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ar560@cam.ac.uk @AmberRuigrok

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry; Lucy Cavendish College

Keywords

sex/gender differences, mental health, autism, neuroscience, neuroendocrinology

I am a cognitive neuroscientist with experience in neuroendocrinology and neuroimaging and am currently based in the Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry.

ak2260@cam.ac.uk @antiopikoronaki

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Architecture

Keywords

Computational Design, Fabrication, Timber, Digital Twin, Prefabrication

I am an architect engineer currently working as a Research Associate in the Centre for Natural Material Innovation in the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge.

@clarissajaz

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Centre for the Study of Existential Risk and Jesus College

Keywords

Global Risk, Science Advice, Science Diplomacy, Science for Policy, Mentoring

I am a Peruvian scientist that started her career as a researcher on molecular biology, neurosciences and biomedicine.

dz269@cam.ac.uk @dorianezerka

Position

Research Fellow

Affiliation

Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics

Keywords

Medieval Literature, Comparative Literature, German, Spanish, Europe

My work focuses on comparative medieval literature, alterity, gender, and the mobility of cultural production in the medieval world, particularly in the German and Iberian contexts.

jm2421@cam.ac.uk @JanaMokrisova

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Faculty of Classics

Keywords

Archaeology, Mobility, Mediterranean

I am an archaeologist interested in how people moved in the past. My research investigates the connections between different forms of mobility, cultural exchange, and identity formation in the eastern Mediterranean.

jet71@cam.ac.uk @jess_e_thompson

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Archaeology and Darwin College

Keywords

Bioarchaeology, Funerary Ritual, Prehistoric Europe

I am a bioarchaeologist specialising in the European Neolithic, Copper Age and Bronze Age. I study the remains of people who lived between c. 9000-3000 years ago to tell the stories of their lives and deaths.

lg483@cam.ac.uk

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Cambridge Public Health Interdisciplinary Centre; Department of Sociology; Department of Pscychiatry

Keywords

Health and Wellbeing, Social Inequality, Quantitative Analysis

I completed my PhD in Sociology at the University of Cambridge in March 2021 and now working as a Research Associate at Cambridge Public Health Interdisciplinary Centre.

em716@medschl.cam.ac.uk @lina_massou

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Public Health and Primary Care

Keywords

Data Analysis, Routine Data, Social Sciences, Economic Evaluations, Health Research

I have studied Applied Mathematics and I hold a PhD in Applied Statistics and Data Mining in Social Sciences.

lsmw2@cam.ac.uk @lsmwilson

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Computer Laboratory

Keywords

Extremism, Hate Speech, Radicalisation, Conflict, Middle East

My work spans many disciplines and sectors to research the roots of violence and terrorism.

mcu22@cam.ac.uk @mcemreustunkaya

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and Newnham College

Keywords

Archaeological Science, Climate Change in the Past, Plant Isotope Analyses, Archaeobotany

I am an archaeobotanist who works on climate change and its impact on past human societies.

@MariaBadaCC

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Computer Science and Technology

Keywords

Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Psychology

I am a Research Associate at the Cambridge Cybercrime Centre, at the Computer Laboratory of Cambridge University.

mm2324@cam.ac.uk

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Faculty of Education and Lucy Cavendish College

Keywords

Environmental, Sustainability, Climate Change, Education

My doctoral research in environmental education arose out of many years as an environmental, entrepreneur, activist, author and educator, primarily based in South Africa where I have lived for 24 years.

m.sarafan@jbs.cam.ac.uk @MehrnoushSrfn

Position

Research Fellow

Affiliation

Cambridge Judge Business School

Keywords

Supply Chain, Behavioural Science, Human Behaviour, Management, Experimental Research

I am a management scholar, interested in understanding the role of human behaviour in managing complex supply chains. I hold a Research Fellow position at Cambridge Judge Business School and Hinkley Point C Supply Chain Innovation Lab

mw833@cam.ac.uk @colombinary

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Sociology

Keywords

Smart Forests, Multispecies Design, Participatory Research, Interaction Design

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the Smart Forests project at the department of Sociology.

mj409@cam.ac.uk

Position

Research Fellow

Affiliation

Cambridge Judge Business School

Keywords

Conflict-affected Area, Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), Sociology of Higher Education (HE), Political Economy of Health, Soft Power & Symbolic Violence

I am a ‘multi-potentialite’ academic and researcher who enjoys the challenge of being constantly a beginner.

nah46@cam.ac.uk @HighcockNancy

Position

Teaching Associate

Affiliation

Archaeology

Keywords

Identities, Ancient Western Asia, Urban Spaces, Trade

My research focuses on individual and collective identity formation in the ancient Near East.

rw492@cam.ac.uk @rongwucam

Position

College Research Fellow

Affiliation

Wolfson College; Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Keywords

History, Modern China, Politics, War, Revolution

I am a historian of modern China. My research looks at how global developments forged the modern Chinese state. In particular, I am interested in the studies of war, revolution, constitution-making and international relations of early Republican China (1912–1928).

sl868@cam.ac.uk

Position

UKRI Future Leaders Fellow

Affiliation

Psychology

Keywords

Developmental Neuroscience, Global Health, Poverty, Infancy

I am lead investigator on the inter-disciplinary Brain Imaging for Global Health (BRIGHT) Project. My research focuses on the investigation of core early cognitive and neural mechanisms in infancy by pioneering the use of functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS).

sc647@cam.ac.uk @sophiacooke

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Geography and King's College

Keywords

Collaboration, Sustainable Development, Galapagos, Conservation, Policy

My interests focus on conservation and sustainable development. More specifically I am interested in how communities, scientists and politicians can collaborate more efficiently to improve human wellbeing and protect the environment simultaneously.

sm2608@cam.ac.uk

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Institute for Manufacturing

Keywords

Supply chains, Smart factories, Manufacturing, Applied computer science, Food security

I am a mechanical engineer with a PhD in industrial engineering and information systems.

sf696@cam.ac.uk @fiorentino_stef

Position

Senior Teaching Associate

Affiliation

Land Economy

Keywords

Planning, Urban Regeneration, Local Economic Development, Cities

I am a Senior teaching associate in Planning, growth and urban regeneration to the department of Land Economy. My research focuses on ways to reconcile planning practices and local economic development for more inclusive and resilient regeneration strategies.

su272@cam.ac.uk @dr_ullmann

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Darwin College

Keywords

Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Computer-mediated Communication, Corpus Linguistics, Critical Discourse Studies

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the project Giving Voice to Digital Democracies: The Social Impact of Artificially Intelligent Communications Technology at the University of Cambridge, funded by the Humanities and Social Change International Foundation

su272@cam.ac.uk @dr_ullmann

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Darwin College

Keywords

Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Computer-mediated Communication, Corpus Linguistics, Critical Discourse Studies

vpde2@cam.ac.uk @vanessapalomaelbaz

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Faculty of Music and Peterhouse College

Keywords

Gender, Minorities, Nationalism, Maghreb

My research focuses on the simultaneous use and silencing of Jewish voices within narratives of diversity and identity construction in Morocco and Spain during the last century.

an552@cam.ac.uk @nichoisa

Position

Research Associate

Affiliation

Psychology and Trinity Hall College

Keywords

Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, EEG, Infancy, Language

I am a developmental cognitive neuroscientist. I study the neural signatures and processes that underlie changes in infants’ behaviour and cognitive skills.

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This website

This website showcases the profiles of early career cis and trans women researchers from the University of Cambridge, UK, and affiliated institutions. It originated as part of StepWide, a leadership programme that aims to support the next generation of female researchers.

We hope that by making the expertise and stories of early career women researchers more visible (and searchable!), will highlight how much they contribute to the research that is done in the University and affiliated institutions.

Who is it for

This website is designed for a wide audience, be it other researchers looking for particular expertise for a collaboration; the media looking for experts; those that are simply curious about what type of research is done in Cambridge, or those trying to get a clearer idea of what a ‘typical’ woman researcher in this years old institution does (there is no ‘typical’!).

The StepWide programme

StepWide was designed by 3 postdocs at Cambridge (see below for more on Marta, Laura and Cemre). It aims to support female postdoctoral researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, from any discipline, who feel that taking a step into leadership is not for them. The programme is designed to suit both early and more senior postdocs, providing them with the skills to challenge the current ideas of what a leader is, learn how to raise their public profiles, as well as a close and supportive network of peer-to-peer female postdocs.

StepWide ran for the first time in 2019/2021, and we are currently running a new series of workshops in 2022/2023. We will post updates here when applications open for its next run.

Laura, Marta and Cemre (left to right on the photo) met at The Postdocs of Cambridge (PdOC) Society, at the University of Cambridge, UK. When the Researcher Development (RD) Pitch Competition was announced in late 2018, they felt this provided the ideal opportunity to work together to develop a leadership programme for women postdocs. They saw a gap in the current leadership RD provision, with a lack of opportunities that challenge current leadership views. Their proposal was successful and obtained funding for a one year pilot, giving rise to the StepWide programme.

Laura Fachal is a Senior Staff Scientist at Wellcome Sanger Institute. She earned her BS in Veterinary, MSc in Biotechnology and PhD from University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. She completed her postdoc at the Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge. She is also a Research Associate at Lucy Cavendish College.

Marta Costa is a Senior Research Associate at the Department of Zoology. She did her undergrad in Biology in Lisbon, Portugal, followed by an MSc in Neuroscience at UCL in London. She then moved to Cambridge for her PhD, followed by a postdoc. She is also a Research Associate at Lucy Cavendish College.

Cemre Ustunkaya was a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. She earned her BSc in Biological Science, followed by an MSc in Archaeometry at Middle East Technical University, Turkey. She later moved to Australia for her PhD in Archaeology at The University of Queensland. She is also a postdoc affiliate at Newnham College.

Thanks and funding

StepWide was funded by the Researcher Development Pitch Competition which included support from the Researcher Development Programme, The Postdocs of Cambridge (PdOC) Society, the Postdoc Academy, the Postdoc Chairs’ Network and the Careers Service at the University of Cambridge. We are very thankful for their support. We would also like to thank Alba Gómez for her expert support with the first version of the website, and to Arian Jamasb for redesigning and implementing the newest version of this website. Finally, we thank Natacha Wilson and Rebecca Nestor for the advice and support they provided for the development of the workshops.