How to do a funded PhD in Europe: Roundtable with MSCA Fellows from ASEAN

"PhD training in Europe: What are MSCA Innovative Training Networks and how can researchers in ASEAN participate", Dr Susanne Rentzow-Vasu & Dr Jenny Elmaco, Regional Project Coordinators, EURAXESS ASEAN

"My experience as a MSCA-funded PhD candidate in Europe" - Early career researchers from ASEAN share their story and advice.

Interactive Q&A

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SPEAKERS

Adiguna BAHARI,Cargill R&D Centre Europe / KU Leuven Laboratory of Food Technology (Belgium)

Growing up, I had a fascination to explore the world and experience other cultures. Having completed my Bachelor's degree in Agriculture from Japan, my Master's degree in Food Science from the United States, I am now pursuing my PhD in Bioengineering under the FOODENGINE Project (Marie Curie Innovative Training network) with Cargill R&D Centre Europe and KU Leuven. My interests in science, food and agriculture opened up doors to a field I did not know existed before and I am excited to make my mark. In my spare time, I love to play sports, hang out with friends or immerse myself in a good fiction book.

Tiffany PATRA, University of Copenhagen, Department of Food Science, Design and Consumer Behaviour Section (Denmark)

Indonesian Tiffany Patra is an ITN Fellow on the FOODENGINE consortium (https://foodengine.eu/). She is currently pursuing her doctoral research in Food Science at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). Her PhD research addresses oat-based drink stability through the means of spectroscopy and chemometrics. The project is a collaboration between UCPH (Denmark), Döhler GmbH (Germany), and KU Leuven (Belgium). Tiffany is passionate about food and aspires to improve the greater adoption of plant-based food. In her spare time, she is fond of cooking, knitting, and taking a leisure walk in the park.

Fernando LIT, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Fernando Lit carries out his doctoral studies as an early stage researcher on the Circular Plastics MSCA-funded Network for Training (C-PlaNeT) (https://www.c-planet.eu/), a project aiming to bring plastics into the circular economy. His research focuses on the development of new strategies and business models for the transition to a circular economy. The title of Fernando's PhD Project is "New Strategies and Business Models for a Circular Plastics Transition". In his spare time, Fernando likes traveling and conversations over coffee.

Minh NGUYEN-QUANG, Laboratoire de Catalyse & Spectroscopie (LCS), ENSICAEN – CNRS, France

Minh is a PhD student on the Innovative Training Network (MSCA ITN) PIONEER. He has been working on optimizing plasma configurations at Laboratoire de Catalyse & Spectroscopie (LCS), ENSICAEN – CNRS under supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Federico Azzolina-Jury. His secondment will be spend at AGH University of Science and Technology which is located in Kraków, Poland with the instruction of co-supervisor, Professor. Monika Motak. Minh holds a Bachelor’s from Hanoi University of Science and Technology, School of Chemical Engineering (2017). He was a Master's student a Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. laboratory where he successfully modified catalyst for DeNOx reaction via discrepancy of catalytic synthesis methods.

For Minh, moving to the new Plasma-catalysis field represents both an opportunity and a challenge. With his research he hopes to contribute to globally sustainable development as well as plasma field.