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Grace Field (2019 cohort) Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Trinity Hall

12 October 2021

Take a look at Grace’s fascinating article, “To save forests, researchers are hooking trees up to Twitter”, co-authored with two forest scientists, Dr Tim Rademacher (Harvard Forest) and Professor Kathy Steppe (Ghent University).

Brigid presenting her award-winning paper at the CSANA conference

Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholar wins Best Graduate Student Paper Prize and embarks on exciting new Research Affiliate role

8 April 2021

Brigid Ehrmantraut (2019 cohort) Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Wolfson College Congratulations to Brigid, who has been awarded the prize for best graduate student paper delivered at the Celtic Studies Association of North America (CSANA) annual conference. Brigid presented her award-winning paper, ‘A Wrong...

A journey to Cambridge on 'the road less travelled'

8 March 2021

Sian Gooding (2019 cohort) Faculty of Computer Science & Technology, Jesus College In an interview with the Computer Laboratory, Sian speaks about her journey to PhD study at the University of Cambridge and why you should never give up, no matter the odds. Read about how Sian took the ‘road less travelled’ here .

Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholar wins prestigious Winifred Georgina Holgate Pollard Memorial Prize

23 February 2021

Rachel Mckeown (2020 cohort) Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, St Catharine’s College We are delighted that Rachel has been selected to receive a Winifred Georgina Holgate Pollard Memorial Prize in recognition of her outstanding performance in her final year of undergraduate studies. You can read more...

Constantin Kilcher (2019 cohort)

3 February 2021

Faculty of History, Clare College Convened by Constantin every other week during term time, the DAAD-funded German History Research Group provides a unique environment for scholars from different disciplines, working with different methods and time periods, to discuss German history. In early March, workshop presentations...

Welcome to the 2020 Scholars

5 December 2020

We were delighted to welcome the second cohort of Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars in an online welcome event last month. The event included speeches from the Vice-Chancellor, David Harding and the Master of St Catharine's College and research presentations from four of our 2019 Scholars: Brigid Ehrmantraut ...

Nilesh Chatterjee (2019 cohort) Department of Pharmacology, Christ’s College

4 November 2020

Nilesh’s PhD project involves the development of an original, novel, non-editing gene therapy to target cancer cells. In a new film from #CambridgePostgrad , Nilesh talks about why he chose to study for his PhD at the University of Cambridge.

Grace Field (2019 cohort) Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Trinity Hall

21 October 2020

Grace’s PhD research focuses on the role of analogy in modern physics, but before coming to Cambridge she studied the conceptual issues invoked by a quantity known as quantum tunneling time — the time taken for a quantum particle to 'tunnel’ through a barrier in a classically-forbidden way. She recently pitched an article...

Oliver Cast (2019 cohort) Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Clare Hall

15 January 2020

Oliver is a member of the Cancer Systems Biology group (Miller Laboratory), analysing how chemotherapy changes the immune system of cells. Through recognising the methods cancer uses to exploit the immune system, new treatments may be developed. Oliver’s contribution is acknowledged in an article about the group’s work...

Welcome Event 2019

30 October 2019

We were proud to welcome our very first cohort of Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars in October 2019. Read more about the Welcome Event for the inaugural cohort.

Grace Field (2019 cohort) Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Trinity Hall

Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholar wins Best Graduate Student Paper Prize and embarks on exciting new Research Affiliate role

A journey to Cambridge on 'the road less travelled'

Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholar wins prestigious Winifred Georgina Holgate Pollard Memorial Prize

Constantin Kilcher (2019 cohort)

Welcome to the 2020 Scholars

Nilesh Chatterjee (2019 cohort) Department of Pharmacology, Christ’s College

Grace Field (2019 cohort) Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Trinity Hall

Oliver Cast (2019 cohort) Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Clare Hall

Welcome Event 2019

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