Session 1: 06:00-08:00 a.m. UTC, November 23, 2023

Let's Make Toys with Magnets!

Dr. Akiko Yoshioka

Osaka Science Museum Volunteers SCIENCE de DOYA

Osaka, Japan

Field of Presentation

Science

Session Proposal

I love magnets! Let's play with magnets together! You can enjoy my presentation more if you prepare a sheet of magnet and a pair of scissors.

Professional Bio

Akiko Yoshioka is a Japanese patent attorney since 2007 and the Goodwill Ambassador for the Osaka Science Museum since 2016.  She has worked as a professional patent attorney on weekdays over ten years and has spent her weekends as a science communicator over ten years as well. Previously, she taught science and mathematics at an afterschool program. She thinks that being a patent attorney, a science communicator and a teacher are like a bridge to connect different worlds. She enjoys playing a role to connect different fields, such as one where a frontier science is promoted and one where a frontier science is applied. 

Yoshioka was raised in Osaka and earned a Ph.D. in science from the Osaka University. She experienced a three‐month internship in Prague, Czech Republic, during her doctoral course.  She founded a team of volunteers "SCIENCE de DOYA" at the Osaka Science Museum in 2022 with her friend volunteers.