Meet our Team
DR ERFAN SOLIMAN
I am an educator with experience in curriculum design, university admissions, and higher education consulting. I completed my undergraduate degree at Harvard University and my PhD at the University of Oxford and am now a lecturer and admissions consultant. I love helping others unlock their entrepreneurial and academic potential, and helping my students gain acceptance into the universities of their dreams.
I am always happy to chat about OxFizz - please don't hesitate to get in touch.
umar azad
I am a first-year student at Harvard University and an aspiring environmental science and applied math major. Access and Outreach is a cause close to my heart; I have been involved with various access initiatives to improve social mobility in East London and look forward to continue supporting disadvantaged communities through OxFizz.
Please get in touch with any questions or queries!
MARY MCBAIN
I am an incoming 4th year Biochemist at University of Oxford and will be starting my Master's project this year. Alongside my degree, I am very passionate about encouraging students to apply to the university of their dreams, irrespective of their background. I have been involved in many university access schemes and I am also a founding member of an Oxford access podcast and Instagram account. I am so excited to continue helping students to reach their full potential through OxFizz!
Please get in touch with any questions or queries!
Rachael Griffiths
I recently joined the team as Head of Access and Operations, but I've been involved with Oxfizz since 2015 - first as a volunteer fundraising for Branch Up and then as Programme Director of the Summer School - so I feel at home here! I'm now responsible for planning and running our Access Programme and am looking forward to building on the success of last year's programme.
After completing my undergraduate in the Study of Religions and History at SOAS, I studied Tibetan and Himalayan Studies at Wadham College and I'm now in the final stages of my DPhil in Oriental Studies at St Hilda's College.
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with any questions.
WILL TAYLOR
At Oxfizz, I’m the point of contact for schools and teachers looking for a helping hand in the admissions process and I’m involved in working out how we can best demystify applying to Oxbridge.
I’ve just completed my master’s degree in East Asia Studies from Harvard but before going stateside, I read Classics at Balliol College, Oxford. While at Oxford, I led outreach days teaching Model UN in local schools and ran MUN conferences in Oxford and China and recently, I’ve helped Chinese students apply to UK and US universities.
Please get in touch if you want to chat further about how OxFizz can help your school.
Meet our Board
