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What should an AI system do when the world has changed? This question has shaped my research and my sense of purpose as a computer scientist, since I began my research at Korea University. I studied how AI models, especially language models, handle time-sensitive knowledge, why they become unreliable when facts or regulations change after the training cutoff, and how we can make them respond more responsibly. In my previous work, I developed benchmarks for temporal knowledge and explored how temporal knowledge is represented inside models through mechanistic interpretability, leading me to propose novel alignment method. What distinguishes my research is that I do not treat evaluation, interpretability, and training regimes as separate problems; I aim to connect them into a single framework for building trustworthy AI. In my PhD, I hope to devise time-aware AI agents that can recognize when their knowledge is outdated, retrieve fresh evidence, revise their beliefs, and remain well-calibrated under uncertainty. My long-term goal is to help build AI systems that are not only more capable, but more reliable, transparent, and genuinely useful in improving people’s lives.

Previous Education

Korea University AI Applications 2026
Korea University Linguistics, CSE 2024

From a young age, my mother taught me the importance of exercising the right to vote. Years later, as a volunteer on Barack Obama's 2008 campaign, I saw the challenges of voting firsthand: confusing registration forms, long lines, and malfunctioning voting machines, among others. I studied election reform efforts as a Political Science major at Stanford University and continued to focus on issues of civic engagement and political participation through positions at The White House Office of Public Engagement and on the 2012 Obama campaign. I completed an MPhil in Public Policy at Cambridge as a 2014 Gates Scholar, which deepened my understanding of policymaking and allowed me to explore the intersection of government, technology and public policy. I am currently drawing on these skills in my new role at the American Civil Liberties Union, and I will be continuing my education later this year as I enroll at Yale Law School.

I have always been fascinated by the dynamics of infectious diseases, particularly the epidemiology of emerging viruses, and I have pursued this interest both in my undergraduate work in the Republic of South Africa, as well as at Cambridge during my masters. Concurrently, I am passionate about the role of the public health sector in maintaining a just and equal society, and hope that my work will translate into more effective policy making in addressing the burden of infectious disease in sub-Saharan Africa. For my PhD in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, I will seek to identify and quantify the ecological factors that shape the risk of influenza virus emergence, from cross-species transmission of animal influenza viruses to immune-naive human populations. My project will aim to identify the factors that translate the human-animal interface, particularly agricultural animal populations, into emergence risk, identifying spatiotemporal trends to inform the distribution of surveillance and medical intervention for pandemic preparedness. I’m elated at the prospect of engaging in some robust cross-disciplinary discussion with my fellows, especially around global health, formal and informal politics and whether Han shot first. Interests: Science (all of it), politics, speculative fiction, running, hiking, good coffee, bad movies Previous University: University of Cambridge

Previous Education

University of the Western Cape
University of Cape Town
University of Cambridge

International law was historically conceived as the rules legally binding on states in their relations with each other. But in modern times a more multi-faceted view of legal relations in international law is emerging. It is the aim of my thesis to examine the position of the individual in the international legal system. The first part of the thesis sets out the classical framework of the international legal system. The second part of the thesis contains an examination of four significant areas of international law: mixed claims, international humanitarian law, international criminal law and human rights law, explaining how and to what extent individuals have rights and obligations.The final part of the thesis asks whether the situation reflected in these four fields can any longer be accommodated within the four corners of the classical framework, and what alternative framework might be posited which takes due account of the reality of individuals in the international legal system.

My research projects interrogate how development and state interventions targeted at women in the global south reflect and shape their lived realities, with a focus on gender and international development, the politics of knowledge production, and feminist entanglements with the state on issues of human rights and women’s precarious labour.

Previous Education

University of Melbourne
Ateneo de Manila University

I am originally from Louisiana (USA), and grew up in the biodiverse and culturally rich greater New Orleans area. My PhD studies (Insect Ecology Group, Zoology Department) studied the effects of management of oil palm plantations on invertebrates and their ecosystem functions. This allowed me to spend 15 months of my PhD on fieldwork in Sumatra, Indonesia.

In October 2021, I started as the Marshall Sherfield Fellow in the Insect Ecology Group (Zoology Department, Cambridge). In this role, I am managing a new collaborative project that is assessing socioecological differences between Liberian land use systems, and identifying aspects of land management that can improve overall crop sustainability. I am also a junior research fellow at St. Edmund's College (Cambridge).

Previous Education

Loyola University, New Orleans

Links

https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/michael-pashkevich-jr
https://www.marshallscholarship.org/marshall-sherfield/marshall-sherfield-fellows/mr-michael-pashkevich-jr

Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and metabolic disorders have reached epidemic proportions. The molecular mechanisms underlying the pathology of obesity and insulin resistance leading to atherosclerosis and heart failure are still not well understood. My research revolves around understanding the complex signals in the cells that lead to progress of obesity and atherosclerosis. I am thankful to Gates Cambridge Trust for providing me with an opportunity to work towards this goal.

As an undergraduate, I jointly studied Government and Neuroscience, where I got the chance to explore the effects of violence on human welfare from a political, biological, and social perspective. At Cambridge, I am excited to build on these experiences and pursue an MPhil in Development Studies. I am enthusiastic about the prospect of working at the Centre of Governance and Human Rights, and Centre for Gender Studies, cutting-edge research networks that bring together a diverse amalgamation of professors, students, and professionals for projects and enriching seminars on topics related to the politics of gender violence, peacebuilding, and health in conflict-affected societies. I am so incredibly honored to join the wider Gates Cambridge community, and am looking forward to growing alongside my peers during my time in the UK! **Nidhi will commence her MPhil study in 2023.

Previous Education

Harvard University Government and Neuroscience 2022

I graduated with an anthropology degree from the University of Chicago armed with a background in social justice and sensitivity to how policies often exclude the most vulnerable people. I’ve spent the last five years learning how this is particularly acute in climate and environmental monitoring programs. I’ve worked at the science-policy interface at both the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Center for Space Policy and Strategy. While earth observation satellites and vast data systems can enable better insights at the planetary level, they often miss realities on the ground. Wanting to critically examine how the science-policy interface and our digital data infrastructures impact local communities, I came to the Scott Polar Research Institute at Cambridge to conduct ethnographic and science and technology studies (STS) research at the world’s “third pole” in the Himalayas. Like the polar regions, the Himalayas must also grapple with consequences of a melting cryosphere, while managing a microcosm of considerable ecological and cultural diversity. Through my research, I aim to shed light on culturally embedded notions of science and technology and how they can translate into better climate policies.

Previous Education

University of Cambridge Polar Studies 2021
University of Chicago Anthropology 2012

I work as an English instructor in the Specialized English Language Program at the St. George’s University School of Medicine (SGU), Grenada. As the linguist attached to the Grenada Creole Society, I facilitate documentation and revitalization efforts for Grenadian French Creole, an endangered language on the island. In addition, because of my research on Grenadian English Creole, I provide language and culture training for non-native and native speakers. These include faculty and students at SGU and new Peace Corps volunteers who function as literacy teachers in Grenadian primary schools. I also comanage the Adult Literacy Initiative of Grenada, a non-profit organization that provides free literacy classes for adults, and I consult with the Ministry of Education to enhance English instruction in schools within the Grenadian creole context. My research areas include creole description and documentation, language revitalization, creole in the classroom, adult literacy, language training for native/non-native speakers, and non-academic factors affecting university students.

Links

http://gatescambridge.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/mind-your-language
http://www.gatescambridge.org/news/detail.asp?ItemID=13672

My goal is to teach Physical Sciences - preferably at High School level - and hopefully be able to convey to my students my own passion for the subject.

Previous Education

United States Naval Academy Mathematics 2012

In the spring of 2014, I finished my PhD in Materials Science and Metallurgy in Cambridge as a Gates scholar, and member of Pembroke College. My research in the field of biomaterials - materials which are in contact with living tissue - has continued though several postdoctoral appointments in Europe and the US. This has included pioneering the use of new materials for bone regeneration, and solving complex manufacturing challenges related to nerve repair implants that guide repairing nerve across a lesion site, all with the focus of improving patient recovery. With an interest in the translation of biotechnology, I have served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence with Spartan Innovations (an affiliate of Michigan State University Foundation), and the CEO of a pre-clinical therapeutics company. Currently, I am an assistant professor at Michigan State University and engage with the entrepreneurial community as a biomedical engineering consultant.

Science policy and administration expert with a focus on research and development management, quantum technologies. data management and international relations.

Links

https://www.visnea.org/team
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-pawlowska-a77ab334