Our ADI graduate student, Nermeen Youssef (supervisor Dr. Peter Light) won second place in the University of Alberta Falling Walls Lab. She was in Berlin last week along with two other students representing the University of Alberta at the Falling Walls conference. The conference showcases future breakthroughs in science and society and was initiated on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
For more information go to the Falling Walls website: http://www.falling-walls.com/
Please see the article on the University of Alberta website entitled "UAlberta PhD student takes second place in Falling Walls Lab finale"
Congratulations Nermeen!