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GeoTalk: Meet Anita Di Chiara, the Union-level Early Career Scientist Representative!

Simon Clark April 15, 2022

Anita Di'Chiara

Hi Anita. Thank you for joining us today! Before we jump in, could you tell us a bit about yourself and your career? I am a postdoctoral researcher between the INGV in Rome and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. I am from Palermo, in Italy, and did my PhD in Rome; then I lived in Brazil, the UK, and the US during my past four postdoctoral projects. I work as a paleomagnetist to refine our unders ...[Read More]

The Early Career Scientists group ‘Jobs and Careers’ is here to help all ECS!

ECS group: Jobs and Careers March 11, 2022

Credit: Antonio Jordán (from imaggeo.egu.eu)

Early Career Scientists (ECS) often face challenges when it comes to finding and pursuing their career path. Science offers a wide variety of options, so building a career in or around science can be quite daunting, with no clear single path to follow. While research is an obvious career choice for ECS, it can be conducted in a variety of different settings; from academic and governmental institut ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: meet Federico Amato, environmental data miner & ECS representative for ESSI Division

Simon Clark March 9, 2022

Hello Federico, thank you for agreeing to talk with us! Could you introduce yourself? Hello Simon, thanks for inviting me for this talk! As you can probably guess from my name, I am Italian. I completed my studies in Italy obtaining a master’s degree in Engineering and a PhD in Innovation and Sustainable Development Engineering. Then, three and a half years ago I moved to Switzerland for a Postdoc ...[Read More]

The Top Five EGU Education Initiatives We Think You Should Know About

Simon Clark February 9, 2022

Credit: Kai Boggild (2016)

The EGU Education Committee has opened a call for new members to join. Positions on the committee are open to anyone with an interest in and passion for improving learning at the interface between geoscience and educators, so long as they are an EGU member. In particular, the Committee is keen to include the voices of Early Career Scientists (ECS). Details on the application process are detailed h ...[Read More]