Susanna Kempe (She/Her)

CEO, Laidlaw Foundation
Chriss Sneed

Director of Applied Learning, Barnard College, Athena Center for Leadership

Lucia Laffan

Laidlaw Scholar , University of Cambridge

I am a second year undergraduate studying Human Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge. 
Meng Sijia

Student , The University of Hong Kong

Hello everyone, I am a first year undergraduate student majored in Actuarial Science at the University of Hong Kong.  For my research, I will work on a project about linguistic: Influence of First Language on Learning English as a Second Language (ESL). 
Addy Shah

Research Assistant, The Oxford Character Project, University of Oxford

Addy Shah is a Research Assistant at the Oxford Character Project (OCP). He contributes to the research, development, and management of optimised data systems to support the scaling of operations and facilitate quantitative evaluations for OCP programmes. As a Laidlaw Scholar, he recently graduated with a First-Class BSc (Hons) in Finance from Durham University and is also a graduate of the Oxford Ethical Leadership Programme. As an academic researcher, his curiosity spans the domains of risk modelling, monetary macroeconomics, decision theory, information theory, and machine learning systems. Across these domains, he believes that in a world defined by uncertainty and complexity, an understanding of character can equip researchers with a lens that enables them to see clearly and navigate with integrity. With his work and research at OCP, he aims to provide clarity on why, when, and how this belief becomes an empirical reality, particularly within those domains central to the functioning of an information economy.
Hannah Lawless

Biological Sciences Student and Clinical Research Scientist, Durham University

Hi, I'm Hannah and i'm a Biological Sciences student at Durham University. My research project was focused on exploring the neuroscience of bumble bees and their visual and olfactory attraction to flowers, and identifying differences between sex and species. My LiA is with Make_Sense Americas and is a collaboration with a start-up recycling plant, processing hard to recycle materials and trying to achieve a more circular economy. During my free time I love reading, improving my level of Spanish and learning how to code.
Brandon Julio Hadisaputro

Student, The University of Hong Kong

Chan Ngo Suet Christie

Undergraduate Student, The University of Hong Kong

Ngonidzashe Maposa

Student, University of Hong Kong

Isabella Liu Tsz Huen

Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Hong Kong

Ka Wai Ernest Yip

Medical Student, The University of Hong Kong

Lau Ka Yi Athena

Student, The University of Hong Kong

Adrian PANG

Psychology & Global Health BASc (2026), The University of Hong Kong

I am a final year student in an interdisciplinary BASc(Global Health and Development) programme, hosted at the School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU while pursuing a second major in Psychology. In the previous years, I served as the chairperson of my programme's student society at HKU. My research engagement extends beyond the six-week attachment at University College London's ISEH in summer 2023 – after returning to Hong Kong, I am still working with the researchers at UCL to prepare a systematic review, and following up the results so far to combine with the continued effort back in the UK to write up a journal article for submission soon. Back in HKU, I have joined research labs in psychiatry and psychology departments, working on both statistical analyses and research project managements. More recently, I succesfully led the organisation of a month-long summer research programme for high school students as part of my LiA with the research lab I have been working since Jan 2024. Besides what I have been immersing myself in research, I have a keen interest towards topics like inequality in society, our health, environmental and sustainable development studies. During secondary school years, I steered my school's flagship territory-wide primary school STREAM education initiative for two years and administered school student bodies of the discipline team, school history and gifted education team and took an active role in the environmental protection team. I was named one of the 2021 Hong Kong Outstanding Teens and was twice commended by the Education Bureau as an Outstanding Student Environmental Protection Ambassador. I endeavour to promote equality for underprivileged and underrepresented groups in society including ethnic minorities and enhance their upward social mobility. In 2022, I competed the in first Hong Kong Student Service Leaders Award organized by Dream Compassioneers, undertaking social service projects and was recognized with the title of the Top Ten Outstanding Student Service Leaders 2022. Last updated: Feb 2026
Yang Ching Hin

Economics and Finance, Politics and Public Administration Student, The University of Hong Kong

Tea Stapar

Undergraduate Biochemistry Student, Trinity College Dublin

Hi there! My name is Tea Stapar and I'm a third year Biological and Biomedical Sciences student in Trinity College Dublin, specialising in Biochemistry. My research project is based on studying metabolomics of a chemotherapy drug called HAMLET/Alpha 1 using NMR spectroscopy. I'll be investigating whether this chemotherapeutic could be used to treat human osteosarcoma. Looking forwards to the experience and connecting with new people!
Luc James Robinson

Recent Graduate, Durham University

Recent MChem graduate from Durham University, specialising in pharmaceutical research and healthcare policy.
Luke Pätzold

Student, Trinity College Dublin

I am a fourth-year student studying Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures with Hebrew at Trinity College Dublin. I spent my third year studying abroad at the Universidad de Granada and Charles University Prague. I am very interested in Holocaust Studies and my summer research project concerned the study of the influence of Holocaust fiction on public memory. I am currently pursuing this research further as part of my undergraduate dissertation. In the summer of 2024, I joined SOS Children's Villages Switzerland and Nepal for the central LiA "Making Impact Visible" and got an insight into SOS's important work while fostering my videography and photography skills. If you are from the 2024 cohort and have any questions in this regard, send me a message!  In my free time, I fence Épée.
Olamide Obadina

Global Business student , Trinity College Dublin

Hi! I am a 4th year undergraduate scholar at Trinity College Dublin studying Global Business, and I am currently on my study abroad in ESCP Paris. My research project centres on the importance of female leaders from ethnic minorities in the business C-suite & the necessity for better racial and gender diversity on executive boards worldwide.  I’m really looking forward to meeting new people and experiencing new things on this journey!
Devin Seward

Student , Trinity College Dublin

I am a Neuroscience student at Trinity College Dublin with a strong intrest in all things science.  My research project looks at the neurotoxicity of nanoplastics.  In my spare time I love to go sailing and hiking. 
Hannah Viljoen

Student, Trinity College Dublin

Law student at Trinity with a passion for human and environmental rights! Love cooking and developing recipes in my free time.