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Yuru Zuo: Software Engineer at Microsoft
Computer Science graduate Yuru Zuo is a Software Engineer at Microsoft where she builds cloud and AI systems.
Dylan Lloyd: GenAI Engineer
Dylan builds real world AI solutions used across a range of industries, turning complex ideas into practical tools. He secured a role through an inventive, hands on interview that set him apart.
Arjun Chatterjee: Software Engineer
Computer Science graduate Arun now designs banking software for NCR
Quickfire Questions: Alexandra Lovatt
From discovering a love for lab research to pursuing a PhD, Warwick transformed ´¡±ô±ð³æ²¹²Ô»å°ù²¹â€™s curiosity into a career she never expected.
Quickfire Questions: Julia Aniol
Hands‑on neuroscience modules at Warwick unlocked Julia’s passion for unanswered questions, propelling her toward an MRes and a PhD.
Elsie Osifeso: Medical student
From foundation year to medical school, discover how blending disciplines, curiosity, and real-world experience can shape a future doctor with impact beyond the clinic.
Quickfire Questions: Gao Yang
Gao is driven to connect people with nutritious, well-designed food products.
Connections: Cristina Smeu
Despite studying Computer Science, Cristina was contributing essential bioinformatics research in ovarian cancer at the same time.
Connections: June Perry
Working in the Law School when it was just starting out gave June the confidence to come back to study here.
Former Principal Partner: Colin Davies
Warwick wasn't Colin's initial choice, but he was drawn in by its future-facing ethos.
Project Coordinator Intern: Qing Yu
Qing changed sectors from telecommunications into renewable energy.
Quickfire Questions: Sebastian Graban
Sebastian brings the problem‑solving mindset and close‑knit community spirit he found at Warwick into his work as a Senior Data Scientist.
Connections: Angela Ryde-Weller
Angela was one of the few women who enrolled on the Engineering Science course in 1969.
Economics Engineer: Kevin Tilley
Kevin Tilley is helping shape the UK’s clean‑energy future inspired by his love of physics.
Quickfire Questions: Sahhil Chawla
Sahhil transforms raw data into compelling stories that empower leaders to make confident, insight‑driven choices.
EMEA Chief Operating Officer: Rafia Aslam
In her roles at UBS, Rafia learned first-hand how businesses are managed, the challenges they face, and how major strategic decisions are made.
Group Programme Manager: Krishna Sachdeva
Krishna has realised it's not always about upward career progression, but an exciting destination.
Connections: Alan Toft
Alan fondly remembers his organic chemistry lecturer, the fantastic music, and the level-crossing en route to lectures.
Headteacher: Jassa Panesar
Jassa Panesar may be the head of the school, but he hasn't given up teaching Chemistry just yet.
With the Winter Olympics in full swing, Secretary General of the World Curling Federation, Colin Grahamslaw reflects on his time at Warwick.
Quickfire Questions: Constance Yang
Constance found the unique blend she was looking for at Warwick. A combination of biotechnology and business.
Quickfire Questions: Riola Tauro
Riola finds fulfilment in protecting people in her role in cyber security.
Roslinda Abu Bakar: Country Director
When a edtech unicorn approached Roslinda to lead on a B2B marketing venture in Malaysia, it was a realisation of a dream.
Quickfire Questions: Iqbal Azis Romadhon
WMG graduate Iqbal wants to contribute to Indonesia's community using the skills he learned at Warwick
Kate Whapshott: Head of Marketing
Kate was tempted by clinical psychology, but the buzz of marketing was the perfect fit for her
Making cancer care affordable
A businessman, innovator and philanthropist, Venkat Ramachandra is on a mission to make cancer care more accessible and affordable.
Logistics Director of Hermès China keeps fashion on the move
From Birkin bags to fine jewellery, home collections and much more, Fanny (Wenqin) Fang ensures Hermès products reach its customers.
Your Stories: Roger Addison
Roger, his sister, and his son all met their respective partners at Warwick making it truly a special connection for their family.
One of Warwick's first students: Hugh Morton
Hugh was one of the first Mathematics students that started at Warwick in 1964.
Your stories: Dr Afiniki Akanet and her new book
Dr Afiniki Akanet, practising General Practitioner (GP) and Assistant Professor, has released another self-help motivational book.
Daniella McNulty: Creative Director
Daniella is a Creative Director, Consultant, Professor, and Artist with current shows at Groupe Clarins and Rue de Rivoli.
Gabriele Arici: Chief Operating Officer
Gabriele is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Haivex Group.
Lubna Al Ariqi: Director of Public Health Emergency Department
Lubna is the Director of Public Health Emergency Department at the Gulf Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (Gulf CDC).
Warwick love story: Hassan and Hamna
Both far from home in Pakistan, they found friendship, love, and a second home in the heart of Warwick campus.
Esther Tichauer: Associate Director (Sales and Operations)
Esther works for a pharmaceutical company that specialises in women’s healthcare - taking pride in a career that helps deliver life-changing medicines that empower women to thrive at every stage of their lives.
Nabiha Khan: Managing Director
Warwick’s diverse and challenging academic environment helped Nabiha develop the adaptability and resilience needed to excel in the hospitality sector.
Quickfire questions with Suzanne Ovenden
The interdisciplinary nature of ³§³Ü³ú²¹²Ô²Ô±ð’s helped her to excel in diabetes care and systematic review research.
Mardiros Ovagemyan: AML Associate Analyst
Mardiros loves the puzzle-like nature of his work as an analyst where he tries to detect money laundering or any other financial fraud.
Max Beaumont: Founder
As Founder of NUMA, Skytree, and Atlantis Space City, Maximus is on a mission to build a permanent presence in Low Earth Orbit over the next fifteen years.
Bertrand: CEO and Founder
From a decade in strategy consulting to the challenges of entrepreneurship, Bertrand has built his running business from the ground up.
Donal Connolly: Director of Credit and Collections
Donal helps bring light to rural communities in Africa through helping set up payment plans for solar panels.
Shantnu Mahta: Forward Planning Engineer
As a Forward Planning Engineer at JLR, Shantnu Mahta (MSc Engineering Business Management, 2022) benchmarks these advancements to improve safety, productivity, and revenue.
Leading AI innovation and sustainability in manufacturing
Theo Saville graduated from Warwick with a MEng Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering with Business Management, in 2015. Alongside his studies, he joined WMG in 2014 as a researcher in Metal Additive Manufacturing, applying 3D printing for counterterrorism and policing applications. At a similar time, Theo founded , and is Co-Founder and CEO of the advanced software company which uses AI to fully autonomise manufacturing processes, primarily in precision manufacturing.
Adday-Desta Heller: Environmental/Social Data Analyst, Bloomberg
I chose to study at Warwick as I wanted to study at one of the top universities in my subject, and the flexibility of the course at Warwick was a huge factor. I wanted to take part in a year abroad, and study other subjects alongside my degree, and Warwick allowed and encouraged that.
Alex Holmes: Quantitative Associate, NatWest
Population dynamics was a module I did in my third year and was the first time I had been exposed to maths with real world applications. I really enjoyed seeing how techniques I had been using in a real situation. I enjoyed this module enough that I would go on to do a PhD in this topic!
From Warwick to wind turbines
Antonio Abella, a graduate of WMG, ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ (MSc in Engineering Business Management, 2017), is the Director of Operations and Innovation at . The company specialises in waste management and produces environmentally friendly products transforming decommissioned wind turbines into high-end custom furniture. Learn about Antonia’s time at Warwick and how it has shaped his successful career.
Christopher Nguyen: Software Engineer
Maths was by far my favourite subject, so studying it at university was a natural choice. I wanted a university which had a fast pace, a broad range of choices, and offered the flexibility to either stay in academia or transition into industry. Warwick excels at all of these, so was my top choice.
Maria Dixon: Mathematics Tutor
I developed good communication skills during Warwick in Africa when I taught Maths (and Italian and ballet!) to classes of up to 50 children in Ghana. Likewise, talking about my independent projects in oral assessments in front of lecturers and course mates developed my communication skills and my ability to throw myself into something I found daunting.
Siddhant Walia: Manager (Cloud Analytics)
Mathematics was the only subject I enjoyed in school and found that calculus and probability really interested me because of how we could understand and explain real world phenomena. This motivated me to delve deeper into what maths has to offer, along with how it's applied!
Kieran Kalair: Senior Mathematical Consultant, Smith Institute
During both my MSc and PhD at Warwick, I had several opportunities to communicate research to a range of audiences - some academics, some domain experts from industrial partners, some other students. This is something I am glad I started practicing early, as when I then moved into industry, I was already equipped to talk about science in a range of different ways depending on who the audience was, and what was most relevant to them.
Jamie Mullineaux, Quant Analyst
Whilst the second-year essay and final year project were good opportunities to hone my communication skills, I found working on weekly assignments with other students equally helpful. Knowing a solution isn't the same as being able to explain it or teach someone!
Creating outreach programmes to empower young people
Growing up in Coventry it was always a dream of Azzedine Dabo (MSc Analytical Science, 2013; PhD Chemistry, 2019) to study at Warwick. Now working as the scientific lead of GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) Method Innovation Team, Azzedine shares the importance of giving young people exposure to university life through outreach programmes like the one he has created at GSK.
The alum doctor bridging gaps in health and education
From medicine to mentorship, Dr Gabriela Barzyk (MBChB, 2022), discusses her career as a junior doctor and her passion for creating equal educational opportunities for all.
Warwick alumni celebrated in StudyUK Awards
Two Warwick alumni have scooped the win at the StudyUK Awards.
Anittah's journey of discovery and community
Anittah Owomugisha (MSc Engineering Business Management, 2023) a Chevening scholar now working as an Electrical Design Engineer at SSE plc, shares her journey, shaped by the supportive Warwick community. It was the Warwick connections, from faculty to peers, that played a pivotal role in propelling the start of her career.
Blending algorithms and botanicals
Meet alum, Lu Sun (MSc Statistics, 2008), who's successfully juggling a career in AI with her newfound passion for gin. We caught up with Lu to learn more about her unique career journey from an early start in cognitive AI to launching her own gin brand inspired by her family’s roots.
Emma Arandjelovic: Senior Software Engineer
Now working at the cutting edge of science and technology, Emma Arandjelovic (BSc Computer Science, 2002) looks back at her time at Warwick and how it was key to succeeding in a male-dominated industry.
Could your organisation host a student placement?
Could your organisation benefit from some fresh perspectives and additional skills? Could you offer a Life Sciences Masters student a placement year?
Racing towards equality
Disha Naik (MEng Mechanical Engineering (with Intercalated Year), 2020), is revving up the world of motorsports. Her head start came from Warwick Racing, a student-run motorsport project team, delivered by WMG as a group project in collaboration with the School of Engineering. Here she pursued her passion for motorsports and helped break down diversity barriers.
Chemistry spotlight: Zhivani Varanaraja
The Chemistry with Scientific Writing course is a great opportunity that provides a flexible platform to hone both your chemistry and scientific communication skills. I loved the supportive environment provided by Warwick and everyone was very friendly and welcoming. I would 100% recommend it!
Chemistry spotlight: Yini Huang
What particularly appeals to me is the opportunity to gain first-hand experience within the BBC, immersing myself in the workings of broadcast media.
Chemistry spotlight: Tasbiha Khan
The ASI course at Warwick provides an excellent learning experience, where classroom lectures are seamlessly interconnected with hands-on experience with modern instrumentation techniques. The cohort-based learning style, guest lectures, and research seminars throughout the year really fuel curiosity and innovative thinking.
Chemistry spotlight: Sherril Dixon
The level of support and encouragement from both the academic and administrative staff alongside your cohort's is an invaluable part of this MSc AS&I course, which stretches the mind and any preconceived limitations
Hannah Lindley - Associate Editor (Springer Nature Group)
There is so much exciting research being done by the academics in the Physics departments that there was lots of groups to choose from when it came to picking a research topic.
A true Warwick family
For Vera Okojie choosing to come to study at Warwick was a decision made all the easier by our impressive alumni community.
The results of a Warwick ‘run in’
From never running a long-distance race in his life to becoming New York’s fastest runner in his age group.
Connections: Helen Snape
Helen's book on chronic people-pleasing and burnout has now been published.
‘100 years of planning can collapse in the next moment, but each moment of adaptability helps one thrive 100 more’
Strategic innovation and sustainability specialist, Ganesh Malani (MSc Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2019) epitomises the wave of young, dynamic Warwick alumni focusing on strategic and sustainable innovation in Mumbai, India. Discover how his entrepreneurial journey started at a young age and how his passion for innovation is having a positive impact on a diverse range of communities across India.
STEM Inclusion starts with pre-school
Philanthropist, published author, and engineer, Dr Nick Donofrio (Hon Doctor of Science, 2002), spent 44 years at IBM including as Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology, leading numerous transformational strategies and initiatives across the company.
Putting a Spring(er) in Student’s Steps
We’re proud to count Tilly, the Springer Spaniel, as an honorary member of the Warwick alumni community, as she and her owner, Alison Pigdon offer a helping paw to students through their wellbeing visits with charity, Pets as Therapy.
Startups, family business and the future of in-vehicle payments
Anish Agarwal (MEng Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering, 2011) is an entrepreneur in the automotive and manufacturing space with a passion for technology and engineering innovation. Anish discusses how his experiences of studying and working around the world have shaped his own career, including his time with the family business Sterling Tools and involvement in several exciting automotive startups including Sheeva.AI.
James Gulliford - Technology Analyst (Deloitte)
The Warwick physics course made me challenge the most fundamental assumptions I held about the world.
Chemistry spotlight: Samson Oladeji
The ASI MSc exposed me to numerous frontier instrumental techniques in Analytical Science; it equipped me with the nitty-gritty of many analytical methods and their applications in solving real life problems.
The importance of Mathematics
David Clarke (BSc Mathematics, 1984) explains how the Covid pandemic shone a light on the importance of mathematics and shares his experience of being personally tutored by the founder of Mathematics at Warwick.
Trenessh Sivakumaar - Actuarial Analyst (AoN)
During my time at Warwick, I grew and matured from an ambitious student to a professional young adult eager to enter the world of work.
How innovation and engineering is transforming the lives of patients on dialysis
Dr Mark Wallace (BEng Engineering (Electrical), 1996; PhD Engineering, 2001) is Lead Innovations Engineer at Quanta Dialysis Technologies. He is one of the team which was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering’s MacRobert Award for UK engineering innovation. The creation of the Quanta Dialysis System (SC+), a compact and portable dialysis machine that is transforming the lives of patients with renal failure, is already being used across 12 NHS Trusts. The innovation is both CE-marked and FDA-cleared and stands to be a global leader in the multibillion-dollar industry.
Keeping our pharmaceutical products safe
Ensuring pharmaceutical products are safe is vital for patient health and wellbeing. That’s the focus of Yvonne Udenwa (MSc Analytical Science: Methods and Instrumental Techniques, 2011), who’s Senior Associate in EU Regulatory Affairs Strategy at Pfizer. Discover how her time at Warwick helped her to succeed in the pharmaceutical industry and what motivated her to pursue a career in regulatory affairs.
Stitched Up: Stories of Life and Death by a Prison Doctor
Connections: Ian Hamley
"Coming from a working class background, it is fair to say that obtaining a degree from Warwick opened up doors."
Richelle Xavier - Junior front end developer (BGC Group)
I thoroughly enjoyed my 4 years and am grateful for the opportunity to study physics there as it definitely set me up for a successful future, armed with a degree from a highly respected university and skills that last a lifetime!
Jeffrey Ede - Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer (Illumina)
My PhD in Physics was on Advances in Electron Microscopy with Deep Learning, so starting my role at Illumina felt seamless.
The 40-year-old start-up adapting to the changing world.
Kanishka Arumugam (MSc Engineering Business Management, 2015) is Co-CEO of EKKI Water Technologies, a leading family business based in Coimbatore, India who pump and transport water in an efficient and sustainable way for agriculture, building services, industrial and public utilities. Kanishka set up India’s first Wastewater Pump joint venture alliance with HOMA of Germany, a world leader in wastewater technology. Discover how the people he met at WMG influenced his career, his views on sustainable business challenges in India, and how sustainability is embedded in his company’s core values.
John Hammersley
Having worked on the world’s first driverless taxi system, John Hammersley (MPhys Mathematics and Physics, 2004) has always steered towards innovation. He’s now CEO and Co-Founder of Overleaf, a cloud-based LaTeX editor for collaborative working on scientific documents, with over nine million users and 150 university customers. Discover John’s journey from Physics at Warwick to becoming a successful entrepreneur.
Wayne Snow and Allister Dennis: Education as a driver for positive social change
Alumnus Wayne Snow (BSc MORSE, 1994 and Chief Risk Officer) and his husband Allister Dennis (BEng Engineering (Mechanical), 1994 and Product Manager Electrification and Advanced Power Systems) are passionate about social inclusion and changing people’s lives by breaking down barriers to accessing a university education. Explore their views on STEM inclusion and what motivates them to give to Warwick.
Connections: Hon Win Woon
After suffering a traumatic brain injury during his time at Warwick, Hon Win Woon is now working for Roche as an IT Analyst.
Connections: Ivan Stuart
Ivan is currently working as an Agile Coach and has discovered a passion for martial arts.
Connections: Dr Chyyo Singh Sada
"Warwick as I read years back is a centre for Excellence in Creativity and a perfect educational hub.
Being there to learn the art of ART/IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) was total ecstasy. The IVF Unit and the teaching faculty were top-level and they were kind enough to transfer the valuable knowledge to deserving students without any quid pro quo. Presently my practice of ART/IVF at Mothercare Hospital, Pune India has grown, not because of my strength, but the tips that I cultivated at Warwick. Thank you."
Connections: Veena Shinde
"I am extremely grateful for the teaching I received at Warwick. Thank you to Geraldine Hartshorne, Rina Agarwal, Sue Montgomery and Sarah Drury. I have been doing great, the course was very helpful. I have since referred doctors from India to this course."
Connections: Eloise Richer
Learn about Eloise's experience studying Physics at the ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ and her life after graduation.
Connections: Saknakosnak Prum
Over the last 4 years after graduation from the ÉñÂí¸£ÀûӰƬ in 2017, Nak has been actively volunteering his personal time apart from his full-time professional work to share his expertise and experiences through various mentorship programs and activities to support young women in Asia. Apart from being a mentor, he has a strong passion in volunteering and supporting STEM Education in Cambodia as a robotic trainer, a judge for various STEM and Robotic competitions, Chief STEM Project Supervisor. He is also a member of Southeast Asia Research Academy.
Connections: Simon Lawrence
"I started at Warwick in 2014, and a quick four years later, I graduated as a Master of Mathematics. While my degree was in pure and applied Mathematics, I knew that I always wanted to go into tech after I graduated. A lot of my friends were looking for jobs in finance, but I knew that wasn’t for me. I heard about an event that TPP were running at the University with a speaker that I was interested in going to see. I went along to see the speaker, make the most of the free food, and learn a bit more about TPP."
Connections: Chris Kingston
"I left Warwick in 1982 and took up a career in teaching. After a couple of years in Basingstoke, I became a Head of Department in a school in Nuneaton. After six years in this job and a promotion, I was headhunted to become a senior teacher at the prestigious City Technology College in Kingshurst. During this time I was directly involved in writing sections of the then new National Curriculum."
Connections: Robert Harris
"I have recently retired from a rare career, designing the acoustics of international opera houses, concert halls and theatres.
This has traceable routes to my time at Warwick, lighting student plays in Benefactors Hall and then the (new) Warwick Arts Centre, running the disco on the roof of the Senate building during the 1975 occupation, doing a noise-related summer placement and a project on the physics of concert halls."
Connections: Geoffrey Goodson
"I was born in South Africa, although all my education was in the UK, having attended Winchmore Hill Secondary Modern and Southgate Technical College in North London prior to a bachelor’s degree at Hull University."
Connections: Massimo Ferri
"My year at Warwick gave me a fantastic boost of my research in Algebraic Topology. Moreover the teaching of Colin Rourke and of Sir Christopher Zeeman were the keystone for my way of teaching once back in Italy."