The Calendar #researchLatvia2023
The Ministry of education and science of the Republic of Latvia already for the sixth year organizes an event in order to contribute to the strength and diversity of the Latvian science.
The calendar “Research Latvia 2023” invites you to meet 12 unique and fascinating personalities in science. Conducting research in diverse fields of science such as literature, genetics, material science, music, space,
virtual reality technologies, military and veterinary medicine, biology and physics, Latvian scientists have expanded the horizon of knowledge not just for themselves, but also for all of us.
12 Latvian scientists represented in #researchLatvia 2023:
- Ph. D. Anna Kļučņika (University of Cambridge graduate, biologist, gene editing and molecular biology scientist at the British company “Laverock Therapeutics”)
- Mg. phys. Kristaps Paļskis (PhD student of Riga Technical University (RTU) and University of Latvia study programme “Particle Physics and Accelerator Technologies”, Researcher at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN).)
- Mg. sc. ing. Anda Barkāne (Researcher and PhD student at the Institute of Polymer Materials, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University)
- Dr. phys. Aleksejs Zolotarjovs (Leading researcher at the Institute of Solid State Physics of the University of Latvia, Head of the Optical Materials Laboratory)
- Mg. sc. biol. Ēriks Krūze (Researcher at the Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment “BIOR”)
- Dr. sc. ing. Linda Lancere (Socio-technical Systems Engineering Institute (SSII) of Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (VUAS) Researcher in the Virtual and Augmented Reality Laboratory at VUAS)
- Kārlis Rācenis (Doctor – internist at the Centre of Nephrology of the Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital, PhD student and researcher at the Military Medicine Research and Study Centre of Rīga Stradiņš University)
- Dr. philol. Zita Kārkla (Expert in literature and critic, Researcher at the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia.)
- Dr. biol. Jānis Stāvusis (Geneticist, researcher at the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre)
- Dr. sc. ing. Inese Vārna (Leading researcher at the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics of the University of Latvia)
- Dr. med. vet. Līga Kovaļčuka (Professor and leading researcher at the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies Clinical Institute of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine)
- DMA Krists Auznieks (Composer, lecturer at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (JVLMA) Department of Composition, Resident composer at the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Doctor of Musical Arts from Yale School of Music)