The Career Development Working Group invites you to a webinar on career transitions for researchers. Three distinguished speakers will share their experiences and career paths in both academia and industry, demonstrating how MSCA Fellowships have provided valuable opportunities to think beyond traditional research.

Date: November 15th (Friday), 2024
 
Time: 15:30-16:30 CET

Register for the webinar here: https://shorturl.at/KhvmI 

Meeting ID: 999 3538 4941
Password: 606372

Please disseminate this event among your members.

Topics to be covered include:

· What difficulties to overcome whilst job hunting?

· What are the first couple of months in the private sector like?

· What skills gained during an MSCA-PF can be very useful in industry?

· How to collaborate with new colleagues who have a different background?

Moderator:

Prof.  Süreyya Akyüz, Chair,

Career Development Working Group

Dept of Mathematics, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey

Speakers:

Dr. Zeynep Karatza
Dr. Karatza completed an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, where she studied the thermomechanical response of concrete tunnel linings in fire conditions. She then transitioned to industry and is currently a consultant at OTM A.T.E., a geotechnical firm in Athens,Greece.

Dr. Paraskevi Yiouta-Mitra
Dr. Yiouta-Mitra, from the Tunnelling Laboratory, School of Mining and Metallurgy, National Technical University of Athens, will facilitate the webinar. She is a member of the MCAA Career Development Working Group and works with the International Tunnelling Association’s Sprayed Concrete Lining and Sustainability-Task Force EDI. She specializes in underground works support.

Dr. Ilaria Sanzari 
Dr. Sanzari is a Postdoc Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno,Italy. She specializes in nanotechnology, particularly the application of nanomaterials in AgriTech and biomedical industries. She earned her PhD in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Southampton,focusing on nanogels for cardiac cell stimulation. After her PhD,she worked as a Deep Tech Consultant at TTP Plc in Cambridge for almost five years.