Our alumni
Studying for a PhD at the ICR is an exciting, challenging and stimulating experience that forms a firm foundation for a scientific career.
Many graduating PhD students from the ICR have gone on to research positions at institutes and universities all over the world. Meet some of them here:
Katharine was inspired to pursue a period of full time research after completing her MSc in Oncology in 2012. Her research centres on the use of stereotactic body radiotherapy for treating patients with limited sites of metastatic disease.
Having a medical background, Susana wanted to do a PhD to have a better understanding of research. Her project investigated the signalling process of angiogenesis in breast cancer.
Susana’s time at the ICR has had a great influence on her career, and she hopes to pass on her positive experiences to others. She is now a Consultant Medical Oncologist at the Royal Marsden.
Aleksandra was attracted to the ICR for a number of reasons, which included the opportunity to work on translational science, and to work with some of the brightest people in research.
She investigated the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor as a therapeutic target in Wilms tumour and glioblastoma, which are cancers found in children. She is now a Strategy Consultant at IBM.
Drawn initially to the ICR due to the topic of her PhD project, Emma found it to be an academically stimulating place in which to work. She now works at the Institute of Neurology, where she still asks for occasional advice from ICR colleagues, owing to their scientific expertise.
Vicky has found obtaining a PhD from the ICR to be an invaluable asset, as employers recognise it as the top cancer research centre in Europe. She now works as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Wolfson Institute of Biomedical Research.
The ICR’s unique facilities and the best structural biology laboratory in the UK initially attracted Matthew to do his PhD, which investigated a class of signal organising proteins called AKAPs. He now investigates scaffold proteins, working as a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Seattle.
The world-class research conducted at the ICR was of immediate appeal to Shozeb, and he undertook a PhD in modelling quadruplex DNA - a potential drug target in cancer.
He is now Research Fellow at The London School of Pharmacy where he is still pursuing his research into the structure of quadruplex DNA.
Rehan came from a surgical background and maintains that the name and reputation of the ICR and the people that work here has been a huge career boost.
He completed a PhD assessing the voice of patients who have lost their voice box through cancer, which won him two awards. He is now Senior Clinical Research Physician for the contract research organisation Parexel International.
Joao came from a diverse academic background, and undertook a PhD in Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) when IMRT was really coming of age.
He thoroughly enjoyed the academic and social sides of his time with us. He is now Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Harvard Medical School.
Former Student President Wing-Chau got involved with all that there is to offer students at the ICR, becoming an active member in the student and squash committees.
Her PhD project looked at the design and synthesis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) contrast agents. She currently works as a Project Manager at Imperial College London.
