STEM outreach

Dr. Chen speaking to high school students

Dr. Yuan Chen participated two outreach events in China. Dr. Chen spoke at an event at Shanghai Minhang high school to encourage more girls to participate in STEM activities and talked about the "Future Scientist" summer program through UC Berkeley's extension program. Dr. Renee Sung (UC Berkeley), Siwen Deng (Coleman-Derr lab, UC Berkeley), Dr. Li Pu (CAS) and Dr. Congcong Hou (Capital Normal U) also spoke to the audience.

Dr. Chen was also involved in a forum featuring Women in Science at Shanghai Jiaotong University, that was organized by Dr. Renee Sung (UC Berkeley) and funded by the Chau Hoi Shuen Foundation. The forum consisted of a morning session to introduce the current status of Chinese and US women scientists, and an afternoon session for small group discussions with students, postdocs and assistant professors. Participants included 34 graduate students, 6 postdocs, 10 junior researchers, and 9 senior scientists.

Posted April 3, 2019.