Women in Science 2024
Women in Science 2024
The Women in Science – Erlangen Symposium is designed to be a platform for female scientists from all over the world. It was a pleasure to participate in planning the Women in Science – 3rd Erlangen Symposium (July 22-24, 2024) at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
We are delighted, that more than 140 scientists from various career stages attended the 3rd edition of the symposium. Over the course of three days, top-class female scientists from various research fields (such as organic chemistry, computational chemistry, catalysis, materials science and many others) not only presented their research results, but also reported and discussed their professional careers and personal experiences in academia and/or industry. All participants, from undergraduate students to senior professors, had the opportunity to discuss science and build new networking connections and collaborations.
Abstracts
The abstracts of all talks and posters are included in the “Book of Abstracts” and can be downloaded as pdf-file.
Programm
Monday, July 22nd
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Welcome Address by the Organizing Committee and Andrea Bréard (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE) |
| Session 1 | Chair: Henry Dube |
| 10:30 – 11:20 | Keynote Lecture: Natalie Stingelin (Georgia Tech, USA) From the Swiss Mountains to Become Chair of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology: “Following Ones Dreams” |
| 11:20 – 12:00 | Invited Lecture: Ivana Fleischer (University of Tübingen, DE) I did it my way – breaking bonds and stereotypes |
| 12:00 – 13:15 | Lunch Break |
| Session 2 | Chair: Ani Ozcelik |
| 13:15 – 13:55 | Invited Lecture: Anne M. Baranger (UC Berkeley, USA) Thriving in the College of Chemistry: Assessing and Improving Academic Culture |
| 13:55 – 14:05 | Flash Talk: Nath Mala (Indian Institute of Technology Roorke, IN) Nanocomposites, Ag/Mn2O3, As Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst For Reduction Of Nitrophenols: Potential Wastewater Treatment |
| 14:05 – 14:35 | Invited Lecture: Ingrid Span (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE) Hydrogenases Made Crystal Clear |
| 14:35 – 16:05 | Coffee Break with Brain-Dating |
| Session 3 | Chair: Sabine Maier |
| 16:05 – 16:45 | Invited Lecture: Marjan Zakerin (Bosch, DE) Seizing the Horizon: Empowering Women to Navigate and Triumph in Their Career Voyage |
| 16:45 – 16:55 | Flash Talk: Hemlata Agarwala (Technical University of Munich, DE) Photochemical CO2 reduction to HCOOH by an organocobalt catalyst – Two different mechanisms with temporal evolution of catalysis, effectuated by second coordination sphere interactions |
| 16:55 – 17:25 | Invited Lecture: Carolin Müller (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE) Excited-State Odyssey: Charting Maps with Data-Driven Strategies |
| 19:30 | Speakers Dinner (upon invitation) Students Dinner at Gaststätte mit Biergarten “Am Röthelheim” (at own expenses, Am Röthelheim 40, 91052 Erlangen) |
Tuesday, July 23rd
| Session 4 | Chair: Eugenia Pérez-Ojeda |
| 09:00 – 09:50 | Keynote Lecture: Patricia Hunt (Victoria University of Wellington, NZ) Exploring a Non-Polar Cope Rearrangement in (Polar) Ionic Liquids |
| 09:50 – 10:30 | Invited Lecture: Anelis Kaiser Trujillo (Uni Freiburg, DE) Sex/Gender in the Brain and Diversity in Neuroscience |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| Session 5 | Chair: Alejandro Cadranel |
| 11:00 – 11:40 | Invited Lecture: Magalí Lingenfelder (EPFL, CH; Ikerbasque, ES) From Tracking Atoms to Harnessing Electron Spin: Pioneering Pathways to Green Energy |
| 11:40 – 11:50 | Flash Talk: Lilli Reißenweber (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE) Directionality Reversal and Shift of Rotational Axis in a Hemithioindigo Macrocyclic Molecular Motor |
| 11:50 – 12:20 | Invited Lecture: Susanne Wintzheimer (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE) Supraparticles: Material design via nanoparticle assembly |
| 12:20 – 13:35 | Lunch Break |
| Session 6 | Chair: Peter Hommelhoff |
| 13:35 – 14:15 | Invited Lecture: Yu Jing (Nanjing Forestry University, CN) Rational Design of Two-Dimensional Organic Frameworks for Energy Conversion |
| 14:15 – 14:25 | Flash Talk: Inga Block (University of Potsdam, DE) Removal of organic contaminants from aqueous systems via adsorption onto spent coffee biochars |
| 14:25 – 15:05 | Invited Lecture: Katherine Geogheghan (Springer Nature, UK) Thinking outside the lab |
| 15:05 – 16:35 | Coffee Break with Round-Table Discussion Discussion Leaders: Ana-Sunčana Smith, Julien Bachmann Diversity and Inclusion in the Work Place, Positive Discrimination |
| Session 7 | Chair: Dirk Guldi |
| 16:35 – 17:15 | Invited Lecture: Claudia Backes (University of Kassel, DE) Making nanomaterial inks from insoluble rocks – a personal journey |
| 17:15 – 17:25 | Flash Talk: Ashley Shin (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, DE) Ytterbium complexes with ultra-narrow absorption as atom-like molecular sensors |
| 17:25 – 17:35 | Flash Talk: Anika Höppel (University Hospital Würzburg, DE) Synthesis and characterization of magnesium phosphate supraparticles as coating components for bone implants |
| 17:35 – 19:30 | Poster Session |
| 19:30 | Dinner and Scientific Discussions |
Wednesday, July 24th
| Session 8 | Chair: Danijela Gregurec |
| 9:00 – 09:50 | Keynote Lecture: María Dolores Pérez Meirás (CIQUS-USC, ES) Crafting nanographenes and nonconventional carbon nanostructures with an aryne-based “molecular Lego” |
| 9:50 – 10:00 | Flash Talk: María Lago Silva (CIQUS-USC, ES) Mechanically Interlocked Macromolecular Gears: Modulating Chiral Polymeric Helices with Rotaxane Pendant Groups |
| 10:00 – 10:40 | Invited Lecture: Ute Resch-Genger (BAM, DE) A Journey in Science – From a Graduate Student in Physical Chemistry to Head of Division Biophotonics |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| Session 9 | Chair: Karl Mandel |
| 11:00 – 11:40 | Invited Lecture: Sofia Dembski (Fraunhofer ISC Würzburg, DE) Gut Feeling and Intuition – My Personal Journey from Dentistry to Biomaterials |
| 11:40 – 11:50 | Flash Talk: Anna Zieleniwska (Technical University of Munich, DE) Balancing Act: The Dual Role of Heat Generation in Protein-Based Materials |
| 11:50 – 12:00 | Flash Talk: Hanfeng Zhou (University of Dresden, DE) Ions Selectively Intrigued Ionologic Devices for Logic Operation |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Invited Lecture: Dagmar Fischer (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE) Sustainability and green concepts in pharmaceutical nanoformulations |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks |
| 12:50 | Lunch & Farewell |
| 14:00 | Graduate School EAM Get-Together |