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Early Career Scientists

Higher Education Resource: Project Design for Research and Community Projects

September 23, 2024
Higher Education Resource: Project Design for Research and Community Projects
Our job: Environment by Mari Keski-Nisula via Imaggeo

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) supports bringing science into the classroom at all learning levels, from schools to universities. Since the Higher Education Teaching grant programme launched in 2020, EGU has funded 24 projects to develop useful and freely available geoscience resources to university educators. This blog is part of a series of blogs highlighting the innovative and accessible ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: meet Maria Vittoria, risk communicator & Early Career Scientist Representative for Natural Hazards

August 2, 2024
Mavi Vittoria
Mavi Vittoria

Hello Mavi! Welcome to GeoTalk. Before we start, could tell our readers a little about yourself and your background? Hey Simon! Thanks for the warm welcome. I’m Maria Vittoria, but you can call me Mavi. I’m a curious soul from southern Italy, a physicist by passion, and a dreamer at heart. My journey has taken me from Italy to the UK and back, studying the tiniest particles to the vast ...[Read More]

What I wish someone told me early in my career: meet Hazel Gibson, our Head of Communications

July 24, 2024
What I wish someone told me early in my career: meet Hazel Gibson, our Head of Communications

‘What I wish someone told me early in my career’ is a new Geolog series that aims to provide valuable insights and guidance to early-career professionals within the European Geosciences Union (EGU) community. Each month, I will interview a staff member of EGU to share their personal career journey, experiences, challenges faced, and the tips they wish they had received earlier in their ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: meet Kara Müller, researcher of biodegradable plastic!

July 17, 2024
GeoTalk: meet Kara Müller, researcher of biodegradable plastic!
Kara Müller

Hello Kara. Thank you for joining this edition of GeoTalk! Could you tell our readers a little bit about yourself and your background? Thank you, Simon. I am excited to join you for the interview. I grew up in the middle of Germany in Bad Homburg, close to Frankfurt. After school, I travelled through Australia with occasional jobs, and after one year, I decided to return to Germany to study chemis ...[Read More]