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On 16-19 March, young researchers from the Faculty of Physics and the Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology of 91ÌÒÉ« will gather for the 64th International Conference for Students of Physics and Natural Sciences , which this year will take place on the Zoom platform and be broadcast on . Around 500 participants from over 10 countries have registered for the conference.

NASA representative to give a presentation

Like every year, scientists from Lithuania and abroad will join the conference. Students and young researchers will have the opportunity not only to present their work, but also to listen to well-known scientists.

One of the guest speakers is the Vice-President of the Australian Academy of Sciences, Prof. , who was awarded a UNESCO medal for contributions to the development of nanoscience and nanotechnologies. There will also be presentations by Dr. , a researcher from NASA Ames Research Center who explores the effects of being in space on the human body and neuroscientist Dr. whose field of research is neuron interactions with immune cells in the brain. Prof. , head of the Extreme Light group from the University of Glasgow, and Dr. , who has already earned several awards for his work in the field of semiconductors- superconductors are among the presenters. Participants will also hear presentations from Prof. of the Applied Optics and Photonics research group of Kaunas University of Technology and Prof. from the Department of Chemistry of the University of Stuttgart.

Conference events for schoolchildren

This year, school students will hear from four lecturers specializing in the research of diverse worlds from micro-organisms to galaxies. School students who have completed experiments related to natural sciences will be able to present their findings at the conference and be in the shoes of real researchers. It is hoped that by stimulating their ambitions and curiosity in this way, young people will be encouraged to choose natural sciences as their field of study.

Day 2 of the conference will feature a discussion on life after studies. Simona LiukaitytÄ—-Suszczynska, optical systems engineer, who has contributed to the development of SuperCAM, one of the cameras of the Mars’ Perseverance rover, Renata ButkutÄ— from the Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology of 91ÌÒÉ« who works with optoelectronics technologies, and Paulius Saudargas, a former engineer of the Molecular Derivatives Physics Laboratory, who worked with light sensitive protein research methods, and currently a politician, will share stories of their career paths. The discussion will be moderated by journalist, researcher and TV presenter Goda RaibytÄ—.

The Open Readings conference is organized by young researchers from the Faculty of Physics and the Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology of 91ÌÒÉ« members of SPIE Student Chapter of 91ÌÒÉ«, OSA Student Chapter of 91ÌÒÉ« and the European Physical Society Young Minds Section of Vilnius.

More information about the conference is available .