Dr. Edit Cséfalvay  studied environmental engineering at Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), where she received her PhD degree in the discipline of Bio, Environmental and Chemical Engineering in the field of application of green technologies in process water treatment in 2009. After a year at Eötvös University, she returned to BME. From 2015 on she has been working at the Department of Energy Engineering and become an associate professor in 2017. Her current research activities are sustainable metrics on thermodynamic basis and environmental benign make-up water treatment for power plants.

Dr. Edit Cséfalvay is the coordinator of “Hungarian Girls Day” as a representative of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering since 2016.

Claudia Rebollo is a student in Materials Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). She is currently in her final year of her degree, while she is  also developing her final thesis on the mechanical characterization of healthy cells vs. tumor cells at the Centro Tecnológico de Biomedicina (CTB).

Claudia created and is director of the series of podcasts “Clau, I want to be a (female) engineer”. The initiative seeks to bring young women closer to the experience of other female engineers and to raise awareness about these careers.

Andrea Vandin is Associate Professor of Computer Science in the Institute of Economics and at L’EMbeDS Department of Excellence at Sant’Anna School for Advanced Studies (SSSA), Adjunct Associate Professor at DTU Technical University of Denmark (where he was previously Assoc. Professor). He got an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Pisa, and a PhD in Computer Science from IMT Lucca. His research concerns mathematical and statistical techniques and tools for the reduction, synthesis, modeling and analysis of complex systems – with applications in the social sciences, biology and engineering.

Andrea Vandin has been giving a lecture on the fundamental role that two women had in Computer Science: Ada Lovelace, the first ‘computer’ programmer of all times and Grace Hopper, the ‘mother’ of modern programming languages.

Gül Aydın is a PhD candidate in the History of Science and Technology at Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Her PhD dissertation focuses on the first women engineers of Türkiye and the history of women in science and technology. Gül’s PhD dissertation is supported by the Scientific Research Project Coordination Unit of the Istanbul Technical University. She has BA in Anthropology and MSc in Museology, conducting research on women’s museum. During her MSc studies, she completed an internship at the Museum Frauenkultur Regional International in Nuremberg, Germany.

Gül’s PhD project examines the first women engineers (average borned 1910-1915) of Türkiye who lived in the Early Turkish Republican Era in the context of science, technology, and gender.

Assoc. Prof. Eng. Olivia Doina Negoita PhD. is an associate professor at the Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Business Engineering and Management at the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest (NUSTPB). She seamlessly integrates her wealth of private sector experience into academia. With a background rooted in the dynamic world of entrepreneurship, she once spearheaded her own successful business venture. Driven by a passion for bridging the gap between theory and practice, she transitioned to academia, where she now inspires the next generation of business leaders.

Olivia Doina Negoita coordinated the EduCARE project at NUSTP aiming to support first-year vulnerable female students to complete their engineering studies and get a diploma.

Virginie Ehrlacher is professor in applied mathematics at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech and member of the MATHERIALS INRIA team-project. She is PI of the ERC Starting Grant HighLEAP (“HIgh-dimensional mathematical methods for LargE Agent and Particle systems”). She was awarded the Irène Joliot-Curie Young Woman Scientist prize of the French Academy of Sciences and Technologies in 2023.

Virginie Ehrlacher has participated in several actions to promote mathematics among high school students, including the session “Mathematics, feminine name?” where a theater troupe interprets a theater play inspired by the life of Sophie Germain.

Camille Roger is Deputy Head of International Relations at PSL. After several experiences abroad -in international organization and embassy (Argentina, Indonesia), Camille Roger joint Université PSL in 2021. She is currently Deputy Director for International Relations, with particular responsibility for Europe. She has been very involved in EELISA since she took up her position at PSL, and is PSL’s representative on the Communities Workpackage.

Camiller Roger has contributed to the creation of a MOOC on Women leaders in sciences.

Dr. Stefanie Klostermeier. After completing her studies in Molecular Medicine and Material Science and Engineering at FAU, she started her research in the field of neuroscience. During her master’s thesis at Harvard Medical School, she invented a novel gel to imitate the intricate 3D microenvironment of the human brain, which laid the foundation for her research in Alzheimer’s disease. Her dedication to Alzheimer’s disease research persisted throughout her Ph.D. at the Max Planck Center for Medicine and Physics, where her focus was on understanding the role of biomechanical changes in human brain tissue concerning Alzheimer’s disease. Currently, Stefanie works as a McKinsey Consultant in the Munich office.

Stefanie has been featured in FAU’s successful publication ‘The Sky is the limit’ showcasing the career of STEM female scientists.