Invited Speakers

Speakers

Cathy Cutler, MIRP Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Dr Cathy Cutler is the Director of the Medical Isotope Research and Production Program (MIRP), at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Her research on the development and evaluation of radiopharmaceutical focuses on facilitating the development of new radiopharmaceutical to enhance personalized treatments of metastatic cancer. Dr Cutler will talk about her career choices.

Shobhana Narasimhan Dean Academic Affairs, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientitfic Research, Bangalore, India

Dr. Shobhana Narashima is a theoretical physicist, and she will talk about her work as a computational nanoscientist, designing new materials on the computer: one atom at a time, with the periodic table of the elements as my Lego box. She is interested in how the properties of matter change as its dimensions become smaller and smaller, down to the nanoscale. These novel properties allow us to design innovative miniaturized devices that are expected to change our lives in the near future. She has an active interest in women in science: she has conducted several workshops for women in physics, she was a member of the Women in Physics group, IUPAP, and is currently a member of the Standing Committee on Women in Science of the Government of India.

Carolina Jimenez Garcia, Senior Layout Artist en ScanlineVFX, Vancouver, Canada

Carolina Jimenez is a visual effects artist in the film industry. She started studying architecture in Spain, her home country, but the digital technology of computer graphics rapidly caught her attention and became her preferred career path and profession. She leaved in several countries like the UK, New Zealand and Australia. She's worked in many movies including The Hobbit trilogy, Star Trek Beyond, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol2, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Justice League. Her passion for science popularization and for educating in VFX and filmmaking has made her a blogger, a Youtube teacher and an international speaker for film festivals and educational institutions. She will discuss the role of women in the film industry throughout the history of filmmaking, from the first women pioneers in the history of cinema to today's situation in the field. She will go through her career experience since she first started and try to analyze the whats and whys. And she'll try to shed some optimistic light on how to get to a more equal path all in the technical and artistic world of movie making.

Panelists - Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change

Panelists and participants will engage in a friendly exchange of ideas, and actions that can easily be pursued to empower women in STEM. As stated by the UN Women organization “integrated approaches and new solutions are needed to attain the sustainable development of transformative shifts.” The aim of this panel discussion is to engage and promote innovative ideas that will promote a sustaining environment that empowers women in their careers.

Panelists

Maria-Isabel Carnasciali - Mechanical Engineering Professor, University of New Haven

Andrea Duhon - Assitant Professor, Department Mathematics, Marshall University

Victoria Hernandez - Science Research Teacher, William Floyd School District

Ivy Olberding - Deputy Manager, Emergency Services Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Camila dos Santos - Assistant Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Jinelle Wint - Graduate Student, Stony Brook University

Topic Tables

Step Up for Women - Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change

Discussion leaders: James Misewich, Energy and Photon Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Research shows that the dropout rate of women pursuing is very high. How can we provide a sustainable work environment for the women who chose to follow a career in STEM.

Importance of Early Internships (High School/Early College) for Career Development

Discussion leaders: Aleida Perez, Microbiologist, Science Educator Brookhaven National Laboratory

What are the advantages in following internships as early as high school and as we pursue an undergraduate college degree? How can it affect our career choices.

How to Make your CV Stand Out for College or Graduate School Applications

Discussion leaders: Miguel Garcia Diaz, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Graduate Program, Stony Brook University

The aim of this topic table is to talk about what will make your CV unique or call the attention of different program managers as you apply for internships, college, or graduate schools.

How to Make your CV Stand Out for a Professional Career

Discussion leaders: Michael Cowell , Energy Sciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory

The aim of this topic table is to talk about what will make your CV unique or call the attention of hiring managers as you apply for professional jobs in industry.

Communicating Science to the General Public

Discussion leaders: Lorraine Walsh, Art Director and Curator of The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University

Communication is a highly sought skill in STEM fields. Discuss how to effectively communicate science to non-scientists at this topic table.

How to Make an Elevator Speech

Discussion leaders: TBA

You are stuck in an elevator with the CEO of a company that you would like to work at and you have one minute to tell him/her about yourself - learn how you can market yourself at this topic table.