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EuroSTEMPeers is the European chapter of the global STEM network which aims to connect early-stage STEM researchers to seek collaborations and guidance to transition to industrial, academic or entrepreneurial roles. After successfully hosting two conferences (Brno-April 2018, Berlin-April 2019), which introduced a unique stage for the young researchers and seasoned professionals to communicate and take advantage of the STEMPeers network in building their future roadmap to success. The EuroSTEMPeers 2020 is the third chapter of a yearly conference. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we have decided to host a virtual meeting to maximize networking and keep this chapter alive.
A registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to create a peer based mentoring and support platform for the STEM workforce of the world.
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Barbara Stegmann is the co-founder of Living Brain GmbH, an award winning startup in healthcare,
residing in Heidelberg. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in psychology and has gained major experience in
the fields of business due to working in projects with companies like SAP and holds the responsibility
for all business-related topics at the startup. She has gone through multiple accelerator programmes and
ambitiously built up a small and motivated team of developers and scientists for bringing VR in
healthcare to success. Barbara is a fellow of Kairos Society.
Dr. Bodo Brückner is a molecular biologist by training. He worked for many years at highly renowned
institutions in different research areas (epigenetics, Alzheimer’s Disease, cancer biology). After
working as a freelancer and positions at BioRN and EIT Health, Bodo Brückner has been working as a
coordinator of the Lifescience Accelerator Baden-Wuerttemberg at the City of Mannheim since September
2017. Bodo Brückner is also an expert for Science4Life. To foster life science entrepreneurship and the
creation of startups, he has taught since 2013 master and PhD students in biotech entrepreneurship at
Heidelberg University and the International Master of Innovative Medicine in Heidelberg.
Dr. Dolores Del Prete holds a PhD in molecular neurobiology at the Dept. of Neuroscience and Brain
Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Genova, Italy). Fascinated by the possibility to study
the interactome of the protein Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) in Alzheimer Disease (AD), she was
granted the Bright Focus Foundation fellowship (2013-2016) and continued her work at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine in New York, USA. In order to conduct more-applied research and ensure that her work
had a direct impact on pre-clinical studies, Dolores joined BioMed X Innovation Center (Germany), a
pioneer in translational medicine in an entrepreneurial and interdisciplinary environment at the
interface between academia and industry. In February 2020, she moved back to Italy where she joined
Axxam as Principal Scientist in the High Content Unit (Discovery Services).
Markus Dettenhofer, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Central European Institute of Technology
(CEITEC). CEITEC is a scientific consortium of 6 universities and research institutes in Brno, Czech
Republic, which has up to 550 scientists working in the fields of life sciences, advanced materials and
technologies. Prior to joining CEITEC, Dr. Dettenhofer was Project Leader in pre-clinical development
for viral vaccine and antibody discovery at Crucell (Johnson & Johnson). His previous work at
Harvard Medical School was in the field of genetics and developmental biology, including studies on
genes which control bone development and memory function. He led a study analyzing the development of
the biomedical economy in Panama. His most recent work is on governance practices in higher education
institutions and their contribution to performance. Dr. Dettenhofer was a visiting scholar at the
Institut de Biologie Molécularie et Cellularie in Strasbourg, France, and is frequently a Visiting
Scientist with the Joint Research Centre of European Commission. He received his Ph.D. from Johns
Hopkins University, and a B.S. from UC Berkeley.
Dr. Jagadeesh Gandla works as an accelerator program manager at EIT Health, he is currently based in
Munich, Germany. He is originally from India, obtained a PhD in 'Cancer Pain' from University of
Heidelberg, Germany. At EIT Health he is incharge of two programs called 'Mentoring and Coaching
Network' and ‘Living labs & test beds'. As a part of his job, he supports hundreds of healthcare
start-ups to validate their products by providing access to high quality mentors or Living labs. Apart
from his job he loves reading books and also runs a couple of organizations like Indian Empowerment
Network (IEN) etc.
Dr. Madhuri Cherukumilli pursed her PhD from
ICGEB in Trieste, Italy and then got selected for
EIPOD fellowship and moved to Heidelberg to do an
interdesciplinary fellowship at EMBL and University
hospital Heidelberg. In 2017, she decided to move
away from academic research and she co-organised
an Indo-German startup initiative, made a transition
into product management for an year at Springer
Nature. Currently, she is working as a Senior
Business Development Specialist for Digital Health
team at NEC laboratories Europe
Vince is a senior medical AI researcher at Charité Berlin with an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Medical
Neuroscience focusing on acute stroke treatment and is the CSO of ai4medicine, an AI startup focusing on
stroke prevention. He also holds an M.A. in Medical Ethics and is an expert in the ethics of AI.
Markus Dattenhofer
Executive Director at CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology
The Berlin EuroSTEMPeers meeting from 2019 focused on the young researchers, mainly seeking to enter into the private sector. Clearly, there was much to share in order to make this transition as smooth as possible. What I felt stood out, was not only the extremely friendly atmosphere, but we addressed deeper topics, such as the root causes of stress, anxiety and career barriers, which were openly discussed in a constructive manner.
Jubin Shah
GINSEP Ambassador/Startup Mentor
EuroSTEMPeers gives access to fresh, undiscovered talent and a new perspective on STEM topics from inter-disciplinary experts thereby opening up a wide avenue for discussions & collaborations. A community by researchers and working for the researchers. If you are looking for fresh perspectives on STEM topics from inter-disciplinary talent, EuroSTEMPeers will match to your expectations. A community making an impact
Chris Armbruster
Founding Member, AI Guild; Theguild.ai
It is amazing how EuroStemPeers brings together experts and talents at the forefront of research and digital innovation. An outstanding event that I highly recommend.
Somsuvro Basu
Science Communication Officer, CEITEC
EuroSTEMPeers-2019 gathered a horde of like-minded fans of science, where share, care, and support' was the moto. I wish the organizers continued success in the upcoming event!
Marta Orlando
Postdoctoral scientist at Neurocure cluster of excellence - AG Schmitz, Charite, Berlin
Participating to EuroSTEMPeers2019 allowed to me listen to inspiring talks, meet many talented peers and broaden my support network. I particularly enjoyed the fact that the event was very well organised and the talks and panel discussions were broad: research, science policy, digital innovation, diversity in STEM, and so on: I highly recommend attending EuroSTEMPeers!
Agnieszka Szmitkowska
Ph.D. student at CEITEC, Czech republic
During EuroStemPeers 2019 I met wonderful people, that I work with till today. The conference gave me a possibility to start working as an intern with Sci-Illustrate. I could not ask for more :)
Ananda Ghosh
Founder STEMPeers
I enjoy Eurostempeers to the core because of its fresh outlook to the sustainable career issues for the STEM PhDs. The breadth of discussions covering social issues of science professionals in spite of having a focus on career development for early-stage researchers makes the conference unique.
Vinay Murtadak
Product Specialist at Biological Industries
Volunteering for EUROSTEMPeers 2019 was an unique opportunity for me, to be actively involved in an “non-academic” event for the first time in Germany. During the event, listening to several speakers of varied fields, especially some amazing Startups, gave me a new perspective of opportunities in Science! This was especially needed after being focused on a single topic during my PhD. Moreover, this was a great chance to connect and personally meet with so many CSG members, whom I just knew virtually. Some of them became really good friends! The best part of attending the event was that, it ascertained the power of Networking, as I landed a Free Lancing job with LabTwin (a Startup in Berlin), one of the sponsors of the EUROSTEMPeers 2019.
Mayur Vadhvani
Analyst at Catenion
"The speakers at EuroSTEMPeers Berlin provided a great perspective on the need of the market and how STEM scholars could help fill the gap. It was a great opportunity to meet the experts as well as the enthusiastic audience members in a relaxed atmosphere. A lot of effort put together by the entire team which was clearly visible. I highly recommend this meeting if you are looking for a fresh outlook into your current job or future career. I am very much looking forward to the next meeting already."
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