Hall of Fame

PhD Student, University of Lausanne

Tania is a PhD candidate in Life Sciences at UNIL, specialized in Microbiology. She studies the interactions between bacteria living on the soil. Together with mathematicians, she tries to unravel fundamental aspects of bacterial interactions that will help improve both human and environmental health. Tania is passionate about science communication and teaching, and she looks forward to develop her career in such fields. She has developed an educational board game for children about microbiology called Bacttle (soon to be released).

Postdoc, Phsyics, ETH Zurich

Natascha is a former Postdoc at ETH in the Physics Department. Following her PhD at University of Basel in Quantum Sensing, she changed tracks, to a combination of atomic physics and science outreach. Through a collaboration between the Swiss Science Center Technorama and the ETH, she was involved in developing the world's first atomic physics exhibit that allows visitors to see single atoms by eye. Together with FameLab, this experience encouraged her to follow her passion - science communication - in a professional capacity. (Photo: ETH/Heidi Hostettler)

PhD student, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

Hugo is a PhD student in EPFL in physics and computer science. His research focuses on studying machine learning algorithms using the framework of theoretical statistical physics. He also serves as a teaching assistant in EPFL.

PhD student, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Sauradeep is a PhD student in Chemical Engineering at EPFL. His research focuses on finding promising materials for Carbon Capture, using Molecular Simulations. Outside work, he loves communicating to people through public speaking, music and dance. And after participating in FameLab, science communication has become his new passion, where he feels he can effectively amalgamate his research and his other interests.

PhD student, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Outman is a PhD student in Neuroprosthetics at the EPFL. He’s developing a new generation of neural implants to connect humans with machines, tackling some of the most compelling challenges in modern healthcare. He is currently part of the EPFLinnovators programme, dedicated to students that intend to translate their ideas into products, for the benefit of the wider public. In his free time, he is involved in scicomm activities to inspire the future generations of scientists and innovators.

Communication and Events Coordinator, Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne

Dmitry is a PhD candidate at UNIL, where he investigates molecular mechanisms of immune response against parasitic infections. Passionate about science communication, after winning Famelab Switzerland and being in the international final, Dmitry won several other science communication and public speaking competitions. He is a presenter, moderator and panelist at public outreach and knowledge-sharing events. He also organizes science festivals, workshops and social activities for his department. Website: www.dmitry-sci.com

Researcher, Department of Genetic Medicine, University hospital CHUV, Lausanne

Katarina has recently obtained a PhD in Bioinformatics from the University of Lausanne, where she was exploring the genetic nature of rare hereditary diseases of the eye and eye cancer. She is currently working at CHUV, using bioinformatics to promote personalized medicine.Katarina co-organized the first Django Girls workshop in Lausanne to promote and teach programming to young women and gave popularization talks on Computational Biology to high-school students at the University of Lausanne.

Neuroscientist, EPFL

Ossama is a pharmacist by training and a neuroscientist at heart. He received his PhD in Neuroscience from the EPFL after trying to understand how our brains process traumatic memories, and whether we can get rid of them. While in EPFL, Ossama presided the EPFL/UNIL public speaking toastmasters club. He holds a great passion for science communication/writing that led him to participate and win in various international science communication competitions.

Bioengineer

Oskari is Co-Founder of UniteLabs, a life science laboratory automation start-up that builds solutions that can be re-purposed to perform new tasks. Despite his young age, Oskari combines his science background of engineering, physics, molecular biology, synthetic biology and computer science with leadership and business experience resulting from co-founding three start-ups. Since 2015 Oskari has also had a passion for teaching and competing in science communication, resulting in several awards.

Researcher, University of Geneva

Jennifer is a researcher in the Department of Quantum Matter Physics at the University of Geneva where she works on understanding and harnessing exotic properties of solids. Alongside her research, Jennifer teaches undergraduates in the department and works on promoting the representation of women in physics. Even with all this she still has time to dabble in stand up science and science-focussed media, a passion ignited by FameLab.

Postdoctoral researcher on the LHCb experiment at CERN, based at the University of Oxford

Donal is a postdoctoral researcher on the LHCb experiment at CERN. He studies the properties of particles containing beauty quarks, and in particular how matter and antimatter versions of these particles behave differently. Since FameLab, Donal has remained active in public engagement, and was the recipient of an Oxford Physics excellence award in 2019 for his ongoing outreach activities. He is also a musician, and records regularly with his wife as a member of the duo Accord de Voix. Website: www.donalhill.co.uk

Neuroscientist, CEO and Chief Scientist of Mobio Interactive

Bechara is the CEO and Chief Scientist of a deep tech digital therapeutics company that develops software to prevent, measure and treat mental illness. Prior to this, Bechara was a Principal Investigator at the Zurich Psychiatric Hospital where his lab focused on the neural circuits and transmitters systems that underlie curiosity and its relationship to learning and mental illness. He continues to make time for science communication, for example by hosting workshops at Academia Film Olomouc.