Chiara Gambi Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2019 Chiara obtained a BA in Humanities and an MA in Linguistics at the University of Bologna in Italy, after which she went on to complete a PhD in Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. She has worked as a postdoctoral researcher for four years, first in Germany (Saarland
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James Kolaskinski Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2019 James obtained his BA in Medical Sciences from the University of Oxford. He subsequently took up the von Clemm Fellowship at Harvard University, where he worked on fetal brain imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital. James returned to the University of Oxford to complete his DPhil (PhD) in Clinical
Ben Newland Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2019 Ben studied Natural Sciences at Durham University to obtain a broad but solid footing for becoming a secondary school science teacher. After teaching in Leeds and Cornwall he completed an MRes in Nanomaterials at Imperial College London. He quickly became keen on research and completed a PhD at
Magdalini Theodoridou Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2019 Magdalini Theodoridou holds a PhD in Conservation Science from the University of Bologna (EPISCON project – Marie Curie Actions) and a degree in Civil Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has worked as a research and teaching fellow in Italy, Hungary, Cyprus and the UK. Her
Giusy Tornillo Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2019 Giusy received her BSc and MSc degrees in Medical Biotechnology from Naples University (Italy) and went on to complete a PhD in Human Oncology at the Molecular Biotechnology Center in Turin (Italy). She is currently a Research Associate at the European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute (Cardiff University),
Jonathan M Tyrrell Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2019 Jonathan obtained a 1st class BSc in Microbiology at Cardiff University, and stayed on to be awarded a PhD investigating antibiotic resistance and its relationship to bacterial pathogenicity in the School of Medicine. Jonathan now works as a Post-doctoral Research Associate, running a team dedicated to providing
Thomas Woolley Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2018 Dr Thomas Woolley studied mathematics at University of Oxford between 2004-2017 and is now a Lecturer in Applied Mathematics in Cardiff. Through his education he ended up specialising in mathematical biology, where his doctorate focused on understanding the pattern formation behind fish spots and zebra stripes. Alongside this research
Sue Peirce Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2018 Sue is a Research Fellow in the School of Engineering at Cardiff University. She evaluates medical devices using systematic review methods, health economic modelling and clinical trials, and also runs a 3rd year medical engineering module on medical device evaluation and adoption. Sue has a first degree in Physics,
