Dr. Claudia Bonfio is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the MRC – Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge where she studies the chemical origin of extant life. She gained her PhD in Biomolecular Sciences (subject: Biochemistry) in 2017 from the University of Trento (Italy), after publishing 6 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Claudia has experienced interdisciplinary research in international teams across Europe and US and has tutored high school students and undergraduates in General, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry for 4 years. A strong believer in science communication, she spends her spare time attending workshops and watching TED talks to improve her transferable skills.

Ms Sanjana Choudhury is a devoted researcher in the field of Infectious Diseases. She was previously a Lecturer at the Department of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology at Jagannath University, Bangladesh and a visiting Research Scholar at Harvard Medical School. While at Harvard Medical School, she worked with WHO on antimicrobial surveillance system. She along with her peers, independently built a non-profit charity organization called “Shwapnochari” in Bangladesh in which they provided free education to underprivileged children of Dhaka. She holds an MSc degree from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and has published her research works in journals and international conferences.

Winnie holds a doctorate from St Edmund’s College, Cambridge and she is currently an undergraduate supervisor in the Faculty of Education. Winnie has been awarded with the ‘American alumni award’ and ‘Santander scholar award’ during her studies in Cambridge. Winnie is passionate about teaching, especially in education and psychology study. She is a fellow in the Higher Education Academy. Her research and studying is focused on special and inclusion education, educational psychology and educational research methodology – qualitative enquiry. She has over ten years teaching experience in both the secondary and tertiary education sectors. ‘Differentiated curriculum design: Responding to the individual and group needs of students with learning difficulties with self-regulated learning strategies’ is her latest peer-reviewed journal article, was published in 2016 by ‘Support for Learning’.