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"Women leading the energy transition"
A REFINE event celebrating the International Women's Day and Female Leadership in Academia and Industry
On Friday the 7th of March, the REFINE project, as well as SMN, celebrated the International Women’s Day with a very special event, which took place in UiO’s Science Library (Vilhelm Bjerknes hus).
We had the pleasure of having with us, our Dean, Prof. Solveig Kristensen, who opened the event, followed by presentations from five female leaders coming from the University of Oslo (UiO), SINTEF, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) and Plataforma Solar del Almeria, University of Almeria, Spain.
Prof. Unni Olsbye, Prof. Anja Olafsen Sjåstad, Dr. Annett Thøgersen, Dr. Isabel Oller and Dr. Ragnhild Hancke, all shared their journey in academia and industry and how they became leaders.
In the last part of the event, Dr. Ragnhild Hancke (IFE) moderated a panel discussion, which shed more light on how they all became leaders in academia and industry and they all provided us with important insights on how to develop leading skills. These are not only for applicable to women, but to everyone.
In conclusion, times are changing, women develop a strong basis for leading research and innovation and are already shaping our Energy Future.
We had the pleasure of having with us, our Dean, Prof. Solveig Kristensen, who opened the event, followed by presentations from five female leaders coming from the University of Oslo (UiO), SINTEF, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) and Plataforma Solar del Almeria, University of Almeria, Spain.
Prof. Unni Olsbye, Prof. Anja Olafsen Sjåstad, Dr. Annett Thøgersen, Dr. Isabel Oller and Dr. Ragnhild Hancke, all shared their journey in academia and industry and how they became leaders.
In the last part of the event, Dr. Ragnhild Hancke (IFE) moderated a panel discussion, which shed more light on how they all became leaders in academia and industry and they all provided us with important insights on how to develop leading skills. These are not only for applicable to women, but to everyone.
In conclusion, times are changing, women develop a strong basis for leading research and innovation and are already shaping our Energy Future.
A. Chatzitakis (PI) - Welcome speech
Dean Prof. Kristensen - Kicking off the event
Dr. Annett Thøgersen (SINTEF)
Dr. Isabel Oller (CIEMAT-PSA)
Dr. Ragnhild Hancke (IFE)
Prof. Anja Olafsen Sjåstad (UiO)
Prof. Unni Olsbye (UiO)
Panel discussion
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
Women Leading Research
In light of the upcoming Women’s Day (8th of March 2025), the REFINE project organizes a very special event in which six female leaders share their journey to lead research and innovation and their motivation behind it. Through this open to all event at UiO, we aim to discuss how further female contribution in science and innovation can shape our energy future. More details and the full program can be found here.
"Women leading the energy transition"
Vilhelm Bjerknes hus, Oslo
7th March 2025
Thank you AUTh for two days of important insights on "Novel Electrode Materials for electrochemical energy conversion"
We would like to congratulate Prof. Sotiropoulos and the team at AUTh for organizing and delivering an excellent workshop and platform for discussions on “Novel Electrode Materials for electrochemical energy conversion applications”.
Key takeaways included the increasing importance of computational modeling in material design and of AI in combinatorial screening experiments, as well as the traditional but still ongoing challenges related to stability, cost-effective production and scalability.
The workshop highlighted the value of interdisciplinary collaboration, bringing together academics and researchers to explore real-world application prospects.
The Physical Chemistry Laboratory of the Chemistry Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, within the framework of the HORIZON (101122323) project, From Solar Energy to Fuel: A Holistic Artificial Photosynthesis Platform to produce Viable Solar Fuels (REFINE), organizes a two-day Workshop on «Novel Electrode Materials», on 18-19 February 2025, at a «ΚΕΔΕΑ» conference hall, including seminars by 12 invited speakers.
The Workshop should be of interest to members of the academic, research and industry communities active in the area of applied electrochemistry.
More details and registration (hybrid event with live streaming) can be found in the
workshop’s website. The program can be downloaded here.
We are very happy to announce the first workshop organized within REFINE on "Novel Electrode Materials"
We would like to welcome on board our PhD students:
- Isabel Espinoza (CIEMAT-PSA)
- Micah Soriano (UoS)
- Effrosyni Mitrousi (AUTH)
- Sarah Geo (UiO)
- Abhijai Velluva (UiO)
As well as post docs and research associates:
- Akepogu Venkateshwarlu (LU)
- Kimia Jafari (UoS)
- Eva-Maria Schomakers (RWTH)
- Wiktoria Wilkowska (RWTH)
Welcoming new colleagues
November 2024
REFINE has announced a PhD fellowship at the University of Oslo (UiO) related to catalyst materials to be developed in our water electrolyzer. Find the full announcement here.
27th June 2024 – Update: Applications are now closed.
Interested in working with us?
Oslo, Norway
07.05.2024
Let's Talk About Energy.
Oslo, Norway
02.05.2024
The co-PI of REFINE, Athanasios Chatzitakis, held a popular science talk regarding Energy titled «Can water be the coal of the future?», in which the overall goal of REFINE was advertised. The event «Let’s talk about Energy» was organized by UiO: Energy and Environment and took place in Oslo, Norway, on the 2nd of May 2024. You can download the presentation here.
