On 8 December, the international science promotion project Science Slam took place at VSU. The university was represented by Dmitry Zhukalin, Associate Professor of the Department of Semiconductor Physics and Microelectronics, and Anastasia Dubovitskaya, master’s degree student of the Department of Biophysics and Biotechnology of the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences at VSU. The event attracted more than 60 spectators.
Other participants were:
- Pavel Alekseev, master’s degree student from ITMO, SPbPU graduate, mentor at Yandex.Practicum, director of the development studio,
- Anastasia Bobrova, post-graduate student at Moscow State Linguistic University with a master’s degree in pedagogy,
- Aleksandr Sarkisyan, a teacher of English and Turkish at the Translation and Interpreting Faculty of Moscow State Linguistic University,
- Vladimir Sizov, PhD in Chemistry and Technology of High-Molecular Compounds from Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia.
The winner was Aleksandr Sarkisian with the topic “Simultaneous Interpretation: Saving the World without Breaking Down”. The scientist talked about the specifics of simultaneous interpreting.
Science Slam is an international project for promoting science, pioneered in Germany. In an informal bar or club setting, young scientists present their scientific research to the public. Each speaker has 10 minutes to present their findings in an interesting and original way. The winner is determined by the volume and duration of the audience’s applause, as measured by the noise meter and stopwatch.
The event takes place in collaboration with the Homo Science educational programme, supported by Rosatom State Corporation.
