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Andrea Morales Loucil is a cultural historian and literary scholar from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. She is a Gates-Cambridge Scholarship recipient pursuing a Ph.D. in Latin American Studies at King's College, University of Cambridge. Her dissertation examines the production of revolutionary poetics in the nineteenth-century Hispanophone Caribbean. Moreover, her work emphasises how revolutionaries of African descent in Cuba and Puerto Rico used literature to advocate for abolition, organise toward independence, and forge bonds of Afro-diasporic resistance. Andrea’s research broadens how Cuban and Puerto Rican conceptualisations of 'race' affect contemporary understandings of historical narratives, literary movements, and nation-building processes in the Caribbean and Latin America.

I am an archeologist interested in the arts and architecture of the cultures of Peru. It is through my personal experience as a classically trained artist that I became fascinated at how artifacts can express individual and cultural identity. The study of art and architecture of the past allows us the privilege to uncover information about forgotten peoples and cultures. This interest led me to pursue Bachelors degrees in both Art History and Anthropology at the University of California Los Angeles. My past research has pertained to the topics of agency, heritage, phenomenology, iconoclasm, ontology, gender, and materialization of ideology. My PhD research will serve to fill a lacuna in the knowledge of the Late Intermediate Period on the south coast of Peru and will shed light upon the shrouded origins of the Ica culture that lived in the region. This project will help to understand this understudied area of Peru and will ultimately serve as a collaborative project with the local population to preserve and display the artifacts in a local heritage museum.

Previous Education

University of California (Los Angeles)
University of Cambridge

I grew up in North Carolina and London, determined from a young age to disallow what I saw as unjust, particularly when it befell my childhood peers. This innate desire kindled in me a dedication to equitable education and mental health care. Earning my BA in psychology at Colgate University, with minors in education and creative writing, I seized opportunities to work directly with youth, an ardent believer in the importance of meeting children where they are and understanding their diverse needs as they learn to exert agency in response to the complexities of the ever-agitated world. I conducted research in the US, UK, Ghana, Samoa, and among several refugee communities, driven by increasing rates of mental illness and decreasing age of onset — both exacerbated by the global pandemic. After graduation, I joined the Center for Autism Research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. My PhD, a coalescence of my experiences, will focus on effectively supporting youth at the community level and within contexts of demographics, neurodiversity, and personal/political disruption. Understanding which interventions are beneficial long-term for children with internalising difficulties will enable individualised optimisation of care.

Previous Education

Colgate University Psychology 2021

My PhD explored the relationship between ideas about risk and the development of social welfare policies in Germany, Britain and Italy from the 1880s to the early 1920s by focusing on a case study of workplace accidents. By examining the topic from comparative and transnational perspectives, I sought to investigate how domestic and transnational discussions about national welfare policy related to changing conceptions of national identity and national strength. With my dissertation, I also sought to contribute to current debates about social welfare reform.

Samuel is a commercial and civil litigator in Toronto, with an emphasis on real estate, wills and estates, and employment law. Samuel Mosonyi read for the MPhil in Criminology, focusing on how to make Canadian sentencing policy more fair and explored alternatives to mandatory minimum sentencing. After the MPhil, Samuel studied law at the University of Toronto.

Previous Education

University of Guelph BA (Hons), Political Science, Criminal Justice and Public Policy 2014

David Motadel is Associate Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He studied in Germany, Switzerland, and England. He completed his MPhil (2006) and PhD (2010) in History at the University of Cambridge, where he was a Gates Scholar. His doctoral dissertation was awarded several prizes, including the Prince Consort Prize and Seeley Medal of the University of Cambridge for the best history dissertation of the year. Dr. Motadel subsequently took up a Research Fellowship in History at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge (2010-15). He joined the LSE in 2016 as Assistant Professor of International History and was promoted to Associate Professor of International History in 2019. He has held visiting positions at Harvard (2007-8), Yale (2009-10), Oxford (2011-12), Sciences Po (2018-19), and the Sorbonne (2018-19). He was also a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin (2019-20). He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 2018, he was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize for History. David works on the history of modern Europe and its relations with the wider world. He regularly writes on history and current affairs for newspapers and magazines. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The New York Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, The London Review of Books, Der Spiegel, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and Le Monde diplomatique.

September 11, 2001, brought home for me the urgent need to examine the relationship among policing, the community and effective anti-terror policy. My research on London's Metropolitan Police Service and the New York Police Department is grounded in the belief that we can protect great nations while ensuring the civil rights and basic liberties of all citizens. I hope my time at Cambridge will inform a career in public service, building international coalitions to address the global threats of terrorism.

As a neuroscience and behavior major at Vassar College, I realized I was as passionate about digitally reconstructing mouse neurons as I was about working one-on-one with preschoolers in the on-campus nursery. I went on to intern at a neuroimaging research laboratory, where I saw the power and potential of brain imaging technology to conduct impact-oriented research. As a PhD candidate at Cambridge’s MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, I will explore the neural mechanisms underlying various cognitive and behavioral profiles in a heterogeneous group of children with learning-related difficulties. Ultimately, I aim to model the dynamic relationships between neural, behavioral, and cognitive development, capturing nuanced individual differences to inform evidence-based strategies that support children with learning challenges. In my free time, I enjoy being outside and playing basketball and rugby. I am honored to be part of the Gates Cambridge community and excited to learn from scholars from around the world.

Previous Education

Vassar College Neuroscience and Behavior 2020

I am currently registered for an MPhil in educational research, which hopefully will turn into a PhD at the end of my studies here at Cambridge. The focus of my study is on the relationship between sexuality and schooling, particularly exploring the experiences of learners and teachers deemed ‘sexually deviant’. It is my hope that my study will offer possible interventions that will make schools safer spaces for all.

As a research scientist in Chemistry it is my desire that in a few years, the world population that currently does not have access to clean energy will be streamed down noticeably. My PHD work aims to contribute to that goal.I believe that several renewable resources should be utilized to ensure the adequate distribution of energy around the globe and solar-driven hydrogen is one of the solutions. An efficient and cost-effective way for harnessing sunlight and driving the evolution of hydrogen is critical to achieving a hydrogen economy soon. My work will be focused on a metal-organic framework (MOF)-based hybrid system that is tailormade for long charge carrier lifetime. This I will do by synthesizing: a suitable organic linker; as the photosensitizer, a robust and inexpensive semiconductor and exploring the optimum co-catalyst loading for effective reduction of hydrogen ions to molecular hydrogen. I will also consider the subsequent storage of hydrogen after its evolution by the same system. Having been a Gates Scholar during my MPhil I became privy to a wide range of opportunities and I met a wonderful network of scholars who are so passionate about their individual areas of study and are always motivated to do better. I am so honored to continue to be part of a community that continuously works towards improving peoples' lives in different parts of the world.

Previous Education

University of Zimbabwe
University of Cambridge

My doctoral thesis examines the psycho-emotional impact of HIV/AIDS on rural primary school students in Zimbabwe to find ways of intervention which will enable students to learn more effectively, despite the on-going epidemic. I hope this will bring a clearer understanding of how education is being affected – a prerequisite to educational planning that will be most effective in implementing meaningful change. I intend to return to Zimbabwe to improve the education of children in the rural areas.

My Ph.D. explores the problem of trust in testimony from a psychological perspective that foregrounds unconscious motivation. Broadly speaking, I am interested in the intersection of ethics and epistemology.

Born and raised on a farm in rural West Virginia, I developed an early interest in food security and accessibility. During my undergraduate studies at West Virginia University, I joined a research team that identified and mapped every food distribution site in West Virginia and became increasingly interested in “development” as a formal academic field. I studied abroad and conducted research on economic development projects in Nicaragua, Timor-Leste, and Rwanda. In addition, I worked for the Senate President of the West Virginia Legislature and the West Virginia Secretary of State. These experiences led to an appreciation of the impact politics exerts on the economic development process. I currently serve as an AmeriCorps VISTA and work on program development related to increasing accessibility to higher education among first-generation and low-income students. I plan to work in international development for several years before returning home to work on economic development in West Virginia and Appalachia. I am excited and honoured to join the global Gates Community.

Previous Education

West Virginia University

I am an international civil servant, a global nomad and a public international lawyer. I come from Sudan, I was born in the UAE, and grew up in Scotland. I have an LLM in Natural Resources Law and Policy and for the past 8 years have been working with the UN in Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia, and volunteering with the Darfur Development and Reconstruction Agency (DDRA). I did my PhD in International Law at the Lauterpacht Centre, and I am a member of Pembroke College. My career focus is on advising governments on the design and implementation of natural resources laws and policies that better serve the poor. Has my mission been successful? In part, yes, but I admit it is still a work in progress. I am grateful to the Gates Cambridge for recognising the importance of my commitment to action.

Previous Education

University of Dundee
Ahfad University for Women

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