Beyond the Lab Coat: From Materials Science to Programme Management
"It is the link between my work and the wellbeing of entire communities that makes my job so rewarding," says Petra Salame, a Programme Management Officer (PMO) at the IAEA in charge of the Agency's technical cooperation projects in China, Indonesia and Viet Nam.
Striving to Make a Difference: A Trailblazer Woman’s Career in Nuclear Safety
Vesselina Ranguelova does not leave many stones unturned when it comes to nuclear installation safety. In a career spanning 35 years at major national, regional and global institutions, she played a key role in drafting IAEA safety standards for legal and governmental infrastructure for nuclear safety in the 1990s, participated in devising the European Union’s Directive on Nuclear Safety in the 2000s and was the first, and to date the only, woman to have led IAEA expert missions reviewing the operational safety of nuclear power plants.?
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: A Woman’s Story from Radiation Science to Nuclear Security
Elena Buglova, Director of the IAEA Division of Nuclear Security since the start of the year, has always had deep interest in science.
Turn Challenges into Opportunities, says Debbie Gilley, an IAEA Radiation Protection Specialist
In 1987 when Debbie Gilley started working as a safety inspector of healthcare facilities for the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control, which is responsible for the US state’s radiological safety programme, she was one of only three women out of the 40 professional staff members at the organization.
IAEA Women Leaders Share Their Journeys on International Women’s Day 2021: Panel Discussion
The importance of diversity in leadership and its organizational benefits are some of the topics to be discussed at an IAEA online panel on 8 March to mark International Women’s Day.