We’re delighted to announce that alumna Alexandra Grigore (2012, PhD Nanotechnology) has won a highly prestigious Gates Cambridge Impact Prize 2025.
Alexandra Grigore is the Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of Simprints, the world’s first open-source biometric ID platform with privacy at its core.
The Impact Prize ceremony takes place on Friday and will see eight scholars presented with an award for their achievements.
They symbolise the many different ways that scholars have been having an impact across the world and the enormous ripple effect that Gates Cambridge has had in such a short space of time.
The Gates Cambridge Scholarship was set up in 2000 following an historic donation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Since 2001 2,156 scholars have been selected, representing 112 different countries.
The eight winners of the Impact Prize include current scholars and alumni. They will receive £5,000 each and be invited to participate in our 2025 anniversary events. To learn more about Alex and the other winners, go to the Impact Prize 2025 webpage.
Alexandra Girgore
