SPIE@ICFO Chair
Maria Yzuel Fellowship Awards
ICFO aims to strongly support and encourage women’s participation in science through the María Yzuel Fellowship Awards, which offer outstanding students the possibility to explore science by accomplishing a final degree project / masters’ thesis, or research project.
These competitive and prestigious awards seek to attract, retain and promote talented women towards future research careers in the photonic sciences and related areas.
The Fellowship program is the flagship of the SPIE@ICFO Chair for Diversity in the Photonic Sciences, and is named in honor of former SPIE president Prof. Dr. María Josefa Yzuel Giménez, a respected leader and role model in the international Optics community. She is also a longstanding advocate for the promotion of the role of women in science and an active member of the Asociación de Mujeres Investigadoras y Tecnólogas (AMIT-Association of Women Researchers and Technologists).
Maria Yzuel Fellowship
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Maria Yzuel Fellowship Awardees
Rachele
Catalano
MSc student in Photonic Engineering, University of Pavia
“I would like to keep working on the verge of computer science, optics and biology and apply my analytical and engineering skills to basic research.”
Barbara
Andrade
MSc student in Theoretical Physics, Insttite for Theoretical Physicics- Unesp
“I was captivated by the cooperative and multidisciplinary environment in ICFO, just as the alumnus who recommended the program to me described it.”
Estefania
Guillena
BSc Telecommunications, Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
“This fellowship has given me the opportunity to take my first steps in research in an environment that is at the very highest level in the field in which I want to pursue my research career.”