Theodoros Koutroukides, President

Theo is pursuing his PhD on Schizophrenia biomarkers discovery, in Dr. Sabine Bahn's lab at the Institute of Biotechnology. He holds both a USA permanent residency and a EU citizenship. His first leadership role dates back to 1998, being a military police officer for 2 years in the Cyprus National Guard. In 2003, he completed his Biotechnology BSc at Imperial College, London. For the 5 subsequent years he acquired experience in diverse biomedical technologies through his employment at the White Shark Research Institute in Cape Town, South Africa, and Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, USA. His involvement in international competitive rowing and cycling is noteworthy also. Theo chairs the executive committee and coordinates the strategic directions of CUTEC.
president@cutec.org

Julien Genovino, Junior Treasurer

Julien acquired a BSc in Paris before moving to Strasbourg graduating with a Masters in Chemistry and an Engineering degree. His research training was strengthened by two years in pharmaceutical Industries: GlaxoSmithKline (UK) and Novartis (UK), Sanofi-Aventis (Germany); and in universities: Aarhus University (Denmark), Autonoma University (Spain). Julien had also spent several years for a bank and a departmental store as a part time salesman followed by a contract in a biotechnology start up in the Quality Assurance department. Currently in his third year PhD at the Cambridge Chemistry department, he actively started in CUTEC as a sponsorship VP (2007/8).
treasurer@cutec.org

Stephanie Collins, Secretary

Stephanie holds a 4-year research Masters degree in Biomedical Science from the University of Sheffield, where she worked on muscle development in Zebrafish. She is now pursuing her PhD in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, working on a cell communication pathway in the Drosophila blood system. Having been a member of the CUTEC Content team in 2007/8, she organized the 'Personalised Medicine' panel at the Cambridge University TVC 2008. Stephanie is now the secretary of the CUTEC Executive Committee.
secretary@cutec.org

Andrea Cantone, Student Advisor

Andrea is a PhD 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. Andrea has been an i-Team student working on cheaper and more power-efficient displays. He Joined CUTEC in 2006/07 where he was part of the Content team and organised the panel "Founding early stage innovations" during the Cambridge University TVC 2007. Andrea was CUTEC President in 2007/8 and is currently serving as an advisor for the Club.
advisor@cutec.org

Sina is a PhD candidate at Chemical Engineering department. He is currently investigating fabrication of carbon nanotube-polymer composites as membranes for different separation processes. Before coming to Cambridge, he did his bachelor study in chemical engineering at Amirkabir University of Technology in Iran (2005). Later he transferred to Singapore and obtained his master degree from National University of Singapore (2007). Afterwards he worked in the same university for one year as a research engineer.
sponsorship@cutec.org

Deborah Promosso is a member of staff at Cambridge University. She holds a special BA (Hons) degree in Combined Languages and an MSc in Management & Human Resource Management from Nottingham Business School. She has a strong background in administrative work, event management and project coordination. Her extensive experience has been gained from working at places such as The European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Counterfeit Deterrence Centre (ICDC) in Frankfurt, The Food & Drink Forum in Nottingham and through consultancy projects in the UK.
logistics@cutec.org

Filipa works as a Researcher in the Fermentation Group at a biopharmaceutical company in Cambridge. She holds a MEng with focus in Monoclonal Antibody Production and a 5-years degree in Biological Engineering awarded by the University of Lisbon. During her final academic year she completed a project design of a factory to produce a biodegradable plastic from recombinant E-coli. She also carried out an Erasmus Internship at Imperial College London with emphasis on Embryonic Stem Cell for treatment of lung diseases.
marketing@cutec.org

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 in the i-Teams program in Lent 2007.
content@cutec.org

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 Prof. C. M. Dobson`s group in Cambridge.
relations@cutec.org

Robert Hoff, Information Officer

Robert has an undergraduate degree in mathematics with physics and engineering at the University of Bergen, he did the diploma postgraduate course in computer science at the University of Cambrige in 2006-07. Now he`s engaged in various computer projects including and serving as the CUTEC information officer responsible for the club's web development and information organisation.
cio@cutec.org