Simons Science School in Chemistry and Physics

STEM education and the training of future scientists, innovators, and high-tech entrepreneurs play a key role in Ukraine's future recovery. The Ukrainian education system excels at identifying gifted youths and at nurturing them in specialised STEM schools and a highly-developed culture of science olympiads and research competitions. This experience should be studied and supported at the highest level, recognizing it as a national asset. Collaborative projects in STEM education between Ukraine and the EU will be to everyone's benefit and promote Ukraine's further integration into the EU.

The Simons Science School in Chemistry and Physics is a one-week program for Ukrainian high school students who have excelled at science competitions. The goal is to foster the students’ interest in science, to introduce them to potential research careers, and to inspire them to apply their talents to shape Ukraine’s future. During their week in Vienna, participants will engage with cutting-edge research groups of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, the University of Vienna, and TU Wien.

The participants of the Vienna Science School in Physics and Chemistry are recruited from two of Ukraine’s most successful science high schools: the Ukrainian Physics and Mathematics Lyceum in Kyiv and the Lviv Physics and Mathematics Lyceum.

Simons Science School in Chemistry and Physics 2024

This event is made possible by a generous gift of the Simons Foundation, the support of the Erwin Schrödinger Institute, our unbelievable volunteers, and the work of Dmytro Rzhemovskyi and his team from Projekt MmF. Jim Simons sets an outstanding example to us all.

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 Program

Sunday, September 8

Monday, September 9

Tuesday, September 10

Visit to the Institute of Science and Technology Austria.

Wednesday, September 11

Thursday, September 12

  • 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
  • 09:30 - 12:00 Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences
    • 09:30 - 10:00 Welcome and presentation of the institute by Prof. Markus Müller
    • 10:00 - 11:10 Talks by
      • Nancy Gupta, Barbara Platzer (Experiment)
      • Caroline Jones, Manuel Mekonnen (Theory)
    • 11:20 - 12:00 Labtours
      • Alois Mair – Telescope
      • Armin Shayeghi – ISL Lab
  • 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch at the Cafeteria of the University of Vienna (Kolingasse)
  • 14:30 - 16:00 Talk by Dr. Esther Heid, TU Wien
    • Machine Learning in Chemistry
  • 16:00 - 19:00 Free time, e.g., Naturhistorisches Museum
  • 19:00 - 19:30 Dinner at the Faculty of Mathematics
  • 19:30 - 21:00 Mafia night at the Faculty of Mathematics

Friday, September 13

Saturday, September 14

Sunday, September 15

  • 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
  • 09:00 - 12:00 Free time, e.g., visit to Albertina
  • 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch at Pizzeria Riva
  • 16:30 Departure to Ukraine

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