MSCA Falling Walls Lab

The Falling Walls Lab competition is an opportunity for MSCA fellows to present their innovative ideas and projects to the scientific community

Falling Walls Lab MSCA is a world-class pitch showcasing the quality, diversity and passion of the most innovative minds taking part in the (MSCA).

MSCA fellows will prest - in a 3 minutes each - their research topic, innovative project, social initiativen business model, or idea to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time.

The competition is organized independently by the European Commission and University Paris Science et Lettres (PSL) in conjuction with the . The competition will take place in Paris and be broadcasted online.

What are the next walls to fall? Register, watch the presentations and vote for your favourite candidate!

Candidates

Fifteen MSCA candidates will compete for a spot at the global Falling Walls Lab Finale in Berlin, where they get to interact with the world's movers and shakers of science, business, and policy-making and have the opportunity to become one of the Breakthrough Winners of the Year.

Alba Alvarez Martin

Postdoctoral fellow, University of Antwerp

Reyk Börner

PhD Student fellow, University of Reading

Mary Ann Ciosk

PhD Student fellow, Trieste University

Miguel Fernandez de Ullivarri

Postdoctoral fellow, University College Cork

Jillian Tricia Gamboa

PhD Student fellow, Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Thomas Hutschalik

PhD Student fellow, Ncardia Services B.V / Maastricht University

Marie Jarrell

Postdoctoral fellow, IMT Atlantique

Ricardo Leonel Marroquin Paiz

Early stage fellow researcher, Dundalk Institute of Technology

Austyn Matheson

Postdoctoral fellow, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Marko Peresjuk

PhD Student fellow, Ecole Centrale de Lyon / RMIT University

Natalia Soledad Rios Colombo

Postdoctoral fellow, University College Cork

Kandeel Shafique

PhD Student fellow, Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Eli Slenders

Early stage fellow researcher, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Harihar-Jaishree Subrahmaniam

Postdoctoral fellow, Aarhus University

David Zermeño Perez

Early stage fellow researcher, Ashland Specialties Ireland Ltd./University College of Dublin

Jury

A high-calibre jury made up of distinguished experts from academia, business, EU institutions and last year's winners of Falling Walls Lab MSCA will select the winner of the competition. The jury will assess all candidates on the basis of the breakthrough factor and potential impact of the presented work.