Name: Constanza Terazzi​ Have you experienced any difficulties as a woman in your field?​ Early discouragement in science impacts women's confidence. Despite supportive teachers, I faced challenges as a working-class Latin-American woman abroad. However, awareness is improving.

Say hello to our Early Stage Researchers! Each ESR within the CO2PERATE network has their own project focused on areas of sustainable chemistry and utilization of CO2 as an organic synthon. In the next posts, we will briefly outline the PhD projects of each individual ESR.

Name: Marie-Josée Haglund Halsør​ In Norway, where open problematic behavior is not politically correct, I face subtle gender biases. Showing more of my personal style helps counteract “invisibility” and promotes diversity at work, allowing me to occupy the space I deserve.

Meet our first ESR! Name: Dimitri Zimin Institution: ICIQ Personal PHD Project: Synthetic homogenous carboxylation of inert starting materials

Name: Alonso Rosas-Hernández Have you experienced any challenges as a minority in your professional field?​ I have been fortunate to work in research environments in Germany, the USA, and now Denmark, where I have felt welcomed and treated equally regardless of my origin.

Meet our next ESR 😃 Name: Gabriel Batista Institution: Aarhus University Personal PHD project: Synthetic homogenous carboxylation of biomass

Name: Yao Ge Have you experienced any difficulties as a woman in your field?​ Obtaining a degree or position in this field is harder for women. When I applied for a postdoc, men were preferred. Women face lower expectations, but achieving success requires more effort.

Meet our next ESR 😀 Name: Vu Duc Ha Phan Institution: Stockholm University Personal PHD Project: Synthetic heterogenous carbonylation

Name: Marie Grill Have you experienced any difficulties as a woman in your field? ​ No, I have not experienced any difficulties. I have at several occasions noticed that I was the only woman in a group of coworkers, but without feeling that it was something negative for me.

Meet our next ESR 😊 Name: Yunfei Bai Institution: Haldor Topsoe Personal PHD Project: Industrial heterogenous zeolite carboxylation

Name: Marcela Álvaro​ Which challenges have you encountered as a female scientist in STEM?​ The biggest challenge was acknowledging myself as a scientist, battling impostor syndrome, and learning to speak up. Harassment from professors and colleagues was another constant issue.

Meet the next ESR! Name: Bjørn Carvalho Institute: UiT The Arctic University of Norway Personal PHD Project: Computational homogeneous carboxylation

Name: Alexandria (Ali) Deliz Liang​ Have you experienced any challenges as a minority in your professional field?​ Can we tell if challenges come from gender, luck, personal failure, or other identifiers? Often, in grey areas, self-doubt, overconfidence, or anger misleads us.

Meet our next ESR! Name: Georgia Kriticou Institution: University of Zurich Personal PHD Project: Homogeneous formation of fluorinated carbamates

Meet our next ESR😃 Name: Stephanie Ton Institution: Aarhus University Personal PHD Project: CO2 activation and radiolabelling of amides

Meet the next ESR :-) Name: Mahika Luthra Institution: University in Oslo Personal PHD Project: Computational heterogeneous carbonylations

Meet our next ESR 🙂 Name: Julien Lyonnet Institution: ICIQ Personal PHD Project: Isotopic labelling of carboxylates

Meet todays ESR! Name: Doriane Chauvin Institution: University in Zurich Personal PHD Project: Homogeneous formation of carbamates

Meet todays ESR :) Name: Sahil Gahlawat Institution: UiT The Arctic University of Norway Personal PHD Project: Computational homogeneous carbamate formation

Meet todays ESR 😀 Name: Kim S. Mühlfenzl Institution: AstraZeneca Personal PHD Project: Isotopic labelling in industry