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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Associate operating in the Education space. If you think a Associate is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Louise Almond
Associate Director, Process Sciences of Allergan
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About Allergan, Pharmaron: Allergan is a global pharmaceutical company.
Andrew Steer
Associate Professor of University of Melbourne
A/Prof Steer is a consultant paediatrician and paediatric infectious diseases physician at the Royal Children’s Hospital. He is a Principal Research Fellow at the Centre for International Child Health in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne, as well as Group Leader of the Group A Streptococcal Research Group at MCRI. A/Prof Steer holds a current NHMRC/NHF career development fellowship.
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About University of Melbourne: The University of Melbourne is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria.
Martin Kleppmann
Research Associate of University of Cambridge
Dr Martin Kleppmann is a researcher in distributed systems at the University of Cambridge, and author of the acclaimed book “Designing Data-Intensive Applications” (O’Reilly Media, 2017). In his previous startup career he co-founded Rapportive in 2010 (acquired by LinkedIn in 2012) and Go Test It in 2007 (acquired by Red Gate Software in 2009).
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About University of Cambridge: The University of Cambridge is a public research university based in England.
Tongyun Li
Research Associate of University of Cambridge
Tongyun Li is the Co-Founder at ZifiSense. He attended University of Cambridge in 2007.
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About University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge: The University of Cambridge is a public research university based in England.
Dr Zheng Yuan
Research Associate of University of Cambridge
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Jasmin Fisher
Associate Professor in Systems Biology of University of Cambridge
Fisher’s research in executable biology focuses on cutting-edge technologies for modelling the molecular mechanisms of cancer and the development of novel drug therapies.
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About University of Cambridge: The University of Cambridge is a public research university based in England.
Richard Kay
Senior Research Associate of University of Cambridge
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Anna Calamia
Teaching Associate of University of Cambridge
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Anna Calamia
Teaching Associate of University of Cambridge
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Karina Vold
Research Associate of University of Cambridge
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Asaf Lubin
Faculty Associate of Harvard University
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About Harvard University, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Yale Information Society Project: Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
Asaf Lubin
Faculty Associate of Harvard University
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About Harvard University, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Yale Information Society Project: Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
Lucas Kello
Associate Professor of International Relations of University of Oxford
Lucas Kello is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Oxford University. He serves as Director of the Centre for Technology and Global Affairs, a major research initiative on the impact of modern technology on international relations, government, and society. He is also co-Director of the interdisciplinary Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security at the Department of Computer Science. His recent publications include The Virtual Weapon and International Order (Yale University Press), a book that explains the transforming impact of the current cyber revolution on national security and international affairs.
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About Oxford Analytica, University of Oxford: Oxford is a world-leading centre of learning, teaching and research and the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
François Caron
Associate Professor of Statistics of University of Oxford
Francois Caron is an Associate Professor in the department of Statistics and a tutorial Fellow at Keble College, University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute, London. He is co-director of the Oxford-Warwick EPSRC-MRC Centre for Doctoral Training in modern statistical science (OxWaSP).
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About Alan Turing Institute, University of Oxford: Oxford is a world-leading centre of learning, teaching and research and the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Max Little
Honorary Associate Professor of University of Oxford
Max Little is a Associate Professor at University of Oxford.
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About University of Birmingham, University of Oxford: Oxford is a world-leading centre of learning, teaching and research and the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Michael Osborne
Associate Professor of University of Oxford
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Anton Dek
Research Associate of Cambridge Judge Business School
Anton is a data science specialist with a PhD and experience both in academia and the private sector. Anton’s research interests include the cryptoassets market and its behavioural aspects. Anton is the co-author of the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index, the real-time estimate of the total electricity load and consumption of the Bitcoin network. Previously, Anton taught Data Science at Karazin Kharkiv National University and the University of Barcelona. He also worked at, and then managed, an analytics company where he mastered the software development cycle and came across Bitcoin while working on its price modelling. Prior to his work with cryptoassets, Anton specialised in renewable energy and conducted nuclear safety tests at the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology as a Research Fellow. Anton holds an MSc in Applied Physics and an MSc in Applied Economics from the Karazin Kharkiv National University.
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About Cambridge Judge Business School: Cambridge Judge Business School is a business school of University of Cambridge located in the United Kingdom.
ben hallen
Associate Professor in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship of University of Washington Michael G. Foster School of Business
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About University of Washington Michael G. Foster School of Business: University of Washington Michael G. Foster School of Business is a business that offers a variety of educational programs.
Lisa Smith
Senior Associate of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Lisa Smith is a Senior Associate at the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership. She is a former co-founder and CEO of Kraydel and non-executive director of Ananas Anam LTD. Lisa has a background in operations in the healthcare and packaged goods sectors. She built factories for Unilever in South Africa and practiced lean operations with McKinsey in North America and Europe. Lisa has an abiding interest in healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa and is currently Treasurer of the international NGO, FORWARD, seeking to end violence against women and child marriage. Lisa is a chartered engineer and has received an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MSc in Bio-Mechanics, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Natal. Lisa is on the board of Voltea, Catexel, Parogle, and an observer in P2i. As a Principal and Director at Unilever Ventures Lisa helped find and nurture brands with high potential.
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About Bockatech, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership: CISL is a globally influential Institute developing leadership and solutions for a sustainable economy.
Amanda Zeffman
Consultancy Associate of University of Cambridge Enterprise
Amanda is Head of Consultancy Services, a fast-growing service dedicated to generating both societal and economic impact from academic research by facilitating consultancy between University academics from across all disciplines within the University and external organisations. The Consultancy Services team has supported almost 400 consultancy projects this past year of which many arose from Arts, Humanities or Social Science disciplines. In 2017-18, Amanda’s team saw a 63% increase in the number of new consultants with deals signed for 165 academics and 234 clients in that period. Amanda periodically delivers training to technology transfer professionals for PraxisAuril, the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) and the European Association for Technology Transfer Professionals (ASTP), and is on the Board of Directors for ASTP as VP for Professional Development. Amanda previously worked for the University of Nottingham’s School of Pharmacy, where she ran a newly created interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Centre. As Project Manager, she co-ordinated the PhD programme and brought together academics and industry to generate collaborative research projects in targeted therapeutics as well as running a government-funded project to develop researchers’ transferable skills. She has also worked for the Food Standards Agency in scientific policy and for Isis Research (now known as Synovate Healthcare) where she was responsible for planning, implementing and analysing large international studies on HIV therapy for the pharmaceutical industry. Amanda has a PhD in HIV research from the MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge. Amanda joined Cambridge Enterprise as Consultancy Associate in January 2008 and became Head of Consultancy in February 2015.
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About University of Cambridge Enterprise: Cambridge Enterprise helps the University of Cambridge’s researchers & academics to commercialise their ideas for the benefit of society.
Martin Stoelen
Associate Professor of Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
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About Fieldwork Robotics, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences: Western Norway University of Applied Sciences is one of the higher education institutions in Norway.
Peter York
Cultural Commentator & Associate of Editorial Intelligence
Peter York is Cultural Commentator & Associate @ Editorial Intelligence.
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