NEW FELLOWS AND BYE-FELLOWS

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NEW FELLOWS

MR ROD CANTRILL

Mr Rod Cantrill was appointed as the Bursar from 1st October 2020.

Rod has over 30 years’ experience from a career in finance and business. He also has a deep knowledge of Cambridge as an alumnus of St Catharine’s College, from his involvement in local politics and as a trustee of Wintercomfort, a Cambridge homeless charity.

DR ROSS HILL

Dr Ross Hill is a career development fellow at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology where he studies the consequences of DNA damage for stem cell maintenance and fertility. The main aim of his research is to understand how germ cells (sperm and eggs) maintain the integrity of their DNA and faithfully transmit genetic information to the next generation.

Failure to do so can result in the accumulation of germline mutations, which are the foundation of genetic disease and the substrate on which natural selection operates.

DR ELISA GALLIANO

Dr Elisa Galliano is a University Lecturer in Neuroscience in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (PDN). Prior to that, she worked at King’s College London and Harvard University as a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral fellow, and trained at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (PhD in Neuroscience) and University of Pavia (MSc in Neurobiology, BSc Biology). Research in her laboratory focuses on the ways in which the brain responds to incoming stimuli and uses such experiences to flexibly modify itself at a cellular level. This process, called neuronal plasticity, is fundamental, as it is thought to be the molecular basis of behaviours such as network development, learning, memory, and sensory processing.

NEW BYE-FELLOWS

DR OLIVER BURTON

Dr Oliver Burton works on integrated routes to 2D material synthesis and subsequent application in device fabrication. Working on the chemical vapour deposition of 2D materials such as graphene, Oliver is using both in-situ and ex-situ characterisation methods to understand how these materials grow and how we can control and utilise contamination levels of certain elements in the catalyst to the advantage of the final 2D film quality. In parallel he is working towards optimising the application of these films after their growth for both research and industry and working on novel repeatable methods of process tolerant 2D material based device fabrication.

DR HOLLY CANUTO

Dr Holly Canuto, formerly Fellow, Admissions Tutor (Sciences), Tutor and Director of Studies in Natural Sciences (Biology), was appointed as Senior Tutor at St Catharine’s College from Easter Term 2020. She resigned her Fellowship on 3 March 2020, and was appointed to a ByeFellowship from the same date.

DR JEONGMIN CHOI

Dr Jeongmin Choi is a Director of Studies in Natural Sciences (Biological). She is a molecular biologist in the Department of Plant Sciences and studies how plants interact with beneficial microbes. Approximately 80% of land plants associate with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to gain essential minerals such as phosphorus, thereby representing the most common plant symbiosis on earth. Her research aims to uncover molecular mechanisms of how nutrient levels in soil influence arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. She believes the knowledge gained from her research has the potential to reduce fertiliser input and promote sustainable agricultural practices. 37

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DR JAAKKO HEISKANEN

Dr Jaakko Heiskanen is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies. His primary research interests are centred on the history and theory of international relations, especially the systemic or structural transformation of international orders. He is also interested in the history of nationalism, the politics of identity and difference, and the practice of conceptual history. His PhD dissertation traces the genealogy of ethnicity, focusing on the significance of this concept in the constitution of the modern statessystem. His postdoctoral research project explores the concept of the nomad.

DR SARAH KOLOPP

Dr Sarah Kolopp is a political sociologist and an alumna of the French École normale supérieure. She has lived, taught and researched in various places, including Paris (as a Teaching Fellow at Sciences Po Paris), New York (as a visiting fellow at NYU’s Institute for French Studies), Cambridge (at Clare College and Fitz) and Miami. In October 2020 she was appointed to a Lectureship in Political Science at the Sorbonne, Paris. She has therefore resigned her Fellowship but as she is remaining in Cambridge for this academic year she has been appointed to a Bye-Fellowship.

DR ARES LLOP NAYA

New Batista i Roca Fellow, Dr Ares Llop Naya has extensive experience in higher education teaching and research, having held various academic positions including at the Universitat de Barcelona, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and at Cardiff University.

The main focus of Ares’ research lies in microvariation and linguistic change of the Romance languages, especially Catalan and Pyrenean linguistic varieties. She has explored the mechanisms and acquisition processes underlying both diachronic linguistic change as well as the micro-synchronic variation of unexplored Romance negation systems.

DR JENNIFER POWELL

Dr Jennifer Powell is a Director of Studies for History of Art. She joined Kettle’s Yard in 2013 where she is Head of Collection, Programme and Research. She formally joined the Department of History of Art in October 2017 as a part-time lecturer specialising in modern and contemporary art, but has contributed to teaching as a visiting lecturer since 2013.

At Kettle’s Yard she leads the programming and collection teams, overseeing the exhibitions, research, collection and learning functions. Jennifer studied as an undergraduate and completed her MPhil and PhD at the University of Birmingham. She is a visiting lecturer for Sotheby’s and ICE, Cambridge.

DR DUNSTAN ROBERTS

Dr Dunstan Roberts is Isaac Newton Trust Teaching Associate in English, Director of Studies for English and teaches several papers in the English Tripos, including Shakespeare, Renaissance literature, and Tragedy. His teaching is particularly concerned with the material processes by which texts were created, modified, disseminated, and received.

His research examines the social and intellectual history of books during the early modern period. Its aim is to broaden our knowledge of what books people owned, what books they read, and how they read them. At the moment, he is preparing a book-length study of Edward, first Lord Herbert of Cherbury (1582-1648).

REVD GRAHAM STEVENSON

The Revd Graham Stevenson, Chaplain at Fitzwilliam since October 2019, was appointed to a Bye-Fellowship from 1 October 2020.

Graham trained for Anglican ordination at St Mellitus College in London and served at St Francis’ Church in North Kensington as an Eden Team leader. Interest in academic theology led him to extend his training by completing an MA in Biblical Studies at King’s College London. Alongside his chaplaincy role, Graham is working on a part-time PhD on evolution and Augustine, under the supervision of Andrew Davison and Rowan Williams. 39