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Current Team

The Executive Committee

    Andrea Cantone, President

    Andrea is a Ph.D student in Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, working on carbon nanotubes in collaboration with the Department of Material Science in Oxford. Andrea holds a Master degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy. In 2006/07 he was part of the CUTEC Content team and organized the panel "Founding early stage innovations" during the Cambridge University TVC 2007. Andrea has been an i-Team student working on cheaper and more power-efficient displays. As president he is responsible for the strategic direction of CUTEC. He chairs the executive committee and oversees the strategic developments.

    Lucy Butler, Junior Treasurer

    Lucy is a PhD candidate on the Wellcome Trust 4 year PhD programme in Developmental Biology. She also has a Bachelors degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge. Prior to her PhD, Lucy worked as a Business Analyst in London for ZS Associates, a management consultancy specialising in sales and marketing. Lucy was Vice-President for Content for CUTEC in 2005-06, and now holds the position of Junior Treasurer on the CUTEC Executive Committee.

    Anne Dhulesia, Secretary

    Anne is a PhD candidate in Chemistry, working on the molecular mechanism of the formation of amyloid fibrils. She holds a Bachelor Degree from the Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) in Paris and a master in Molecular Physical Chemistry form the Universite of Paris Sud, Orsay, in collaboration with Pr. C. M. Dobson's group in Cambridge. She is currently the secretary of CUTEC Executive Committee.

    Salvatore Mascia, Student Advisor

    Salvatore is a PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering, working on formulations of pharmaceutical solid oral dosage forms in collaboration with Merck Sharp and Dohme. He holds a Laurea (Hons) in Pharmacy from the University of Perugia, Italy, where he also qualified as professional pharmacist. Salvatore was CUTEC President in 2006/7 and is currently serving as an advisor for the Club.

Sponsorship Team

Julien Genovino

After spending a year and a half in the pharmaceutical industry (e.g. GlaxoSmithKline) and graduating from Paris/Strasbourg in Chemistry, Julien is currently in his second year PhD at the Chemistry department. After his PhD, he will consider both research in the pharmaceutical industry and strategic/ technology consultancies as well as entrereuneurship opportunities.

Kelvin Ng

Kelvin is currently reading for a MBA at Judge Business School. Prior to Cambridge, he was a business development manager and consultant with Procter and Gamble and has also managed companies in services consultancy, education and software development. His interests include entrepreneurship, private equity and venture capital.

Olga Skripnikova

Ola is currently doing an MPhil in Computational Biology at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge. But her background is very broad and diverse. She finished a postgraduate course in Computer Science in 2007 at Cambridge Computer Lab and her undergraduate degree is in Engineering from South Ural State University in Russia. She has two years working experience as an IT Engineer.

Christoph Siegert

After military service, Christoph studied Physics at the Universitat Konstanz, Germany. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the Cavendish Laboratory, where he investigates quantum effects for spintronics in semiconductors. He is experienced in leading scientific projects, supervising students, presenting results to scientific and industrial audiences, and is published author. Christoph has worked in Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, the UK and India.

Graham Smith

Graham completed a BA(Hons) at Cambridge in Biological Natural Sciences in 2004 and is currently studying for an MPhil in Bioscience Enterprise. He has spent time working for a corporate finance firm in London and his previous fund raising experience includes participating in the Caius Development Campaign in 2007, helping to raise over£300,000.

Weijia Yuan

Weijia is PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering, working on Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES). He holds a Bachelor Degree from Tsinghua University in China.

Tian Wei

Tian is a PhD candidate in Department of Engineering, working on integration of supply networks in post M&As. She holds Master's Degree and Bachelor's degree in Tsinghua University, China.

Grace Wong

Grace is a first year PhD student in the department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience working on the development of the retina. She has obtained a BSc degree and an MPhil degree in Biochemistry from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

David Zou

David is a PhD student from Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy. He developed a 2D histogram model for multi phase X-ray microtomography image segmentation that won him a prize in academia as well as industry interest and is currently looking at industry opportunities for it. Outside studies he now works on the commercialization of a green recycling technology and now engaged in several business competitions.

Logistics Team

Aron Rachamim

Aron Rachamim holds an MPhys in Physics from Oxford University and an MPhil in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise from Cambridge University. For his PhD in Engineering he is currently researching how zinc oxide nanowires can be utilised to create superior touch screens with haptic feedback. Between degrees he has worked in private equity finance and for the European Commission, so he has built up a strong financial and administrative skill-set. He is ambitious but empathy is another key personality trait - he creates a stable working environment where his team members can focus on innovating.

Lenia Karallus

Lenia is an exchange student from Berlin, Germany. She is studying International Business and will stay in Cambridge for one year finishing her second year of studies. She is a member of the CUTEC Logistics Team since the year 2007.

Marketing Team

Alfonso Rodriguez Lecuona

Alfonso works in the Marketing department at NEC-Philips UK, Cambridge Business Park. He studied a Master in International and European Business Law (LLM) and holds degrees in Law and Business. During his three years at the Canary Island Institute of Technology (European R&D Centre), he gained vast experience in Project Management (Information Technology Entrepreneurship). Alfonso has been involved in the Judge Business School Entrepreneurship programme since 2004, being awarded in 2007 with a distinction certificate (CfEL - Cambridge University).

Elisabetta Spigone

Elisabetta is a Physics PhD in the Biological and Soft System Group at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. She holds a Laurea in Physics from the University of Roma ''La Sapienza'', Italy. She worked on the interaction between catanionic vesicles and proteins . She is working on surface behavior of protein, surfactant, polymer and colloidal particle films in collaboration with Unilever and Nanoscience Center.

Jan Peter Wiedenhoff

Coming originally from germany, Jan Peter studies now International Business in Cambridge. Before he studied in Berlin and worked in the german Bundestag. Marketing is going to be his focus. And he allready works for an online marketing agency next to his studies.

Content Team

Morten Andersen

Morten recently joined CUTEC as an MBA student at Judge Business School. Morten holds a BA in business administration and 7 years of business development experience within the technology as well as communications consulting and media industry.

Christoph Geidner

Christoph is a current MBA student at JBS, management consultant (8 years) and entrepreneur (3 years), having started a management consultancy serving the big Telecommunications players and ISPs in the field of Marketing and Strategy that grew to 20 people which he sold earlier this year to start my own VC fund and also to do the MBA.

Rahul Nayar

Rahul Nayar is pursuing his MPhil in Technology Policy at Judge Business School. Prior to his studies at Cambridge, Rahul worked as a technology analyst at Frost & Sullivan's Technical Insights group, tracking and analysing the early-stage commercialisation of emerging technologies - with an emphasis on early applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, among other areas. Rahul holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Madras, India.

Elisa de Ranieri

Elisa is a PhD candidate in Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory in collaboration with the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory. She works in the field of spintronics, with a focus on magneto-transport properties of ferromangetic semiconductor devices. Elisa holds a First Degree and a Master Degree in Electronic Engineering at the University of Pisa. She participated to the i-Teams program in Lent 2007.