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
- 11:30 Arrivals in Vienna
- 11:30 - 13:00 Check-in at Hotel Geblergasse
- 13:30 - 14:30 Lunch at Pizzeria Riva
- 14:30 - 18:30 Free time, sports on Donauinsel with Vladyslav Heraskevych
- 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner at Centimeter
Monday, September 9
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 - 12:00 Department of Astrophysics, University of Vienna
- Opening ceremony by
- Prof. Michael Eichmair
- Vladyslav Heraskevych
- Dmytro Rzhemovskyi
- Presentation of the Department of Astrophysics
- Lecture by Prof. Oliver Hahn
- Opening ceremony by
- 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch at the Cafeteria of the University of Vienna (Kolingasse)
- 14:00 - 16:00 Research group Climate Dynamics and Modeling, University of Vienna
- 16:30 - 18:00 Guided tour of Vienna's city center with Kateryna Kinsel
- 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner at GRND Restaurant
Tuesday, September 10
Visit to the Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
Coordinated by Prof. Maksym Serbyn and Dmytro Kolisnyk.
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 Arrival to ISTA
- 09:15 - 10:00 Research group Materials Electrochemistry
- 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
- 10:30 - 11:15 Research group Emergent electronic phenomena in 2D materials
- 11:15 - 12:00 Panel discussion with Prof. Maksym Serbyn and PhD student Dmytro Kolisnyk
- From Olympiads to Research
- 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch at ISTA's cafeteria
- 13:00 - 14:00 Campus tour organized by VISTA
- 14:00 - 15:00 Research group Quantum Dynamics and Condensed Matter Theory
- 15:00 - 17:00 Hike to Klosterneuburg
- 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner at the Faculty of Mathematics
Wednesday, September 11
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:30 - 12:00 Atominstitut, TU Wien
- 09:30 - 10:00 Presentation of the institute by PhD student Nataliia Bazhan
- 10:00 - 11:30 Guided tour to the TRIGA reactor
- 11:30 - 12:00 Guided tours to the labs of the institute
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch at the Cafeteria of the University of Vienna (Kolingasse)
- 14:30 - 16:30 Research group Physics of Nanostructured Materials, University of Vienna and research group Bioinspired Structuring of MOFs and Nanomaterials, University of Vienna
- 16:30 - 19:00 Free time, e.g., visit to Belvedere Palace
- 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner at the Faculty of Mathematics
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
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 - 12:00 Institute of High Energy Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 09:00 - 09:30 Presentation of the research projects (Valentyna Mokina)
- 09:30 - 10:00 Exhibition: Scintillation crystals, Belle detector in Virtual Reality
- 10:00 - 10:30 Talk by Valentyna Mokina
- What is Dark Matter and how to find it?
- 10:30 - 12:15 Acoustic Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 10:30 - 10:50 Presentation of the research projects (Nicki Holighaus)
- 11:00 - 12:00 Guided tour (Michael Mihocic)
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch at FatMonk
- 14:30 - 18:00 Free time
- 18:00 - 20:00 Dinner with Ukrainian scientists at Sägewerk
Saturday, September 14
- 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
- 09:00 - 12:00 Guided tour of Schönbrunn with Kateryna Kinsel
- Grand tour of Schönbrunn Palace
- Tour of Schönbrunn Palace Park
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch at the Faculty of Mathematics
- 14:30 - 16:30 Free time, e.g., Kunsthistorisches Museum
- 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner at Stiegl-Ambulanz
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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