The Office for Promoting a Diversity Research Environment (formerly the Office for Supporting Female Researchers) provides female researchers who are unable to travel abroad due to pregnancy, childbirth, or childcare with opportunities to invite researchers from overseas to provide advice on research or discuss collaborative research.SG-FResHU SupportWe are implementing this project. In fiscal year 2019, through this support project, Dr. Carmen Ortiz Mellet from the University of Seville, Spain, who was invited by Professor Garcia Martin Fayna Maria of the Institute for Advanced Life Sciences, gave a lecture on Thursday, January 16, 2020, in the Human Resources Development Headquarters conference room.
Dr. Carmen Ortiz Mellet has been active in Spain and France since obtaining her doctorate. Currently, she leads the Glycochemistry group at the University of Seville in Spain, where she supervises numerous doctoral dissertations and actively publishes papers.
The lecture, titled "Clues to obtaining a high position in academia and doing excellent research regardless of gender," discussed career development for researchers in academia. The seminar was conducted in English, and Dr. Carmen Ortiz Mellet spoke about her own research career, the challenges she has faced, and her path to success. The seminar was attended by doctoral students, researchers, and faculty members, primarily from overseas.
During the invitation period, lectures and discussions on specialized fields, presentations of collaborative research results, and meetings for new collaborative research were also held. The research discussions were attended by everyone from professors to young students, and many questions were asked. Afterwards, there was a social gathering where students and researchers made hand-rolled sushi together, and there was active exchange of ideas about Japanese traditions and research.
