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GeoTalk: meet General Assembly decision makers, Maria-Helena Ramos and Athanasios Nenes

Simon Clark March 28, 2023

Maria-Helena and Athanasios Nenes

Hello! Thank you for joining this special edition of GeoTalk. Before we dig deeper, could you both introduce yourselves? Hello! I am Helena, a research scientist in hydrology at INRAE, a national research institute in France. I have been involved with EGU for several years now, first as presenter (my first participation to an EGU General Assembly was in 2001 in Nice!), then as convener, sub-progra ...[Read More]

EGU’s President Helen Glaves and Vice-President Irina Artemieva discuss leadership in science!

Hazel Gibson March 8, 2023

The EGU Executive Team in 2023 which for the first time has more women than men, left to right: Executive Secretary Philippe Courtial (staff position), EGU President Helen Glaves, General Secretary Jane Hart, Vice-President Irina Artemieva, Treasurer Patric Jacobs.

For the first time in our history both EGU’s President and Vice-President are women – in fact most of our volunteer senior leadership team is compromised of outstanding women in science, our current President Helen Glaves, our Vice-President Irina Artemieva who will become President at the next General Assembly, and our General Secretary Jane Hart. This year for International WomenR ...[Read More]

Sign up for EGU’s Mentoring Program: here’s why!

Solmaz Mohadjer March 3, 2023

You have been matched! I take a deep breath and click to open the message. Two women from Iran, a Master and a PhD student. Their research interests match mine: geohazards, geomorphology and modeling. I’m filled with pure joy. Being an Iranian woman myself, doing science outside of Iran for over two decades, I feel I am finally returning home. Carrying a backpack filled with knowledge and experien ...[Read More]

Who is an EGU Early Career Scientist Representative and what do they do?

Jenny Turton and David Fernández-Blanco September 16, 2022

Credit: Dan Parsons (from imaggeo.egu.eu)

Early Career Scientists (ECS) are students, PhD candidates and scientists who received their highest degree within the last seven years (with extensions for parenting, illness, disability and national service). We make up over 60% of the EGU membership and we are active in research, science communication, publishing, Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives, networking, convening and mak ...[Read More]