Inspiring conversations with women professors the Many Routes to career success
Inspiring Conversations with Women Professors: The Many Routes to Career Success provides stories behind the many paths to professorship taken by these featured women. It includes information on their diverse life stories and how they navigated the beginning, middle stages, and other parts of their...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, England :
Academic Press
2019.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630707806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- Inspiring Conversations with Women Professors
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of participants
- About the author
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Origins and influences
- How the methodology evolved
- The professors who contributed
- I Twenty-three conversations with
- Prof. Natalie Banerji (Austrian)
- Biography
- Research area
- Honors and awards
- Conversation with Natalie Banerji, October 24, 2018
- Were you interested in studying chemistry from an early age?
- How did you cope with this sudden change of direction?
- You studied chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Geneva. How was that experience?
- Your next steps were now clear. How did you experience your PhD period?
- You went next to the United States as a postdoc, had you committed to academia at this point?
- What was it about the United States experience that crystalized your choices?
- How did you make the move back to Switzerland?
- You established your group in the lab space of Jacques Moser?
- Did you now have plans for your future?
- This means that within 4 years of your return from the United States you had achieved everything you wanted. How would you ...
- You are now a full professor at the University of Bern. How did this come about?
- How would you summarize the positive experiences in your career to this point?
- What would you identify as the challenges?
- What were the factors that supported your career?
- What advice would you give to younger people interested in an academic career?
- Any final thoughts on your influences?
- Prof. Eleni Chatzi (Greek)
- Biography
- Research area
- Selected awards and honors
- Conversation with Eleni Chatzi, October 23, 2018
- Where did you begin your journey to becoming a civil engineer?.
- What drove you to move in an academic direction rather than to industry?
- Had you already envisioned that you would become an academic?
- You became an assistant professor (AP) straight after your PhD. What made you take, and achieve, this step immediately?
- What happened once you joined ETH Zürich in 2010 as an assistant professor?
- Everything happened very swiftly in your career. Did this have an impact on you?
- What did you learn from this experience?
- What would you say is central to your experience of being a professor?
- What factors had a positive impact on your career?
- Did you have any identifiable challenges?
- What advice would you give to young women aspiring to academia?
- Prof. Emanuela Del Gado (Italian)
- Biography
- Research
- Awards and honors
- Conversation with Emanuela Del Gado, June 30, 2015
- When did your interest in physics begin?
- What made you continue to a doctorate?
- What were the next steps in your career?
- Your next step was to go to ETH Zürich as a postdoc?
- I know that you had a two-body or dual-career situation over this time. Could you explain how you handled this?
- Were you concerned about finding the right position and solving the two-body problem?
- Is there a difference now that you have a tenured position?
- Have you experienced any challenges as a woman in your field?
- In summary?
- Prof. Rachel Grange (Swiss)
- Biography
- Research area
- Honors and awards
- Conversation with Rachel Grange, July 21, 2015
- How did you become interested in physics?
- What was your next step then?
- Were you already dealing with a dual-career situation at this point?
- How, then, did you take the next steps in your working life?
- It was around this time that you started your family, wasn't it?.
- You always prepare and organize far in advance. What did you do to get the Jena position?
- You and your husband have had to work actively to find compromises to make both of your careers proceed.
- How would you describe your experience at the University of Jena?
- When and how did you start to look for a new position?
- What would you say are key factors for you in making the academic career work?
- Any challenges in the community?
- Prof. Stefanie Hellweg (German)
- Biography
- Research area
- Honors and awards
- Conversation with Stefanie Hellweg, October 30, 2015
- When did it all start for you?
- How would you describe your PhD experience?
- How did you manage the research career and family life?
- Your next step was to become a professor. How did this happen?
- How was your experience of becoming a professor?
- What do you think influenced the progress of your career?
- Were there any challenges with your dual-career situation?
- What do you need in order to be a successful professor?
- How would you describe your positive experiences?
- What would be your advice to young women?
- You have significant experiences sitting on commissions?
- What would be your advice for women who are taking the steps in the academic career?
- Prof. Ursula Keller (Swiss)
- Biography
- Research interests
- Recent honors and awards
- Conversation with Ursula Keller, March 29, 2016
- When did you first become interested in science?
- What was your experience of being at university?
- You went to Stanford University for your PhD, on a Fulbright Fellowship, what made you think of studying abroad rather than...
- What were the outcomes of the experience in Heriot-Watt?
- You did your PhD at Stanford University. How did you choose this school?
- Can you speak more about your PhD experience?.
- You lived in California and your dream job was in New Jersey. Did you face a dual-career situation?
- In 1993 you became a tenured physics professor at the age of 33 years. How would you describe your experience?
- Could you identify any significant turning points in your career?
- What factors would you say resulted in you becoming a professor?
- What advice would you give to others thinking of becoming a professor?
- Are there any other recommendations?
- On working with a dual-career situation?
- Would you say that there were particular challenges in your career?
- How would you sum up your life as a professor and your career?
- Prof. Salomé LeibundGut-Landmann (Swiss)
- Biography
- Research interests
- Honors and awards
- Conversation with Salomé LeibundGut-Landmann, June 23, 2015
- Where did the interest in science start for you?
- Why did you choose to your PhD at the University of Geneva?
- Were you looking for research experience abroad?
- What did you do after the London postdoc period and how did you get there?
- How did you manage the process of change from London to Zürich?
- You were handling becoming a mother at the same time as the transition to professor?
- How would you outline your research area and particular community?
- Were you still managing a dual-career situation at this time?
- The SNSF professorship is a temporary position by definition. What was your next step?
- You have just moved to the University of Zürich to become a member of the Vetsuisse faculty. How did this happen?
- You were a Hedi Fritz-Niggli guest professor at University of Zürich for 3 months before you joined the university? What di...
- In 2017 you were promoted to associate professor? How has your position changed?
- Prof. Ulrike Lohmann (German)
- Biography
- Research area
- Honors and awards.
- Conversation with Ulrike Lohmann, August 5, 2015
- How did you become interested in science?
- How did you choose your degree topic for university?
- So how did you end up with a diploma in meteorology?
- What did you have to do in order to make this next change?
- You moved to Canada as a postdoc. How did this happen?
- What was it like to work at Dalhousie University?
- So, what caused you to move back to Europe?
- What have been significant moments that led to this full professorship position?
- What has influenced your decision making?
- Did you have influential mentors?
- Did you have a dual-career situation to deal within your career?
- What has been your experience at ETH Zürich?
- Any highlights of your own research experience?
- Were there any obstacles in your career that you had to overcome?
- Have you had leadership positions at ETH Zürich?
- Any other factors in your life?
- Prof. Marloes Maathuis (Dutch)
- Biography
- Research area
- Awards and honors
- Conversation with Marloes Maathuis, November 6, 2018
- Were you interested in mathematics from an early age?
- What was your experience of going to university?
- Your next step was to study for a master's
- I thought you did your master's in Delft?
- What was your experience in the United States like?
- Following this year, you moved to ETH Zurich as assistant professor. How did this swift career progression come about?
- What made you choose ETH?
- You started your family in the early years after you came to ETH
- How would you describe your experience of having a young family at ETH?
- Your partner started at ETH on a 1-year postdoc contract, given as dual-career support. What happened after that?
- Your assistant professor position was for a maximum of 6 years, with no tenure-track route. How did the transition to full ...
- What is the difference in your position now?.
