Best female PhD students 2018 - Eline Hutter
Next Friday we celebrate the International Women’s Day. In the lead up to #IWD2019, we'll be posting profiles of our 2018 Cum Laude female PhD candidates on our Twitter account. The best female PhD student at TU Delft for 2018 will be awarded at our annual DEWIS symposium on 4 March. With this award, DEWIS rewards the quality of the PhDs dissertation and places her extraordinary achievement in the spotlights. #IWD2019 #BalanceforBetter.
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‘Hi, my name is Eline Hutter and I did my PhD at the faculty of Applied Sciences at the Department of Chemical Engineering. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and a Master’s degree is in Chemical Sciences.
‘During my PhD research I have investigated properties of perovskites: a type of material that is used in solar cells. What I liked most about this project is that I could combine my interest in fundamental research with a material that is useful for renewable energy applications. I also really enjoyed to collaborate with many international researchers, and I believe that complementing each other has substantially advanced our scientific progress of the last years. At the moment, I am continuing my research on this topic as a postdoc at AMOLF.
I defended my thesis in front of a committee comprised of eight men. I truly hope that one day, I will sit at the other side of the table, together with at least three other women.’
Read all the interviews with all female Cum Laude PhD students of 2017-2018 here.