Asra Zyar is Team Assistant in the President’s Office at EIT, providing support to Sir John Bell and Chief of Staff Tamsin Berry. Her role is varied, ranging from logistics and documentation, to support of pre-program strategy through commercial research.
As a recent graduate, Asra has received research grants from the Royal Society of Chemistry, Carnegie Trust and the British Society of Rheology. She holds an MRes in Biomedical Engineering, and a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Glasgow, with her work on supramolecular materials leading to publication in Nature Synthesis (2024).
Outside of the lab, and now the office, Asra has always been passionate about art, having completed short courses at the Glasgow School of Art. She recently road-tripped through Europe to attend the Venice Biennale and is currently planning a trip across China.