Science and Technology
in feminine "OUTSTANDING WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF..."
Gladys Mínguez Vega Jérica, Castellón, Spain (1974) Her research focuses on the synthesis of high-purity nanoparticles and new nanomaterials with pulsed lasers PhD in Optics from the University of Valencia and Associate Professor at the University at the Jaume I University (UJI) of Castellón. She is also secretary of the Physics Department at UJI. She specialized in Ultrafast Optics and Photonics at Purdue University (United States), the FernUnivesitat in Hagen (Germany) and the Institute of Applied Optics (Poland). She co-directs the Photonics Research Group of the UJI, where she investigates new ways of producing and synthesizing nanoparticles with pulsed lasers. This method allows obtaining highly pure nanoparticles through an environmentally friendly procedure. She collaborates in multidisciplinary and international teams that try to find solutions on key issues for the sustainable development goals, such as the application of nanotechnology in personalized medicine and in renewable energy.
Susana Pérez Badal Castellón, Spain (1976) First woman on the board of the Sindicato de Riegos de Castellón. Coordinator of the bpSTEM programme Mechanical engineer passionate about science and technology to improve and change the world. She works as a Project Manager in Maintenance. A STEM communicator and science communicator, she coordinates the bpSTEM programme: inspiring technical talent. With this group of volunteers they visit schools and institutes to inspire students as STEM references. She loves learning languages to understand and communicate with people. She also writes her biographies. Mother of a girl and a boy, sources of her inspiration. For them and for the land where she was born and where she lives, she works in her spare time on a family project of digital transformation of orange groves. Her motto is always "Think big, there is always time to think small" (Bisila Bokoko).
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