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WOMEN IN SCIENCE WEEK 2024
We invite you all to join us for Women in Science Week (WISW) 2024 (5-11 February 2024) where you can participate in FREE webinars as we all believe in open science.
Meet our Keynote Speakers for the WISW 2024
Prof. Véronique Vitry
Prof. Véronique Vitry is a graduate from the Engineering Faculty of UMONS and has occupied various positions there since she got her PhD in 2010.
She’s leading a research team working in various areas of materials science and engineering: surface treatments, recycling, metallurgical processes, and materials durability and actively supports local companies through failure analysis and expertise work.
She’s the recipient of several awards, including the 2020 Silver Medal of ASM International.
She’s active in several professional societies, boards, and in the leadership of her institution.
She’s leading a research team working in various areas of materials science and engineering: surface treatments, recycling, metallurgical processes, and materials durability and actively supports local companies through failure analysis and expertise work.
She’s the recipient of several awards, including the 2020 Silver Medal of ASM International.
She’s active in several professional societies, boards, and in the leadership of her institution.
Cécile Deprez
Cécile Deprez (she/they), MSC, is a researcher at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) on the topic of satellite positioning. In addition to their research, Cécile co-founded and coordinates two women and gender minorities networks as well as the Pride@DLR and DLR Internationals initiatives. As a side activity, Cécile is active as a public speaker on the topics of sexism, allyship and microaggressions in STEM fields. As a volunteer, they co-founded and manage Sexisme Flop, an association calling out brands making use of sexist advertising, and acts as coordinator of the Women in Aerospace Europe (WIA-E) working group on Visibility of Women in STEM.
Prof. Mónica Hernandez
Mónica, with over two decades of experience in the areas of Corrosion, Asset Integrity, and Sustainability Management, passionately advocates for diversity and inclusion, making meaningful strides toward empowering women in STEM. In 2023, her unwavering commitment to this cause earned her a place among the top 5 finalists for the "Women that Build Awards" by Globant, cementing her role as an inspirational leader in North America.
Prof. Anna Sandak
Dr Anna Sandak is the leader of the Materials Department and Deputy Director for Science at InnoRenew CoE in Slovenia. She is also an associate professor at the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies of the University of Primorska. She was recently nominated by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and joined the AcademiaNET. In 2022 Dr Sandak was awarded the ERC consolidator grant for the project ARCHI-SKIN (101044468-ERC-2021-COG), which aims to push the boundaries of traditional materials toward the development of engineered living materials. Her passion is to research biomimetic solutions for designing new materials.
Dr. Ulrike Boehm
Ulrike is a physicist with a passion for community building/engagement, outreach, and teaching. She has over ten years of experience designing, building, and running advanced optical systems and analyzing microscopy data. After research stays in Munich, Göttingen, and Washington, DC, to design and build new tools for electron microscopy and light microscopy, she is now part of the corporate research department at the Carl Zeiss AG in Oberkochen, Germany. At ZEISS, she works as an optical scientist and project lead on the latest optical trends for imaging, microscopy, and optical metrology. In addition, Ulrike is a huge advocate for women/diversity in science.
Dr. Stephanie Siewert
Stephanie Siewert is a Programme Director and Team Lead of the Communications unit at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Prior to that, she was a Research and Communication Officer at the German Ethics Council and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Ethics at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU). She also taught literary and cultural studies at the University of Stuttgart and the University of Potsdam. Stephanie holds a PhD in Comparative Literature and has spent her academic career in Germany, the U.S., and France. Her passion is storytelling in all forms and languages.
Tamara Tuvić
Tamara Tuvić, has a Master's degree in Physical Chemistry from the University of Belgrade. From 2010 to 2021 she worked in different industries. From 2021 she is a Journal Relations Specialist at the Belgrade office of the Journal of Coatings MDPI. Her responsibilities also include using a creative problem-solving approaches in the context of scientific publishing and research in the sciences.
Join us for our exciting lineup of virtual events during Women in Science Week 2024!
See the full program list here and register here.
Meet Our Organising Team
Meet the organising team behind our first Women In Science Week
Dr. Patricia Jovičević-Klug
Ms. Charu Negi
Dr. Andressa Trentin
Ms. Miya Hu
Ms. Tamara Tuvić
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