Meet the Team
President
Gabrielle McClymont
Gabrielle is a fourth year PhD student in Biochemistry and is from Sydney, Australia. She is a Gates Cambridge Scholar and member of Corpus Christi College. Her aim as President of CUANZ is to develop an alumni network.
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Vice President
Florence Layburn
Florence is a second-year PhD studying Parkinson’s disease, based at the UK Dementia Research Institute and Department of Chemistry. She is from Auckland, New Zealand and a student at Trinity College.
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Vice-President
Isabel Nguyen
Isabel is a second year undergraduate at Lucy Cavendish college. She is from Perth but has also spent a lot of her life in Thailand.
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Treasurer
Renee Zhang
Renee (Yi Ran) Zhang is from Auckland, New Zealand (born in China and moved to New Zealand in middle school). She is at Hommerton College.
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Secretary
John Thompson
John is a second-year undergraduate student studying Landing Economy from Melbourne, Australia. He is at Christ College.
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Events Team Lead
Eleanor MacGillivray
Eleanor is a second-year undergraduate student studying Maths from Cambridge, New Zealand. She is at Trinity College.
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Sponsorship Director
Jeffrey Pullin
Jeffrey is an Australian PhD student at the MRC Biostatistics Unit working in statistical genetics. He is a Gates Cambridge Scholar and member of Girton college. Before coming to Cambridge, he completed BSc and MSc degrees in statistics at the University of Melbourne and worked in the Australian Public Service.
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Head of Communications
Akhil Sharma
Akhil is a Master of Philosophy student at the Department of Engineering. He is a member of Lucy Cavendish college, and is from Adelaide, Australia. Before coming to Cambridge, he completed BEng & BFin degrees at the University of Adelaide and works in infrastructure delivery.
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Alumni Officer
Jennifer Palmer
Lucy is an undergraduate student studying Law, from Kiama, Australia. She is at St Johns College after working as a paralegal in Sydney.
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Alumni Officer
Jennifer Palmer
Jenni is a third year PhD student at Corpus Christi focusing on molecular aspects of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. Jenni is an avid fan of tramping (hiking) and hails from Whangaparāoa.
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