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Authors: Daryna Pesina, Mattia Ostinato, Carmen Martín-Valderrama
On 28 October, EPS Young Minds hosted a webinar with Dr. Gregory Quarles,
a renowned physicist with 25 years of experience driving cutting-edge
laser, optics and photonics technology development. Currently Dr.
Quarles is CEO and a member of the Board Tucson-based Applied Energetics,
Inc., previously he served as the Chief Scientific Officer for the
Optical Society and worked, among other institutions, at the U.S. Naval
Research Laboratory. Having been employed in academia, at a government
research laboratory, at a not-for-profit society, and more recently in
industry, in his talk “Beyond the Scientific Method for Career Success”
Dr. Quarles brought a unique perspective to opportunities that present
themselves to young researchers as their career progresses. Gregory
shared practical, real-world advice detailing opportunities, challenges
and decisions that can enhance the growth of a student’s career and
described the benefits of leadership opportunities through volunteerism
in global societies.
On 11 November, the webinar by Dr. Marina Corradini
took place. As a Science Communication Officer at the
Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre and former member of the Naples
YM Section, she presented the seminar titled “Demolishing Barriers to Science”,
addressing the topics of gender inequality and underrepresentation of
women and minorities in Academia and STEM-related fields. More than 40
people attended the seminar, where Marina illustrated three key points
to significantly weaken the gender barrier in science: awareness of the
situation, actions to be undertaken and resources to use and share.
First, she presented the social issues and those internal to academia,
which were followed by a discussion on the different ways each of us can
take action in order to make the STEM environment a place without
gender discrimination. The talk was accompanied by resources, links to
groups addressing any mentioned issue and references to many
initiatives. Participants also shared other resources and interacted
intensively with the speaker, showing a great enthusiasm, and proposing a
good amount of questions. With such an attendance and participation,
the seminar has been a huge success thanks to the incredible work of
Marina.
Both webinars were streamed online on the Facebook page of EPS Young Minds Programme. You can always watch them here:
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