Sara Durini

Scientific editor, KAUST Insight research communication

Biography

  • 10 years of research experience in Chemistry and Material Science
  • Harvard University Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and KAUST Certificate in “Scientific Writing”
  • Skilled in leading challenging projects and in supporting co-workers providing solutions to scientific problems
  • International work experience spanning 6 different countries

April 2021 – Date: Scientific Editor – Research Communication Team, KAUST, Thuwal (Saudi Arabia)

January 2019 – March 2021: Post-doctoral researcher – KAUST, Thuwal (Saudi Arabia)

• Planning and developing experiments and methodologies to investigate new materials

• Supervising PhD and master students

February 2016 – December 2018: Post-doctoral researcher – Leipzig University (Germany)

• Studying new inorganic compounds using several techniques to handle air sensitive materials

• Supervising PhD and master students

• Providing trainings to students and researchers on thermogravimetric analysis and NMR spectroscopy

• Overall safety and supervision of the laboratory

October 2018 - Visiting scientist – University of Jyväskylä (Finland)

December 2017 - Visiting scientist – University of Porto (Portugal)

March – May 2017 - Visiting scientist – ITMO University, Saint Petersburg (Russia)

November 2014 – June 2015 - Chemistry and Biology Teacher – Grandi Scuole - Cesd srl, Como (Italy)

June - July 2014, June - July 2013, June - July 2012 - Laboratory Assistant for Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Course –

Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Como (Italy)

All sessions by Sara Durini

Panel discussion
03:30 PM
Niveen Khashab

Professor of Chemistry and Chair of Chemistry program

Teri W. Odom

Professor of Chemistry, Materials science and Engineering at Northwestern University

Erick Carreira

Professor of Organic Chemistry, Editor in Chief of JACS

Lisa Smith

Editor at Wiley

Cristina Lo Giudice

Associate Editor Nature Materials

Sara Durini

Scientific editor, KAUST Insight research communication

Enda Bergin

Chief Editor, Chemistry & Biotechnology, Nature Communication

Luis M. Liz-Marzan

Professor CIC biomaGUNE (BRTA), Spain

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