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FINAL CONFERENCEMY SCIENCE European Programme for young journalistsShort CV of Main SpeakersPeter GRÜNBERG
Physicist and Nobel laureate in PhysicsPeter Andreas Grünberg (born 18 May 1939) is a German physicist, and NobelPrize in Physics for his discovery with Albert Fert of giant magnetoresistance(GMR). The Nobel Committee jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2007to the Jülich researcher and his colleague Albert Fert from the University ofParis-Sud. The GMR effect led to a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disks, whichare used in every computer produced today. In particular, the implementationof the GMR effect within read heads in 1997, less than ten years after thediscovery, increased the miniaturization rate of hard discs from 60 percent per year to almost 100percent per year.The GMR effect enables data to be read out very precisely. A sensor that makes use of the GMR effectregisters tiny differences in magnetization as a large measurable change and is therefore able tofunction in a highly sensitive manner.In addition to the technical impact, the discovery of the GMR effect created an entirely new researcharea known as spintronics. Spintronics strives to exploit the quantum mechanical property of spin andthe charge of the electrons on an equal footing for future applications in microelectronics andnanoelectronics. Advancing fundamental research to pave the way for novel technological concepts ininformation technology – this motto encapsulates the work of Peter Grünberg and is the guidingprinciple of the Peter Grünberg Centre. The Peter Grünberg Centre at Forschungszentrum Jülich is anessential method and infrastructure platform for nanoelectronics research in the Jülich-Aachen region.It is the
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rst dedicated to nanoelectronics user research facility in Germany.Apart from the Nobel Prize, Grünberg's work also has been rewarded with shared prizes in the APSInternational Prize for New Materials, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics MagnetismAward, the Hewlett-Packard Europhysics Prize, the Wolf Prize in Physics and the 2007 Japan Prize. Hewon the German Future Prize for Technology and Innovation in 1998 and was named European Inventorof the Year in the category "Universities and research institutions" by the European Patent Office andEuropean Commission in 2006.
Raffaella DI IORIO
Scientific Culture and Gender IssuesDG Research, European Commission
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Istvan PALUGYAI
Journalist1991- science editor, Nepszabadsag (the biggest daily paper in Hungary)(responsible for the weekly science, environment, IT columns and themonthly IT supplement)1979-1991 science reporter, later editor, Magyar Hírlap (daily paper)1978-1979 dubbing controller (Filmstudio Pannonia)1979-1980 Journalist Academy1972-1977 University of Eotvos Lorand, MS, (biology and chemistry, thesis:behavioral genetics)1990. Fellowship, 21. Century Trust, Cambridge, UK2001- President, Club of Hungarian Science Journalists (CHSJ)1999-2001 Secreary General, CHSJ1990-1999 Secretary, CHSJLeader of the only existing science and environmental journalism training course in Hungary organizedby the CHSJ2008- Governing Board member, Euroscience,2008- Editorial Board member, Euroscientist2004-2008 President, European Union of Science Journalist Associations (EUSJA)1998-2004 Vice President, EUSJA1996-1998 Honorary Secretary, EUSJA2003-2007 Vice President, World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ)Awards: Hevesy Award, 1988, Academical Journalist Award, 1991; Zooscar Award, 1998; Knight Cross,Republican Order 2005; TV moderator and editor 1991-1999 “Those amazing animals” (140 episodesabout animals, nature protection); TV editor 1998-1999 Delta 2000 (Science Magazine)1999 President of the Local Organizing Committee (2. World Conference of Science Journalists WCSJ,supported by UNESCO)Book: There, behind the bars, 1990Film: Safety Bioindustry, 2000 (Producer and Editor)Curing with Biotechnology, 2002 (Producer and Editor)Safe Food, 2003 (Producer and Editor)For the habitable Earth, 2003 (Producer and Editor)
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Nuno CRATO
Professor of mathematics and statistics at theTechnical University of Lisbon and UniversityDean for Scientific PopularizationHe was elected President of the research center Cemapre (2008–10) andPresident of the Portuguese Mathematical Society (2004–10).He got his B.Sc. (licenciatura) and M.S. at the Technical University of Lisbon(1987) and his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at the University of Delaware(1992). His research deals with applied probability models, stochastic processes,time series and applications, namely to economic, financial, biological, andcomputer science problems. He is registered at ISI (RID: B-5901-2009) where as of 2009 has 378citations.In parallel with his research activity he has been deeply involved in science popularization. He writescontinuously since 1996 a weekly column for the Portuguese newspaper
Expresso
, has for some years ashort daily radio program, and has cooperated at a great number of productions for the Portuguesenational TV. He wrote a dozen books on science matters. His
Matemática das Coisas
has beentranslated into English to be published by Springer as
Figuring It Out: Entertaining Encounters withEveryday Math.
This and his
Passeio Aleatório
are also being published in Brazil and Italy.He has been a public voice for the quality of education. He has organized a couple of internationalconferences, studies, and debates on education subjects, namely in mathematics education. In 2003the European Mathematical Society awarded him the first prize for the contest
Raising Public Awareness on Mathematics.
In 2008 the European Commission awarded him a
Science Award
for hispopularization work. The reviewer panel coined the phrase ‘Crato approach’ for his writing style,saying it is “easy to read but it is also informative and scientifically sound”, using “humour,intelligence and a distinct journalistic style”
.
In 2008 he received the Portuguese national medal awardas
Comendador
of the Prince Henry Order.
Steven MILLER
Professor of Science Communication and Planetary Science at UniversityCollege London, Head of the Science and Technology Studies DepartmentProfessor Miller trained as a physical chemist, and then spent several yearsworking as a political journalist, before joining UCL in 1986. At UCL hepioneered the teaching of science communication to both undergraduate andpostgraduate students.Professor Miller is particularly interested in the issues surrounding science andsociety at the European level. He is director of the European ScienceCommunication training network (ESConet: http://www.esconet.org) and chaired the EC’s ExpertGroup Benchmarking the Promotion of RTD Culture and Public Understanding of Science. He is co-author of Science in Public: communication, culture and credibility (Plenum: 1998; Perseus: 2000).As a planetary scientist, Professor Miller’s main interests lie in understanding how the atmospheres ofgiant planets – like Jupiter and Saturn, and some of the hot, giant extrasolar planets that have beendetected orbiting nearby stars – couple with the space environment around them. He has pioneered theuse of the H3+ molecular ion as a probe of the energetics and dynamics of planetary upperatmospheres. Prof. Miller is co-coordinator of the EU’s Europlanet Research Infrastructure.
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