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I wrote my PhD on deformation and gluing problems for manifolds with exceptional holonomy.

I am pursuing a PhD in Politics researching nationalist projects in Cambodia from 1993 onwards. I hold an MPhil in Development Studies from Cambridge and a BA in Politics & Southeast Asian Studies from SOAS. I am also a research fellow at the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP). Previously, I have worked in Cambodia on issues concerning rural development and literacy promotion. I also work on a freelance basis as a political analyst on Southeast Asia.

Originally from a small town called Cohasset in the United States, I completed my BA from Harvard and my MPhil/PhD at Cambridge. My passion is technology and global health, and while at Cambridge I started a biometric tech company with a mission to make sure every vaccine, dollar, and public good reaches the people who need them most. My PhD research explored the application of management science to global poverty challenges, specifically how motivation & incentives drive high performance in front-line nonprofit workers. I hope to combine my passion for development with the rigor of scientific management to improve the delivery of social impact around the world.

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Harvard University B.A. Biology/Anthropology 2010

I completed my BA in Biology, Neuroscience, and Children’s Studies at WashU in St. Louis, researching the effects of socioeconomic status on childhood brain development. As a former competitive athlete, I founded the region’s first Special Olympics program and became interested in the biological underpinnings of the neurodevelopmental disorders in the children I coached. As a Medical Science PhD candidate in the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at Cambridge, I seek to understand the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying childhood disorders such as SYT1-related Baker-Gordon syndrome (with Dr. Baker herself). This work will occur in collaboration with Dr. Chris McBain at the NICHD through the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program. My long-term goal is to become a physician-scientist with a focus on pediatric neuroscience, seeking international dialogue and research collaboration in bettering the lives of children with neurodevelopmental challenges. With support from my fellow Gates Scholars, I hope to create a joint sports rehabilitation and music therapy program for special needs children in the Cambridge area. You will likely find me playing my guitar by the River Cam or trying out for the King’s football (soccer) team!

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Washington University Neuroscience, Children's Study 2023

After completing my BA in mathematics at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, I came to Cambridge to study Part III maths. My academic interests lie chiefly in mathematical logic, but one of the opportunities studying at Cambridge offers is exposure to a wide array of mathematical ideas. The breadth of knowledge with which I hope to leave Cambridge should allow me to converse more fluently with mathematicians of all sorts, enhancing both my understanding and the understanding of my students and colleagues. After I leave Cambridge I intend to pursue a PhD in mathematics.

Since participating, age eleven, in an international summercamp in Japan, I have felt at home on the international plane. My legal studies in Utrecht and Cape Town and working experiences with international organisations (UN), NGOs (Plan Senegal), the Dutch Ministry for Foreign Affairs and a law firm in Paris revealed my passion for international law. After obtaining an LLM at Utrecht University I read International Relations in Cambridge. Before I embarked on the PhD project, the call from the reality of the "world out there" was too strong. I worked for a year as legal and political advisor on the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan. After many months of fieldwork, generously supported by the Gates Cambridge Trust and the Arts & Humanities Research Council, I am finalising a PhD thesis called 'the catalysing effect in the line of fire' on Uganda's and Sudan's domestic legal responses to the ICC's investigations into Northern Uganda and Darfur respectively.

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http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/people/academic/smh-nouwen/40

Spending the first half of my life traveling from country to country including Dubai, Estonia, Mexico, Sweden, and Azerbaijan, among others, fostered a deep appreciation in me for the tremendous diversity of the world. However, in every place I noticed the ways in which narratives differed based on the perspective of the storyteller and how the national narrative depended on those with the most power. Studying Medical Anthropology, and Multidisciplinary Gender Studies in my BA and MPhil programs respectively, in addition to spending my last two years teaching Ethnic Studies to high school students in Stockton, CA, have been a part of my mission to elevate the status of marginalized narratives. As a PhD student in Education at Cambridge, I will focus on the role education has played in suppressing Black women’s narratives and how Black women have still thrived in academic spaces despite this challenge. As a Gates scholar I will use this knowledge to facilitate more inclusive learning environments and curricula.

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Stanford University
University of Cambridge

I grew up in Nigeria and completed my undergraduate studies at Barry University in the United States. My research interests lie at the intersection of the physical and life sciences. I have worked on the synthesis of novel selective muscarinic agonists and explored the mechanisms of signaling bias in family A GPCRs. I also examined the effects of embryonic alcohol exposure in zebrafish. While working in the medical lab at the Nigerian Air Force Hospital, Abuja, I developed an interest in the therapeutic targeting of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. In developing countries, where antimicrobials are often indiscriminately prescribed and epidemiological surveillance is inadequate, the problem of multidrug-resistant infections is especially acute. At Cambridge, I will investigate the spatiotemporal evolution of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria, particularly those that cause gastrointestinal infections and are prevalent in low- and middle-income countries. The global and multidisciplinary learning network fostered by the Gates Cambridge Scholarship will enrich my graduate studies. I hope to learn from, contribute to, and be inspired by the diverse pool of talented Gates scholars and alumni from around the world.

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Barry University Biology 2016
Barry University Chemistry 2016

I completed my PhD in Management Studies at the Judge Business School after completing my MPhil in innovation, strategy & organizational behavior. My research focused on the emergence of social impact investing in frontier African markets and how perceptions influence the flow of capital towards these markets. I hope to develop research which helps to improve access to capital for African firms and entrepreneurs. I also aspire to teach students about entrepreneurship and hope that my research would prove beneficial in educating a new class of investors about investment opportunities in Africa.

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University of Cambridge MPhil in Innovation, Strategy and Organisation 2010
Penn State University BA
Harvard University

I am a Research Fellow in the department of Logic and Theoretical Philosophy at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where I specialise in post-WWII Francophone philosophy and intellectual history.

I am also co-PI on the Digital Public Space Research Network: funded by Una Europa and the Polish Agency for Academic Exchange, this is a collaboration between UCM, The University of Edinburgh and KU Leuven.

Previously, I was a Research Fellow on the Spaces of Translation Project, jointly funded by the British (AHRC) and German National Research (DFG) Foundations. I have also been: a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for History of Ideas at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan; a Postdoctoral Affiliate at the University of Cambridge; and, a Lecteur at the ENS de Lyon.

Some Recent Work:

(1) An article on different conceptions of political community and democracy in 1980s French philosophy and its relation to the rise of the far-right: https://doi.org/10.1177/0191453722111490

(2) An article on the neglected Jewish philosopher, Sarah Kofman: https://doi.org/10.3366/para.2021.0351

(3) A book chapter on friendship in Montaigne, Kant and Levinas: https://doi.org/10.17613/3wm1-n260

(4) An article on Jacques Derrida's ideas of institutions and political engagements: https://doi.org/10.3366/drt.2021.0264

In the face of a global climate crisis and food insecurity, the development of plants possessing greater resistance to pathogen infection is essential. This requires a deeper understanding of how plant immune responses are regulated and maintained over time. My PhD explores the epigenetic mechanisms underlying immune responses and the formation of immunological memory in plants. Additionally, my research examines how advances in computational protein design can be used to engineer enhanced disease resistance in plants.

Previous Education

King's College London (University of London) Molecular Genetics
University of Cambridge Biological Sciences (Genetics)