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2016 Regional Winners

There are currently seven UA Regions: Africa & Middle East, Asia, Europe, Island of Ireland, Latin America, Oceania, US & Canada. A Regional Winner is the highest-performing Highly Commended Entrant from a UA region in their category.

Art history, Music, Film & Theatre

  • Europe – Sofia Garré, University of Exeter

  • Island of Ireland – Benjamin Price, Trinity College Dublin

  • Oceania – Joanna Batsakis, Monash University

  • USA & Canada – Rachel Wilson, Princeton University

Built Environment

  • Asia – Wa Yan Lei, University of Hong Kong

  • Island of Ireland – Sayed Ahmad Saeed, Dublin Institute of Technology

  • USA & Canada – Jiemin Tina Wei, Princeton University

Business

  • Asia – Jianhao Soo, Nanyang Technological University

  • Europe – Russell Halton, Blackpool and The Fylde College

  • Island of Ireland – Safiyeh Heidarzadeh, Queen’s University Belfast

  • Oceania – Robert Sarich, Australian National University

Chemical & Pharmaseutical Sciences

  • Asia – Chong Yih Ooi, Nanyang Technological University

  • Island of Ireland – Marie Foley, Queen’s University Belfast

  • USA & Canada – Mohammad Chaudhry, Toronto Metropolitan University

Classical Studies & Archaeology

  • Oceania – Sharon Staub, University of Melbourne

Computer Science

  • Asia – Zixuan Li, Nanyang Technological University

  • Europe – David Allison, Durham University

Earth & Environmental Sciences

  • Africa & the Middle East – Ismail Olasunkanmi, Obafemi Awolowo University

  • Europe – Lena Fuldauer, University College London

  • USA & Canada – Alexander Blum, Brown University

Economics

  • Asia – Mak Cho Kei, Hong Kong Shue Yan University

  • Europe – Ronak Jain, University of Cambridge

Education

  • Europe – Bethany Smith, University of East Anglia

  • Island of Ireland – Breda O’Kane, St. Mary’s University College, Belfast

  • Oceania – Aime Sacrez, La Trobe University

  • USA & Canada – Rebecca Bakal, Yale University

Engineering

  • Africa & the Middle East – Nicholas Harvey, University of Johannesburg

  • Europe – Nikhil Jacob, The University of Sheffield

  • Island of Ireland – Jack O’Meara, National University of Ireland, Galway

  • Oceania – Rebecca Watts, Australian National University

  • USA & Canada – Andre Cleaver, University of Texas at San Antonio

History

  • Africa & the Middle East – Sonali Chopra, American University of Sharjah

  • Asia – Siu Hang Tang, University of Hong Kong

  • Island of Ireland – Liam O’Brien, University College Cork

  • Oceania – Emily Gallagher, Australian National University

  • USA & Canada – Bay Lauris ByrneSim, Dartmouth College

Languages & Linguistics

  • Asia – Eva Ng, University of Hong Kong

  • Europe – Freya Young, University of Glasgow

  • Island of Ireland – Sharon Buckley, University College Cork

  • Oceania – Dominie Dessaix, Australian National University

Law

  • Africa & the Middle East – Nqolokazi Nomvalo, University of Johannesburg

  • Europe – Kay Cheng, King’s College London

  • Island of Ireland – Rory Hennessy, Trinity College Dublin

  • USA & Canada – Kevin Wong, Princeton University

Life Sciences

  • Asia – Kim Yeow Yong, Nanyang Technological University

  • Island of Ireland – Claire Dooley, National University of Ireland, Galway

  • Oceania – Anoushka Lal, Monash University

  • USA & Canada – Jethro Kwong, Western University

Literature: English

  • Africa & the Middle East – Shamma AlKuwari, Qatar University

  • Asia – Ming Wai Tai, University of Hong Kong

  • Europe – Eve Houghton, University of Oxford

  • Oceania – Elise Matthyssen, University of New South Wales

  • USA & Canada – Torre Puckett, University of Texas at Austin

Literature: Non-English

  • Oceania – Elise Matthyssen, University of New South Wales

  • USA & Canada – Emily Liao, Northwestern University

Mathematics & Physics

  • Africa & the Middle East – Shaza Alsibaai, King Abdulaziz University

  • Asia – Enoch Leung, University of Hong Kong

  • Island of Ireland – Columb Doherty, Dublin City University

  • USA & Canada – Kristen Scotti, Northwestern University

Medical Sciences

  • Africa & the Middle East – Shahad Al-Juhani, King Abdulaziz University

  • Asia – Ming Wei Sia, Nanyang Technological University

  • Island of Ireland – Rosanna Keane, Dublin Institute of Technology

  • Oceania – Michael Halpin, Australian National University

  • USA & Canada – Douglas Doyle-Baker, University of Calgary

Nursing & Midwifery

  • Europe – Esther Cherukara, University of Edinburgh

  • Oceania – Talitha Claassens, Massey University

  • USA & Canada – Laura Mandell, University of Connecticut

Philosophy

  • Africa & the Middle East – Guy Mor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  • Asia – Neo Xuan Hao Edwin, Nanyang Technological University

  • Island of Ireland – Conor McGlynn, Trinity College Dublin

  • Oceania – Dominie Dessaix, Australian National University

  • US & Canada – Kevin Wong, Princeton University

Politics & International Relations

  • Oceania – James Barklamb, Monash University

  • Asia – La Li, University of Hong Kong

  • US and Canada – Dounya Alami-Nassif, University of Texas at Austin

Psychology

  • Africa and the Middle East – Rewina Bedemariam, Addis Ababa University

  • Europe – Holly Scott, University of Glasgow

  • Oceania – Christina Maxwell, University of Queensland

  • US and Canada – Mallory Jackman, Western University

Social Science: Anthropology & Cultural Studies

  • Africa & the Middle East – Mauricio Lapchik Minski, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  • Europe – Omar Mohamed, Utrecht University

  • Oceania – Jackie Lobban, Griffith University

  • USA & Canada –Rebecca Meharchand, Western University

Social Science: Social Policy

  • Asia – Syafiq Suhaini, Nanyang Technological University

  • Island of Ireland – Katie Duggan, Waterford Institute of Technology

  • Oceania – Alice Chesworth, Monash University

  • US and Canada – Naciza Masikini, Western University

Visual Arts

  • Africa and the Middle East – Farah Abou Hamza, American University of Sharjah

  • Asia – Broy Lim, Nanyang Technological University

  • Europe – Chloe Lewis, University of Dundee

  • Oceania – Sanne Koelemij, Australian National University

  • US and Canada – Michelle Bunton, Western University

*There were no Regional Winners from Latin America in 2016

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