Our people

My work focuses on the wellbeing of members of the University, supporting all university staff and their families. I am Director of Newcomers and Visiting Scholars.

Jane Luzio grew up in Cambridge, the daughter of a graduate of Jesus College and granddaughter of a graduate of Trinity. She taught classical ballet from 1965-2002. Her first office job was Master’s Secretary, St Edmund’s College for Canon Sweeney, the Master. She brought up three children as a single parent, held down several part-time jobs, completed a Women into Management course with The Open University and ended her career as a Senior Administrator in the Department of Engineering, retiring in 2013. Retirement was short-lived! She was appointed as Director of Newcomers and Visiting Scholars in 2015. Jane is also an Independent Custody Visitor at Parkside Police Station, a voluntary role she has held since 2013. Her hobby, playing music for Morris Dancers, on a melodeon or button accordion, is reflected in the portrait of her husband, which hangs in the dining hall.

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Professor Paul Luzio undertakes research in the field of molecular cell biology, to discover and understand the molecular mechanisms of intracellular membrane traffic between specialised organelles in mammalian cells, as well as abnormalities in these mechanisms and organelle function, which lead to disease.

Professor Paul Luzio MA PhD FMedSci was Master of St Edmund’s College from 2004-2014. Paul was an undergraduate in Cambridge, reading Natural Sciences (Part II Biochemistry) at Clare College before studying for a PhD in the Department of Biochemistry. After a period in Cardiff as a lecturer in medical biochemistry at the Welsh National School of Medicine he returned to Cambridge where, in 1979 he became a University Lecturer in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry and was later promoted to Reader (1996) and then Professor (2001). In 1987-88 Paul spent a sabbatical year at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany. He was elected a Fellow of St Edmund’s College in 1987 and was Senior Tutor from 1991-1996. From 2002 until 2012 Paul was Director of the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk), a cross-departmental research institute in the Clinical School with a mission to determine the molecular mechanisms of disease in order to advance human health. From 2007-2012 he chaired the Medical Research Council’s Molecular and Cellular Medicine Board and was a member of the Strategy Board. Paul was Deputy Head of the School of Clinical Medicine from 2012-2014.

Following retirement in 2014, Paul became Emeritus Professor of Molecular Membrane Biology. As a Voluntary Director of Research, he continues to lead a small research group funded by the Medical Research Council at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research. Paul’s research is largely concerned with intracellular membrane traffic pathways in mammalian cells and the biogenesis, re-modelling and function of intracellular organelles (little organs) called lysosomes, which play an important role in cellular nutrition and signalling. Lysosomes are acidic organelles, with changes in acidity having effects on their degradative function and ability to signal to other parts of the cells. Paul is currently studying the molecular regulation of acidification and lysosome re-modelling and how these processes contribute to lysosome function. His work has contributed to a greater understanding of how defects in membrane traffic and lysosome function contribute to human diseases, including lysosomal storage and neurodegenerative diseases.

Academic Profile

Awards & Recognitions 

• 1987 Humboldt Research Fellowship
• 1998 FRCPath
• 1999 FMedSci
• 2005 Association of Clinical Biochemists (ACB) Foundation Award
• 2015 FRSB

Lizzie Henderson is Co-Director of The Faraday Institute’s Youth and Schools Programme. Through workshops, books, resources, and educational research Lizzie and the team work to enable young people and their influencers to confidently explore big questions – specifically those regarding science-faith interactions.

Lizzie holds a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, specialising in Evolutionary and Behavioural Biology, Geology and the History and Philosophy of Science. She has long held a strong interest in the communication and public understanding of the interactions of science and faith and has worked with children and young people in a variety of contexts for many years.

Lizzie has been building the Faraday Institute’s Youth and Schools Programme since 2013 and has seen many thousands of students respond enthusiastically to the combination of hands-on science with honest, dynamic and thought-provoking discussion about science, faith and their interactions. She also consults and advises on several collaborative projects working to develop new, inter-disciplinary approaches to education.

Lindsay is the CEO of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. She has over 25 years’ experience of working with senior leaders from multinational businesses, financial institutions and influential organisations to accelerate progress to a sustainable economy. Prior to stepping into the CEO role, she built CISL’s portfolio of international education programmes which now have over 40,000 alumni, developing senior level understanding of the need to transform economic structures and markets. She has led CISL’s contribution to evolving international debates on business leadership and strategic responses to sustainability challenges. She speaks on global trends and the commercial implications for business – most recently on the need to align competitiveness, resilience and sustainability. Other areas of focus include the implications of geopolitics and AI, the imperative to take action on nature and the relationship between business and society

Angela is a former BBC News Editor and Journalism instructor; She has also taught crisis handling at the Institute of Development in Lausanne. Angela now drafts honours nominations and makes podcasts through her business, Cambridge Podcasts. She is a graduate of Lucy Cavendish College.

Angela also volunteers for the NSPCC Schools Service and teaches English as a foreign language to refugees. She enjoys cycling, Ceroc and qi gong.

Her husband Chris is the 16th Master of St Edmund’s College