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Austrian Scientist of the Year Fatima Ferreira at the Austrian Embassy in Washington DC on June 29 |
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bridges vol. 21, April 2009 / News from the Network: Austrian Researchers Abroad
The allergist Fatima Ferreira was elected "Austrian Scientist of the Year 2008" by the club of Austrian journalists specializing in education and science. As in preceding years, the OST invites the laureate to the Austrian embassy in the United States capital city. By introducing her research work to US science colleagues as well as to people just generally curious about science, Fatima Ferreira will serve as an ambassador of Austrian Science this year.
Born in Brazil and immigrated to Austria 20 years ago, Fatima Ferreira's research approach has focused on the treatment of pollen allergies and the development of innovative allergy vaccines. While she managed to establish a Christian-Doppler Laboratory for Allergy Diagnosis and Therapy at the University of Salzburg, the allergy specialist succeeded in developing the first recombinant allergen in cooperation with the Vienna biotech company Biomay.
But Fatima Ferreira, a role model for young female scientists and a shining example of Austria`s increasing internationalization in science, was selected by the jury not only for her outstanding scientific research but also for her ability to communicate her scientific work to the public. In a project called "The Flying Lab"
(" Das Fliegende High-Tech-Labor ") , Ferreira and her colleague Reinhard Nestelbacher mapped out the concept for a mobile immunological lab for schools, allowing students together with their teachers to do allergy-focused experiments themselves.
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