The Telos Team
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Jackie Testamark
Jackie is an Oxford Rhodes scholar and PhD candidate in Art History. Her research explores the relationship between art and empire, with a particular focus on Britain and Italy from 1700-1850. She achieved a Distinction in her Masters’s at Oxford in History of Art and Visual Culture, and previously graduated cum laude from Yale University’s Bachelor in Classical Civilisations and History.
Coaching areas: Art History, Classics
Languages: English, French, Italian, Latin
View more information about Jackie here: https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/scholar-community/rhodes-scholar-bios/rhodes-scholars-class-of-2024/jackie-testamark/
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Natalia Hildebrand
Natalia is the co-founder and co-director of Telos Pathways and a PhD candidate in History at Oxford. Her research examines Cold War revolutionary networks between the Middle East, Latin America, and Southern Africa. She achieved First Class Honours in her undergraduate studies in International History at the LSE and a Distinction in Oxford’s MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies.
Coaching areas: History, Politics, Philosophy, Social Science
Languages: English, German, French, Italian, Arabic
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Alex O'Shea
Alex is a PhD candidate in Chemistry at Oxford. In his research, Alex develops computational tools to analyse how biological molecules break apart under laser power. He graduated with First Class Honours from his Bachelor’s in Chemistry at King’s College London and holds a Master’s from Oxford in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.
Coaching areas: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics
Languages: English, Mandarin
View more information about Alex here: https://benesch.chem.ox.ac.uk/scientists_files/f6cb1e4ee6e219d8f27cf14703dd791d-118.html
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Suhaas Bhat
Suhaas is an Oxford Rhodes Scholar and a PhD candidate in Physics. His research uses machine learning to better understand natural phenomena, particularly in biophysics. Before coming to Oxford, he graduated from Harvard College with high honours in Physics and Social Science. He has taught Master’s students in Computer Science at Worcester College, Oxford. Suhaas has pursued a variety of research activities in his field, including publishing eight peer-reviewed papers, working as a machine learning researcher at a range of organisations, and developing machine learning models for designing novel drugs.
Coaching areas: Philosophy, Physics, Social Science
Languages: English, Spanish
View more information about Suhaas here: https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/scholar-community/rhodes-scholar-bios/rhodes-scholars-class-of-2024/suhaas-bhat/
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Ju Young Han
Ju Young is the co-founder and co-director of Telos Pathways. He completed his undergraduate in History and Politics at Oxford (2022) and proceeded to graduate with Distinction from the Oxford MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies (2024). He has declined his PhD offer from Oxford to continue his work in educational consulting. He has tutored more than 150 students over the past seven years in a variety of subjects, including literature, history, political science, and philosophy. Many of his students have won essay competitions, academic prizes, and been admitted to Oxbridge or Top 20 American universities.
Coaching areas: History, Politics, English Literature, Admissions
Languages: English, Korean, Turkish, Arabic
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Lisa Klaassen
Lisa is a PhD candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute, where she researches the relationship between Artificial Intelligence and national security. She achieved Distinctions in her Oxford MPhil in International Relations and her BA in English Literature from Cambridge. Alongside her PhD, Lisa works as a Writer and Producer at Amanpour, CNN’s flagship global affairs programme, and is currently leading a defence project with the UK Ministry of Defence and King’s Department of War Studies.
Coaching areas: English Literature, Admissions
Languages: English, Dutch, French, German
View more information about Lisa here: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/lisa-k-902053192?trk=people-guest_people_search-card