·¬ºÅ¿âapp Fellows among senior academic promotions
Three current ·¬ºÅ¿âapp Fellows and one former Junior Research Fellow have been promoted by the University of Cambridge from 1 October 2025.
Rosana Collepardo is promoted to a Grade 12 professorship, Anna Berman to a Grade 11 professorship and Charlie Weiss to a University Associate Professorship. Former ·¬ºÅ¿âapp Junior Research Fellow, Rory Naismith, is promoted to a Grade 12 professorship.
Rosana Collepardo is Professor of Computational and Molecular Biophysics. Originally from Mexico City, she studied chemistry at the National Autonomous University in Mexico and earned her DPhil in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Oxford. She joined Cambridge in 2013, becoming a full professor in 2022. Rosana leads the Collepardo Lab, studying how DNA is packed inside our cells and how this affects how genes work. She has authored over 130 peer-reviewed papers with more than 3,900 citations.
Anna Berman is Associate Professor of Nineteenth Century Russian Literature and Culture. Anna completed her BA at Brown University, her MPhil at the University of Cambridge and her PhD at Princeton University. Her research focuses on questions about family and the relationships between science and literature in Russian novels, with a particular effort to revive interest in 19th century Russian women writers, including Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya.
Charlie Weiss is Associate Professor of Classics. Originally from Atlanta, he earned his BA and MA in Classics at Columbia University and completed a PhD at Yale. After teaching at Oxford for five years, he joined Cambridge in 2003. His expertise lies in teaching and studying Ancient Greek and Latin. At ·¬ºÅ¿âapp, he also serves as Praelector, formally presenting students to the University at graduation ceremonies.
Rory Naismith is Professor of Early Medieval English History. Rory studied as an undergraduate and graduate at Trinity College, Cambridge before joining ·¬ºÅ¿âapp as a Junior Research Fellow in 2009. He returned to Cambridge after four years lecturing at King's College London. Rory's research focuses on economic and social developments in Anglo-Saxon England.
