Ulysseus Roundtable: International Day of Women and Girls in Science 11.2.2022 at 13.00

On Friday February 11th Ulysseus European University organises an online Roundtable titled: Science: Where magic happens on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

At this event, upper secondary students from six countries will have the opportunity to ask questions to young female researchers from the six partner universities about their interest in working in science and the challenges faced during their careers. 

This activity is part of the calendar of activities of “COMPASS: Leading Ulysseus to become a European University excellence model through Research and Innovation”, a Horizon 2020 project of Ulysseus and the flagship for its R&I agenda and strategy.

Time: Friday 11.2.2022 at 13-15.00 Finnish time
Host University: University of Genoa
Language of the event: English

Researchers:

• Marta Cintas Peña, MSCA Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Seville (Spain)
• Nuttanun Siriaporn, PhD candidate at Université Côte d’Azur (France)
• Michela Iebole, Ph.D. candidate in Physics at Universita’ di Genova (Italy)
• Michala Weissová, Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Technical University of Košice (Slovakia)
• Hanna Timonen, Ph.D. candidate in Aalto University (Finland)
• Researcher from MCI | The Entrepreneurial School ® (Austria), to be confirmed

Students:

6 upper secondary students from Spain, Italy, France, Austria, Slovakia and Finland

Moderator:

Roberto Spotorno, Professor of Metallurgy and Researcher in Materials for Energy at the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry at University of Genoa and active in dissemination initiatives promoting the awareness on climate change and diversity and inclusion.