTERESTS:I am particularly keen in alpine hiking with myhusband, as well as exploring the remote corners ofthe human world, particularly the Caucasus, CentralAsian and Northern Siberian regions. I also cannotresist scuba-diving journeys to submergedarchaeological objects. I also quite enjoy good musicand literature, a few tennis games a week, and longdinners with friends.

Mr VladimirOrlov

Russia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Music; Clare College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:State Institute of Art Studies (Moscow) 2006–03Nizhniy Novgorod State Concervatory, named afterM.I. Glinka (2003–1998)Kirov College of Arts (1998–1995)

My research interests are concentrated onthe World of Russian Symbolism (Skryabin,Rakhmaninov) and on the Socialist realism.Currently I am doing PhD on the SovietMusic (‘Soviet cantatas and oratorios bySergei Prokofiev’). I am the offspring ofRussian Academia (my experience at theNizhniy Novgorod conservatory is

invaluable); additionally, I completed aFulbright fellowship in the Library ofCongress, Washington DC. In addition tomusicology I have an organ degree. I havebeen very much excited by the fact ofgenuine interest to Russian and Sovietculture in the wide and multifarious Anglo-American world. And I am really grateful tothe Cambridge Academia for appreciatingmy research in this country.

INTERESTS:Reading, singing, playing piano and organ. Manyvarious activities, and basically all that refers toRussia or Music. Currently I am the President of theCU Russian Society; it is one of the most active andsignificant Societies in Cambridge.

Ms Kate Parlett

Australia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Legal Studies; Jesus College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge, LLM in International Law,2004–2005University of Queensland, Australia: BA,1997–1999; LLB (Hons), 1997–2001

International law is traditionally andhistorically conceived as the body of ruleslegally binding on states in their intercoursewith each other. But in modern times amore multi-faceted view of legal relations ininternational law is emerging. It is widelythought that individuals have a certainstatus in international law and are thebeneficiaries of rights, although they are not

subjects of international law in the sameway or to the same extent as states. It is theaim of my thesis to investigate to whatextent individuals participate in theinternational legal system and how it cameto be so, with a view to describing oridentifying the position of the individual inthe international legal system. The focus ison the participation of the individual in thesystem (that is, how it fits within aframework) rather than the content of therights and obligations applicable toindividuals.

INTERESTS:Travel, reading, writing, cooking, epiculture, historyand music.

Ms Rachel Pike

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Chemistry; Emmanuel College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Northwestern University

I work in the Centre for AtmosphericScience studying the effects of large scalebiofuel production on atmosphericchemistry. I hope to find out what a(partially) biomass-dependent energy futurewill mean for our climate.

INTERESTS:Dance, white water rafting, cooking, skiing,swimming, hiking, and East Africa.


Mr JensNiederste-Ostholt

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Astronomy; Gonville & Caius College


I recently graduated from PrincetonUniversity with a Bachelor of Arts degree inAstrophysics and I am now doing researchat the Institute of Astronomy for a PhD inAstrophysics. I am planning onconcentrating either on observationalcosmology or galactic structure.

INTERESTS:My main interests include volleyball andphotography. I’ve joined the Cambridge UniversityVolleyball Club and I currently play for the Bluesteam. I started photographing whilst an undergradand I have worked both with black and white, color,and digital techniques. Other than that I enjoyreading, art, other sports, cooking, good food,languages and being with friends.

2006

Mr SushilSaigal

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Geography; Churchill College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of CambridgeUniversity of OxfordIndian Institute of Forest ManagementUniversity of Delhi

I am a forester by training and have beeninvolved with several environmental NGOsin India. I grew up in New Delhi and wasalways interested in living beings – animalsand plants. I studied zoology at theundergraduate level and then shifted toforestry. As part of my forestry work, I gotan opportunity to travel extensively in ruralareas within and outside India. During thistime, I became increasingly aware of theclose link between environment and

development issues. In order to understandthis link better, I first did a certificate courseon Sustainable Environmental Managementat Berkeley and then joined MPhil inEnvironment, Society, and Development atCambridge. I completed the MPhil in 2006,and am now continuing into PhD. I will bestudying agro-forestry in India tounderstand farmers’ incentives anddisincentives for tree planting. Aftercompleting my PhD, I intend to workmainly on issues related to interactionbetween environment and developmentpolicies.

INTERESTS:I like traveling and hiking, listening to Indian music,and following current affairs.


Mr SergejsSaksonovs

Latvia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Economics; Darwin College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Towson University

I am excited about starting the roadtowards a PhD degree in Economics. Myresearch interest is current account deficitsof different countries - essentially the wayscountries can manage their foreign debtsand avoid crises and defaults that havebecome common in the nineties. I believethat one of the key strengths of Cambridge

University is the climate of interactionbetween different disciplines. Consequently,I am very happy to have the opportunity tomeet and exchange ideas with so manytalented individuals from all over the world.

INTERESTS:Photography, coins, debating, music, movies,literature.

2006

Ms AlexandriaRichart

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Biochemistry; Clare Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Pennsylvania State University (2002–2006)

For my PhD project I will be investigatingthe relationship of DNA methylation tochromatin structure and gene expressioncontrol.

INTERESTS:I enjoy horseback riding, fencing, and spending timeoutside. I especially love to swing dance.

Mr PaulRobustelli

USA


PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Pomona College

At Cambridge I will be developingcomputational techniques based onexperimental restraints that will be used toobtain structural and dynamic informationabout proteins and applying thesetechniques to investigate the processes ofprotein folding and misfolding.

INTERESTS:Sports (ultimate, running, skiing), literature, films,music, travel, nature.

Ms Rose Spear

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Materials Science and Metallurgy; LucyCavendish College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Fordham Univesity: BS Chemistry (2006)

I am truly honored to belong to the Gates Cambridge community of scholars.In May 2006, I graduated from FordhamUniversity with a Bachelors of Sciencedegree in chemistry. My first researchproject, functionalizing peptide nanotubeswith adhesion proteins and hydroxyapatite,inspired me to combine my love of medicine and research in the field ofbiomaterials research for clinicalapplications. In the Materials Science andMetallurgy Department at Cambridge, I aminvestigating the physical properties andbiological interactions of carbon nanotubes

and their precursor graphite sheetsfollowing functionalization with fibronectin,a bone adhesion protein. My research willbe conducted under the guidance of Dr.Serena Best, Dr. Ruth Cameron, Dr. AlanWindle, and Dr. Dominik Eder. I lookforward to celebrating the futureachievements of my fellow scholars andfriends and hope to contribute to theadvancement of scientific understandingduring my three years at CambridgeUniversity.

INTERESTS:My emerging interests are in web design,programing, juggling, and coxing. Continuousinterests include hiking, languages, and internationaltravel. Professional interests include nanocomposites,carbon and peptide nanostructures, and clinicalmaterials research.

Mr KristofSzombati

Hungary

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Social Anthropological Analysis; DarwinCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Eotvos Lorand University of Sciences, Budapest

As a member of Hungary’s burgeoninggreen movement, I’ve sought to contributeto ecological groups’ insistent (many timesdesperate) efforts to demonstrateenvironmentalism’s ability to providepolitically viable and morally acceptablesolutions to the banes of modern societies.

As an academic I will strive to make evidentthat there is much more toenvironmentalism than its politics – in thatit seeks to address some of the mostfundamental problems of our modernculture and Weltanschaung.

INTERESTS:Environmental ethics, politics and philosophy;(counter) cultural dynamics and new socialmovements; alternative development anddevelopment alternatives; central and easternEurope.


Mr DavidSerquera Peyro

Spain

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Oncology; Trinity Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Valencia University

I have been working in understanding thefunction of one protein called GPBP. Thatprotein has been involved in autoimmunityand protein folding diseases. Currently, Iam researching the mechanical folding ofthe multiankyrin repeat proteins. Thoseproteins are scaffolds in protein-proteininteractions and nanosprings inmechanoelectrical transduction processes.Both activities are connecting the proteinfolding problem with diseases like cancerand prion diseases. The protein foldingproblem consists of understanding how

proteins, the machines and structures of thecell, can reach its three dimensionalstructure. The correct folding of theproteins determine their function and a badfolding of the protein triggers somediseases. The basic knowledge gained withthese researching is serving to produce newdrugs in preventing protein aggregation, theconsequence of many folding diseases.From my medical experience I understandthat protein folding is at the core of modernmedicine.

INTERESTS:I am interested in Molecular Medicine, Astrobiology,scientific policy, philosophy and history of science,formal democracy, chess, Scuba-diving and coralbleaching.

2006

Miss AlexandraAdler

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Biological Science (Physiology); ClareCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Yale University, BS in Biology

For many years, I have been fascinated bythe physiology of the heart and havestrived, through research, to betterunderstand how this amazing organ works.As a member of the Giussani lab atCambridge, I am studying how adverseconditions in foetal life may alter thedevelopment of the foetal heart andpredispose it to disease in adulthood. Abetter understanding of this process willprovide insight into the prevention of heartdisease. I am fascinated by both thisresearch and its potential applications.

Heart disease is rapidly becoming a threatto health worldwide and in the future, Ihope to contribute to the development ofbetter, more efficient therapeutics for thisdevastating disease. Outside the lab, I amlooking forward to playing music in ClareCollege, learning to row and meeting newpeople.

INTERESTS:Violin, chamber music and music in general,running, cooking, tea, wine, William Morris andattempting to play squash.


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2007

Mr AndreasVlachos

Greece

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Computer Science; Peterhouse

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of EdinburghAthens University of Economics and Business

Natural Language Processing is used inorder to extract information from largevolume of texts. However, porting extantmethods to other languages and domains isexpensive. My research is focused on

minimizing the costs involved enablingmore people to enjoy the benefits of theresearch in this domain.

INTERESTS:Classical guitar, argentine tango, photography,cinema, theater, modern art, football, basketball.

Miss KuengaWangmo*

Bhutan

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil (2005) & PhD (2006) in Archaeology;Fitzwilliam College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge Harvard University

I am interested in strengthening thehistoriography of my country throughstudying past material culture. My researchwill include extracting information from

tree and tree-rings in association with otherarchaeological finds to construct a moreobjective account of the past.

INTERESTS:Reading, archaeology and good food. I also likeplaying basketball, doing yoga, traveling, politicalscience and discussing Gross National Happiness(GNH).

Miss RababTamish

Palestine/Israel

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Education; Queens’ College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Connecticut – USAThe Hebrew University – Jerusalem

I believe that my course in Cambridge willentich my research skills and my teachingmethods. My plan is to contribute to thedevelopment of the quality of teachereducation in Bethlehem University. My goalis to help teachers become more aware of

the child’s learning process as they developtheir ability to reflect on their practices.

INTERESTS:Reading, watching dancing performances andlistening to music. I also like to observe children’splay and to record their talks.

Miss MohitaBhatia

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Social & Political Science; FitzwilliamCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Jawaharlal Nehru University

My research is aimed at looking at thecomplexity of Kashmir conflict. Apart fromlooking at the dispute as a political issue, Iintend to unfold the plural andmulticultural framework of jammu andkashmir state and situate the conflict in asocio-cultural background. I am looking

forward to join Gates community andinteract with people from diverse culturesas this will be helpful for my research aswell.

INTERESTS:Play and drama,social and political issues, readingacademic books, people’s movements.

Ms KathrynBlair

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Biochemistry; Pembroke College


For my undergraduate thesis, I studiedasymmetric cell division in mouse neuralstem cells. My research focused on thesignalling protein, Numb, a key factor inmediating cell fate determination. I amexcited to be entering the laboratory of Dr.Austin Smith at the Wellcome Trust Centrefor Stem Cell Research, where I will

continue to study the mechanisms thatgovern stem cells. I will be working with ratembryonic and neural stem cells,attempting to control and characterize theirdifferentiation into mature cell types withtherapeutic potential.

INTERESTS:I enjoy backpacking and the outdoors in general,ballroom dance, live music, theater and art, a goodbook, good company, and good food.


Miss MeghaAmrith

Singapore

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Social Anthropology; Wolfson College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University College London

My research in Cambridge will focus onmigration, minorities, transnationalconnections and cultural change incontemporary Southeast Asia. A PhD inSocial Anthropology will give me theopportunity to combine theoreticalconcerns with ethnographic fieldwork,preparing me for a career that exploressocial and political relationships throughresearch and communications. I also look

forward to developing an interdisciplinaryapproach to my research and learning froma diverse graduate community.

INTERESTS:Travel, photography, cinema, cities, music, learningnew languages.

Mrs ShrivalliBhat

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Physics; Queens’ College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Karnatak University Dharwad, India

I will be working in Cavendish Laboratorywith optoelctronics group. I am excited toundertake research on organic polymersemiconductors, which has tremendousapplication potential. Being a Gates Scholargives me an opportunity to meetextraordinary people from variousbackgrounds. I hope to leverage the

knowledge gained during my course tobuild products and services that wouldmake people lives better.

INTERESTS:Travel, nature, photography.

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2007

Mr JochenBrandt

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Chemistry; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Freie Universität Berlin: BSc, MSc

I wanted to study chemistry since the ninth grade and I have never regretted mychoice. In particular, I enjoy organicchemistry and the development oforganocatalytic reactions. These reactionsare comparatively facile, as they do notemploy the otherwise ubiquitous metalcatalysts, which most often require thethorough exclusion of water and oxygenfrom the reaction vessel. In Cambridge, Iwill work on the development of a neworganocatalytic reaction, which willhopefully offer an environmentally friendlyand economically advantageous alternative

to the reactions currently employed in e.g.drug research. After obtaining my PhD, I will attempt to pursue an academic career.This is due to my immense interest in basic research and the positive experiences Imade as a teaching assistant.

INTERESTS:Going to the movies, reading, cooking, eating,volleyball, football and listening to music.

Ms Kate Brandt

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in International Relations; Selwyn College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Brown UniversityI graduated in May 2007 from BrownUniversity with a concentration ininternational relations at Brown’s WatsonInstitute for International Studies. AtWatson, I focused on global security andwrote an honors thesis on the role ofhistory and memory in Sino-Japanesesecurity relations. I also worked as aresearch assistant for Brown’s politicalscience department conducting research onbilateral relations. At Brown I was active inUniversity affairs. I was the president andfounder of the Roosevelt Institution atBrown, America’s first progressive studentthink tank. I served as undergraduaterepresentative to the Brown Board of

Trustees, student government and peerjudiciary board. Beyond Brown, I internedat the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDSInitiative, the World Affairs Council andthe United States Trade Representative(USTR) where I served as the Acting deputyExecutive Secretary to the USTR. I havealso studied language in Florence andBeijing. At Cambridge I will be enrolled inthe MPhil program in internationalrelations where I intend to research Chinesepolitical, military and trade involvementwith Latin America. After completing thisdegree I hope to continue my research as aPhD candidate at Cambridge or work in theUnited States Government and policyinstitutes.

INTERESTS:Cooking, skiing, sailing, and travel.

Ms JordanaBlejmar

Argentina

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Latin American Studies; Darwin College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:MPhil, University of Cambridge ‘07BA, University of Buenos Aires ‘05

Originally an honours literature studentfrom the University of Buenos Aires, Ifinished an MPhil in Latin AmericanStudies at Cambridge with a Simón BolívarScholarship in June 2007. Focusing onguerrilla movements active during the1970s in Argentina, I am interested in theway children of militants disappearedduring the 1976-1983 dictatorship usevisual mediums to reflect on their parents’political practices. My PhD will expand on

my initial forays with a moreinterdisciplinary approach. My concernover memory and militancy was fuelledduring 2005 when I was invited by theArgentine Ministry of Education toparticipate in a team promoting discussionover these issues in schools and universities.After finishing my PhD I will continue towork for the Ministry and FLACSO,collaborating with non-profit organisationsconcerned with human rights. I therebyhope to encourage citizen participation inreinforcing democracy and preventing allforms of authoritarianism in Latin America.

INTERESTS:History, philosophy, literature, visual arts, music,tango, tennis, cooking.

Miss AislingByrne

Ireland

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Medieval & Renaissance Literature;St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University College Dublin 2004–2007

My long-term goal is to obtain a positionteaching and researching in the area ofmedieval studies at third level. In my MPhildissertation I would like to explore aspectsof the interface between secular literatureand religious belief in medieval culture. Iam excited by the possibilities aninterdisciplinary approach to literary

studies presents. On a broader level, I amvery interested in exploring the role ofculture as an engine of change in humanhistory. I hope to take full advantage of theopportunities Cambridge provides todeepen both my academic and my personaldevelopment.

INTERESTS:My other interests, besides literature, include thevisual arts, languages and linguistics (particularlyetymology), theology, Irish history and learningabout other cultures. Painting is my greatestpassion. I also like hiking, films, visiting art galleries,traveling and meeting new people.

Ms CaitlinCasey

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Astronomy; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Arizona: BS (Physics, Astronomy andMathematics)

At Cambridge, I will pursue my PhD inastronomy from the Institute of Astronomy.My past research has focused onobservational techniques (large surveys) inrelation to extragalactic astronomy andcosmology, studying bulk color properties ofactive galactic nuclei and the intergalactic

medium through Lyman alpha forestabsorption line spectra. While reading formy PhD, I hope to learn more about sciencepolicy and become active in scientificeducational outreach. After my PhD, I hopeto continue research as a professionalastronomer in observational cosmology.

INTERESTS:Painting (the wheat fields and vineyards of Provence),hiking (in the American west), yoga, dancing ballet,swimming, cycling, SCUBA diving, math,programming, playing piano and accordion, knitting,helping animals in need. I also enjoy sunshine.

Mr JonathanBreidbord

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Psychiatry; Wolfson College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:New College of Florida

I am interested in developing, evaluating, andimplementing effective strategies for theresearch and treatment of childhooddevelopmental disorders and autism-spectrumconditions. My studies at the AutismResearch Centre focus on the use of scalablelaboratory techniques for systematicnomination of candidate genes for autismsusceptibility. I appreciate this excitingopportunity for concurrent training in

portable methods of molecular analysis,lessons in autism research methodology, andstimulating exchanges with investigators fromvarious borders and backgrounds—allafforded by the generous Gates CambridgeScholarship. Inspired by Cambridge’sintegration of separate efforts forunderstanding autism, I ultimately aim toachieve early diagnosis and targeted treatmentfor afflicted individuals by uniting molecularand behavioural models as a developmentalpaediatrician in a university setting.

INTERESTS:Assistive technology, childhood developmentaldisorders, meta-analysis, Ric Flair.


Miss EmilyBruce

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Biological Science (Pathology); PembrokeCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Vassar CollegeSchool for International Training: Mongolia

I received my undergraduate degree inbiochemistry from Vassar College in May,2006. While at Cambridge, I am studyingInfluenza A assembly and virology. After Icomplete my MPhil, I will be returning to

the US and completing a MD/PhD at AlbertEinstein College of Medicine in New York.I am interested in both infectious diseaseand international medicine, and I hope tocombine my medical and scientificbackgrounds to make the benefits ofresearch available to everyone.

INTERESTS:I love to travel (especially outside cities). Music,reading, watercolor painting and spending timewith friends are some of my favorite activities.

2007

Mr AdamClark-Joseph

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Economics (Option B); Wolfson


I am pursuing my MPhil in economics atCambridge this year with the intent tocontinue on to pursue a PhD. My maininterests in economics lie in financial andmicroeconomic theory, and I hope to apply

my research in these fields in a novelmanner to practical issues involved withfinancing development in emergingmarkets.

INTERESTS:Mathematics, statistics, finance, economic theory,cognitive science/psychopharmacology, physiology.


2007

Miss RohiniChaturvedi

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Environment, Society and Development ;Fitzwilliam College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Indian Institute of Forest Management

My professional aim is to work towardsbridging the gap between grassroots realityand environmental policy decisions indeveloping countries. I am particularlyinterested in participatory approaches thatenable marginalised groups to influencepolicy decisions that impact their livelihoodsand well-being. At Cambridge, I plan tostudy the Indian experience of the NationalBiodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, one of

the first attempts by the Government toengage in extensive consultation to develop anational policy that balanced the ‘largerpublic interest’ and local aspirations. Mystudy will focus on the conditional factorsthat shaped the emergence of biodiversity onthe Government’s policy agenda, and theprocess of policy making with emphasis onthe paths of influence among thestakeholders, the dynamics of knowledgeand power, and consensus buildingapproaches. I am hoping that my experienceat Cambridge will prepare me for a career inresearch and policy advocacy.

INTERESTS:I enjoy travel, cinema, music, and reading.

Mr AlbertChiou

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Chemistry; Corpus Christi College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Stanford University

Translational research success stories likemagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) andphotodynamic therapy were what firstsparked my interest in studying science atthe molecular level. During my four years atStanford, I pursued research in bothchemical physics and chemical biology,where I learned how a chemical approachcan be used to shed light on systems rangingfrom gas phase molecula3r collisions to

zebrafish signalling pathways. This year, Iwill work with Dr. David Klenerman of theDepartment of Chemistry to addressquestions in biology using a youngbiophysical technique known as single-molecule spectroscopy. I hope to use thelessons that I learn from this experience toguide my future work as a physicianscientist in fostering the development ofnew biomedical technologies.

INTERESTS:Racquet sports, baseball, mariachi music and classicrock, biographies and satire, social andtechnological innovation.

Miss Shauna-Lee Chai

Jamaica

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Plant Sciences

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Gonville & Caius CollegeUniversity of the West Indies

I will be studying a tropical montanerainforest in my home country, Jamaica.The area is known for its beauty, and forproducing world famous coffee. It ishowever under threat from various

influences such as agriculture and invasiveplant species. I hope to study these threatswith a view to mitigating them, andallowing the forests of the Blue Mountainsto persist for many years to come.

INTERESTS:I like to cook, laugh, give jokes, watch movies, havestimulating conversation with friends, playMonopoly or rather – beat people at Monopoly! anddecorate.

Mr DavidCoutts

New Zealand

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Veterinary Medicine; Clare College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Research Assistant, Imperial College London;BSc(Hons), University of Otago, New Zealand

The immense complexity of the humannervous system has always fascinated me. Ifeel honoured to accept a Gates Scholarshipto allow me to pursue this fascination with

a PhD at Cambridge, where I intend toexplore and improve the regenerativepotential of adult stem cells in the damagedspinal cord.

INTERESTS:Just about anything with a ball! I currently play clubcricket and football. I enjoy traveling, having justspent a month in Central America, where Idiscovered a new passion – scuba diving.

Ms AlexandraCox

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Criminology; Trinity Hall


I am committed to integrating theoretical,empirical and advocacy work onpunishment and incarceration in order tocontribute to a more humane justice system.I will be researching adolescents’perceptions of fairness and the legitimacy of

power in youth prisons, focusing on howthese perceptions impact adolescents’ well-being while they are incarcerated. My goalis, as an academic, to examine the broaderimplications of social policy, but also to tell,through empirical research, the stories ofthose most affected by the social policy ofcrime and punishment.

INTERESTS:Reading and writing, film, theater, art, and traveling.

Ms NatashaDegen

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in History of Art and Architecture;Trinity College


Having spent the last year working inBeijing as an arts reporter, I’m thrilled tohave the opportunity to continue thinkingand writing about art at Cambridge. I hopeto study twentieth century British art, usingan interdisciplinary approach to presentculture and politics as complementary partsof a single narrative.

INTERESTS:Travel, film, gossipy stories about historical figures,dessert


Miss RiaCollingwood**

Trinidad

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in International Relations; Queens’ College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Stanford UniversityBorough of Manhattan Community College

At the University of Cambridge, I willpursue a MPhil in International Relations.My research will focus on the AfricanUnion (AU) 6th Region Diaspora Initiativewhich seeks to foster economic and socio-political relationships between Africa andthe African Diaspora. More specifically, Iam interested in the potentialities andlimitations of invoking Pan Africanism as ameans of achieving regional developmentthroughout the African continent. Inaddition, I seek to understand the ways in

which regional institutions such as the AUpromote or challenge normativeassumptions of the nation-state. I amconfident that Cambridge University willprovide me with the necessary academicmentorship and theoretical framework topursue meaningful research. As a GatesScholar and Cambridge graduate, I hope toprovide consultation on regional anddevelopmental projects within Africa andthe Caribbean.

INTERESTS:Reading novels (especially George Orwell) and theBible, singing, dancing, writing poetry, engaging incommunity service, international politics, andspending quality time with my beloved.

2007

Ms ElzbietaDrazkiewicz

Poland

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Social Anthropology at Pembroke College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge (MPhil SocialAnthropology)University of Warsaw (MA, BA Ethnology)Lund University (MA, Social Anthropology)

During the years of my anthropologicalstudies in Poland, Sweden and now EnglandI had great opportunities to expand mycultural interests. In my ethnographicresearch I have worked on topics as variedas folk religion in Macedonia, BicycleMessengers Communities in Warsaw andCopenhagen, and post-aristocratic families

in Poland. Currently I have decided to focuson the ethnography of NGOs. My interestin nonprofit organisations, especially thosefocused on development, originated whilevolunteering in Kosovo and Altay. As a Phdstudent in Cambridge I am pursuingresearch on Polish involvement withdevelopment issues. My study involvefieldwork in Poland and Sudan.

INTERESTS:Cycling and swimming are my greatest passions,they can compete only with eating chocolate andpartying with friends.


2007

Mr DanielDeGroff

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in European Literature & Culture; FitzwilliamCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of York (UK)Florida State University

Born in California, raised in Florida, I havean undergraduate degree in history andliterature from FSU. I expect to be awardedan MA from the University of York in thenear future for a thesis treating the historyof counter-revolutionary thought in France.At Cambridge I shall pursue further myinterests in nineteenth-century Frenchculture and literature.

INTERESTS:Literature, language and travel; my parents, mygirlfriend, friends in the US and friends in the UK;inspiring professors, the animal kingdom and Frenchroyalists.

Miss GilleanDenny

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Environmental Design in Architecture;Sidney Sussex College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Penn State University

Borking in theater set design and withsustainable construction programs, hascemented my need to be physically involvedin the building process from designconception to completion. The past twoyears have pushed this understanding to thelimits, as the lead designer for Penn StateUniversity’s house entry for theinternational student competition, the SolarDecathlon. Working with a dedicated groupof students and professionals to create an800 sqft solar powered home that wouldintegrate fully into an individualizedcommunity, made clear the need for furtherexploration in this exciting field. Instudying the current and future possibilitiesof sustainable technology and buildingmethods, I seek to find an amiable way in

which these can coexist with local estheticsso that the past does not find itself wipedclear by the future. We are not onlyresponsible as caretakers of the Earth topreserve the world for the future, but toretain our history for that future to come.

INTERESTS:

Sustainable Design and construction, theater,anything having to do with the outdoors, all aspectsof the written word (devouring books one page at atime, writing, getting lost in musty libraries andsecond hand bookshops), the world of chocolate (Iam on a life quest for the perfect cup of hotchocolate), architecture (the more ancient thestructure, the keener my interest), and a good nap (ifI ever find the time to indulge I assure you that I’dprobably enjoy it immensely).

Mr Anyu Fang

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Development Studies; Queens’ College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Chicago

Born in Hefei, China, I immigrated to theUS as a teenager before my undergraduatestudies at the University of Chicago.Majoring in Economics, I also studied in theUniversity’s anthropology and politicalscience programs in South Africa andFrance. On campus, I served as a boardmember for The Giving Tree, a social justiceorganization, to raise awareness about foodand housing insecurity. Organizing a

coalition of humanitarian organizations toeducate students about the Darfurgenocide, I initiated a Sudan DivestmentCampaign at the university. I have internedwith Congressman Gregory Meeks,Amnesty International, and the Departmentof Housing of Fairfax County, Virginia.After graduation, I joined the NationalHunger Fellowship program at theCongressional Hunger Center.

INTERESTS:My principal academic interests pertain to thelinkages between displacement and development; Iintend to enrol in the Development Studies programat Cambridge before going to law school.

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Mr Isam Faik

Canada

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Management Studies; Downing College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:McGill University, Montreal, Canada: Masters ofEngineering

I am interested in studying theinterdependence between technology andorganizational processes in developingcountries. My PhD research will focus onthe implementation of information systemsin health care institution. I would like tostudy the cultural impact of this technologyon the individuals and their organization, as

well as its effect on the power dynamicswithin the selected institutions. My fieldwork will be conducted in Morocco. I hopethat this work will provide insights that willimprove the quality of the services providedthrough technology to the less fortunate ofthis world. I have an engineeringbackground with work experience in boththe biomedical and the aeronauticindustries.

INTERESTS:Humanitarian work, theology, philosophy, politics,soccer, kung fu.


Miss ElizabethDzeng

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Development Studies; King’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Johns Hopkins University, MPH, MD CandidateStanford University, BS, MS

This year, I hope to study Anthropologyand development from a Medical andPublic Health perspective, in order toenhance my ability to deliver medical careand public health programming to diversecommunities internationally. I am currentlya 4th year medical student at Johns

Hopkins and recently received my Mastersof Public Health this past year. I amparticularly interested in health and humanrights and reconstruction of health systemsin conflict situations, such as in the crisisfacing Iraq today.

INTERESTS:Volleyball, music (piano, viola), traveling, hiking,tennis, riding horses, hanging out with friends,Public Health, Internal/Critical Care Medicine, healthand human rights.

2007

Miss NohaFarghal

Egypt

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Engineering; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:The American University in Cairo

Receiving this prestigious scholarship hasboosted my self-confidence and my belief inmy ability to compete with highlyintellectual individuals and even gettingmyself a place among the highlydistinguished.

INTERESTS:Designing of games, reading on science, philosophyand history, boxing, swimming and watching TV.

Miss LuiseFrenkel

Brazil

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Divinity; Lucy Cavendish College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

I cannot remember how young I was whenI first read a book on medieval thought andwas enchanted with the rather mystical useof Platonic and Neoplatonic thought. WhenI finally decided to study academically thefrontier between Classical and EarlyChristian thought, I realized that I wasmostly interested in Greek Patristics. Idecided between Oxford and Cambridge

because of the Gates Scholarship. I hope tomake my best during these years, while Ihave access to some of the best resourcesworldwide for this research. In this firstyear I will better define the subject of mythesis, but it probably will be on thephilosophical relevance of one importantauthor, and the relation of his work withclassical thought.

INTERESTS:Greek language, medieval Latin literature, Baroquemusic, playing flute (recorder and traverso), reading,sightseeing (esp. museums and medievalmonuments) and traveling, botanics.


2007

Mr AusafFarooqui

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Cognition & Brain Sciences; FitzwilliamCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:National Brain Research Center (2005–07)All India Inst. of Medical Sciences (1999–05)

There are questions aplenty that one asksabout the human self. Issues of the brainand the mind, of living and life. Exploringand wandering in these domains, from the

physical to the mental, in Neuroscience,Psychology and Philosophy, one seeks butto refine these age old questions in thecontext of the present knowledge. I aim tobecome a student.

INTERESTS:Psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, literature.

Mr JonathanFriedlander

France

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Developmental Neurosciences; DarwinCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Ecole Normale SupérieureInstitut National d’Agronomie Paris-Grignon

I am an agronomist at first who switched tocellular biology. After several stays indifferent labs, I focused my interest intodevelopmental biology. My Ph.D. iscentered on a protein family called Integrinresponsible for adherence and movement ofcells on a extra cellular matrix.

INTERESTS:Travels, literature, art, Paris...

Mr HamishForsyth

New Zealand

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MBA in Management; Pembroke College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Otago (New Zealand) B.A.(Philosophy), LL.B.(Hons)

The focus of my MBA is internationalentrepreneurship, as well as its sociallytransformative role. Previously, I studiedphilosophy and law, and worked as a clerkto an appellate Justice, then as a diplomatand trade negotiator. I have very broadinterests, so I’m looking forward to learningfrom the diverse range of talented, excited,

people I will meet at Cambridge. I hope tocollaborate with others to identify newopportunities at a university famed for itsinnovation in a wide variety of fields,including in applied sciences.

INTERESTS:Running, sailing, independent travel, writing,international politics, Latin America, socialentrepreneurship, human rights, wine, literature,(learning) tennis, helping start-ups, attempts atamateur theatre writing and directing, and I’m arecovering debater.

Mr Lu Gram

Denmark

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Computer Speech, Text & InternetTechnology; Clare Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Oxford University, BA

Music, languages and mathematics allpossess their own poetry so it would seemsurprising to find a degree that touchesupon all three, but the MPhil in CSTITmanages just that. Hence, having beenequally fascinated by both musical,linguistic and mathematical pursuits sincechildhood, I fully look forward to studyingthe degree at Cambridge. Plus theoccasional London rave, of course.

INTERESTS:All music! (and I mean all: Ranging from Bach toLigeti, Miles Davis to Armstrong, Green Day toRammstein to Timberlake to Drum’n’Bass) Seasonedpianist and uncannily sober raver.

Ms ArianaGreen

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Modern Society & Global TransformationsDarwin College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:City University, London, 2007, MA Intl. JournalismBrown University, 2004, BA Intellectual History(Magna Cum Laude with Honors)

At Cambridge I am going for an MPhil inSocial & Political Sciences, Modern Societyand Global Transformations. I have workedas a reporter in Puerto Rico, New York andLondon, and I hope to continue to meldacademic and journalistic forays to affectsocial change. My dissertation will likelyexamine morality and notions of femininityin the context of genetic testing for breastcancer.

INTERESTS:I love to dance, write creatively, speak Spanish,cook, travel, laugh vigorously, be in calm, beautifulplaces, and in bustling cities.


Mr SrijitGoswami

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Physics; St Edmund’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Wisconsin-MadisonSt. Stephen’s College, Delhi University

I will be working with the SemiconductorPhysics (SP) group at CavendishLaboratory. My research focuses onnanostructures and their quantumbehaviour at low temperatures. I’mparticularly interested in electrical transportthrough these structures, and theirinteraction with electromagnetic radiation.Throughout my involvement with cutting-edge research, my primary goal has been tosimply become a better scientist everyday.Cambridge, being a world-class institution,provides a stimulating environment to doprecisely this. The faculty and facilities inthe SP group would enable me to carry out

sound physics research, and build a strongfoundation for a successful scientific career.In the future I would like to continueworking with low-dimensional systems,which are a storehouse of a variety ofintriguing quantum phenomena. I hope tomake a significant contribution to this area.

INTERESTS:Photography, cinema, chess, cooking.

2007

Mr Tyler Hester

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Education

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Christ’s CollegeStanford University

My studies will focus on the politicaldimensions of education policy as it affectsEnglish language learners both in theUnited Kingdom and in the United States. Ihope that my time at Cambridge enables meto develop a deeper understanding of thepressing social problems presented by and

inextricably linked to education.Specifically, I am eager to develop theresearch abilities and critical capacities thatare required to make a substantivecontribution to the life prospects of today’sstudents.

INTERESTS:Political philosophy, education reform, politics,friends and family, John Milton, community service,bike racing.


Miss YanHuang

China

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Physics; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Imperial College London

I am a new member of the Biological & SoftSystems group. My PhD research topic isfocused on Liquid Crystalline Polymers. Ihave previously conducted some researchon the rheology characteristic of CarbonNanotubes-polymer composites which willbe my secondary research activity. I havebeen volunteering for 4 years, which Iwould like to keep up while in Cambridge.

I also enjoy teaching and it is my wish toone day utilize my knowledge to benefit thecommunity by teaching and research.

INTERESTS:Contemporary dance, drawing, cracking problems,teaching, traveling.

2007

Mr DuncanHanson

Canada

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Astronomy; Queens’ College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of British Columbia

I am interested in the history of ourUniverse – its origins, evolution, and future.At Cambridge I hope to study the Universein its infancy with the help of the CosmicMicrowave Background.

INTERESTS:Kayaking, camping, volleyball, physics, Antarctica.

Miss Eva-MariaHempe

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Physics; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Universität Regensburg (Diplom)Friedrich- Alexander-Universität Erlangen NürnbergUniversity of Cambridge (Visiting Academic)Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München(Vordiplom)

After having worked extensively onnanomagnetism I am looking forward tomy time in Cambridge and the challenge ofshifting the focus of my research towardsquantum optics. We aim to study opticalproperties and energy levels of systemswhich are promising candidates for so-called qubits, the building blocks for a

novel kind of computer. This so-calledquantum computer would enable complexcalculations in biology, medicine, physics ...by dramatically cutting calculating timesfor certain problems. I am very grateful thatthe support of the Gates Trust allows me tospend three years in the international andintellectual atmosphere, which I soparticularly valued during my first stay inCambridge.

INTERESTS:Travel, sports (football/soccer, swimming, running,cycling, skiing, rock climbing, scuba diving), outdooractivities (hiking, canoeing, canyoning), literature,art, music.

Mr SimonJones

Canada


PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Alberta

I will be joining the Vibrations andDynamics Research Group investigatingsound and vibration transmission fromunderground railways into surroundinghabitation. I am very excited to have thisopportunity at Cambridge since theresearch focuses on all of my interests,including numerical modelling, vibrationsand dynamics, and continuum mechanics. Itis my hope that I can continue work in this

field in the future to help reduce noisepollution in heavily populated areas. Mydriving force, however, is to become aprofessor; I’d like to help the nextgeneration build a strong engineeringfoundation and maybe even inspire a few togo on to great things.

INTERESTS:I’m a big fan of outdoor activities, such as rockclimbing, paddling, biking and alpine skiing. I alsolike woodworking, a good game of pool, sciencefiction classics, and listening to or creating music.They tell me rowing is popular in Cambridge... I mayhave to check that out too.

Mr GregoryJordan

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Biological Sciences; Darwin College


My name is Gregory Jordan and I’m fromWestport, Connecticut. I majored inMolecular Biophysics & Biochemistry atYale University and am now beginning mywork towards a PhD in bioinformatics atCambridge and the EuropeanBioinformatics Institute. I will be workingin the lab of Dr. Nick Goldman, focusing onDNA alignment methods and questions of

genome evolution. I am a strong believer inthe power of technology and high-throughput analysis, and am thusdetermined to help realize the promise ofbioinformatics by using genomics andbioinformatics to aid our understanding ofdisease. I wish to ultimately lead a basicresearch group in an academic orcommercial setting.

INTERESTS:Outside the realm of bioinformatics and computerscience, I am interested in juggling, science writing,sound engineering, hiking, and bird watching.

Miss KellyKarns

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in BioScience Enterprise; Pembroke College


Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Igraduated with a B.S. in biomedical andmechanical engineering from YaleUniversity in New Haven, Connecticut. AtYale, I was actively involved in biomedicalresearch and have worked on projectsranging from tissue engineered bloodvessels to improving catheter design. Inorder to achieve my career goal of being ina leadership position in a bioscience

company, I intend to combine advancedtechnical instruction in biomedicalengineering with preparation in thebusiness and managerial skills necessary forsuch a position. Cambridge’s MPhil inBioscience Enterprise perfectly integratesthis technical biomedical science with aninvaluable business curriculum.

INTERESTS:Beyond the academic realm, I am an avid musicianand play the clarinet and tenor saxophone in severalcampus groups. I am also actively involved in sports,most especially women’s basketball and co-edinnertube waterpolo.


Mr RobertJames

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Early Modern History; Clare College


Coming from sweltering Tennessee, I dislikecloudy, cold weather, which is why I amthrilled to be in sunny England. (Sarcasm,anyone?) Seriously, though, I am elated tostudy British and Atlantic history atCambridge. Someday, if I don’t become a

professional golfer (dream on, Rob) or jointhe circus (more likely), I probably willteach in a university and pursue otherservice work on the side.

INTERESTS:Sweet (iced) tea, words like “y’all,” and anythingelse Southern; people of all types; travel; laughing;snarky humor; American football; golf; meditation;rock music; architecture; history; politics.

2007

Mr Samir Khan

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Pharmacology; Darwin College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Aligarh Muslim University, India

It was the moment of my life when I wastold of the Gates Cambridge Scholarshipthat I had achieved for my studies inCambridge. My past experience of 2 yearsin the field of Biotechnology has broughtme this fecund to be a part of the world’sbest crossroad of knowledge and colour.The focus of my study is ‘How the intrinsictrafficking and distribution of variousfamily of receptors contributes to the

spatial and temporal organisation ofCALCIUM SIGNALLING cascade.’ Myefforts in Science and related life will be todedicate my achievements to discovery ofTruths and build road to Healthy andEducated lives for everyone in world.

INTERESTS:I have been into a lot of activities in routine sincechildhood like sports (swimming, cricket, tabletennis, cycling, badminton, water polo), music,adventure, writing and arts like sketching andacting. The shores to be taken deeply here in UK arelearning more about evolution, history andarchitectural beauty of the country before I leave.Rest of the routine things should improve.


Mr JohnKitayimbwa

Uganda

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Computational Biology; Downing College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyMakerere University

I am pursuing an MPhil in ComputationalBiology to enable me acquire the skills andknowledge necessarily for a fruitful career asa researcher in the fields of informatics andcomputational biology. The Gates scholarshiphas offered me a chance to learn the trade

from the very best the world has to offer. Theknowledge I will acquire on this course willprepare me well for a PhD in the same areaand a very successful and fruitful career inMathematical Biology. I am from amathematical background and the idea ofusing the sophistication of the subject tounderstand biological phenomena is anintriguing one.

INTERESTS:Soccer, hockey, reading and movies.

2007

Mr TravisKavulla

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Historical Studies; Darwin College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Harvard UniversityUniversity of Dar es Salaam

The eminent scientists above and below meput us Humanities people to shame. To theimplied and grinding question, Aren’t theHumanities useless by comparison?, I reply,Nolo contendere. By and large anyways;but Africa’s colonial history, while mustyand comprised of seemingly useless circularmemoranda penned by long-forgottencolonial administrators, weighs heavily onAfrica’s modern day. Why is Uganda

successful in its fight against AIDS whenSouth Africa fails? The answer has as muchto do, I suspect, with those countries’colonial history – and how colonialismchanged African states and societies – aswith public policy. Particularly, for myMPhil, I’m researching how Britain’srepresentation of its colonial efforts inTanganyika following its take-over fromGermany in 1918 affected colonial policyon the ground, in Whitehall, and in thefledgling international community.

INTERESTS:Swahili epic poetry, American bowling, the RockyMountains, Catholicism, writing, my lovable thoughnot huggable (she scratches!) cat Mietzsche.

Miss CorinnaKester

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development;Darwin College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Texas at Austin

My passion is helping our society becomemore sustainable; my career objective is towork with large institutions, includinguniversities, businesses, and governments, todecrease their environmental and socialimpacts. By pursuing an M.Phil. inEngineering for Sustainable Development, I

will learn to implement sustainability projectsas well as to put them in a global context.

INTERESTS:I love the outdoors, and I spend a lot of timecamping and hiking. I love traveling and learningabout different cultures. My favorite activities arebicycling, yoga, dancing, photography, scuba diving,cooking/eating, and watching documentaries. I’m amusic geek and especially like electronic and worldmusic, and I attend art and music festivals when Ican. Besides sustainability, my current intellectualfocuses are conflict resolution, systems theory,biology, evolution, and cognitive science.

Mr EricKoskinen**

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Computer Science; Churchill CollegeBrown University

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:The College of William and Mary

In 2001 I graduated from The College ofWilliam and Mary, with a double major inComputer Science and Physics. Eager toexplore large-scale software engineeringchallenges, I accepted a job atAmazon.com, where I worked on TheInternet Movie Database. IMDb affordedme the unique opportunity to buildsignificant software systems, amidst apersonal passion: movies. Intent onimproving correctness in softwareengineering, I began my graduate studies at

Brown University. After my first year Istarted an internship at Microsoft Researchin Cambridge working on compileroptimization under the advisement of TimHarris. While in Cambridge, I was exposedto a wealth of active research in formalmethods and found a concrete direction formy dissertation. This fall, I will beginstudies in the PhD program at Cambridgeunder the direction of Byron Cook andMatthew Parkinson. I will be developingtechniques for verifying concurrentprograms and building automatic softwareverification tools.

INTERESTS:Computer science, programming languages, formalmethods, verification, concurrency.

Mr MukulKumar

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Development Studies; Churchill College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of California, Irvine

My research interests are the politics ofinformal housing and labor in Third Worldcities. At Cambridge I plan to study thepolitical economy of slums and pro-poorland management in urban north India. My

goal is to become an urban planner anddevelopment practitioner, cultivatinganalytical research skills while pursuinggrassroots social change.

INTERESTS:Reading, playing football, traveling.

Miss FranziskaLautenschlaeger

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Physics; Clare College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Universitaet Leipzig, GermanyUniversite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Cambridge! What an opportunity to passmy PhD at this university, where so manygreat physicists have left their footprints.And since biotechnology, cancer, and stemcell research are present almost everywherein Cambridge, this is a near perfect

environment to study such aninterdisciplinary field as biophysics.Therefore, I will investigate the mechanicalproperties of stem cells by stretching themwith the help of laser light.

INTERESTS:I love going climbing and hiking, playing my cello,singing and simply talk with other people.


Mr ClaudioKöser

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Genetics; Clare Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge, Christ’s College

My enthusiasm for science has manifesteditself in numerous research placements bothin industry and academia (Cambridge, MITand Harvard Medical School). My projectwill be a direct continuation of this work,using the soil bacterium R. aetherivoransI24 for the study of enzymes in the synthesisof mycolic acids which are essential for thesurvival of the tuberculosis agent. This is afirst step in a long term commitment in thisfield. While I am a scientist by training, I

am sceptical about the perception of scienceas gold standard that is increasinglypenetrating numerous aspects of our lives.As a result of that, I co-founded theThinking Society together with a couple ofenthusiastic friends. Each term we organisea lecture series, gathering speakers fromboth the sciences and humanities in order tocreate a platform of dialogue between thetwo, often separated disciplines, and thepublic – for concern for humanity itselfmust always form the main motivation forour endeavours.

INTERESTS:Argentine tango, jogging, reading.

2007

Mr WilliamLiechty

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Chemical Engineering; Wolfson College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Iowa

I am tremendously excited to study atCambridge as a Gates Scholar. I’m gratefulto be in a place with such rich academictradition and with so many brilliant minds.I’ll be working with Dr. Nigel Slater in theCambridge Unit for Bioscience Engineering(CUBE) studying responsive biopolymers.

INTERESTS:Asking questions and discovering answers.Engineering, experimenting, cooking, brewing beer,SCUBA diving, warm weather... I particularly enjoyit when the latter two are combined. I’m an avidsports fan, especially college football (Go Hawks!).My research interests are centered in the designand characterization of responsive biopolymers,particularly for applications in biological sensorsand targeted drug or protein delivery.


2007

Miss Grace Lee

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Management; Trinity College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Harvard Law SchoolStanford University

It is my strong belief that private sectorvalues can and must be applied to the good-hearted but fuzzy-headed public and non-profit sectors. There is a dearth oforganizations with the skills and resourcesto help people who are suffering primarilynot from hunger or lack of shelter, butbecause of deliberate human oppression.Often, clients of such organizations are ill-served by the distressing lack of efficiencyand of professionalism that is oftendisplayed. I intend to take an M.Phil. inManagement at the Judge Business School

in order to acquire the managerial,financial, and IT policy skills necessary tosupply this need. In addition to mybackground in law and in internationalsecurity, I believe this training will becritical to some of my proposed projects,such as establishing a Pyongyang-basedlegal office dedicated to defending andestablishing the rule of law in North Korea.

INTERESTS:Almost every year since age 15, I have gone to workin far-flung countries like Kazakhstan, Israel, andCambodia. I love languages and horses, and Ilearned to play polo at Stanford. I like to cook, toread in companionable silence, to play snow footballand chamber music. I served on the Harvard LawReview and on the leadership teams for Christianfellowships at both schools. In my spare time I liketo classify galaxies.

Dr Wei Lim

Malaysia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MBBCh in Clinical Studies; Gonville & CaiusCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Cambridge University

I feel privileged to be part of the Gatesscholar community and will use the most ofthe opportunities here to learn as much as I can.

INTERESTS:I enjoy traveling, playing the piano and hiking.

Miss RachelLeow

Malaysia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in History; St Catharine’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge (M. Phil, History)Warwick University (B. A. Hons., History)

Two impulses drive my study of history: thevalue of truth, and the social function ofhistory. My specialization in SoutheastAsian and in particular Malaysian historyevolved from both impulses. I am interestedin how history is used (or abused) in aregion remaking itself after colonialism – a

region in which national identity andhistorical (even historiographical) claimsshare a deeply complex relationship.Amongst other things, I want tounderstand, and help others to understand,this relationship.

INTERESTS:I like books, long walks, the idea of angels, collectingjokers, climbing trees, infinite libraries, art thatbreathes. I’m fond of peanut butter. I like words too– writing, reading and speaking with them – but Ialso like it when words fail.

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Mr Tao (Gavin)Liu

China

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Materials Science; Wolfson College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Queen Mary, University of LondonB.U.A.A. (Beijing University of Aeronautics &Austronautics)

During my three years at Cambridge, I shallbe working on fuel cells, a type ofrenewable clean energy. Fuel cells, with theaid of solar cells as the source energy forwater electrolysis, offers us an idealsolution to the problem of energy crisis.However, noble metals like platinum thatcompose the electrocatalyst used in fuelcells has restrained its application in very

limited aspects of life. To solve thisproblem, the emphasis of my research in theforthcoming years is to dig out certainefficient electrocatalysts made of basematerials. I am grateful for the GatesCambridge Trust’s offer of this prestigiousscholarship and I feel privileged to be a partof the community. Being a good scientistrequires a life-time’s work and through thislife-time endeavour, I am confident that Ican abate people’s reliance upon fossil fuelsand make the world a better place.

INTERESTS:Basketball, table-tennis, mountain-climbing, music,cooking, memorizing.

Miss KarenMcclendon

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Latin American Studies; St Edmund’sCollege


I grew up in Houston, Texas, but I feel myheart has experienced everywhere-fromPeru, where I was born, to Caracas, whereI lived, to El Salvador, South Africa, andFrance, countries in which I haveresearched and studied. I have dedicated mycareer to better understanding theseexperiences, namely to questioning why:why the regions have persistently struggledto ensure a bill of rights for their people;

why governments often are predatory; andwhy mechanisms of political dissent havebeen weak and ineffective-all conditionswhich foster the empty possibilities thatforce many like myself to leave. To this end,I majored in International Studies at theUniversity of Chicago, and now seek toexplore Latin American economies, thetransnational flow of remittances, and buildupon my work regarding political dissent inEl Salvador through an MPhil at theUniversity of Cambridge.

INTERESTS:Reading, running, music, & cinema. Cooking,traveling, sailing.


Miss Eunice Lin

Singapore

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Biological Science (Genetics); CorpusChristi College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Imperial College

A lovely place to learn about mice and menand the dissection of both.

INTERESTS:Reading, writing,holding imaginary conversations.

Ms RebekahMcLaughlin

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Biochemistry; Churchill College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Penn State University

I became interested in NMR during a highschool summer program, and I continued topursue this passion through myundergraduate research. Since then I haveinterned at Merck Research Laboratoriesand Bruker BioSpin. At Cambridge, I planto study with Dr. Kevin Brindle, who is

among a select few collaborating with GEHealthcare to conduct ground-breakingMRI research. In his lab, I will utilizedynamic nuclear polarization to increasethe inherent insensitivity of MR techniques.

INTERESTS:Scuba diving, ultimate frisbee, volleyball, ceramics,movies, knitting, and building homes with Habitatfor Humanity.

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Ms VictoriaMoeller

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Physics; Peterhouse

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Michigan State University

My PhD research is in the field ofexperimental high energy physics. I will befocusing on the phenomenologicalchallenge of identifying and analyzingbeyond the standard model events inATLAS, one of the detectors at the LargeHadron Collider. I will also be using my

time at Cambridge to develop experience inthe working environment of one of theworld’s largest international scientificcollaborations. I am grateful to the GatesCambridge Trust for this opportunity.

INTERESTS:Trekking, adventure travel and sports, environmentalresource management and ecotourism, skydiving,hang gliding, paragliding, sand boarding (but notsnowboarding), snorkelling (but not scuba diving),and, last but not least, dancing, especially swingand salsa.


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Mr King Mills

Ghana

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Development Studies; Hughes Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Ghana

As an MPhil Development Studies student Iintend to focus, among others, on thepresent state of Africa’s development,globalisation and its impact on developingcountries, and the way forward fordeveloping countries like Ghana. I believeCambridge would provide me with theknowledge and exposure to make a realdifference in Ghana. I hope to continuewith a PhD after my MPhil. I look forward

to a career as a development analyst. Istrongly believe that my vision in life isshaped by Proverbs 31. “Speak up forpeople who cannot speak for themselves.Protect the rights of all who are helpless.Speak for them and be a righteous judge.Protect the rights of the poor and needy.”(The Bible, Proverbs 31).

INTERESTS:International relations and watching football. I’mstill working to improve my tennis and chess. Giventhe proximity of my college, Hughes Hall, to theFenners cricket court I hope to learn how cricket isplayed.

Dr AlirezaMoayyeri

Iran

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Public Health; Wolfson College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge (MPhil in Epidemiology)Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Medicine)

Having completed my MPhil degree inCambridge, I thoroughly enjoyed myacademic and social life here. The researchcommunity in the department of PublicHealth and Primary Care is outstanding and

affords lots of opportunities for the students.For my PhD, I will concentrate on themethods and strategies for risk assessment,particularly for osteoporotic fractures, buthopefully to develop models and proceduresapplicable to much broader aspects ofdiseases and public health problems.

INTERESTS:Sports (e.g. running, swimming, lifting, football), tablefootball, snooker, hiking, travel, philosophicaldebates, Persian poetry, and Persian traditional music.

Ms RuthMokgokong

South Africa

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Pharmacology; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Edinburgh (MSc Neuroscience 2007)Rhodes Univeristy (BPharmacy 2005)

My main research interests are inneuropharmacology. For my PhD, I will beinvestigating the pharmacology of theblood brain barrier (BBB). Thismembranous barrier protects the brainfrom potentially harmful exogenoussubstances but also serves to impedeadvantageous drug delivery to the brain. Iwill use multidisciplinary approaches in my

investigations of the BBB in hope to providefurther clarity on the pharmacological andbiochemical mechanisms taking place inthis region. Greater knowledge on thefunctioning of the BBB may haveimplications for drug delivery to the brainand in the pathology of certain CNSdisorders. I believe my time spent atCambridge will provide me with excellenttraining for my future career in medicalresearch.

INTERESTS:Reading, films, music, theatre, art, traveling,community involvement.

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Mr TimothyO’Connor

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Zoology; Peterhouse

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Brigham Young University: BS Bioinformatics(2007)

I look forward to attending the Universityof Cambridge, not only for the opportunityto work with knowledgeable scholars in myown field but also to be associated withGates Scholars from different backgroundsand pursuits. Academically, I am interestedin the evolutionary dynamic of protein-protein interactions as well as the gapbetween genotype and phenotype. AtCambridge I want to focus on theinteraction between virus envelope proteinsand primate cell-surface proteins with the

hope that an evolutionary perspective canelucidate the important problem of disease.I plan on being a research professor—and aPhD from Cambridge along with the addedblessing of being a Gates Scholar will helpme fulfill that dream.

INTERESTS:Bioinformatics, molecular evolution, virology,machine learning, Spanish language and culture,religion, being out doors, playing with my daughter,dating my wife.


Mr TaylorNelms

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Social Anthropological ResearchGirton College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:The Ohio State University

As a developing anthropologist andethnographer, I have primarily focused onthe intersection of kinship and exchangetheory in the context of urban Ecuadorianfamily life. More broadly, I am interested in the boundaries and ephemera of daily life and rethinking anthropological

methodology. I hope to eventually return toSouth America to live and study.

INTERESTS:Science & technology studies; networks (social &otherwise); intellectual property and plagiarism;narrative, literacy, and storytelling; environmentaleconomics; ultimate frisbee; going to newrestaurants; rock music; graphic novels; pop art;baseball; carpentry; good beer; old maps; satire;reading the newspaper; solving mysteries with mygang; intellectual challenges; all kinds of cheese.

Miss AstridNoren-Nilsson

Sweden

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Development Studies; King’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:SOAS, University of LondonUppsala UniversityUniversità La Sapienza

?? hold a BA in Politics & Southeast AsianStudies from the School of Oriental andAfrican Studies, University of London.Since graduation, I have worked inCambodia, both for a local NGO in ruraldevelopment and for the Belgian TechnicalCooperation with a project on the teachingof Khmer in government schools. Icurrently work as a political and strategicrisk analyst on Cambodia, Vietnam andLaos for a London company. AtCambridge, I will pursue an MPhil inDevelopment Studies. I am particularlyinterested in exploring questions of North-South interaction, goals and measurementof development, distributive justice andpoverty. I am hoping to combine theperspectives of the discipline ofDevelopment Studies with my linguistic andpolitical expertise on Cambodia and

Vietnam. My aim is to build on thesedifferent approaches to formulate researchinquiries for the analysis of dynamicsinvolving and affecting Southeast Asiancountries. More generally, I hope in thefuture to work for the cross-infiltration ofthe political and cultural sectors, boththrough furthering the knowledge of Asia inEurope and through working in policyadvocacy for foreign policy towardsSoutheast Asia.

INTERESTS:Literature, especially Italian, Cambodian andVietnamese; religion, including Catholic theologyand Buddhism, especially Pali Theravada Buddhisttexts; Southeast Asian politics; internationalrelations; international political economy; worldhistory; opera; Southeast Asian traditional andmodern music; art, especially East Asian, SoutheastAsian and Western; traveling; flamenco.

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Mr JonathanOng

Philippines

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Social & Political Science; Corpus ChristiCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:London School of Economics and Political Science(MSc Politics and Communication ‘07)Loyola Schools, Ateneo de Manila University (ABCommunication ‘03, summa cum laude)

Born in Manila, Jonathan grew up with anearly awareness of his “hybridity.” With aChinese father and a Filipina-Spanish-American mother, he was often confused infamily gatherings and especially in rituals ofdining and worship. These earlyexperiences of in-betweenness would servehim well later on as an academic interestedin diaspora and postcoloniality. But hispassion for media and popular culturebegan in university. And he would go on towork at top media companies in thePhilippines, including McCann-Ericksonand GMA Network, where he became the

youngest manager of the top TV station. In2006 he decided to take his master’s at theLSE. For his dissertation, he analyzed howFilipino migrants construct their identity inthe media rituals of news watching andkaraoke. He is extremely excited tocontinue his academic career at Cambridge,where he aims to explore the issue ofcosmopolitanism in the diaspora. As youcan see, he has really taken his hybridity toheart.

INTERESTS:Research interests: media and migration, media andmorality, mediated public participation, history ofmedia studies, audience studies, postcoloniality,representations in the context of globalization.Everyday life interests: popular culture,Entertainment Weekly, Perez Hilton, movies, moviesoundtracks, Agatha Christie, gymnastics, tabletennis.

Mr LawrenceOwusu

Ghana

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Computer Speech, Text & InternetTechnology; Clare Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Kwame Nkrumah University of Science andTechnology

I worked as a Teaching Assistant at theKNUST Computer Science Departmentwhere I organized tutorial sessions forundergraduate courses in C++ and PascalProgramming. Prior to this, I served asTeaching Assistant at the Ghana-India KofiAnnan Centre of Excellence in ICT. Duringmy course, I held several positions includingpresident of a Christian organization. Iorganized an outreach programme to avillage, where we educated the village onhealth and social issues, distributed aid to

the poor and preached the Gospel. I also co-founded the KNUST Linux Club, a thrivingorganization where free Linux classes areoffered to students. My curiosity aboutSpeech Recognition Systems started when Ifirst tried to use Microsoft Word SpeechRecognition System. I resolved to studytheir underlying theories in order toconduct independent research in this fieldbecause of its relevance to the growing ITworld. After the MPhil, I hope to pursue aPhD in Cambridge and return to Ghana.

INTERESTS:Working with other church members to spread theGospel of Christ, writing computer programs,making friends and helping others to achieve theirgoals.

Mr AntoinePanaioti

Canada

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Oriental Studies; Darwin College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Cambridge, MPhil Oriental Studies(‘07)McGill University, Honours B.A. Philosophy (‘06)

Research in the fields of Indian intellectualhistory and of European indologyconstitute essential steps towards thedevelopment of an adequate framework forthe pursuit of comparative philosophy. Thisis what I plan to engage in over the courseof my PhD at the University of Cambridge.After a B.A. focusing primarily on WesternPhilosophy and a MPhil devoted to

philology and the study of classical Indianphilosophy, I now intend to work on thewest’s encounter with eastern thought overthe course of the 19th century, most notablythrough the work of Arthur Schopenhauerand Friedrich Nietzsche. The study of howIndian and western thought have alreadycoalesced (albeit incompletely andasymmetrically) in the work of certainseminal thinkers will help set the stage forfurther comparative work.

INTERESTS:Languages (especially Sanskrit), philosophy (Eastand West), (intellectual) history , music, bicycleriding, conversation/debate, laughing.

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Mrs GenevaPeterson

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Chemistry; Trinity College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Texas Tech University

During my time at Cambridge I will beworking in the area of supramolecularchemistry – a modern branch of chemistrywhich seeks to develop high-order,functional molecular architectures. I hopeto make contributions to futuretechnologies based on complex “soft”materials through the design, synthesis, andstudy of functional supramolecules.

INTERESTS:I enjoy nature and wildlife observation – I’menchanted to have a doe visiting my backyard!Having played some polo during my undergraduateyears, I would like to get involved with the polo clubat Cambridge. I find few things more relaxing thansnuggling down with a cup of tea or a beer andwriting long letters to my family and friends. Iespecially look forward to traveling with myhusband during my PhD, especially to Ireland andthe Alps.

Miss NandhiniPonnuswamy

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:BAaff in Natural Sciences; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:B.Sc Chemistry Hons, St.Stephen’s college, Delhi

Science has been my favourite subject sincechildhood. The logical way of reasoningand appreciating each and every aspect ofMother Nature appeals to me and fills mewith the desire to know more and moreabout her. Chemistry interests me the most.The mysteries of the colors, beautiful ringand cage structures always fathom me.Asymmetric synthesis, Biochemistry are my

favourite topics. After my higher studies Iwant to work in the interface of chemistryand biology. For example, in the field ofdesigning drugs and vaccines for diseaseslike cancer, AIDS, etc which pose a greatdanger to mankind. I’m really lookingforward to Cambridge. Its a dream cometrue for me.

INTERESTS:Apart from science, I like singing, favourite beingIndian music. I like playing volleyball, cycling,trekking and exploring new places. I also love tovolunteer for social service activities.


Miss MariaPawlowska

Poland

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Earth Sciences; Clare College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Bristol; B.Sci in Biology and Geology

I have come to Cambridge with the ratherambitious aim of uncovering the mysteriesof the earliest animals. By looking at someof the oldest rock formations still present atthe Earth’s surface I hope to find out aboutsome of our earliest ancestors. I have cometo Cambridge with the rather ambitiousaim of uncovering the mysteries of the first

animals. By looking at some of the oldestrock formations still present at the Earth’ssurface I hope to find out about some of ourpossibly, earliest ancestors.

INTERESTS:I have always loved traveling to wild and exoticplaces and because there is less and less of them leftI have a fervent interest in conservation. I also enjoyreading (my cheapest way of getting places even ifits only in my imagination). My favorite sports aredefinitely skiing in Italy and sailing in the Polish LakeDistrict. I’m also quite keen on gender studies.

Ms MatejaPeter

Slovenia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in International Studies; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of CambridgeUniversity of Ljubljana

I am delighted to have the opportunity topursue my doctoral degree in InternationalStudies at Cambridge. My research focuseson the role played by the civiladministration in the post-conflictreconstruction and management of Bosnia

and Herzegovina. Through it I will combinepost-conflict studies and theories ofinternational norms, two fields largelyseparate in the existing literature. I aminterested in pursuing a career in academia,but I hope also to find a means of applyingmy knowledge in practice to post-conflictmanagement.

INTERESTS:Traveling, foreign languages, debate, modern art,old movies, photography.

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Mr IgorRapinchuk

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PtIII in Pure Mathematics; Emmanuel College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Harvard University: AB summa cum laude inMathematics

I am a mathematics student attending PartIII of the Mathematical Tripos. My mainmathematical interests lie in algebraicgeometry and number theory and I wrote asenior thesis on elliptic curves with complex

multiplication. At Cambridge, I plan notonly to continue my work in these areas,but also to take courses in a variety of othermathematical subjects to acquire a broadermathematical education before beginninggraduate work.

INTERESTS:Mathematics, piano performance, music history,foreign languages.

Mr Ian Ralby

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in International Relations; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:William and Mary Law SchoolUniversity of Maryland Graudate School, BaltimoreUniversity of Maryland Baltimore County

Six years ago, while participating in SierraLeone’s post-war reconciliation efforts, Irealized I wanted to dedicate my career toresolving international conflicts andassisting states in post-conflict transition.Since then, I have studied for a master’s inintercultural communication and a jurisdoctor in which I focused on internationallaw. In 2005, I worked for the Iraqi HighTribunal, providing legal support andadvice for the Iraqi judges as they preparedto try Saddam Hussein. For the last twoyears, I have practiced maritime and

international law at a large law firm. TheGates Cambridge Scholarship is making itpossible for me to integrate my prioracademic and professional experiences bystudying international relations directly. Iwill spend the next year – and hopefully afew more – at Cambridge researching thechallenging process of establishing rule oflaw in post-conflict states. I intend todevote the remainder of my career to publicservice.

INTERESTS:People (who are both interesting and interested);languages (though mine are in bad shape after fiveyears dedicated to the study and practice of law);good food (from anywhere in the world); traveling(and not just to the nicer places on Earth); sports(both playing and watching); and mysticism(regardless of tradition).


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Mr OleksandrPoplavskyy

Ukraine

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Chemistry; Fitzwilliam College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Utrecht, 2005–2007National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv,2000–2005

In Cambridge, I will switch from mycurrent interest in the theory of quantumHall effect to the computational approachto biology-related problems like proteinfolding. I think this is a problem, solutionof which will be very important for

treatment of some diseases. In future, I planto continue working in academia anddeepen my knowledge of theoreticalphysics.

INTERESTS:Besides doing research in theoretical physics, I liketo spend time with my friends, travelling, andmountain backpacking. In the Netherlands, I alsoloved very much sailing a canoe through thepicturesque canals of Utrecht. I had a lot of fundoing this together with my friends.

Miss SrilakshmiRaj

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Medical Genetics; Fitzwilliam College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Oxford (UK)

I recently completed my B. A. in HumanSciences from the University of Oxford. Formy PhD, I will be investigating the geneticmechanisms underlying Type 1 diabetes. Ithank the Gates Cambridge Trusts, and my

supervisor, Professor John Todd, for thisunique opportunity.

INTERESTS:Spending time with friends and family,cooking/baking, eating, reading, traveling, andmeeting new people.

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Mr AndrewRobinson

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Economics (Option A); Darwin College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:United States Military Academy

It will be a privilege to enjoy a civiliancollege experience and to get an MPhil inEconomics at the same time. I will thenreturn to the Army, but I will always behonored to have met such amazing people

at Cambridge. I’m sure both my academicexperience and my new friendships will bevery important over the rest of my life.

INTERESTS:Skydiving, working out, reading.

Mr AlanRodrigues

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Computational Biology; EmmanuelCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Williams College

At Cambridge, I plan to pursue an MPhil inComputational Biology. As anundergraduate, I completed coursework inbiochemistry, genomics, and proteomicswhile conducting independent wet-labresearch. Further study at Cambridge will

introduce me to mathematical andcomputational techniques that can helpinform and process work done in thelaboratory. This interdisciplinary approachoffers the potential for a morecomprehensive understanding of diseasessuch as cancer and HIV/AIDS.

INTERESTS:Reading and drinking coffee, though not at thesame time.

Miss Janine(Alix) Rogers

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science andMedicine; St Edmund’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Pennsylvania

I just graduated from UPenn with a doublemajoring in Health and Societies, with aconcentration in bioethics, and Philosophyand Science. I have been passionate aboutbioethics since I was eleven (rememberDolly the Sheep?). This interest has evolvedinto an interest in bioethics, public policyand the law. At Cambridge I’ll be pursuinga Masters in History, Philosophy andSociology of Science, Technology andMedicine with a focus in Modern Medicine

and Biomedical Sciences. I intend to go onto pursue a J.D. and Ph.D. in order to fulfilmy goal of becoming a law professor at aninstitution, allowing me to publish, teachand influence legal and policy decisionsrelated to bioethics.

INTERESTS:Horseback riding (I want to take up polo atCambridge), reading classical novels, traveling to farflung places, making ice cream (toblerone is myfavorite), lobsters and learning to ride a bike whileat Cambridge.


Mr UmangRawat

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:BAaff in Economics; St Edmund’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:St. Stephens’ College, Delhi

As a student of Economics I have beenfancied by the sheer magnitude of influencethis subject has on world today. Therefore Idecided to pursue it further as an affiliatestudent in University of Cambridge. Withthe world becoming a global village, thefate of all the countries is interlinked. Ithrough my studies in Economics want toenjoy an experience that would help me

delve deeper into the nuances of thissubject, particularly the internationallinkages of the development process.Hoping that time spent here becomes someof the most cherishable moments of myintellectual odyssey.

INTERESTS:Listening to music (mostly Indian), observing people,meeting new people and exploring new places andwatching movies.

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Miss AnnaSigur_ardóttir?

Iceland

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Biochemistry; Downing College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Iceland: MS in Biochemistry (2007) University of Iceland: BS in Biochemistry (2004)

I want to acquire as much experience as Ican in my PhD program, experiences that Ican take back home to Iceland with me andenrich the Icelandic research community. Inthe future I see myself as a researcher. I have

been exploring structural biology by usingsite-directed mutagenesis and “traditional”protein chemistry methods at the Universityof Iceland, now I want to take a differentapproach and broaden my horizon. AtCambridge I will be working on protein X-ray crystallography.

INTERESTS:Books, music, travel, exercise, experimentation incooking, tv, spending time with my friends andIcelandic horses.

Dr ChristopherRumball

New Zealand

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in BioScience Enterprise; Wolfson College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Auckland – PhD (medicine)Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine – DTMHUniversity of Otago – MBChBUniversity of California, Berkeley – BSc

Work as a doctor in Afghanistan in 2002for Medecins sans Frontieres illustrated tome the importance of very simple maternaland child health care in improving survivaland the quality of life in children. Myrecently completed doctoral thesis, whichstudied the role of maternal nutritionaround conception in the developmentalorigins of health and disease, furtheremphasised the critical importance of goodmaternal diet to the long-term health of herchildren. However, provision of healthcarein developing countries is challenging andrequires robust, cost-effective, well-proven

interventions. I am particularly interested inthe application of technology to healthproblems in the developing world, forwhich there is huge potential, and thebusiness models that may serve to developthese solutions. The Masters in BioscienceEnterprise in Cambridge provides the idealcombination of science and businesseducation to allow me to pursue theseinterests.

INTERESTS:My interests were travel, languages, football, golf,tramping, kayaking and snowboarding. Now that Ihave a nine-month-old son, my interests are pickingup spoons off the floor, stopping every three metreswhen out walking so he can pull leaves off trees,and retrieving inanimate objects from inside hismouth. I still manage go running with my wife anda buggy, and enjoy the odd game of football.

Mr ShamsherSamra

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Development Studies; Hughes Hall

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Stanford University

Through my course at Cambridge I hope todevelop sufficient analytical skills tosupport my future research efforts. With anundergraduate degree in biology, I amparticularly interested in improving myunderstanding of the molecular

epidemiology of both chronic andinfectious disease. After my course I hope tocomplete medical training and begin acareer in public health.

INTERESTS:Traveling, reading, eating, sports and outdooractivities.


Ms ChloeSchama

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in English Studies: British Literature1700–1830; Christ’s College


I’m at Cambridge to do an Mphil in Cultureand Criticism in the English Departmenthaving spent the past two years working fora magazine in Washington, DC.

INTERESTS:Running, swimming, reading, cooking, writing,gardening.

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Mr AnilkumarSorathiya

India

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Computer Science; Fitzwilliam College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:The University of ManchesterSardar Patel University

My name is Anil Sorathiya and I am fromIndia. I majored in computer Science atManchester University. I work oncomputational Science: mathematicalmodelling of biological systems usingdynamical system. I am trying tounderstand dynamics of biological systemspecially spreading of HIV. Understanding

of model behaviour could improve ourunderstanding of the mechanism of disease,at least in some limited context. Thecreation of models has been essential inmany important advances in biology. Thepower of modern computers and theoreticalmethods designed to interrogate complexsystems so we can aid our understanding ofdisease. I must say that the support fromthe Gates foundation is splendid.

INTERESTS:Other then bioinformatics and computer science, Iam interested in playing cricket, hiking, listeningmusic.

Mrs RalizaStoyanova

South Africa

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Cognition & Brain Sciences; Darwin College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Witwatersrand (MA)University of Toronto (BSc Hons)

I will be pursuing a PhD at the MRCCognition and Brain Sciences Unit. Inaddition to behavioural studies, I will beusing a variety of neuroimaging methods(e.g., fMRI and MEG) in an effort tounderstand how emotion influencescognitive functions such as attention andmemory. My particular interest is inestablishing whether broadly ‘negative’emotions such as fear and disgust havedifferent effects on cognition, and why,

evolutionarily, that may be the case. Ibelieve that the training I receive atCambridge will be invaluable preparationfor remaining in academia and, hopefully,running my own affective neurosciencelaboratory one day.

INTERESTS:I am a nomad of note, having lived one third of mylife in Europe, one third in Africa and one third inNorth America (looks like I’m starting the cycle allover again!). When I’m not packing up and movinghouse, I love traveling off the beaten track,attempting to take poignant photographs andenjoying good wine and great food in the companyof friends.

Miss JillianSullivan

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Psychiatry; Girton College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Royal Holloway, University of London (UK)

I first became interested in the mystery ofautism while researching my undergraduatedissertation at Royal Holloway and decidedto apply for a PhD to answer some of thequestions that my dissertation raised after ayear of work experience in a London for

developmental disorders (nice run-onsentence there!).

INTERESTS:I was born in the USA (Seattle), grew up mainly inColorado and moved to England with my familywhen I was 15. Your basic student activities withsome random ones thrown in- reading, writing,trampolining, gymnastics (very amateur), voluntarywork, philosophy, and above all, sleeping...

Mr MichaelSwanwick

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Engineering; St Edmund’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:MPhil in Materials Science – CambridgeBS in Mechanical Eng – Northeastern University

My Electrical Engineering PhD will focuson tactile feedback devices for ‘smartsurface’ applications. Utilizing thepiezoelectric nature of Zinc Oxidenanowires, a surface can both sense andgive feedback to touch. My research willfocus on the fabrication of the devices and

the human factors between different typesof interactions and the surfaces. Theapplications for such devices range widelyfrom electronic Braille to heart monitors todynamic mobile phone interfaces.

INTERESTS:I enjoy the outdoors including hiking, cycling,ultimate Frisbee, and skiing. During this past year, Ihave started running again with a goal to run theLondon Marathon in the spring. I also plan rowingfor my college this year. I enjoy teaching andhopefully get an opportunity to teach while I am atCambridge.


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Ms KathrynTabb

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science andMedicine; Clare Hall


In college my research culminated in aphilosophical and historiographicalinvestigation of the teleology at work inevolutionary theory. Recently I’ve become

more interested in a different branch of mydiscipline – the philosophy of psychiatryand psychology, particularly contemporaryclinical treatment and diagnostic practices.

INTERESTS:Natural philosophy, guitar, horseback riding,dancing, conversation.

Miss TamaraTajsic

Serbia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Medicine; Sidney Sussex CollegeMedical school

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Belgrade, Serbia

As a medical student and even more later,while working as a physician, I became veryfrustrated by the fact that by using thecurrent medical knowledge we’re still notable to help our patients as much as we

want to. I would be extremely happy if, bydoing research, I managed to contribute tothe understanding of mechanismsunderlying certain diseases.

INTERESTS:Traveling (backpacking), running, cycling, cooking,chocolate, learning foreign languages.


Mr DaisukeTakagi

Japan

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Applied Mathematics; King’s College


My work applies mathematics to describethe motion of fluids and solids in nature. Iam currently interested in studying the flowof granular materials, which include snowavalanches, sand storms and land slides.Having completed two summer projects onlava flows and all parts of the CambridgeMathematical Tripos, I hope to takeadvantage of the excellent facilities inCambridge and acquire further skills andknowledge in the field of applied

mathematics. During my three years ofresearch, I intend to run novel experimentsin the laboratory and develop accuratemathematical models that can be used tobetter understand the environment. It is myambition to reduce the risks of naturalhazards on this planet by extending thefrontiers of science.

INTERESTS:I enjoy rowing, skiing, traveling and eating. Playingtennis, squash, football and the flute are myfavourite activities too.

Mr AndrewTanentzap

Canada

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Plant Sciences; Gonville & Caius CollegeYork University

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Waterloo

At Cambridge, I plan to build on myprevious MSc research and integratevertebrate herbivory into models describinghow forests function. Such models, whichhave typically overlooked the profoundimpacts of large mammalian herbivores ontheir environments, can be extendedbeyond their standard conservationapplications to predicting how forests maysequester carbon to limit climate warming.Field sites in the UK, New Zealand, andCanada and collaborations with a diverse

range of stakeholders will broaden thescope of this research, with a goal ofeffectively communicating science-basedecosystem management to a diverse rangeof non-science communities. I hope to takea leading academic role in suchinterdisciplinary partnerships upon returnto Canada.

INTERESTS:Botany, hiking up anything which resembles amountain, baseball, soccer, traveling.

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Miss EvelynTang

Malaysia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Physics; Sidney Sussex College


I love physics, the exploration of beautyand order in natural phenomena. Quantummechanics is particularly intriguing – thefield is mysterious and baffling to ordinarylogic – yet the discoveries in this area havepowerful and remarkable applications. InCambridge, I will do theoretical research onelectron transport in mesoscopic physics,with the Semiconductor Group. This

research experience would prepare me fordoctoral studies and a future career inphysics. I wish to bring back to Malaysiamy experience of the richer academicculture and more open scientificcollaboration present at Cambridge. As aphysics professor back in Asia, I hope totransmit the love of physics throughteaching students critical thinking in anopen environment.

INTERESTS:Catholicism, U2, Mozart, classic rock, opera,Tarkovsky’s films, Tolkien, Dante, reading, squash,swimming, running...

Miss BrittaTrappmann

Germany

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:PhDPg in Chemistry; Gonville & Caius CollegeUniversity of Dortmund

I am studying chemistry because I want todo research and discover new things toimprove the living of the community. Myfuture goal is to lead a University researchgroup. Pursuing a PhD course in Cambridgemeans working in an environment of

excellence and allows me to do research inan international and interdisciplinary team.Being a Gates Scholar helps me to meetpeople from all over the world and alldifferent kind of subjects and will thereforebroaden my horizon beyond my own field.

INTERESTS:Reading, theatre, classical music, traveling.

Ms MarinaTurlakova

Kyrgyzstan

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Economics (Option A); Trinity College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, US

Growing up in Kyrgyzstan during the fall ofthe Soviet Union, I developed a stronginterest in the economic issues of countriesstriving to lift themselves out of poverty. Idecided to major in Economics and PoliticalScience and to take advantage of theexcellent classes on development andtransition economies offered at myuniversity, Wellesley College, MA, USA andwhile on my junior year abroad at theUniversity of Oxford, UK. Over the course

of my studies, I explored policies aimed atstimulating growth of businesses and wrotemy undergraduate thesis on determinants ofenterprise performance in Russia and othertransition economies. At the University ofCambridge, I intend to continue myresearch on the role of public policy inenterprise development. Ultimately, I hopeto become a professional economist andcontribute to the improvement of businessperformance and market competitiveness intransition economies.

INTERESTS:Tennis, reading, spending time with friends andfamily, politics.

Mr AdrienVigier

France

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Economics; Queens’ College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Cambridge UniversityUniversity of NottinghamUniversite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris

The Gates Cambridge Trust gives me theopportunity to bring together the elementsof my scientific background to investigatevarious aspects of network effects in theeconomic environment.

INTERESTS:Football, languages, travels


2007

Ms RebeccaVoorhees

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Molecular Biology; Clare College


My work at Cambridge will focus on usingx-ray crystallography to study theribosome, a macromolecule responsible forsynthesizing proteins in all cells acrossbiology. During my last year as anundergraduate I synthesized a novelinhibitor that I hope to co-crystallize withthe full ribosome. By determining the

structure of this enzyme-inhibitor complex,I hope to address fundamental questionsabout how the ribosome catalyzes proteinsynthesis on a molecular level. The GatesScholarship has given me the incredibleopportunity to pursue this collaborativeresearch at Cambridge with some of theworld’s experts in the field.

INTERESTS:Anything having to do with water (swimming,sailing, water polo etc.), art, music, and travel.

Miss Tian Wei

China

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Engineering; Wolfson College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Tsinghua University

My research is on Manufacturing andManagement. Research and projects aretwo main parts in my study in Cambridge.

INTERESTS:I think I am good at breast stroke, backstroke andcrawl stroke but only can swim less than 20 metersin butterfly stroke. I like to read Chinese historybooks and watch all kinds of TV play. And I believethat nearly everyone likes Eating and sleeping. Also,I have a dream that if I have plenty of time andmoney, I would like to take a tour all around theworld, including US, Europe and Australia.


Ms ArianeWelch

Australia

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in English; King’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:The University of Sydney

I completed my B.A. studies in 2005 atSydney University, with Honours in Englishand Semiotics. While studying SystemicFunctional Grammar, I was involved inresearch grant projects using Multi-ModalDiscourse Analysis to analyse facial affectand expression in children’s literature, andas a research assistant studying thesemiotics of embodiment in public politicaldiscourse. I work particularly in the field ofstylistics, which is the use of linguistics inliterary analysis. My PhD examines three

modalities of social construal and research:modernist poetry, functionalist andmaterialist linguistics and linguistic theory,and Marxist and critical theory. I intend toanalyse the poetry of Louis Zukofsky, thelinguistic theories of Volosinov andHjelmslev, and the Marxian and criticaltheories of Lukacs and Jamieson. After myPhD, I’d like to enter the academy to teachand research in this area.

INTERESTS:Politics and activism in general, and especiallyrefugee and asylum seeker advocacy, wheel-thrownstudio pottery, cooking, playing pool, attending asmany plays in London as possible, avoiding riding abike while residing in Cambridge.

Mr Nabil Wilf

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Biochemistry; St John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Georgia Institute of Technology

Prior to coming to Cambridge, I spent ayear and a half living in the Middle Eastwhere I was awarded a FulbrightScholarship to study the values of Kuwaitiyouth to women’s rights. This time was avaluable period of introspection andobservation wherewith my understandingof the world and the civilizing forces withinit increased. But as I venture back touniversity life at Cambridge, I return to myother half interested in genetic regulatory

networks in bacteria. Specifically, myresearch will focus on quorum sensing andbacterial communication. Bacteria, whilethe simplest of organisms, possess acomplexity of organization and a diversityof processes that has the potential to beincreasingly manipulated for human uses ascellular factories. I endeavour to combinemy various interests and return one day tothe Middle East to aid in its progress anddevelopment.

INTERESTS:Baha’i Faith, Islam, Arabic, spirituality, all thingspertaining to the Middle East, hiking, scuba diving,musing. I have a passion for traveling and learningabout new cultures.

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Mr DanielWilliams

Zimbabwe

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in English Studies: British Literature1700–1830; Magdalene College


I grew up and was educated in Zimbabwebefore attending Harvard to study Englishand French literature. My intellectualcommitments have ranged widely, but Iremain interested in the novel and its ethicaldimensions, as well as related periods inaesthetics, art history, and the history ofphilosophy. These inclinations have in turnbeen informed by my extracurricularengagements, including editorial service forjournals and magazines, such as theHarvard Advocate, Harvard African, andthe Harvard Review of Philosophy. At

Cambridge, I plan to follow the MPhil inCriticism and Culture, expanding a projectthat began with my senior thesis on human-animal relations in the work of J. M.Coetzee. In addition, I would like tobroaden my background in philosophy andthe history of science. Thereafter, I hope topursue graduate study in the humanities,alongside projects academic and otherwiseon the ethical and political issuesconcerning our interaction with the naturalworld.

INTERESTS:English, French, and German literature, mostly 18th-century and after; philosophy, particularly ethics andmoral philosophy; art history; film; history of science.Also reading, running, cooking, painting, traveling,and playing tennis.

Mr HunterWilliams

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Oriental StudiesSt John’s College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Florida

As a Gates Cambridge Scholar at St JohnsCollege, I will be reading for an MPhil inEast Asian Studies. In my research, I intendto explore the intersection of culture and

development economics, with particularreference to China. Lessons learned from anexamination of economic development inEast Asia may be applied to promotedevelopment elsewhere.

INTERESTS:I enjoy traveling, spicy food, and homebrewing myown beer.

Mr AndrewWoods**

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhDPg in Legal Studies; Sidney Sussex College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Harvard University (JD)Brown University (BA)

I’m currently teaching at Harvard LawSchool, but will be back in Cambridge nextyear.

INTERESTS:My work focuses on the role of culture and media,broadly defined, in human rights advocacy. I’m alsointerested in information warfare, and the ways inwhich technology is changing international affairs.

Mr SurgeonXolo

South Africa

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:MPhil in Education; Homerton College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of Warwick (United Kingdom)University of Pretoria (South Africa)Naruto University (Japan)University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)

Mathematics has always been my favouritesubject, but at this level I am more interestedin studying those who are studyingmathematics! The Gates CambridgeScholarship enables me to pursue myintellectual aspirations at an internationallyrenowned university. In Cambridge I have an

opportunity to meet leading scholars, fromall over the world; to engage with them inresearch and scholastic activities. This willallow me to explore global trends inmathematics education with a criticalreflection on how the best of these may beincorporated into curriculum practice inSouth Africa.

INTERESTS:My interests include traveling the world, reading,creative writing and engaging in philosophicalissues. More than everything, I enjoy moments ofsilence and critical reflection on how my owndevelopment might impact on the development ofmy people – the community within which I live.


2007

Mr EviatarYemini

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Biological Science; Emmanuel College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:University of California, San DiegoMA in Computational NeurobiologyColumbia College, Columbia University: BA in Pre-Medical: Mathematics, Computer Science

I am continuing my UCSD NeurobiologyPhD here at Cambridge. We are concernedwith how neural codes translate intobehaviour. Such questions should guide usin understanding how brains work andhopefully, one day, aid in solving themystery of consciousness. Our modelorganism is C. elegans, a tiny, harmlessnematode that lives in the soil – and withinPetri dishes in our lab. I am building asystem to record long videos of worm

experiments, automatically extract andanalyze behaviour from the video, thenpopulate a large searchable database withthese experimental results. Thereafter, wehope to marry this database withconcurrent imaging of neurons defining theexpressed behaviour. Separately, I amexamining paralyzed worms with theremarkable ability to recover and move. Wehope that uncovering their recoverymechanism might yield treatments forrelated human disorders.

INTERESTS:I love skiing (more than anything!), rock climbing,dancing (ballroom/dancesport and jazz), drawing &sculpting, trying new restaurants, and reading(Milan Kundera and Gabriel Garcia Marquez are myfavorite authors).

Mr Byung Yoon

Korea

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PhD in Developmental Neurosciences; TrinityCollege

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Johns Hopkins School of MedicineJohns Hopkins University

My name is Byung Chul (Jason) Yoon, andI am originally from South Korea. I came tothe United States in 1997 and went to JohnsHopkins University for undergraduatestudies. After graduation, I decided to stayin Baltimore to pursue a medical degree atthe Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Iam currently a second year medical student.Besides medicine, I like to paint, play theviolin and practice kumdo. I also have been

singing with an a cappella group called theNote-A-Chords at Hopkins. Since startingcollege, I have been interested inneuroscience. I majored in neuroscience anddid neuroscience research projects as anundergraduate and as a medical student. AtCambridge, I hope to pursue a PhD inPhysiology, Development andNeuroscience. I am particularly interestedin studying the signaling process involved inaxonal regeneration. Ultimately, I hope toapply the knowledge gained from basicresearch in clinical settings.

INTERESTS:Violin, kumdo, photography and painting.


Mr James Zou

USA

COURSE IN CAMBRIDGE:PtIII in Applied Mathematics; Jesus College

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITIES:Duke University

I am participating in the Part III program inApplied Mathematics at Cambridge. I’minterested in the quantitative aspects of awide range of topics – biology, sociology,and AI. I hope to explore the synthesis ofthese diverse topics at a fundamental level.I look forward to completing a Ph.D. afterPart III.

INTERESTS:Creative writing (mostly poetry now but starting towrite short stories), most sports (ping pong andultimate frisbee especially), choral music, good food.

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Countries of Origin of Gates Scholars in residence, 2007–08

Total countries represented 60 Total scholars in residence 2007–08 256

Argentina 2

Australia 7

Austria 1

Belgium 1

Bhutan 1

Brazil 2

Cameroon 2

Canada 14

China 8

Colombia 1

Czech Republic 2

Denmark 2

Egypt 1

Estonia 1

Ethiopia 1

France 2

Germany 21

Ghana 4

Greece 2

Hong Kong 1

Hungary 2

Iceland 2

India 19

Iran 1

Ireland 2

Israel/Palestine 1

Italy 2

Jamaica 2

Japan 1

Korea 1

Kyrgyzstan 1

Latvia 1

Lithuania 1

Malaysia 3

Mexico 2

Netherlands 1

New Zealand 3

Nigeria 1

Peru 1

Philippines 3

Poland 5

Romania 1

Russia 1

Serbia 1

Singapore 5

Slovenia 1

South Africa 5

Spain 3

Sri Lanka 1

Sweden 3

Syria 1

Thailand 1

The Netherlands 1

Trinidad 1

Turkey 1

Uganda 1

Ukraine 2

USA 93

Vietnam 2

Zimbabwe 1


Daniel DicensoChair

Rebecca JohnstonSecretary

Tristan BrownTreasurer

James ParkTechnology Officer

Joan KoTechnology Officer

Vijay KanuruSocial Officer

Thomas JohnsonSocial Officer

Sergejs SaksonovsInternal Liaison

Izabela KisilowskaInternal Liaison

Amanda DennisExternal Liaison

Towfique RajAlumni

Gian PauloProcopioExternal Liaison

Molly CrockettAlumni

Gates Scholars’ Society: Scholar’s Council 2006–07

The Gates Cambridge Scholars’ Society includes and represents all Gates Scholars, past and present.

The members of the Society who are current students at the University of Cambridge and who hold a Gates Cambridge Scholarship may elect from among their ownnumber a Council of the Gates Scholars’ Society. The purpose of the Council is to further the interests of the Trust and to work with the officers and the membershipto develop and promote an international network of Gates Cambridge Scholars. The Officers of the Council for the period 2006–07 are listed below. A new Scholars’Council for 2007–08 will be elected at the end of October/beginning of November 2007 and will appear in the 2008 yearbook.

Andrew Robertson Hilary LeveyJennifer Gibson

Gates Scholars’ Society: Alumni Association

Past Gates Scholars automatically become members of the Gates Scholars’ Alumni Association (GSAA), an integral part of the Gates Scholars’ Society. Established in2005 by members of the inaugural class of scholars, the Alumni Association works to ensure every Alumnus/Alumna remains as much a part of the Gates communityafter they leave Cambridge as they did while they were here. Through regular alumni activities, the biannual Gates Newsletter, the website, a well-maintained contactdatabase and by reaching out and working with other organizations it aims to build a strong and lasting network of future leaders who work together to makesignificant contributions to the global community . Over the last year, the GSAA has launched regional chapters in four cities and organised several dinners withmembers of the Gates Trust and Alumni/ae. Regional contact points for more than 10 cities in six countries have been established and a strategic plan presented tothe Board of Trustees for the Gates Cambridge Trust has provided organisational structure and strategic vision. The GSAA is also pursuing its mission by buildingpartnerships with organizations such as the British Council, the Marshall Alumni Association, and the Gates Millennium Scholars to expand opportunities available tothe Gates community. With over 400 Alumni/ae now spread throughout the world, the GSAA will continue to work closely over the next year with alumni, the currentScholars’ Council and the Trust to further strengthen communications and expand opportunities for former scholars.

Co-Chairs of the Alumni Association

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The following 470 Gates Scholars have completed the tenure of the scholarships

Title First Name Last Name Year Citizen Degree Subject CollegeMr Rashad Abbasov 2002 Azerbaijan PhD International Relations Wolfson CollegeMr Hisham Abu-Rayya 2001 Israel PhD Social and Political Science Wolfson CollegeMr Matthew Adams 2002 USA MPhil Engineering Pembroke CollegeMr Ryan Adams 2004 USA PhD Physics St John’s CollegeMr Adewale Adebanwi 2003 Nigeria PhD Social Anthropology Trinity HallMiss Wendi Adelson 2002 USA MPhil International Relations Hughes HallMr Harish Agarwal 2002 USA MPhil Physics Churchill CollegeMs Heather Agnew 2003 USA MPhil Chemistry Girton CollegeMs Sinead Agnew 2003 Ireland MPhil Economic & Social History Pembroke CollegeMr Salman Ahmad 2003 Pakistan PhD Economics Christ’s CollegeMr Antonio Alberola Catalan 2001 Spain PhD Chemistry Wolfson CollegeMr Gil Alexandrowicz 2001 Israel PhD Physics Gonville and CaiusMs Jesmini Ambikapathy 2005 Australia MPhil BioScience Enterprise Darwin CollegeMr Michael Anderson 2001 USA PhD Archaeology Corpus Christi CollegeDr Shahzad Ansari 2001 Pakistan PhD Management Studies St Edmund’s CollegeMs Ioanna Antypas 2004 Greece PhD Materials Science and Metallurgy Queens’ CollegeMs Nuschin Arbabzadah 2001 Germany MPhil Oriental Studies Pembroke CollegeMr Jeronimo Arellano 2005 Ecuador MPhil Latin American Studies Clare HallMr Nathan Arrington 2003 USA MPhil Classics PeterhouseMr Trivikram Arun Ramanathan 2005 India MPhil Industrial Systems Wolfson CollegeMs Abena Asante-Poku 2004 Ghana MPhil BioScience Enterprise Magdalene CollegeDr Andrew Ashcroft 2001 Canada PhD Engineering Wolfson CollegeMs Sara Asrat 2006 USA PhD Modern European History Trinity HallDr Felix Assah 2005 Cameroon PhD Epidemiology Wolfson CollegeDr Pandula Athauda-Arachchi 2003 Sri Lanka PhD Brain Repair Selwyn CollegeMr Chiraag Bains 2003 USA MPhil Criminological Research King’s CollegeDr Liliya Bakiyeva 2001 Kazakhstan PhD Surgery New HallMr Louis Ballezzi 2003 USA MPhil BioScience Enterprise Churchill CollegeMr Justin Bangs 2006 USA MPhil Social Environmental Development St Catharine’s CollegeMr David Bard 2003 USA MPhil Economics & Development Christ’s CollegeMr Peter Barkley 2006 USA MPhil Comp Speech, Text & Internet Technology Emmanuel CollegeMiss Lina Barrera 2002 USA MPhil Environment & Development Trinity HallMr Ankur Barua 2001 India PhD Divinity Trinity CollegeMs Nicole Basta 2003 USA MPhil Epidemiology Homerton CollegeMs Amy Bates* 2002 USA Diploma Economics/Economics & Development Queens’ College

& MPhilMr Matthew Baumgart 2003 USA CASM Mathematics Trinity CollegeMs Anna Bayona Font 2002 Spain MPhil Economics Girton CollegeDr John Becker 2001 New Zealand PhD Earth Sciences Corpus Christi CollegeMr Moritz Becker 2001 Germany PhD Computer Science Trinity CollegeMrs Jessica Beckett 2002 USA PhD Archaeology Darwin CollegeMiss Tanweer Beleil 2001 Sudan MPhil Medical Science St Edmund’s CollegeMr Andreas Bender 2002 Germany PhD Chemistry Darwin CollegeMr Sean Bennett* 2001 USA MPhil & PhD Musicology Wolfson CollegeMr Vitor Bernardes Pinheiro 2001 Brazil PhD Biochemistry Churchill CollegeMr Alexander Bernhardt* 2002 USA MPhil & PhD Management Studies Darwin CollegeMiss Anne Berry 2001 USA MPhil Economics Wolfson CollegeMr Elvis Beytullayev 2001 Ukraine PhD International Studies Wolfson CollegeMr Suneel Bhat 2006 USA MPhil Epidemiology St John’s CollegeMr Mohit Bhende 2001 USA MPhil Economics Trinity HallMs Jovonne Bickerstaff 2004 USA MPhil Social and Development Psychology St John’s CollegeMr Daniel Birdwhistell 2001 USA MPhil Education St Edmund’s CollegeMs Laura Blecha 2005 USA MPhil Physics St Edmund’s CollegeMr Edward Blocher, Jr 2002 USA MPhil Land Economy Trinity HallMiss Katarzyna Bojar 2005 Poland MPhil Geographical Information Systems and Girton College

Remote SensingMs Penelope Bond 2004 New Zealand PhD Land Economy FitzwilliamMiss Rachel Bortnick 2001 USA MPhil Biological Science King’s CollegeMr Julien Bourdeau 2004 France MPhil Technology Policy Queens’ CollegeMs Laura Bradford 2003 USA MPhil Medieval and Renaissance Literature PeterhouseMr Ryan Brandau 2003 USA MPhil Musicology Jesus CollegeMr Michal Branicki 2001 Poland PhD Mathematics Trinity CollegeMr Marvin Braun 2002 Canada PhD Zoology Sidney Sussex CollegeMs Angela Breitenbach 2002 Germany MPhil History & Philosophy of Science King’s CollegeDr George Bremner 2001 Australia PhD History of Art Gonville & Caius College


Mr Peter Brereton 2001 USA BAaff Natural Science St Edmund’s CollegeMr Mihai Brezeanu 2003 Romania PhD Engineering Churchill CollegeMr Luis Briseno-Roa 2001 Mexico PhD Chemistry Gonville & Caius CollegeMr Stijn Broecke 2001 Belgium MPhil Development Studies Corpus Christi CollegeMr Nicholas Bronn 2002 USA CASM Mathematics Churchill CollegeMr Joseph Brown 2002 USA MPhil Environment & Development Trinity HallMr Tristan Brown 2006 USA MPhil Environmental Policy Girton CollegeDr Esther Bulloch 2001 New Zealand PhD Chemistry Christ’s CollegeMs Jessica Bulman 2002 USA MPhil American Literature Clare HallMr Thomas Buttler 2001 Germany PhD Chemistry Pembroke CollegeMiss Fatema Caderbhoy 2001 Sri Lanka LLM Law Jesus CollegeMr Joseph Califf 2001 USA PhD Biological Anthropology St Edmund’s CollegeMr Matei Candea 2001 France PhD Social Anthropology Emmanuel CollegeMiss Daniela Canestrari 2002 Italy PhD Zoology Emmanuel CollegeMr Rodrigo Caputo 2001 Chile PhD Economics Churchill CollegeMr Scott Carlson 2005 USA MPhil Computational Biology Darwin CollegeMs Cynthia Carver 2002 USA CASM Mathematics Queens’ CollegeMs Eva Casal 2001 Spain PhD Biochemistry St John’s CollegeMiss Amanda Casto 2004 USA PhD Genetics Darwin CollegeMr Nilanjan Chakraborty 2001 India PhD Engineering Trinity CollegeMr Khai Chan 2002 Singapore PhD Chemistry PeterhouseMr Pak Ho Chan 2002 Hong Kong PhD Chemistry St Edmund’s CollegeMiss Malavika Chandra 2001 India BAaff Natural Science St Edmund’s CollegeMr Charles Chang** 2004 USA MPhil Linguistics St John’s CollegeMrs Nandini Chatterjee 2001 India PhD History St Catharine’s CollegeMr Rongjun Chen 2003 China PhD Chemical Engineering Clare HallMr Justin Chenevier 2003 Australia PhD Legal Studies Pembroke CollegeMr Daniel Choate* 2002 USA Diploma Economics Queens’ College

& MPhilMr Semil Choksi 2001 USA MPhil Biological Science Churchill CollegeMr Mun Choy 2002 Malaysia PhD Plant Sciences Clare HallDr Alessio Ciulli 2002 Italy PhD Chemistry Wolfson CollegeMs Claire Clement 2004 USA PhD Medieval History St John’s CollegeMr Zachary Clopton 2003 USA MPhil International Relations Clare CollegeMiss Amanda Codd 2001 USA MPhil Brain Repair Trinity CollegeMr David Conlon 2003 Ireland CASM Mathematics St John’s CollegeMs Julie Cooke 2001 USA LLM Law Magdalene CollegeMs Kathleen Corriveau 2003 USA MPhil Education Darwin CollegeMr Kristopher Coventry 2002 Australia PhD Chemical Engineering Queens’ CollegeMr Aidan Craig 2003 USA PhD Physics Homerton CollegeMr Stuart D’Aloisio 2005 Australia LLM Law Downing CollegeMr Debajyoti Datta 2002 USA MPhil Biological Science Sidney Sussex CollegeMr Joshua Davidson 2002 USA Diploma Computer Science Darwin CollegeMr Martin Dawidowicz 2002 Sweden PhD Law Trinity CollegeMr Stijn De Schepper 2002 Belgium PhD Geography Wolfson CollegeMr Charles De Witt 2005 USA MPhil Oriental Studies King’s CollegeMr Timothy Deegan 2002 Ireland PhD Computer Science Emmanuel CollegeMr David Deitz 2006 USA MPhil History & Philosophy of Science & Medicine Girton CollegeMr Jonathan Derocher 2005 USA PgC Chemical Engineering King’s CollegeMr Eli Louis Diamond 2001 USA MPhil History & Philosophy of Science & Medicine Darwin CollegeMr Brian Dillon* 2003 USA Diploma Economics Darwin College

& MPhilMr Michael Dodson 2005 USA Diploma Computer Science Queens’ CollegeMs Anna Dolganov 2005 USA MPhil Classics King’s CollegeMr Alexander Domin 2002 Germany PhD Chemical Engineering Emmanuel CollegeMs Sarah Dry 2003 USA PhD History & Philosophy of Science St John’s CollegeMs Ludmila Du Bouchet* 2003 France MPhil & PhD International Relations Trinity CollegeMiss Kateri DuBay 2002 USA MPhil Chemistry PeterhouseMr Robert Dudas 2001 Hungary PhD Psychiatry Robinson CollegeMs Whitney Duim 2005 USA MPhil Chemistry Wolfson CollegeMr Yaacob Dweck 2002 USA PhD Historical Studies St John’s CollegeMiss Caroline Ekblad 2001 Sweden PhD Chemical Biology Trinity CollegeMs Neemat El Yafi 2005 Lebanon MPhil Real Estate Finance Queens’ CollegeMr Mohmmed El-Bachir 2001 Algeria PhD Chemical Engineering Churchill CollegeMs Julie Elkner 2001 Australia PhD History King’s CollegeMr Mohammed El-Shafie 2004 Sudan PhD Engineering Hughes HallMr Friedel Epple 2003 Germany PhD Theoretical Physics Clare HallMs Katherine Epstein 2004 USA MPhil International Relations Pembroke CollegeMiss Isil Erol 2001 Turkey PhD Land Economy Downing College


Title First Name Last Name Year Citizen Degree Subject College


Ms Lesley Everett 2006 USA MPhil Epidemiology Homerton CollegeMiss Mary Fan** 2004 USA MPHIL Social Anthropological Analysis Downing CollegeMr Pierre Far 2001 Jordan PhD Genetics Magdalene CollegeMiss Ila Fazzio 2001 Brazil PhD Biological Anthropology King’s CollegeMr Patricio Feres 2002 Chile PhD Economics Churchill CollegeMiss Liyanage Fernando** 2001 Sri Lanka MPhil Veterinary Science Churchill CollegeMr Oliver Fischer 2002 Germany PhD Management Studies PeterhouseMr Gavin Foh 2003 Singapore PhD Engineering Churchill CollegeMiss Katherine Folz (now Dietz) 2004 USA MPhil Chemistry St John’s CollegeMs Julia Forman 2003 USA PhD Chemistry Magdalene CollegeMiss Kathryn Franko 2002 USA PhD Physiology Wolfson CollegeMr Dustin Frazier 2005 USA PhD Anglo Saxon Darwin CollegeMs Linet Frey 2002 Estonia PhD English & Applied Linguistics Sidney Sussex CollegeMr Hans Friedrichsen 2005 USA MPhil Biological Science St Edmund’s CollegeMr Ramon Galinanes Jr 2001 USA MPhil Education Downing CollegeMr Rogelio Galindo* 2001 USA MPhil & PhD Modern Society & Global Transitions/ Downing College

Social and Political ScienceMr Alejandro Ganimian 2006 Argentina MPhil Education Homerton CollegeMiss Hua Gao 2002 China PhD Chemical Engineering Pembroke CollegeMr Michael Gardner 2002 South Africa PhD Plant Sciences Corpus Christi CollegeMs Kara Gaston 2006 USA MPhil Medieval and Renaissance Literature Girton CollegeMr Phillip Geheb 2005 USA MPhil Modern Society & Global Transitions St John’s CollegeMr Axel Gelfert 2001 Germany PhD History & Philosophy of Science Wolfson CollegeMr Michael Geline 2001 USA CASM Mathematics Churchill CollegeMiss Michelle Gentile 2003 USA PhD Oncology Trinity CollegeMr Nathan George 2003 USA CASM Mathematics Emmanuel CollegeMiss Jennifer Gibson* 2001 USA MPhil & PhD International Relations Sidney Sussex CollegeMiss Aubrey Gilbert 2001 USA BAaff Natural Science Wolfson CollegeMs Dehn Gilmore 2002 USA MPhil European Literature Trinity CollegeMs Rachel Giraudo 2001 USA MPhil Archaeology PeterhouseMrs Anna Gola 2002 Russia MPhil Economics Darwin CollegeMr Chad Golder 2001 USA MPhil International Relations Magdalene CollegeMs Susanna Goldfinger 2003 USA MPhil Medieval and Renaissance Literature King’s CollegeMr Seth Daniel Goldstein 2004 USA MPhil Medicinal Chemistry Emmanuel CollegeMiss Jennifer Gonser 2006 USA MPhil Engineering for Sustainable Development PeterhouseMr Paul Goulart 2003 USA PhD Engineering Churchill CollegeDr Jessica Grahn 2001 USA PhD Cognition Science Wolfson CollegeMs Sally Gras 2002 Australia PhD Physics Trinity CollegeMs Elizabeth Gray 2005 USA MSc Pathology Churchill CollegeMr Daniel Greco 2006 USA MPhil Philosophy Darwin CollegeMr Alastair Green 2005 USA MPhil Economics Pembroke CollegeDr David Green 2001 USA PhD Criminology St John’s CollegeMr William Greenleaf 2002 USA Diploma Computer Science Trinity CollegeMs Melinda Griffiths 2005 South Africa MPhil BioScience Enterprise Wolfson CollegeMr Benjamin Gross 2006 USA MPhil Criminology King’s CollegeMr Simon Grote** 2003 USA MPhil Political Thought Gonville & Caius CollegeMiss Vanessa Grotti** 2002 Italy PhD Social Anthropology Trinity CollegeMr Aaron Gruber 2003 USA MPhil BioScience Enterprise Trinity CollegeMr Douglas Guilfoyle 2004 Australia PhD Legal Studies Trinity HallMr Pierre Guillot 2001 France PhD Mathematics St Edmund’s CollegeMiss Joanna Guldi 2001 USA MLitt Geography Trinity CollegeMs Nilima Gulrajani 2001 Canada PhD Management Studies Trinity CollegeMiss Priyanka Gupta 2002 India BAaff Economics St Edmund’s CollegeMr Iman Gurung 2002 Nepal PhD Physiology Hughes HallMr Maximilian Gwiazda* 2001 Germany MPhil & PhD History & Philosophy of Architecture Pembroke CollegeMiss Johanna Hanink 2006 USA MPhil Classics Queens’ CollegeDr Sabine Hannema 2001 The Netherlands PhD Clinical Medicine Gonville & Caius CollegeMr David Haskell 2001 USA MLitt Architecture Queens’ CollegeMr Francisco Hernandez-Martinez 2002 Mexico PhD Engineering Churchill CollegeMs Ashleigh Hildebrand 2005 USA MPhil Environmental Policy Trinity CollegeMiss Anne Holden 2003 USA PhD Biological Anthropology PeterhouseMr William Hollingsworth 2002 USA PhD Linguistics Clare HallMs Susannah Hollister** 2001 USA PhD History of Art Robinson CollegeMr Yung-Gi Hong 2001 Korea MPhil Economics Wolfson CollegeMr Xiaobing Hu 2002 China PhD Materials Science and Metallurgy Downing CollegeMs Laura Hughes 2006 USA MPhil Chemistry Churchill CollegeMr Matthew Hutchinson 2002 USA PhD Chemical Engineering Wolfson CollegeMiss Jennifer Ifft 2002 USA MPhil Land Economy Trinity HallMiss Zeynep Inanoglu 2004 Turkey PhD Engineering St Edmund’s CollegeMiss Ilina Iordanova 2001 Bulgaria PhD Biology St John’s College


Miss Analia Jaimovich 2005 Argentina MPhil Education Christ’s CollegeMs Katja Jantos 2003 Germany PhD Chemistry Fitzwilliam CollegeMs Jennifer Jennings 2002 USA MPhil Education Hughes HallMr Joel Jennings 2003 USA PhD Geography Wolfson CollegeMr Eric Jensen* 2003 USA MPhil & PhD Social & Developmental Psychology/ Homerton College

Social and Political ScienceMr Teng Jiang 2004 China MPhil Management Studies Wolfson CollegeMr David Johnson 2004 USA CASM Mathematics Selwyn CollegeMiss Amy Jones 2002 USA MPhil Engineering Christ’s CollegeMs Calvert Jones 2006 USA MPhil International Relations Emmanuel CollegeMs Rebecca Jones 2005 USA MPhil Medical Science Newnham CollegeMiss Mekondjo Kaapanda 2001 Namibia PhD Legal Studies Sidney Sussex CollegeMr Martin Kaonga 2001 Zambia PhD Geography Fitzwilliam CollegeMs Faye Karababa 2002 Greece MPhil Engineering Churchill CollegeMr Matyas Karadi 2001 Hungary PhD Theoretical Physics Girton CollegeMr Scott Katalenich 2002 USA MPhil Engineering Pembroke CollegeMr Napolean Katsos* 2001 Greece MPhil & PhD English & Applied Linguistics Darwin CollegeMr Scott Kaufman** 2003 USA MPhil Biological Science King’s CollegeMs Angeliki Kehagia* 2003 Greece MPhil & PhD Experimental Psychology Downing CollegeMr Hunter Keith 2001 USA PhD Historical Studies Sidney Sussex CollegeMr Ryan Keller 2004 USA MPhil International Relations St John’s CollegeMs Valerie Keller 2002 USA MPhil European Literature Clare HallMs Ann Kelly 2002 USA PhD Social Anthropology St John’s CollegeMiss Anna King 2002 USA PhD Criminology Trinity HallMr Georg Klein 2001 Austria PhD Engineering King’s CollegeMr Per Klevnas 2001 Sweden Diploma Economics Girton CollegeMr Jason Kliewer 2003 USA MBA Management Studies St Catharine’s CollegeMiss Joan Ko 2006 Australia MPhil Engineering for Sustainable Development Hughes HallDr Gerrit Koorsen 2001 South Africa PhD Biochemistry PeterhouseMr Daniel Koslover 2006 USA MPhil Biochemistry Churchill CollegeMs Amy Kravitz 2002 USA MBBCh Clinical Studies St Edmund’s CollegeMr Steven Kreeger 2004 USA MPhil International Studies PeterhouseMr Rajan Kulkarni 2006 USA MPhil Technology Policy Trinity CollegeMiss Nidhi Kumra 2005 India BAaff Mathematics Trinity CollegeMr Fabre Lambeau 2001 Belgium PhD Comp Speech & Language Processing St Edmund’s CollegeMr Andrew Lang 2001 Australia PhD Legal Studies Trinity HallMs Juliet Lapidos 2005 USA MPhil English Studies Hughes HallMr David Larkin 2002 Ireland PhD Music Christ’s CollegeMr Scott Lee 2003 USA MPhil Environment & Development Trinity CollegeMr Yi Lee 2002 USA PhD Chinese Studies Trinity CollegeMiss Ts’enolo Lerotholi 2002 Lesotho PhD Chemistry St Edmund’s CollegeMr Ioannis Lestas 2002 Cyprus PhD Engineering Trinity CollegeMs Hilary Levey 2002 USA MPhil Modern Society & Global Transitions Lucy Cavendish CollegeMiss Ming Lim 2004 Malaysia MBBCh Clinical Studies Magdalene CollegeMr Andrew Lin 2004 USA MPhil Biological Science Trinity CollegeMr Tun Lin 2001 China PhD Economics PeterhouseMs Bonny Ling 2002 USA MPhil Criminology Trinity HallMs Jessamyn Liu 2006 USA PhD Political Thought St John’s CollegeMiss Yingjie Liu 2001 China PhD Biological Science Newnham CollegeMr Yu Liu 2004 China PhD Engineering Sidney Sussex CollegeMr Tzu-Huan Lo 2004 USA MPhil Chinese Studies Wolfson CollegeMr Eoin Long 2006 Ireland CASM Mathematics St John’s CollegeMs Anna Lopatinskaya 2005 Russia MPhil English & Applied Linguistics Fitzwilliam CollegeMr Kristof Madarasz 2003 Hungary MPhil Political Thought Jesus CollegeMiss Vera Makarov 2004 USA MPhil History of Art Pembroke CollegeMs Meena Mallipeddi 2003 USA MPhil Technology Policy Pembroke CollegeDr Peter Manasantivongs 2001 USA PhD Linguistics PeterhouseMr Benedikt Mandl 2003 Austria PhD Zoology King’s CollegeMiss Ornsaran Manuamorn 2001 Thailand MPhil International Relations Hughes HallMs Evi Margaritis 2001 Greece PhD Archaeology Darwin CollegeMr Joseph Markson 2003 USA PhD Chemical Biology St Edmund’s CollegeMs Maile Martinez 2005 USA MPhil European Literature St John’s CollegeMr Roman Martinez 2001 USA PhD European Studies Trinity CollegeMr Henrique Martins 2002 Portugal MPhil Management Studies St Edmund’s CollegeMs Katherine Marvel 2003 USA CASM Mathematics Trinity CollegeMiss Anna Massiou 2001 Greece PhD Musicology King’s CollegeMr Michael Masters** 2001 USA MPhil International Relations Hughes HallMr Mark Mathuray 2001 South Africa PhD English Literature Sidney Sussex CollegeMs Megan Matthews 2005 USA MPhil Geographical Research New Hall




Mr Kevin Matulef 2002 USA CASM Mathematics Churchill CollegeMr Micah McCurdy 2006 Canada CASM Mathematics St Edmund’s CollegeMr Sean McHugh 2002 USA PhD Chemical Engineering St John’s CollegeMiss Sanjana Mehta 2001 India PhD Education Fitzwilliam CollegeMs ShefalI Mehta 2001 USA MPhil Economics & Development Selwyn CollegeDr Elena Menichelli 2001 Italy PhD Molecular Biology Magdalene CollegeMiss Joannah Metz 2004 USA MPhil Polar Studies Churchill CollegeMr Christopher Michael 2003 USA MPhil Physics Churchill CollegeMiss Maja Milicevic 2004 Yugoslavia PhD English & Applied Linguistics Darwin CollegeMr Adam Miller 2006 USA CPgS Astronomy King’s CollegeMr Sunjay Mishra 2003 USA MPhil Technology Policy King’s CollegeMr Zerihun Mohammed 2001 Ethiopia PhD Geography Wolfson CollegeMr Joshua Morhart 2001 Canada BAaff Classics PeterhouseMr Arne Morteani 2001 Germany PhD Physics Wolfson CollegeMr Enocent Msindo 2001 Zimbabwe PhD Historical Studies Wolfson CollegeMrs Aditi Mukherji 2003 India PhD Geography Fitzwilliam CollegeMiss Kamalini Mukherji 2002 India BAaff English St John’s CollegeDr Shrinivas Mukku 2006 India MPhil BioScience Enterprise Trinity HallMs Emily Murphy 2003 USA PhD Experimental Psychology Trinity CollegeMr Shishir Nagaraja 2003 India PhD Computer Science St John’s CollegeMr Vinit Nagarajan 2005 India MPhil Finance Hughes HallMr Isaac Nakhimovsky 2001 USA PhD Political Thought King’s CollegeMr Senthil Kumar Natesan 2001 India PhD Plant Sciences Trinity Hall

Alankattuputhur Mr Ramanan Navaratnam 2003 Sri Lanka PhD Engineering Trinity CollegeMr Dhiraj Nayyar 2001 India MPhil Development Studies Trinity CollegeMr Adam Nebesar 2003 USA MPhil Economics Jesus CollegeMs Ingrid Nelson 2005 USA MPhil Geographical Research Newnham CollegeMr Mutevu Ngove 2001 Kenya Diploma Computer Science Downing CollegeMiss Kieu Nguyen 2003 Vietnam PhD Chemical Engineering Fitzwilliam CollegeMiss Nadezda Novakovic 2001 Yugoslavia PhD English & Applied Linguistics Christ’s CollegeMr Alexander Nyren 2002 USA PhD Economics Trinity HallMr Daithi O Crualaoich 2002 Ireland BAaff Mathematics Trinity CollegeMs Eivor Oborn-Barrett 2002 Canada PhD Management Studies Clare CollegeMs Catherine O’Brien* 2001 South Africa MPhil & PhD Experimental Psychology/Social and Christ’s College

Political ScienceMs Juliana Ochs 2002 USA PhD Social Anthropology St John’s CollegeMs Elizabeth O’Connor 2003 USA MPhil Philosophy Clare CollegeMr Sheehan Olver 2004 USA PhD Applied Mathematics Trinity HallMr Patrick O’Reilly 2001 Ireland LLM Law Corpus Christi CollegeMr Sutayut Osornprasop 2002 Thailand PhD International Studies Corpus Christi CollegeMs Clementina Osti 2004 Italy PhD Modern European Languages St John’s CollegeMr Lance Owen 2006 USA MPhil Musicology St John’s CollegeMr Arijeet Pal 2005 India BAaff Natural Science Christ’s CollegeMr Antonios Pantazis 2002 Greece PhD Anatomy Churchill CollegeMr Arjun Parasher 2006 USA MPhil International Relations St John’s CollegeMr James Park 2005 USA MPhil Computational Biology St John’s CollegeMiss Geraldine Parsons 2001 Ireland PhD Anglo Saxon Trinity CollegeMs Rena Patel 2003 USA MPhil Modern Society & Global Transitions Hughes HallMr Shiladitya Paul 2003 India PhD Materials Science and Metallurgy St Edmund’s CollegeMr Amol Pawar 2002 USA PhD Biochemistry Hughes HallMr Richard Payne 2002 New Zealand PhD Chemistry Downing CollegeMiss Tammy Pearl 2005 South Africa MPhil Biochemistry St John’s CollegeMr Stephen Peppin 2001 Canada PhD Applied Mathematics Trinity CollegeDr Robert Perrons 2001 Canada PhD Engineering Fitzwilliam CollegeMr Dimitrios Petousis 2001 Greece PhD Engineering St John’s CollegeMr Carl Pfendner 2005 USA MPhil Theology PeterhouseMiss Hoai Pham 2001 USA PhD Historical Studies Pembroke CollegeMs Darci Phillips 2003 USA MPhil BioScience Enterprise Trinity HallDr Edoardo Piano 2001 Italy PhD Mechanical Engineering St Edmund’s CollegeMiss Deborah Pino Pasternak 2003 Chile PhD Education Darwin CollegeMr Vladimir Pintro 2006 Haiti MPhil Philosophy King’s CollegeMs Jennifer Piscopo 2002 USA MPhil Latin American Studies Darwin CollegeMs Andrea Pizziconi 2003 USA MPhil Land Economy Darwin CollegeMs Militsa Plavsic 2002 USA PhD Zoology St John’s CollegeMr Alexandre Plekhanov 2003 Russia PhD Economics Gonville & Caius CollegeMs Stacy Porter 2002 USA PhD Economic & Social History Trinity CollegeMr John Prendergast 2003 Ireland PhD Engineering Wolfson CollegeMiss Meredith Price* 2001 USA MPhil & PhD History & Philosophy of Science Darwin College


Mr Giovanni Procopio* 2003 Italy CASM & PhD Mathematics/Theoretical Physics Churchill CollegeMs Riikka Pyysalo 2001 Finland PhD Education Jesus CollegeMr David Quinn 2002 USA MPhil Engineering Pembroke CollegeMr Zoltan Radnai 2002 Hungary PhD Physics Trinity CollegeMr Seshagiri Raghavendra 2002 India PhD Architecture Clare HallMs Shaparak Rahimi 2001 USA MPhil History & Philosophy of Architecture Corpus Christi CollegeMiss Deepa Rajan 2001 India BAaff Mathematics Lucy Cavendish CollegeMiss Thimali Rajapaksa 2002 Sri Lanka MBBCh Clinical Studies New HallMr Alejandro Ramirez 2006 USA MPhil Pathology PeterhouseMr Kyle Rand 2001 USA PhD Modern and Medieval Languages Wolfson CollegeMr Swajit Rath 2001 India BAaff Economics Girton CollegeMr Jay Reddy 2002 USA MPhil Oncology Wolfson CollegeMr Francis Reid 2003 New Zealand PhD History & Philosophy of Science Corpus Christi CollegeMr Walter Rentzsch 2001 Germany PhD Engineering Gonville & Caius CollegeMiss Mahnaz Rezaeian 2003 Iran PhD Earth Sciences Churchill CollegeMr Maxime Riche 2005 France MPhil BioScience Enterprise Hughes HallMiss Barbara Richter 2004 USA MPhil Chemistry PeterhouseMr Oliver Rinne 2002 Germany PhD Theoretical Physics Trinity CollegeMs Heather Ritchey 2004 USA MPhil Management Studies Jesus CollegeMr Robert Rivers 2003 USA PhD Chemistry Clare CollegeMr Andrew Robertson 2001 USA PhD Genetics Magdalene CollegeMr Alessandro Rospigliosi 2001 Italy PhD Chemical Engineering Selwyn CollegeMiss Ana Rossi 2003 Argentina PhD Pharmacology Wolfson CollegeMs Kristin Rule 2002 USA MPhil Materials Modelling Churchill CollegeMs Antonia Ruppel* 2001 Germany MPhil & PhD Classics Newnham CollegeMr Colin Russell 2002 USA PhD Zoology Queens’ CollegeMrs Oksana Ruzak (now Trushkevych) 2001 Ukraine PhD Engineering St John’s CollegeMr David Rybicki 2001 USA MPhil European Literature Trinity HallMiss Nuria Sanchez Puig 2001 Mexico PhD Chemistry Gonville & Caius CollegeMrs Claudia Sanhueza Riveros 2001 Chile PhD Economics Churchill CollegeMr Sovan Sarkar 2002 India PhD Medical Genetics Hughes HallDr Emma Sayer 2001 Switzerland PhD Plant Sciences Trinity HallMr Ronald Scalise Jr 2002 USA LLM Law Trinity CollegeDr Sandra Scanlon 2001 Ireland PhD History PeterhouseMs Dana Scardigli** 2002 USA MPhil European Studies Trinity CollegeMr Flavius Schackert 2005 Germany MPhil Physics Wolfson CollegeMiss Bridgitte Schaffer 2001 USA PhD Anglo Saxon Girton CollegeMr Jost Schatzmann 2003 Germany PhD Engineering Darwin CollegeMiss Birke-Siri Scherf 2001 Germany PgC History of Art Gonville & Caius CollegeMiss Johanna Schmidtke 2002 USA PhD Physics Churchill CollegeMr Alan Schoenfeld 2002 USA MPhil Education Clare HallMr Jonathan Schoenfeld 2002 USA MPhil Biological Science Churchill CollegeMr Daniel Schuldes 2004 Germany MPhil Economics Trinity HallMr Joel Schumacher 2003 USA MPhil International Relations Darwin CollegeMiss Anne Schunck 2002 Germany PhD Theoretical Physics St John’s CollegeMr Lane Schwartz 2001 USA MPhil Comp Speech, Text & Internet Technology Churchill CollegeMs Robyn Scott 2004 New Zealand MPhil BioScience Enterprise St Catharine’s CollegeMs Lina Sestokas 2005 USA MPhil Biological Science Emmanuel CollegeMiss Bedra Sharif 2001 Iraq PhD Genetics Lucy Cavendish CollegeDr Albina Shayevich 2002 USA PhD Social and Political Science King’s College

(now Shayevich Colden)Miss Lishan Shi 2003 China PhD Economics St John’s CollegeMr Zain Shirazi 2004 Canada PhD History Fitzwilliam CollegeMr Jay Silver 2002 USA MPhil Comp Speech, Text & Internet Technology Churchill CollegeMs Anna Silverstein 2004 USA MPhil Classics King’s CollegeMr Khe Sim 2001 Malaysia MPhil Comp Speech, Text & Internet Technology Churchill CollegeMr Aninda Sinha 2001 India PhD Theoretical Physics Gonville & Caius CollegeMs Urbasi Sinha 2002 India PhD Materials Science and Metallurgy Queens’ CollegeMiss Wilatluk Sinswat 2001 Thailand PhD Land Economy St John’s CollegeMr Jeffrey Skopek 2003 USA PhD History & Philosophy of Science & Medicine Queens’ CollegeMr Nikolai Slywka* 2001 USA MPhil & PhD English Pembroke CollegeMr Johannes Smit 2003 South Africa PhD Philosophy Darwin CollegeMs Adrien Smith 2006 USA PhD European Literature Emmanuel CollegeMs Leda Smith 2005 USA MPhil Quaternary Science Newnham CollegeMs Hilary Soderland* 2001 USA MPhil & PhD Archaeology Pembroke CollegeMs Buntarika Somboonsub 2005 Thailand LLM Law Trinity HallMr Julian Sonner 2004 Germany PhD Theoretical Physics Trinity CollegeMr Spyridon Sotiriadis 2005 Greece CASM Mathematics Robinson CollegeMs Elizabeth Sowers 2004 USA MPhil Modern Society & Global Transitions St John’s CollegeMiss Jessica Stebbins 2002 USA PhD Economic & Social History Peterhouse




Mr Asbjoern Steglich-Petersen 2003 Denmark PhD Philosophy Darwin CollegeMs Robin Stein 2002 USA PhD Chemistry Churchill CollegeMr Krishnan Subrahmanian 2006 USA MPhil Education FitzwilliamMr Danu Suwatchara 2005 Thailand MPhil Advanced Chemical Engineering Practice St Edmund’s CollegeMiss Astrid Swenson 2001 Germany PhD History St John’s CollegeMiss Simoni Symeonidou 2001 Cyprus PhD Education Darwin CollegeMr Bartlomiej Szewczyk 2001 USA MPhil International Relations Trinity HallMr Moncef Tanfour 2002 Algeria PhD Multiphase Flow St John’s CollegeDr Natasha Telyatnikova 2001 Russia PhD Immunology St Catharine’s CollegeMiss Mamta Thangaraj 2003 India PhD Physics Wolfson CollegeMr Arasanathan Thayananthan 2001 Sri Lanka PhD Engineering Jesus CollegeMr Benjamin Thomas 2002 USA PhD Criminological Research Christ’s CollegeMs Susanna Throop 2001 USA PhD History Trinity HallMr Indrasenan Thusyanthan 2001 Sri Lanka PhD Engineering Girton CollegeMs Sarah Tierney 2004 USA MPhil Development Studies Lucy Cavendish CollegeMs Anke Timmermann 2003 Germany PhD History & Philosophy of Science Robinson CollegeMr Christopher Tooley 2002 New Zealand PhD Education Girton CollegeDr Olga Tribulato 2001 Italy PhD Classics Pembroke CollegeMs Deepti Trivedi 2003 India PhD Molecular Genetics Churchill CollegeMr Petri Tuomola 2003 Finland MPhil Finance Queens’ CollegeMs Tatiana Tzoulia 2002 Greece PhD Economics Pembroke CollegeDr Murali Vadivelu 2002 India PhD Protein Engineering St John’s CollegeMr Andres Vallejo 2001 Ecuador PhD Geography Churchill CollegeMiss Nicole Van Der Laak 2003 New Zealand PhD Materials Science and Metallurgy Clare HallMr Peterjan Van Nieuwenhuizen 2001 The Netherlands BAaff Mathematics Pembroke CollegeMr Matthew Varilek 2001 USA MPhil Environment & Development Queens’ CollegeMr Marko Velic 2001 Croatia PhD Physics Churchill CollegeMs Julie-Ann Vickers 2002 Australia PhD History Clare HallMr George Vogiatzis 2002 Greece PhD Engineering Trinity CollegeMs Noreen Von Cramon-Taubadel 2004 Ireland PhD Biological Anthropology St John’s CollegeMiss Marissa Wagner 2002 USA MPhil Biological Science Hughes HallDr Cara Wall (now Wall Scheffler) 2001 USA PhD Biological Anthropology St Edmund’s CollegeMr Darragh Walsh 2001 Ireland CASM Mathematics St John’s CollegeMr Patrice Wan Hok Chee 2001 Mauritius MPhil Finance Trinity CollegeMiss Yalan Wang 2002 China PhD Engineering Christ’s CollegeMr Caleb Ward 2003 New Zealand BAaff Medicine Corpus Christi CollegeMr Jeremiah Wathen 2002 USA MSc Physics PeterhouseMr Aaron Weinstock 2004 Australia MPhil Philosophy Trinity CollegeMs Rebecca Wexler 2005 USA MPhil History & Philosophy of Science & Medicine Wolfson CollegeMr Wim Weymans 2001 Belgium PhD Political Thought Gonville & Caius CollegeMr Rochana Wickramasinghe 2002 Australia PhD Oncology Trinity CollegeMs Abigail Wild** 2004 USA PhD Criminological Research Pembroke CollegeDr Greg Williams 2001 USA PhD Chemistry Churchill CollegeMr Jason Williams 2002 USA PhD Engineering Churchill CollegeMr Joel Willis 2001 USA MPhil Criminological Research Darwin CollegeMr Jeffrey Witsoe 2001 USA PhD Social Anthropology Clare HallMr Mattias Wohlfarth 2001 Germany PhD Theoretical Physics Trinity CollegeMiss Julia Wolf 2003 Germany PhD Mathematics Clare CollegeMiss Katherine Wong 2004 USA MPhil Advanced Chemical Engineering Practice St Catharine’s CollegeMs Melanie Wood 2003 USA CASM Mathematics Trinity CollegeMs Anke Wurzbacher (Leroux) 2002 Germany PhD Land Economy Darwin CollegeMs Tatyana Yakovleva 2003 USA PhD Biological Science Churchill CollegeMiss Ju-Huei Yang 2001 Taiwan PhD Economics Trinity CollegeMs Zhongqiang Yang 2003 China PhD Chemistry Gonville & Caius CollegeMr Charles Yartey 2002 Ghana PhD Economics Hughes HallMs Joanna Yeo 2006 Singapore MPhil International Relations Trinity CollegeMs Margaret Young 2003 Australia PhD Law King’s CollegeMr Jimin Yu 2002 China PhD Earth Sciences Magdalene CollegeMiss Rida Zaidi 2002 Pakistan PhD Economics Wolfson CollegeMs Inna Zakharevich 2006 USA CASM Mathematics Trinity CollegeMs Jana Zaumseil 2003 Germany PhD Physics St John’s CollegeMs Lauren Zeitels 2006 USA MPhil Medical Genetics Churchill CollegeMs Ning Zhang 2003 China PhD Physics Selwyn CollegeMiss Yingqin Zhang 2001 China PhD Management Studies Lucy Cavendish CollegeMs Xiaomin Zhu 2005 China PhD Engineering Magdalene CollegeMr David Zipper 2002 USA MPhil Planning, Growth and Regeneration Queens’ CollegeMr Benjamin Zwiebel 2001 USA CASM Mathematics Churchill College


Index of current Gates Scholars by Name


Mr Shehu Abdussalam 2005 NigeriaMiss Aniko Adam 2006 HungaryMiss Alexandra Adler 2007 USAMiss Shazia Afzal 2006 IndiaMs Sarah Alexander 2004 IrelandMr Alexander Al-Haschimi 2005 GermanyMs Laura Allan 2004 GermanyMr Amir Amel Zadeh 2006 GermanyMiss Megha Amrith 2007 SingaporeMr Ross Anthony 2005 South AfricaMs Diane Archer 2006 ThailandMr Axel Bangert 2006 GermanyMs Sophie Beeren 2006 AustraliaMs Elizabeth Beiswenger 2003 USAMrs Pashmina Bendale 2006 IndiaMrs Shrivalli Bhat 2007 IndiaMiss Mohita Bhatia 2007 IndiaMr Pradipta Biswas 2006 IndiaMs Kathryn Blair 2007 USAMr Conway Blake 2006 JamaicaMs Jordana Blejmar 2007 ArgentinaMr Kofi Boakye 2006 GhanaMs Tiffany Bogich 2006 USAMr Christopher Bohn 2006 USAMr Jochen Brandt 2007 GermanyMs Kate Brandt 2007 USAMr Jonathan Breidbord 2007 USAMs Silvia Breu 2005 GermanyMiss Emily Bruce 2007 USAMiss Aisling Byrne 2007 IrelandMs Caitlin Casey 2007 USAMiss Shauna-Lee Chai 2007 JamaicaMiss Rohini Chaturvedi 2007 IndiaMr Rittik Chaudhuri 2005 USAMs Chi (Angela) Chew 2005 SingaporeMs Sook Chia 2004 SingaporeMr Albert Chiou 2007 USAMr Adam Clark-Joseph 2007 USAMr Aaron Coble 2005 USAMiss Ria Collingwood** 2007 TrinidadMr David Coutts 2007 New ZealandMs Alexandra Cox 2007 USAMs Molly Crockett 2006 USAMr Simon De Smet** 2006 BelgiumMs Natasha Degen 2007 USAMr Daniel DeGroff 2007 USAMs Natalia Del Campo 2006 SpainMr Carlos Del Cueto* 2006 USAMs Amanda Dennis* & ** 2005 USAMiss Gillean Denny 2007 USAMr Daniel Dicenso 2005 USAMr Zhao Ding 2006 ChinaMiss Caroline Dingle 2004 USAMs Elzbieta Drazkiewicz 2007 PolandMiss Elizabeth Dzeng 2007 USADr Justin Echouffo Tcheugui 2006 CameroonDr Sebhat Erqou 2006 EthiopiaMr Isam Faik 2007 CanadaMr Anyu Fang 2007 USAMiss Noha Farghal 2007 EgyptMr Ausaf Farooqui 2007 IndiaMr Fernan Federici 2005 ArgentinaMr Szilard Fejer 2005 Romania

Ms Amparo Flores 2006 USAMr Hamish Forsyth 2007 New ZealandMr Paul Franklyn 2004 USAMiss Luise Frenkel 2007 BrazilMr Jonathan Friedlander 2007 FranceMs Karuna Ganesh 2004 IndiaMiss Marcella Gomez-Perez 2004 ColombiaMs Nuria Gonzalez-Rabade 2006 MexicoMr Srijit Goswami 2007 IndiaMr Lu Gram 2007 DenmarkMs Ariana Green 2007 USAMr Daniel Greenfield 2005 AustraliaMr Dirk-Hinrick Haar* 2006 GermanyMr Joel Halcomb 2005 USAMr Duncan Hanson 2007 CanadaMiss Deborah Hayden 2005 USAMs Jin He 2005 ChinaMs Ximin He 2006 ChinaMiss Eva-Maria Hempe 2007 GermanyMr Tyler Hester 2007 USAMr Jonathan Hollander 2006 USAMiss Yan Huang 2007 ChinaMr Franz Huber 2006 AustriaMr Gregory Hughes 2004 USAMiss Ling-Yan Hung 2005 Hong KongMr Anthony Hylick 2005 USAMr Isaac Idun-Arkhurst 2006 GhanaMs Evgenia Ilyinskaya 2006 IcelandMr Robert James 2007 USAMs Tala Jarjour 2005 SyriaMr Adam Jed** 2006 USAMr Seevaratnam Jegandan 2005 Sri LankaDr Anand Jeyasekharan 2004 IndiaMr Michal Jezek 2006 Czech RepublicMiss Yinglin Ji 2004 ChinaMr Nicholas Johnson 2005 USAMr Thomas Johnson 2006 USAMs Rebecca Johnston 2005 AustraliaMr Simon Jones 2007 CanadaMr Gregory Jordan 2007 USAMs Zorica Jovanovic 2006 GermanyMr Vijay Kanuru 2006 IndiaMiss Kelly Karns 2007 USAMr Andrew Kau 2006 USAMr Ethan Kaufman 2006 CanadaMr Travis Kavulla 2007 USAMr Jeremy Kessler 2006 USAMiss Corinna Kester 2007 USAMr Samir Khan 2007 IndiaMr Christopher Kirchhoff* 2002 USAMrs Izabela Kisilowska 2005 PolandMr John Kitayimbwa 2007 UgandaMr Sebastian Klinge 2005 GermanyMs Svetlana Kobzar 2005 UkraineMs Paulina Kolasinska-Zwierz 2006 PolandMs Kathelijne Koops 2006 The

NetherlandsMr Claudio Köser 2007 GermanyMr Eric Koskinen** 2007 USAMr Mukul Kumar 2007 USAMiss Carmen Lacambra-Segura 2005 SpainMr Daniel Lam 2006 South AfricaMiss Franziska Lautenschlaeger 2007 Germany

Title First Name Last Name Entry CitizenYear



Ms Hang Le 2006 VietnamMiss Grace Lee 2007 USAMiss Anne Leone 2006 USAMiss Rachel Leow 2007 MalaysiaMr Larry Li 2006 CanadaMr William Liechty 2007 USADr Joseph Lim 2004 PhilippinesMr Wei Lim 2007 MalaysiaMiss Eunice Lin 2007 SingaporeMr Tao (Gavin) Liu 2007 ChinaMr Aaron Lobo 2006 IndiaMr Nicholas-Jacomo Macaluso 2006 USAMs Julie MacArthur 2006 CanadaMiss Marta Machala 2006 PolandDr Ramon Maluping 2005 PhilippinesMs Nayanika Mathur 2005 IndiaMr Alex Mauss 2005 GermanyMiss Karen Mcclendon 2007 USAMs Rebekah McLaughlin 2007 USAMiss Ella McPherson 2004 USAMr Jonathan Miller 2006 CanadaMr King Mills 2007 GhanaDr Alireza Moayyeri 2007 IranMs Victoria Moeller 2007 USAMr Kamiar Mohaddes 2005 SwedenMs Ruth Mokgokong 2007 South AfricaMs Rita Monson 2004 CanadaMs Iris Montero Sobrevilla 2006 MexicoMiss Julia Moses 2004 USAMr David Motadel 2006 GermanyMr Michael Motto 2004 USAMs Giedre Motuzaite Matuzevici 2006 LithuaniaMs Alexandra Mudd 2004 USAMr Martial Ndeffo Mbah* 2006 CameroonMr Jonas Neher 2005 GermanyMr Taylor Nelms 2007 USADr Virginia Newcombe 2005 AustraliaMr Yew (Sean) Ng 2006 SingaporeMr Thai Binh Nguyen 2005 VietnamMr Jens Niederste-Ostholt 2006 GermanyMs Emily Noah 2004 USAMr Lars Nordstrom 2004 SwedenMiss Astrid Noren-Nilsson 2007 SwedenMs Sarah Nouwen** 2005 NetherlandsMr Timothy O’Connor 2007 USAMr Mikkel Oestergaard 2005 DenmarkMr Jonathan Ong 2007 PhilippinesMr Vladimir Orlov 2006 RussiaMr Lawrence Owusu 2007 GhanaMs Xiaohan Pan 2005 ChinaMr Antoine Panaioti 2007 CanadaMr Ramar Pandia Raj 2004 IndiaMs Kate Parlett 2006 AustraliaMiss Maria Pawlowska 2007 PolandMiss Camille Paxton 2004 USAMiss Irene Peano 2005 ItalyMs Mateja Peter 2007 SloveniaMrs Geneva Peterson 2007 USAMs Rachel Pike 2006 USAMiss Nandhini Ponnuswamy 2007 IndiaMr Oleksandr Poplavskyy 2007 UkraineMs Laura Porro* 2005 USAMiss Srilakshmi Raj 2007 USAMr Towfique Raj 2005 USAMr Ian Ralby 2007 USAMs Rebecca Rancourt 2005 USA

Mr Igor Rapinchuk 2007 USAMr Umang Rawat 2007 IndiaMr Paul Rhatigan 2005 USAMs Alexandria Richart 2006 USAMr Andrew Robinson 2007 USAMr Paul Robustelli 2006 USAMr Alan Rodrigues 2007 USAMiss Janine (Alix) Rogers 2007 USAMiss Amy Rowe 2004 USADr Christopher Rumball 2007 New ZealandMr Sushil Saigal 2006 IndiaMr Sergejs Saksonovs 2006 LatviaMr Shamsher Samra 2007 USAMr Andre Sartori 2005 BrazilMs Chloe Schama 2007 USAMr David Serquera Peyro 2006 SpainMiss Anna Sigur∂ardóttir 2007 IcelandMs Erin Snider 2005 USAMr Anilkumar Sorathiya 2007 IndiaMs Rose Spear 2006 USAMs Uta Staiger 2005 GermanyMr Oliver Stegle 2005 GermanyMr Florian Steinberger 2004 GermanyMrs Raliza Stoyanova 2007 South AfricaMs Federica Sulas 2005 ItalyMiss Jillian Sullivan 2007 USAMr Michael Swanwick 2007 USAMs Cassandra Sweet 2004 USAMr Kristof Szombati 2006 HungaryMs Kathryn Tabb 2007 USAMr Alireza Taheri 2005 CanadaMiss Tamara Tajsic 2007 SerbiaMr Daisuke Takagi 2007 JapanMiss Rabab Tamish 2006Ms Su-Yin Tan 2003 USAMr Andrew Tanentzap 2007 CanadaMiss Evelyn Tang 2007 MalaysiaMr Robert Tonita 2005 CanadaMiss Britta Trappmann 2007 GermanyMr Jan Trnka 2004 Czech RepublicMs Marina Turlakova 2007 KyrgyzstanMr Viktor Vafeiadis 2004 GreeceMr Laur Vallikivi 2005 EstoniaMs Sarah Van Mastrigt 2004 CanadaMr Adrien Vigier 2007 FranceMr Andreas Vlachos 2006 GreeceMs Rebecca Voorhees 2007 USAMr Brady Wagoner 2005 USAMiss Kuenga Wangmo* 2006 BhutanMs Anke Weber 2005 GermanyMiss Tian Wei 2007 ChinaMs Ariane Welch 2007 AustraliaMr Jerrell Whitehead 2005 USAMr Nabil Wilf 2007 USAMr Daniel Williams 2007 ZimbabweMr Hunter Williams 2007 USAMr Diego Winkelried 2005 PeruMr Shane Woods 2004 CanadaMr Andrew Woods** 2007 USAMr Surgeon Xolo 2007 South AfricaMr Eviatar Yemini 2007 USAMs Umut Yildirim 2004 TurkeyMr Byung Yoon 2007 KoreaMs Mi Zhou 2004 AustraliaMr James Zou 2007 USA



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