MCR Committee
Executive Committee 2026-27
Laura Bartková (she/her)
President
DPhil in Cellular Structural Biology
Fun fact: I collect postcards from every city I visit and refuse to leave until I have found one.
Cosmin Andrei (he/him)
Vice President
mcr.vicepresident@merton.ox.ac.uk
DPhil in Atomic and Laser Physics
Fun fact: I grew up just a few kilometres away from Dracula’s Castle.
Shanmukha Vishnu Gorthi (he/him)
Treasurer
Alex Beste (they/them)
Welfare Officer
DPhil in History
Fun fact: Although I had a double-tooth as a kid, only one tooth grew back, so I'm missing an incisor.
Mara Blöchlinger (she/her)
Welfare Officer
Teegan Griffiths (she/her)
Social Secretary
DPhil in English
Fun fact: Outside of work, I love the ocean, reading reading reading, and can occasionally be found in the Merton erg room.
Daniel Cortild (he/him)
Social Secretary
DPhil in Mathematics
Fun fact: I have lived in every Benelux country, roughly a third of my life in each.
Marilou Poliquin (she/her)
Social Secretary
DPhil in Modern Languages
Fun fact: Given the opportunity, I will put maple syrup on literally everything.
Asmita Sarkar (she/her)
Information and Returning Officer
mcr.information@merton.ox.ac.uk
DPhil in History
Fun Fact: My favourite snack is an easy peeler—I can eat ten in one sitting.
