How we started
The Piscopia Initiative was founded in 2019 by 3 PhD students Isabella Deutsch, Tiffany Vlaar, Mary Llewellyn at the University of Edinburgh. Since then we have expanded to 19 UK universities with over 250 members!
Our Co-Founders
Co-Founders: 2019-2020
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
Co-Leads
Victoria Ironmonger
University of St Andrews
Rosie Evans
University of Birmingham
Xell Brunet Guasch
University of Edinburgh
Kaitlyn Louth
University of Edinburgh & Heriot-Watt University
Anastasia Istratuca
University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University
Previous Co-Leads
2022-2023: Gemma Crowe, Rosie Evans, Victoria Ironmonger and Xell Brunet Guasch
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: 07/11/2023
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