[ BIO ] [ INTERVIEW ]   Alanna K. Higgins is an MSc graduate from Newcastle University, earning an ESRC accredited research training degree in Food and Rural Development Research. Her master's dissertation focused on the discourse of the food sovereignty movements in the US and UK. She is originally from the US, obtaining her B.S. in Environmental Policies, Institutions and Behavior from Rutgers University, focusing on social and economic...

Daniel Abbott is a PhD Candidate at the Northeastern University in Boston, MA, USA. His first mobility experience was in Prague, Czech Republic where he spent almost two years of his PhD. He would never imagine his stay in Europe to be so crucial for his next research career step. Q: Tell us a little bit about your background: What stage of your career you are in? What is your field of research and home institution? A: Currently, I am still a...

Dr. Albert Quintana is a Starting Grantee at the Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Spain. EURAXESS Links North America conducted an interview with Dr. Quintana at the Destination Europe event in Boston, MA last February 2016. Since EURAXESS Links is an initiative to promote researcher mobility, we are particularly interested in finding out more about the stages of your research career so far. Could you tell us a...

IBIS Power company, founded in November 2012, is currently testing and finalizing our new wind turbine PowerNEST- a product with a captivating history throughout Europe and the United States. In 2016, the first fully functioning PowerNEST’s will be implemented in Dutch urban environments to supply their owners with renewable energy. This is a big step for the company whose ultimate goal is to bring our modern society back in balance with nature...

Marco Masia, Italian by origin, obtained a so called International Outgoing Fellowship which will allow him to gain experience in his field in the US for two years and take back the knowledge gained and expand it in Europe for another one year also covered by the fellowship. This is a wonderful example of the “brain circulation” and sharing knowledge between the two continents. And as Marco said: “The Marie Curie Fellowships are a great...

Mark Eldridge works at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Mark and his family moved to the USA two years ago, as he was offered a post-doc position in the Laboratory of Neuropsychology. Mark was one of the participants at the ‘Destination Europe’ event in Washington, DC on 11 April 2013. Q: Mark, please tell us a bit about your background and your research in the US. I obtained my PhD from the University of Bristol,...

Sylvain Zorman works at Yale University, Connecticut. Sylvain and his family moved to the USA four years ago, as he was offered a post-doc position in the Department of Cell Biology at Yale University. Sylvain was one of the participants at the ‘Destination Europe’ event in Cambridge on 31st January 2014. Q: Sylvain, please tell us a bit about your background and your research in the US. A: I grew up in Grenoble, in France and as far as I...

Dr. Victoria Virador talks about her experience as a scientist in the US, how important the EU-US collaboration is and how she dealt with being a female scientist and a mother of 3. Originally from Spain, Dr. Virador has a very good experience with science in the US and how it has changed/evolved in the previous years. Her insight might help younger scientists considering doing research in the US, and stay in contact with European partners as an...

[ BIO ] [ INTERVIEW ]   Dr. Catarina C. Ferreira has been a conservation biologist for over 15 years with vast experience working for the private and the public sectors, and academia. Her expertise spans topics in terrestrial ecology, reintroduction biology, wildlife management, and impacts of human-driven global environmental change on biodiversity across multiple taxa, regions and scales. A Portuguese native, Dr. Ferreira completed her...

Christina Schneider is an Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair at the University of California, San Diego. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Konstanz in 2006, and worked at the Max Planck Institute of Economics in Jena (2006-2007), the University of Oxford (2007-2008), and the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance in Princeton (2008-2009). Her research focuses on the domestic politics of cooperation and bargaining in...