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Prerna Singh Bindra (2020), a current PhD student at the Department of Geography, has extensive experience as an environmental journalist and wildlife conservationist. She talks about the impact of conservation-related relocations on humans and wildlife.
Alumni Mike Smith (1972) and Peter Stickland (1972) caught up with The Eagle Editor, Ellie Collingwood, to discuss what student life in College was like in the early 1970s.
Professor Erwin Reisner runs the Reisner Laboratory in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry. He has been a Fellow at St John’s since 2011. In this article for The Eagle 2023 he outlines current research projects in the Reisner Lab and shares some of his hopes for the future.
This issue of the LMBC newsletter focuses on the successes of all the College crews at the May Bumps.
Dorien Braam (2018) is Director and Principal Consultant at Praxis Labs and has recently completed a PhD at St John’s. Here she tells us about her experiences of working in international development and shares her current research priorities.
Sofia Voutsaki (1984) is Professor of Greek Archaeology at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. She tells us about the Ayios Vasileios project and how archaeology can inform our understanding of the present.
Following an impressive Lent term for The Lady Margaret Boat Club is hoping to resurrect the termly LMBC newsletter, to be sent out to all alumni who were a part of the Boat Club during their time at St John's.
Katharine Newby Grant (née Joy) (1996) is Vice President of Brand Organisation & Beauty Care at Proctor & Gamble. She talks about her career journey and some of her sporting passions and successes.
Following an impressive Lent term for The Lady Margaret Boat Club is hoping to resurrect the termly LMBC newsletter, to be sent out to all alumni who were a part of the Boat Club during their time at St John's.
Randolph Brazier (2012) is Global Head of Clean Power Systems at HSBC. He was interviewed for the alumni blog back in 2018 and now he shares what he has been doing since then.
Andrew Howell (1986) is Executive Vice President of Technology at KBC Advanced Technologies. In this article he talks about decarbonisation and the transition to greener fuels.
John Cassy (1993) is Founder and CEO of Factory 42, an immersive technology and experience studio. He tells us what goes into the creation of ‘impact entertainment’.
Helen Pattinson (1998) is Director of Fundraising and Communications at War Child UK. Here she discusses the impact the earthquake in Syria and Turkiye and the war in Ukraine have had on her work.
