Cohort 2022
Aditi Gupta is a PhD candidate in French Studies. Her forthcoming thesis will shine a light on the life and work of Jean-Baptiste Gentil (1726-1799), a French East India Company officer who spent twenty-five years in different parts of India, where he constituted his collection of manuscripts, art albums, maps, and material culture from the subcontinent.
This project is fully funded by the AHRC Oxford-Open-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership and the Clarendon Fund.
Prior to beginning doctoral study at Oxford, she obtained a BA in French Language and Civilisation and an MA in French Literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Her research interests include travel writing, life writing, history of collections, history of the book, and material culture.
Aditi Gupta
College/Degree: Exeter College/DPhil in Medieval and Modern Languages
Country of Origin: India
Cohort: 2022
Alice works with ancient DNA, population genetics, and stable isotope analysis to understand domestication and human-animal relationships through time. Her research topics include reconstructing the evolutionary history of domestic ferrets, understanding horse management and population dynamics in Iron Age Britain, and investigating human-dog co-burials in Latvia.
Previous education includes a Masters degree (MSc) from the University of Oxford in Archaeological Science and a Bachelors degree (BSc) in Archaeology with Forensic Science from the University of Exeter.
Alice Dobinson
College/Degree: Hertford College/DPhil in Archaeological Science
Country of Origin: UK
Cohort: 2022
Andrew Bean is a doctoral researcher in Artificial Intelligence at the Oxford Internet Institute. He studies human-centric machine learning from a technical and sociotechnical perspective. His research is primarily focused on the effective use of large language models, and has co-authored research papers and policy briefs about benchmarking, alignment, bias and safety.
Andrew Bean
College/Degree: St Hilda's College/DPhil in Social Data Science
Country of Origin: USA
Cohort: 2022
Anthony's research focuses on the real effects of index investing. In particular, he studies how trends in index investing affect corporate behaviour and the market for funds. Before joining the DPhil programme he conducted research at the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group. Previously, Anthony completed the MSc in Financial Economics at Saïd Business School with Distinction and won the Saïd Prize for his outstanding academic achievement. He also holds a BA in Business Administration from the University of St Gallen.
Anthony Limburg
College/Degree: Green Templeton College/DPhil in Finance
Country of Origin: Switzerland
Cohort: 2022
A graduate of the IDF elite program Psagot with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, a B.Sc. in Physics, and a M.Sc. in Computer Science from the Technion. Studying for a PhD at the University of Oxford in the fields of Geometric Deep Learning, Graph Representation Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
Ben Finkelshtein
College/Degree: Kellogg College/DPhil in Computer Science
Country of Origin: Israel
Cohort: 2022
Brennan Delattre’s research interests sit at the intersection of social psychology and intervention science; she presently studies the potential benefits of cooperative, social movement-based activities (such as partner dancing) for individuals with low mood, depression, and loneliness. She hopes to translate this research to various applications within the NHS mental healthcare systems.
Prior to beginning work within Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry, she completed her MSc in Oxford's Experimental Psychology Department, investigating social support fatigue and strategies to decreasing the cumulative emotional burden of support provision for care providers. She completed her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience at Middlebury College, Vermont, USA, and subsequently worked as a lab manager at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion; and conducted Fulbright research in Niterói and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Brennan also teaches partner dance and has coached the University of Oxford's salsa dance performance team.
Brennan Delattre
College/Degree: Wolfson College/DPhil in Psychiatry
Country of Origin: USA
Cohort: 2022
Daniel is a MPhil + DPhil student working in the intersection of firm dynamics, household finance and climate change. His MPhil thesis investigates the drivers of the energy efficiency gap in the UK and compute welfare losses derived from reallocation frictions across housing markets.
Daniel AC Barbosa
College/Degree: Nuffield College/MPhil + DPhil in Economics
Country of Origin: Brazil
Cohort: 2022
Divya holds a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences with distinction and an MSc in Neuroscience from McMaster University, where she focused on women’s mental health, including borderline personality disorder and premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Now pursuing a DPhil in Psychiatry, her research seeks to deepen our understanding of the renin-angiotensin system’s role in neurocognition and mental health. Ultimately, she hopes to advance scientific knowledge surrounding psychiatric disorders and translate these insights into improved outcomes for those affected.
Her work is supported by the Clarendon Scholarship in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, and the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. Beyond the DPhil, Divya loves reading, teaching, and spending time with dogs (especially her rescue, Chewie).
Divya Prasad
College/Degree: Jesus College/DPhil in Psychiatry
Country of Origin: Canada
Cohort: 2022
Emma is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford. Her research explores the book-culture and literary ambitions of late-medieval English and French heralds. She is particularly interested in heralds’ engagement with the conventions of vernacular romance and their guiding hand in shaping aristocrats’ performance of chivalry. Her research is supervised by Professor Laura Ashe and is co-funded by the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP, the Clarendon Fund, and All Souls College.
Emma-Catherine Wilson
College/Degree: Hertford College/DPhil in English
Country of Origin: Canada
Cohort: 2022
I am a medical doctor and a global public health researcher currently pursuing my DPhil where I am researching the nexus between health and climate change in LMICs. I have a degree in Medicine from Bangladesh and a MSc in Global Health and Development from UCL, UK. Alongside my DPhil, I am working as a Junior Dean at Brasenose College and as the Cultural Secretary for the Clarendon Scholars Council. As for my interests outside of work, I love travelling and have been fortunate to travel to 26 countries so far. I also love to read books/fictions (I love stories!) and watch sports (current favourite sports would be F1 and Football)!
Faojia Sultana
College/Degree: Brasenose College/DPhil in Clinical Medicine
Country of Origin: Bangladesh
Cohort: 2022
Born and raised in Italy, Giuseppe completed his bachelor’s degree in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Catania, Italy and his double master’s degree in Physics of Complex Systems at the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy and Université de Paris, France. His main interests are in Quantum Information Theory and Quantum Biology and his research focuses on the information-theoretic foundations of macroscopic hybrid systems.
In his spare time, Giuseppe enjoys reading fantasy books and comics and watching movies/TV shows. He loves motorsport, particularly Formula 1, and enjoys playing table tennis and tennis. He is also passionate about history.
Giuseppe Di Pietra
College/Degree: Somerville College/DPhil in Atomic and Laser Physics
Country of Origin: Italy
Cohort: 2022
Holly is a Scottish conservation biologist and tropical ecologist. Her research interests lie in landscape ecology and biodiversity conservation of large mammals, particularly carnivores. The objective of Holly's DPhil research is to understand the recovery of mammalian biodiversity in landscapes impacted by gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon and to inform ongoing ecological restoration. Before beginning her DPhil, Holly was based at the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) as a research assistant where she also completed (with Distinction) a PGDip in International Wildlife Conservation Practice. Holly has extensive fieldwork experience in South America and a BSc Hons from the University of St Andrews.
Holly O'Donnell
College/Degree: Lady Margaret Hall/DPhil in Biology
Country of Origin: UK
Cohort: 2022
Jake Landau is a composer based in New York City and London. A graduate of The Juilliard School (BM) and Oxford University (MSt, Hertford College; DPhil, Christ Church), Jake's music has been performed by leading orchestras, opera companies, and musical theatre performers around the world. His research focuses on the history and technique of crafting “singing translations” of opera into English; and "worldbuilding", a term and concept lifted from the literary genre of high fantasy, as a tool of musical composition and analysis. www.JakeLandau.com
Jake Landau
College/Degree: Christ Church/DPhil in Music (Composition)
Country of Origin: USA
Cohort: 2022
Having grown up in Rome (Italy), James completed his BA in Classics at Durham and MPhil in Ancient Greek History at Oxford, where he was awarded the Ancient History Prize for this thesis. For his DPhil, he is studying population displacements and refugee crises in the Classical and early Hellenistic Greek world. His research interests also span ancient Greek epigraphy, numismatics, and archaeology, and he is keen to integrate his work into modern refugee studies and policy, and the modern history of Greece as well.
James Hua
College/Degree: Merton College/DPhil in Ancient History
Country of Origin: Australia, Italy
Cohort: 2022
Joel holds an MPhil in Greek and Roman History from the University of Oxford and a BA in History and English Studies from the University of Heidelberg. In his DPhil, he works on the ideological dimension underlying ancient Greek slavery using both explicit evidence (outright justifications) and implicit evidence (evidence which does not attempt to justify, but allows us to reconstruct what justifications the author may have believed in). In doing so, he seeks to answer how the Greeks could simultaneously proclaim freedom as their highest good and enslave millions. His other interests include the history of Sexuality and Gender and Greek Epigraphy.
Joel Pollatschek
College/Degree: Worcester College/DPhil in Ancient History
Country of Origin: Germany
Cohort: 2022
Johanna is particularly interested in molecular neurodegeneration. After working on multiple projects in molecular neurobiology and neurodegenerative diseases in Berlin (Charité), Ireland (NRCI) and Cambridge (Rubinsztein Lab), she now focuses on stem cell neurons of Parkinson’s patients in her DPhil project. Besides her research, she is part of the MCR committee and president of the Oxford University Karate Club for the second time. In the past year she won multiple regional, national and international medals in Shotokan karate com
Johanna Hoffmann
College/Degree: Corpus Christi College/DPhil in Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
Country of Origin: Germany
Cohort: 2022
Hailing from Auckland, New Zealand, Jonathan builds multifactorial, predictive models of inherited heart disease using genomic/clinical data with Professors Hugh Watkins and Anuj Goel. He completed his undergraduate (MBiochem) in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at the University of Oxford, graduating with a 1st-class degree as Proxime Accessit (2nd) of his 2022 cohort. Specifically, his Master's research with Prof. Yang Shi applied CRISPR to identify therapeutic targets in paediatric brain cancer. Inspired by summer research with Prof. Jacques Fellay at EPFL, he pivoted to computational biology/bioinformatics for his DPhil. He enjoys playing badminton and dancing bachata in his spare time.
Jonathan H Chan
College/Degree: Merton College/DPhil in Medical Sciences
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Cohort: 2022
Jonathan is a member of the MCEM and OxNav Groups in the Department of Biology, where he studies the conservation of Procellariiform seabirds (albatrosses and petrels). His DPhil research employs miniature tracking devices (GPS, geolocators, satellite tags, microphones) to examine seabird interactions with fishing vessels, which often carry high risk of bycatch. Outside academia, Jonathan was MCR President of St Hilda's College from 2023-2024. He is also a retired New Zealand swimmer who currently holds thirteen Oxford Blues swimming records. Prior to his time at Oxford, Jonathan studied Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies at Yale University (2014-2018) and Human Dimensions of Conservation at Virginia Tech (2018-2021).
Jonathan Rutter
College/Degree: St Hilda's College/DPhil in Biology
Country of Origin: New Zealand; United States
Cohort: 2022
Joséphine Robert is a DPhil candidate in Migration Studies and a Clarendon Scholar at the University of Oxford, specializing in the agency of undocumented and irregular female migrants in the Paris region. Her research focuses on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of these women, exploring how they navigate and resist the gendered and racialized structures within the French healthcare system. Joséphine is particularly interested in the intersection of vulnerability and empowerment among migrant women. She completed her MPhil in Gender Studies at the University of Cambridge in October 2019.
Joséphine Robert
College/Degree: Green Templeton College/DPhil in Migration Studies
Country of Origin: France
Cohort: 2022
Julia studied Political Science and German literature at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg, specialising in statistics in politics and the construction of identity in literature. She completed her BA in the summer of 2021 and was awarded an Erasmus scholarship to study in Oxford later that year. She completed the MSt in Medieval and Modern Languages, in which she focussed on the literary construction of space and relationships. Currently, Julia is pursuing a DPhil in Medieval and Modern Languages. Her doctoral project explores relationships of love and friendship in the Middle High German narratives “Engelhard”, “Iwein”, and “Herzmaere”.
Julia Lorenz
College/Degree: Merton College/DPhil in Medieval and Modern Languages
Country of Origin: Germany
Cohort: 2022
Karl Berg is a DPhil candidate and Clarendon scholar studying Ancient History at Oxford. Since 2022, his research has principally examined the political, social, and religious transformation of the late Roman world (3rd–5th centuries CE), and his thesis aims to offer the first monograph-length examination of the ‘Roman Imperial Cult’ over this transformative period. Karl’s approach to writing and teaching Ancient History is intrinsically interdisciplinary, bringing traditional textual approaches into conversation with a robust engagement of material evidence. He holds graduate degrees in Early Christianity and Classical and Roman Archaeology and studied History and German as an undergraduate.
Karl Berg
College/Degree: Lincoln College/DPhil in Ancient History
Country of Origin: USA
Cohort: 2022
Karthik is an economist interested in studying long-standing questions of monetary economics and economic growth with a fresh perspective using novel high-frequency transactions and experimental data. His current research focuses on measuring and understanding monetary policy transmission in India using information from interest rate swap markets.
Karthik Narayan A.S.
College/Degree: Nuffield College/DPhil in Economics
Country of Origin: India
Cohort: 2022
Kate is dedicated to equitably reversing the climate crisis through science, social change, and collective liberation. Her research focuses on enhancing the performance of organic solar cells, a versatile solar technology with a very low environmental footprint, to help accelerate the renewable energy transition. Kate is a University of St Andrews MPhys graduate, and she has collaborated with activist groups including Sierra Club, Sunrise Movement, and New Haven Climate Movement. At Oxford, she runs a Climate Action Book Club for fellow researchers to promote a broader understanding of climate issues and the societal impacts of technological research.
Kate Trinkaus
College/Degree: Queen's College/DPhil in Condensed Matter Physics
Country of Origin: USA
Cohort: 2022
Katie is pursuing a DPhil in Astrophysics, studying black holes and their surrounding environments -- she is particularly interested in how black holes launch jets, and how the particles in these jets are accelerated to high energies. Big questions like 'Why is the universe structured the way it is?' and 'What are black holes and what role do they play in the universe?' are central to Katie's work.
Katie studied at McGill University for her Bachelor's and then completed a Master of Advanced Study in Astrophysics at Cambridge University before moving to Oxford. Katie is active in science outreach/communication and is constantly working towards making physics more accessible to girls and minorities.
Katie Savard
College/Degree: St John’s College/DPhil in Astrophysics
Country of Origin: Canada
Cohort: 2022
Kirill received an MEng in Molecular Bioengineering from Imperial College London in 2022. He is currently investigating how to reconcile the needs of engineered biotechnologies interact with the needs of the cells that host them.
Kirill Sechkar
College/Degree: Queen's College/DPhil in Engineering Science
Country of Origin: Russia
Cohort: 2022
Laura's DPhil project investigates the growing role of social enterprises in development and global health projects in sub-Saharan Africa, with a specific focus on Kenya. Prior to the DPhil, Laura completed the MPhil in Development Studies at the University of Oxford, where she was awarded the Eugene Havas Memorial Prize for best overall performance. Outside of academia, Laura’s professional experience has spanned project management, data analysis, business consultancy, and freelance journalism, bringing her to live in China, the Dominican Republic, Kenya, Spain, and the Netherlands. Laura spends her free time travelling, cooking, and reading, and she is a passionate scuba diver and snowboarder.
Laura Ballerini
College/Degree: Hertford College/DPhil in International Development
Country of Origin: Italy
Cohort: 2022
Marissa is from a small town in Ontario, Canada. She studied biomedical engineering for her undergraduate degree before completing a MSc in Neuroscience at Oxford (Rhodes scholarship). Her current research investigates how layers 5 and 6b of the cerebral cortex – the outermost part of the brain – might relate to a range of adult diseases. She is developing new computational and experimental tools to link neuroanatomy and behaviour, including an analysis pipeline which semi-automatically detects and maps cells across the brain. Outside academics, Marissa enjoys sports, nature, travelling, music, and board games with friends and family.
Marissa Mueller
College/Degree: Balliol College/DPhil in Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics
Country of Origin: Canada
Cohort: 2022
Marlene has been fascinated by approaching pre-modern texts, preferably those by women, with the tools of modern literary theory since her time at the University of Tübingen. Here Marlene completed a Bachelor in German Studies & Comparative Literature Studies as well as a Master in German Literature and also worked as a student research assistant. She graduated with a second master degree in Modern Languages from Brasenose College, Oxford. In addition to her DPhil project, focusing on personifications in so far understudied prayerbooks from North German female convents, she runs the Medieval Women’s Writing Research Group, which she also co-founded.
Marlene Schilling
College/Degree: Lincoln College/DPhil in Medieval and Modern Languages
Country of Origin: Germany
Cohort: 2022
Mary’s work centres on the intersections between religion, gender, and material culture. In particular, she looks at the importance of early modern women’s embroideries during the English Reformation. Mary completed her undergraduate degree in Theology and Religion at Mansfield College, Oxford, wherein she was awarded several prestigious awards including the Principal’s Prize (for the highest achieving undergraduate at the college) and the 2022 ‘Best undergraduate thesis in Britain and Ireland’ (awarded by BIAJS). Following her MPhil in Ecclesiastical History at Keble College, Mary will continue her research at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, funded by the Vice-Chancellor’s Award and an AHRC doctoral training partnership.
Mary Whittingdale
College/Degree: Keble College/MPhil in Theology
Country of Origin: England
Cohort: 2022
Melody majored in Archaeology and minored in Classics at the University of Queensland, earning a BA Hons (First Class) for her thesis on contraceptive plants in the Greco-Roman world. In 2021, she completed an MSc in Archaeology at Oxford, focusing on Chinese Archaeology and Ceramics. Now a DPhil candidate, her project explores the taste of plants in the past using tea in China as a case study. Melody also enjoys sharing archaeological knowledge with broader audiences, and has worked at the National Science Museum, the Ashmolean, and Pitt Rivers Museums. From 2022-2024, she served as Queens College MCR Women's co-officer.
Melody Li
College/Degree: Queen’s College/DPhil in Archaeology
Country of Origin: Australia
Cohort: 2022
Originally from California, Nathaniel holds a BA in Philosophy with High Distinction from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and awarded the Philosophy Departmental Citation. Before coming to Oxford, he also graduated summa cum laude from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School with a Master of Divinity. Nathaniel is interested in all aspects of moral theology, and his research incorporates the Christological concerns of Augustine’s political thought into conversations in contemporary political theology. When not working, Nathaniel enjoys surfing, classical music, and film.
Nathaniel Hodson
College/Degree: University College/MPhil in Theology (Christian Ethics)
Country of Origin: USA
Cohort: 2022
Nikita was one of the leading crisis managers during COVID-19 in Latvia. Previously he was awarded Distinction at Cambridge for his undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences and Management. Currently, Nikita is working on AI projects in the field of protein fitness modelling. Nikita is planning to set up a start-up at the intersection of AI and Healthcare.
Nikita Trojanskis
College/Degree: Balliol College/DPhil in Biology
Country of Origin: Latvia
Cohort: 2022
I am Currently a DPhil student at the University of Oxford supervised by Prof. Kate Watkins at Department of Experimental Psychology and Prof. Heidi Johansen-Berg at Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences. I was awarded as a British Neuroscience Asscociation Scholar. I obtained my bachelor's degree in psychology from Northeast Normal University, and master's degree in cognitive neuroscience at the Sate Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University. My research interests include using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) to investigate the neural mechanism of speech production, how bilinguals produce/process two languages in one brain, and altered brain activity in people who stutter.
Qiming Yuan
College/Degree: St John's College/DPhil in Experimental Psychology
Country of Origin: China
Cohort: 2022
I am a Neuroscience PhD candidate studying sleep and torpor in the Vyazovskiy group at the University of Oxford. My academics is supported by the Rhodes Scholarship and Clarendon Scholarship. I received a Master's in Neuroscience at Oxford while working in auditory neuroscience and sleep labs. During my undergraduate education in Zoology at Miranda House, University of Delhi, India, I was part of the team that made the first non-invasive electrophysiological recordings of sleep in wild marine mammals. I also briefly worked on some in-silico bioinformatics projects targeted towards tuberculosis drug discovery. My general academic interests are associated with the study of central and peripheral contributions of the nervous system in the maintenance of sleep and related hypometabolic states in diverse animal species.
I am also interested in making undergraduate basic sciences research opportunities more accessible for Indian students. Along with my enthusiastic team of volunteers, I actively contribute to this cause through InVolMEnt (Internships, Volunteering, Mentorship and Entrepreneurship) - a free, one-stop hub for Indian undergrad and master's students to access work experience opportunities. We also organise free, bespoke live skill-building workshops that help enable students write better emails, create stronger CVs and present their research questions with more clarity.
When I am not working, I can be found reading mystery stories, biographies; playing board games with family and friends; roller-skating or playing the piano.
Ritika Mukherji
College/Degree: St John's College/MSc+DPhil in Neuroscience
Country of Origin: India
Cohort: 2022
Before coming to Oxford, I completed BSc and MSc degrees in the field of biosciences specializing in molecular biology and genome editing. In my DPhil, I am investigating genetic mutations that cause leukaemia, and novels ways of selectively targeting the cancer cells that harbour these mutations. Outside of the lab, I can often be found swimming, cycling or running, or alternatively, enjoying one of Oxford’s many lovely cafés.
Roman Doll
College/Degree: Balliol College/DPhil in Medical Sciences
Country of Origin: Germany
Cohort: 2022
Ryan is a co-founder of Tib Shelf (tibshelf.org), an open platform offering a growing collection of translated Tibetan texts from different periods and genres. With an MA and MSt in Buddhist Studies and Oriental Studies, his research focuses on the material and immaterial revelatory phenomena in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and their associated "treasure" narratives.
Ryan Jacobson
College/Degree: Queen's College/DPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Country of Origin: USA
Cohort: 2022
Sally is a DPhil student with 7 years of industry experience in assay development and generation of in vitro disease models. Her DPhil focuses on investigating the role of peroxisomes in Alzheimer's Disease with the aim to manipulate their biology in order to confer protection against phenotype development both in vitro and in vivo. In her spare time she enjoys a plethora of creative activities such as drawing, sewing and playing Legend of Zelda. In the summer she is also known to frequent the river Thame on a kayak.
Sally Allison
College/Degree: Wolfson College/DPhil in Pharmacology
Country of Origin: England
Cohort: 2022
Sally is passionate about working to improve the health and wellbeing of the global rare disease population. Sally does this by progressing the health economics evidence-base required to support the cost-effective translation and commercialisation of genomic diagnostic and therapeutic technologies. This mission has been strongly influenced by Sally’s experience of growing up with a younger sister with Angelman syndrome, which is a rare, genetic, neuro-developmental disorder.
Over the past 13-years, Sally has pursued her passion by studying genetics and health economics, and by working in consulting and research. Sally is currently a Junior Research Fellow within the Centre for Personalised Medicine, and a DPhil candidate within the Health Economics Research Centre (HERC) at the University of Oxford. Sally’s DPhil project is exploring the measurement of outcomes from genome sequencing for rare disease diagnosis in economic evaluations.
Sally is also a Coordinator of the Econ-Omics Special Interest Group (SIG) within the International Health Economics Association (IHEA), and is a member of the Data Access Committee for the Global Angelman Syndrome Registry (GASR).
Sally Hartmanis
College/Degree: Somerville College/DPhil in Population Health
Country of Origin: Austrlia
Cohort: 2022
Sarah joined the Clarendon community in 2022 as a DPhil Population Health student. Her research examines how the public and experts conceptualize trust, and how it underpins public health infrastructure. She previously worked in pandemic response alongside the Public Health Agency of Canada and CIDGOH, investigating SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks and data-sharing infrastructure. Sarah completed her MPhil at Cambridge (St Catharine’s College) and BSc at Simon Fraser University. In her freetime you can find her reading in her hammock, star gazing, camping, and sailing along the Canadian West Coast. She is an avid stargazer and moonlights as a public outreach astronomer and researcher.
Sarah Savić Kallesøe
College/Degree: St Edmund Hall/DPhil in Population Health
Country of Origin: Canada
Cohort: 2022
Seonwoo holds a bachelor’s degree in education and economics from Korea University, and MPA with high honours from Yonsei University, Republic of Korea. She has research and work experiences in Feminist & Human Rights NGOs as a project intern and journalist; in research institutions and the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Republic of Korea as a research assistant.
Seonwoo’s doctoral project explores the differential inclusion of care needs and target groups in the design and implementation of long-term care policies, with a feminist intersectional approach. She is motivated by Korean novels and arthouse films and enjoys powerlifting and running.
Seonwoo Yoon
College/Degree: Green Templeton College/DPhil in Social Policy
Country of Origin: Republic of Korea
Cohort: 2022
Sheng is a medical doctor from Taiwan with particular interest in neuroimaging markers for health and disease. His doctoral research focused on exploring and validating MRI markers specifically designed to identify cerebral small vessel disease, a major contributor to stroke, vascular dementia, and cognitive decline in the aging population. In his spare time, Sheng is a passionate photographer who enjoys capturing the beauty of nature.
Sheng Yang
College/Degree: Wolfson College/DPhil in Clinical Neurosciences
Place of Origin: Taiwan
Cohort: 2022
Sofia’s DPhil follows her excitement for understanding the intricate workings of the human immune system. Her work focuses on T cell immunology, specifically looking at how T cells decide to kill or not sick cells. Outside of the lab, she is an active member of her department. Beyond her academic pursuits she enjoys baking delicious treats, immersing herself in fantasy novels, and dancing salsa. You might find her walking around the city reading Wikipedia or enjoying a coffee.
Sofia Bustamante Eguiguren
College/Degree: Lincoln College/DPhil in Molecular Cell Biology in Health and Disease
Country of Origin: Ecuador
Cohort: 2022
Stephanie's research focuses on the role our different democratic institutions play in protecting minority rights, particularly at the intersection of free speech and religious exercise. Barclay has published work in the Harvard Law Review, the Chicago Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, the Yale Law Journal Forum, and others. She is also a Tang Scholar at Balliol College, and a Professor of Law at Georgetown Law School.
Stephanie Barclay
College/Degree: Balliol College/DPhil in Law
Country of Origin: USA
Cohort: 2022
Xinyu Ye is a DPhil student working under the supervision of Prof. Karla Miller & Dr. Wenchuan Wu at FMRIB Physics Group starting from 2022 fall. His research focuses on accelerating high-resolution diffusion MRI acquisition for human neuroscience study.
Xinyu obtained his Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Engineering degrees from Tsinghua University. During his Master studies, his work focused on developing reconstruction and post-processing methods to improve diffusion MRI image quality.
During spare time, he likes photography and history.
Xinyu Ye
College/Degree: St Edmund Hall/DPhil in Clinical Neurosciences
Country of Origin: China
Cohort: 2022
Xinyue Liu is an artist and researcher aiming to posit the ‘Cinema of Ecological Grief’ as a distinct visual genre using film, text, and installation. Her research spans the disciplines of visual anthropology, contemporary film and visual art studies, and interspecies ethics. Liu holds a BFA in Radio and Television Production from Jilin University, and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Studies at Simon Fraser University.
Xinyue Liu
College/Degree: Queen's College/DPhil in Fine Art
Country of Origin: China
Cohort: 2022