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I was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and earned my B.A. in Media Studies and Public Policy from UC Berkeley. My MPhil dissertation examined how human rights and ethics employees working for “Big Tech” companies seek to institutionalize new norms by accruing or leveraging different forms of capital. I now work as a responsible business consultant and researcher and am based in New York City.

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University of California, Berkeley Media Studies 2020

I am currently serving as the Vice President of Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Policy at Business Roundtable, the Association of CEOs of America's leading companies working to promote a thriving U.S. economy. I previously served as the head of the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, as well as an advisor on Capitol Hill, and practiced law in the private sector.

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Western Michigan University BS Enviromental Studies, Science, Economics 2005

I work in Dr Paul Digard's lab in the Division of Virology studying the role of cellular proteins in Influenza A virus assembly and budding.

I graduated with a BA in History and African Studies from the University of Toronto in 2012, and a MSc in African Studies from the University of Oxford in 2013. I am fascinated by the intersections between history and justice, especially on the African continent. My current research focuses on the prison system in Uganda from the onset of colonial rule to the overthrow of Idi Amin in 1979. I am interested in how prisons became sites of interaction and contestation between the state and society in both the colonial and post-colonial periods; spaces in which questions of power, morality, and identity were negotiated and challenged. My previous research focused on the detention of women during the Mau Mau Rebellion in colonial Kenya, with a particular emphasis on how colonial gendered perceptions of deviancy shaped punishment practices. More broadly, I am interested in the history of crime and punishment in colonial and post-colonial Africa; histories of women's detention and incarceration across the African continent; and the politics of reparations.

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http://www.douglasbrumley.com

Marie Brunet qualified as a doctor of veterinary medicine (France) and later completed her PhD in Pharmacology at the University of Cambridge (UK) under a Gates Cambridge scholarship. She did her postdoctoral training in Biochemistry and Functional Genomics at the University of Sherbrooke (Canada) under the co-supervision of Pr Roucou and Pr Cohen. Throughout her cursus, she gained a diverse set of expertise from medicine and fundamental biological sciences to bioinformatics and deep learning. Her research focuses on the secrets still hidden in our genomes. Because in an era where getting a genome sequenced is not a hurdle, we still don’t know the origin of 2 in 5 inherited diseases. This number alone shows we have only explored the shallow waters of our genome and we now need to dig deeper. Marie uses deep learning methods to better explore our data and understand human diseases, focusing on pediatric cancers and rare diseases.
“The outside world is full of wonders and we have much to explore. I like to travel inside our genomes as much as I like to travel the world: exploring, discovering and understanding.”

I was raised in Marion, Arkansas and attended the University of Georgia as a Foundation Fellow and Stamps Scholar to study genetics. I devoted much of my time on campus to researching protein kinases using bioinformatic and biochemical approaches and working as a campus tour guide. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I began researching developmental lung biology at Vanderbilt. I quickly realized my interest at the intersection of developmental and cancer biology and the wide therapeutic potential the field offers. As an aspiring physician-scientist, I also took time to research public health in my home region as a Delta Scholar and wrote for the Boston Congress of Public Health. At Cambridge, I will pursue a PhD in the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience to functionally assess the cell extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisms controlling human lung airway fate specification. Through this research, I hope to deepen our understanding of fundamental biological processes to guide personalized medical therapies that are accessible to all populations. I am grateful to be joining the Gates Cambridge community and am honored to have been selected for a cohort in which intellectual acumen and compassion are equally valued.

Previous Education

University of Georgia Genetics, Minor in Statistics 2022

Lucy Burgchardt's background in archaeology informs her current research into how archaeological findings are taken up in public life and used toward political ends. Her award-winning dissertation, completed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, investigated the history of preservation advocacy on behalf of ancestral Indigenous landscapes in the Southwestern United States. Her next project is an analysis of organizational rhetoric at sites like Mesa Verde National Park and Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

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Ripon College

I have always been interested in the underlying mechanisms of disease, particularly cancer. After my undergraduate degree at Rhodes University, a small university in a small town in South Africa, I needed to decide between chemistry and biochemistry for my postgraduate endeavours; even though I love biochemistry, I opted for chemistry, as it allowed me to explore diseases (and other topics) with a molecular approach and left a few more doors open. Over the course of my undergraduate degree and postgraduate research, this interest has been ignited and has ultimately developed into an insatiable hunger to understand more. I will now be doing my PhD with a broader focus encompassing both chemistry and biochemistry. This project will investigate the effect that Glioblastoma Multiforme (malignant brain tumours) has on the surrounding extracellular matrix within brain tissue, in order to enhance its progression and invasion. Once the mechanism of the disease has been mapped out, an intelligent molecular intervention can be designed. I am just delighted about what this opportunity has to offer me in my quest for knowledge, filling the research gap, sharing my love for science and combatting this devastating disease.

Previous Education

Rhodes University Chemistry 2023
Rhodes University Chemistry 2022
Rhodes University Chemistry and Biochemistry 2021

I am reading for an MPhil in the History and Philosophy of Science with a concentration in the history of medicine. My research focuses on modern reproductive medicine and technology. Upon returning to the US, I will matriculate at the Mount SInai School of Medicine through the "Humanities and Medicine Program." I am a 2009 graduate of Northwestern University with a BA in American Studies and I hail from Pittsburgh, PA.

I was born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, and studied Mechanical Engineering at Brown University. As a senior, I joined the Applied Mechanics Lab and fell in love with experimental research on microstructures. I learned that designing lattice architectures can create materials that are stiffer, tougher, or more energy-absorptive. This world of engineering and design felt like a form of sculpture—one where nature’s principles and perfect designs guide material innovation. During my MPhil in Micro & Nanotechnology Enterprise at Cambridge, I hope to deepen my understanding of how micro- and nanostructures influence material performance, with a focus on scalable manufacturing techniques. I believe that microstructures have the potential to revolutionize industries by allowing the development of stronger, lighter, and more efficient components.As a woman in STEM, I want to help redefine who gets to shape the future of engineering. I am proud to represent my family, Mexico, and the US, and hope to pave the way for more women to push boundaries in science and technology. I’m honored to join the Gates Cambridge community and create tiny structures to drive massive advancements that can make the world a better place.

Previous Education

Brown University Mechanical Engineering

Between 2015 and 2021 I was Lecturer and later Senior Lecturer in Urban History at the University of Leicester. In 2021 I joined Mary Immaculate College (MIC), Limerick, Ireland, as Director of Research.

I am an Associate Professor teaching medieval literature in the Department of English Literature at the University of Reading. My primary research interest is the literature of medieval England. My first book "Otherworlds: Fantasy and History in Medieval Literature" was published by Oxford University Press in 2015.The Gates Cambridge Trust funded my MPhil (2008) and PhD (2011) at the University of Cambridge. Before coming to Reading, I spent four years working at the University of Oxford as Fitzjames Research Fellow in Old and Middle English at Merton College.

Previous Education

University of Cambridge PhD Medieval Literature 2011
University of Cambridge MPhil Medieval and Renaissance Literature 2008
University College Dublin BA English 2007