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At Cambridge, I plan to research Russian émigré literature in Europe between 1917 and the beginning of World War II, concentrating on the prose of Vladimir Nabokov and the poetry of Vladislav Khodasevich. I am interested in the transformation of frontiers throughout Nabokov’s novels as they relate to the autonomy and mobility of characters within his texts. Born in Western Massachusetts, I graduated from Wellesley College in 2005 with a major in Russian Language and Literature. I spent the following year on a Fulbright grant in northern Russia, where I worked for the Atlantic Salmon Reserve on the Rynda and Kharlovka Rivers and participated in mountaineering expeditions in the Khibini Mountains and the Pre-Polar Urals.

My research focuses on the intersection of politics and economic reform in the Middle East through an examination of democracy and economic assistance programs funded by the United States to Egypt and Morocco since 1990. I am particularly interested in examining political change, democratization and economic reform broadly and in relation to the Middle East and Asia.

Links

http://www.erinsnider.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-snider-aa82a43

Behind every brain MRI is a person with a unique set of traits, but accessing which brain features contribute to one’s behavior, in health and disorder, is an ongoing challenge. Curious about this, in high school I began developing neuroimaging methods, examining large publicly available fMRI datasets. As an undergraduate at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, the potential of using mathematics to advance brain mapping within these datasets captivated me. I trained with the Geisinger-Bucknell Autism and Developmental Medicine Institute, learning how graph theory methods can help understand patterns of brain folding and function that relate to psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions. Working with labs at the NIH, the University of Miami, and Forschungszentrum Julich exposed me to a variety of imaging methods that can further capture the intricacies of the human brain. In my doctoral studies in psychiatry at Cambridge, I will work in Prof. Ed Bullmore’s lab to study infant and adolescent development, combining graph theory analyses of brain folding and brain networks. I hope to contribute to the growing field of precision medicine, advancing treatments for disorders based on markers in the brain.

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Bucknell University Neuroscience 2021

I grew up in New Delhi, India. At the age of three, I was diagnosed with asthma, and it was then that I developed a deep fascination with how medicines could so easily relieve my symptoms. This fascination led me to the University of Cambridge for an integrated Master's degree in Chemistry, which I could use as a tool to contribute to the development of drugs that could help so many people in need around the world. Thanks to the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, I am one step closer to this goal as I will pursue my PhD in synthesising drugs that could potentially be used to treat cancers resistant to traditional chemotherapy. I am highly grateful to become a part of this community of diverse individuals with one common goal - the betterment of mankind. I look forward to enriching discussions and projects with fellow Gates Cambridge Scholars, which will not only improve my perspective on the wider world but will also have an incredible impact on humanity.

Previous Education

University of Cambridge Natural Sciences Tripos 2024
University of Cambridge Natural Sciences Tripos 2023

I'm definitely sure that our friendship will last even we will be in different part of the world!

Emma graduated with a PhD in Psychiatry in 2023. Her doctoral research focused on how public health approaches can improve the identification of and response to mental health difficulties in children and young people. Throughout her time at Cambridge, Emma's research, leadership, and impact were recognised with several awards, including the Bill Gates Sr. Prize, the Clinical School's Milo Keynes Prize for Outstanding Dissertation, the Vice Chancellor's Awards for Research Impact and Engagement, and the NIHR Mental Health Research Incubator's Prize for 'Collaborative Involvement of Patients and the Public'.

Emma is currently a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford as well as a Fulford Junior Research Fellow at Somerville College. Her varied research programme covers many aspects of child and adolescent mental health, including psychiatric epidemiology, intervention development and evaluation, implementation, and methodological research. The ultimate goal of her work is to reduce the incidence, prevalence, and impact of child and adolescent mental health difficulties, with a particular focus on better supporting children and adolescents from marginalised and minoritised groups.

Previous Education

Yale University
University of Cambridge

Links

https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/team/emma-soneson
https://twitter.com/emma_soneson

I work on holographic models of strongly-correlated systems, such as high-Tc superconductors. These models have arisen from developments in string theory and my background and continued interest in this subject has allowed me to develop new rigorous models of holographic condensed-matter physics starting from first principles. Recently I have been particularly interested in out-of-equilibrium situations, which, besides being an extremely important and promising area, are great fun to work on, since their solution likely needs a host of different techniques and insights from all parts of physics.

I majored in Computer Science at Manchester University. I work on Computational Science: mathematical modeling of biological systems using dynamical system. I am trying to understand the dynamics of biological systems, especially the spreading of HIV. Understanding model behaviour could improve our understanding of the mechanism of disease, at least in some limited context. The creation of models has been essential in many important advances in biology. The power of modern computers and theoretical methods are designed to interrogate complex systems so we can aid our understanding of disease. I must say that the support from the Gates Foundation is splendid.

After a childhood discovering the wilderness of Canada's West Coast, I studied Environmental Biology at the University of British Columbia. I then began my MSc in Zoology at the University of Guelph where I studied the winter ecology of Cassin’s Auklets, a Pacific seabird species that has declined by 80% since the 1970s. I am excited to be starting my PhD at the University of Cambridge in the Behavioural Ecology Group. My research will focus on the causes of population declines in Palearctic-African migratory bird species that travel between their wintering grounds in sub-Saharan Africa and breeding grounds in Europe and Asia.

How do quantum systems tend to equilibrium when starting from an arbitrary initial condition? How does energy or particles flow from higher to lower concentration areas? My goal is to understand the emergence and mechanism of equilibration in many-particle systems based on the fundamental laws of quantum physics.

After finishing my BSc in Physics at the University of Athens, I studied a Master's in Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and obtained my DPhil in Theoretical Physics from the University of Oxford. My work led me to an immense fascination with the physics of the quantum dynamics of many-body systems. During my subsequent post-doctoral work, I further developed my personal research profile in the area of out-of-equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics. In my research, I have studied a diverse set of problems ranging from mathematical to theoretical physics with applications to experiments at the crossroads of basic science and the emerging field of quantum technologies.

Previous Education

University of Athens

Links

https://sites.google.com/view/spyrossotiriadis

At Cambridge, I hope to study the problems and possibilities for human rights in a globalizing world. I plan to explore the tension between economic globalization (which has brought benefits for some) and upholding some standard of human rights, as well as the relationship between the ideal of universal human rights and the need to respect cultural differences. I hope to put this research to practical use at the international level in the future.

Previous Education

Rutgers University B.S. Materials Science and Engineering 2008

I currently live and work in Seattle, Washington, USA. For more information please see my LinkedIn page.

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Pomona College

I am honored to belong to the Gates Cambridge community of scholars. My undergraduate research inspired me to combine my love of medicine and scientific experimentation in the field of biomaterials research. During my PhD at Cambridge, I investigated the biomedical and pharmaceutical applications of carbon nanomaterials. Currently, I work on porous ferromagnetic fibre networks for stimulating bone tissue. I am actively involved in the British Science Association, organising SciScreen, SciBar and Science Busking events in the Cambridgeshire region.