Ethan Newnham is a neuroscience student from Melbourne. He holds a Bachelor of Science from The University of Melbourne for which he made the Dean’s Honours list, and is currently completing a Master of Science in Neuroscience at the University of Oxford. Drawn to the complexity of information processing in the brain, Ethan’s Master’s research has focused on the propagation of neural signals from cortex to subcortex. With his Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship, Ethan will undertake a Doctor of Philosophy at Oxford, using two-photon optical techniques to understand the neural mechanisms of visual perception. Beyond the lab, Ethan is a dedicated volunteer teacher for young neuroscience students and retirees at the University of the Third Age, and was awarded Oxford Fresher of the Year for his achievements in Trampolining. In the future Ethan hopes to open his own laboratory and mentor the next generation of scientists as a supervisor or lecturer.