{"id":9673,"date":"2024-06-20T14:40:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/life-en\/?post_type=news&p=9673"},"modified":"2024-09-11T09:57:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T07:57:34","slug":"winner-of-luxembourgs-science-slam-2023","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/life-en\/news\/winner-of-luxembourgs-science-slam-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Winner of Luxembourg\u2019s Science Slam 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Juan Aguilar<\/a> (opens in a new tab), a doctoral candidate at the University of Luxembourg and University Heidelberg, won Luxembourg\u2019s Science Slam<\/a> 2023. Each year this event brings six scientists on stage to talk about their research in an entertaining way. Up to 150 people visited the event to hear about science made in Luxembourg. In this short interview Juan Aguilar shares his experiences about sharing his research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did you participate in Luxembourg\u2019s Science Slam 2023?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was a bachelor student, I worked as a supervisor at the \u2018Science Camp\u2019, which was organised by the Mus\u00e9e National d\u2019Histoire Naturelle in Luxembourg during the summer holidays. Plenty of scientific workshops should get teenagers enthusiastic about the various sciences. I only have good memories of it. So, when I read about the call for slammers, I was sure it would be a similar experience of sharing your excitement about research.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is sharing your research important to you?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of years ago, I made documentaries about how I and other digital archaeologists 3D-scanned an Ancient Maya city deep in the forests of Southern Mexico as well as one about our work at Mesopotamian rock reliefs in Northern Iraq<\/a>. Together with my \u2018Science Camp\u2019 experience, science communication has always been important to me. This perfectly aligns with what the Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), which funds my PhD research, encourages scientists to do, namely, to share the knowledge you gained from doing research. Scientific exploration is a fascinating experience, talking about it in public makes it even greater.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Juan Aguilar<\/p>\n\n\n

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What was your Slam about?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I presented my digital archaeological PhD research project which aims to recover the cultural heritage site of Tell Nebi Yunus in Mosul, Iraq. The millennia-old site was destroyed by the so-called IS in 2014. I wanted to share my thoughts on why heritage is important as well as my impressions of working in a post-conflict zone. At the same time, I focused on explaining the methodology I apply when working on the virtual 3D reconstruction of Tell Nebi Yunus.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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