James Kent University of South Wales Welsh Crucible 2015 James obtained his BSc in Mathematics at the University of Exeter in 2005, and completed an MSc in Computational Science and Modelling the year after. He completed his PhD in Mathematics at the University of Exeter in 2010. His PhD was sponsored by the Met Office
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James Cronin Swansea University Welsh Crucible 2015 James has an interest in the fundamental molecular mechanisms of chronic inflammatory diseases. He obtained his BSc in Microbiology from King’s College London and was awarded a PhD in chronicinflammationand cancer from Swansea University. Following 7 years of post-doctoral research he is now a lecturer in Swansea University
Catrin Fflur Huws Aberystwyth University Welsh Crucible 2015 Catrin Fflur Huws is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Aberystwyth University, having also graduated and obtained her doctorate from the same institution. She is currently the Chairperson of the Centre for Welsh Legal Affairs, specialising in bilingual law-making, Wales as an emerging jurisdiction and the legal
Christopher Groves Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2015 Christopher has a BA in Philosophy & Sociology (York), an MA in Philosophy & Social Theory (Warwick) and a PhD in Philosophy (Warwick). After two years teaching adult learners at Warwick University in 2003-05, he took up a research post in Social Sciences at Cardiff. Since then, he
Jenna Bowen Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2015 Jenna graduated from the Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2006. Following completion of a pre-registration year in community pharmacy, she returned to the department to undertake a PhD, which she successfully defended in November 2011. Now working as a Lecturer within the School, Jenna’s research
Sankar Meenakshisundaram Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2015 Sankar received his PhD in Chemistry from the National Chemical Laboratory, India in 2007 and then moved to the Cardiff Catalysis Institute, Cardiff University, where he worked as a PDRA until 2011. In 2011, he was awarded a prestigious and highly competitive Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship for Career
Alan Parker Cardiff University Welsh Crucible 2015 Alan completed his PhD from the University of Birmingham in 2003, and worked as a postdoc at King’s College London (2003-5) then at the University of Glasgow (2005-2013) as a postdoc, then Royal Society of Edinburgh Personal Fellow and latterly as a BHF funded Senior Scientist. In 2013
P. John Thomas Bangor University Welsh Crucible 2015 John obtained his Ph. D at Nehru Centre in Bangalore, India and was a RCUK Research Fellow at The University of Manchester, before taking up his current role as Lecturer of Physical Chemistry at Bangor. His research is aimed at smarter ways to synthesize inorganic nanoscopic particulates
Jonathan Phillips Swansea University Welsh Crucible 2015 Jonathan obtained his MSci degree in Mathematics and Physics at the University of Bristol and went on to complete an Industrial CASE PhD studentship there funded by the EPSRC and HP Labs, Bristol. Jonathan then got a position as a trainee clinical scientist based at King’s College Hospital,
Miranda Walker (nee Whitten) Swansea University Welsh Crucible 2015 Miranda has a BSc degree in Applied and Human Biology from Aston University and has been passionate about insects since a toddler. After a PhD in insect immunology at Swansea University, a series of post-docs in three continents, and freelancing as an illustrator, she returned to
