Meet the Team
Meet our Team of Great Explainers:
Meet our team of Great Explainers:
Chaand Raja
CEO and Co-Founder
Course Read at University:
Economics
Favourite Module:
Developmental Economics
Subject Specialities:
Maths, Further maths, Economics, Business
Something Unexpected:
I have visited over 25 countries, Botswana is next on my bucket list.
Favourite Fact
America purchased roughly 827,000 square miles of land West of the Mississippi river from France, during the Napoleonic wars, for only $15 million in 1803, and it is claimed that nobody will ever or had ever "gained so much for so little".
Madeleine Waspe
Director of Studies and Co-Founder
Course Read at University:
Physics with Medical Physics
Favourite Module:
Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Subject Specialities:
Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
Something Unexpected:
I am a passionate astronomer and whilst at university volunteered for the BBC series: Stargazing Live
Favourite Fact
If you laid all the nephrons from both of your kidneys side by side they would cover somewhere between 15 and 40km!
Ashley Nguyen
Academic Specialist
Course Read at University:
Double major in Maths and Economics
Favourite Module:
Future of medicine
Subject Specialities:
Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Maths
Something Unexpected:
I have recently started Olympic weightlifting
Favourite Fact
The 3D, helix gene structure was discovered by Rosalind Franklin in 1952 through an X-ray diffraction image called Photograph 51. Sadly, her work was not recognised until after her death, when it was later claimed by Watson and Crick who went on to win a Nobel Prize for their 'discovery' in 1962.
Mariam El Sahhar
Academic Specialist
Course Read at University:
Major in Biology, with minors in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Favourite Module:
Computational Neuroscience
Subject Specialities:
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science
Something Unexpected:
I make excellent vegan cinnamon rolls and I am a huge fan of Janja Garnbret, the Olympic rock climber
Favourite Fact
Neural decoding is a whole field dedicated to extracting neural information from the brain or, in other words, reading minds! In fact, the brain can be modelled as a huge electric circuit - just like a computer.
Adreeta Raya
Academic Specialist
Course Read at University:
Economics
Favourite Module:
Financial Markets, Data Analysis, Macroeconomics & Economic History
Subject Specialities:
Economics and Business Studies
Something Unexpected:
If I ever had the chance to compete in a biscuit or cookie eating competition I am pretty sure I would win hands down!
Favourite Fact
Macroeconomic theories are like the domino effect; if one element is altered, all other elements tremble and undergo a change as well.