The Piscopia Initiative was founded in 2019 by 3 PhD students Isabella Deutsch, Tiffany Vlaar and Mary Llewellyn at the University of Edinburgh. Since then we have expanded to have local committees at over 25 universities with over 350 members!
Co-Leads
Sophie Bleau
University of Edinburgh
Laura Larios-Jones
University of Glasgow
Kaitlyn Louth
University of Edinburgh & Heriot-Watt University
Dhruva Patel
King’s College London
Ashleigh Ratcliffe
University of Leicester
Cat Rust
Queen Mary University of London
Alexandra Ciotau
University of Edinburgh
Our Co-Founders
Co-Founders: 29-2020
Mary Llewellyn
Statistics PhD student
University of Edinburgh
Tiffany Vlaar
PhD in Mathematics
University of Edinburgh &
Heriot-Watt University
Isabella Deutsch
Statistics PhD student
University of Edinburgh
Previous Co-Leads
2024-2025: Jung Wong Cho, Anastasia Istratuca, Laura Larios-Jones, Kaitlyn Louth, Ashleigh Ratcliffe, Sophie Bleau and Cat Rust
2023-2024: Rosie Evans, Victoria Ironmonger, Anastasia Istratuca and Kaitlyn Louth
2022-2023: Xell Brunet Guasch, Gemma Crowe, Rosie Evans and Victoria Ironmonger
2021-2022: Gemma Crowe and Tiffany Vlaar
2020-2021: Mary Llewellyn and Tiffany Vlaar
2019-2020: Mary Llewellyn, Tiffany Vlaar and Isabella Deutsch
Page last updated: 15/09/2025
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