ZI Webinar – Aerospace Advancements in your Daily Life.

In honor of Amelia Earhart month, Zonta International invites you to a panel with three Amelia Earhart Fellows to hear how their work in medicine, weather, wildfires, reduction of pollutants and fluid flow in nature impacts our daily lives. Following the discussion, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an open Q&A.

Aerospace Advancements in Your Daily Life

Thursday, 16 January

2:00 PM Central Standard Time (-5 GMT)

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Meet Our Panelists

Priyanka Dhopade

Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland; Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford

Priyanka Dhopade is a 2012 Amelia Earhart Fellow from Canada. After earning her Ph.D. in Australia, Priyanka began her postdoctoral position at Oxford University to work on commercial jet engines. Since joining the University of Auckland in 2020, she has shifted her research focus to sustainable engineering across more disciplines, incorporating space, energy, housing, Indigenous knowledge and equity in engineering. She leads the Sustainable Space Initiative (SSI), a transdisciplinary research initiative focused on systems thinking for sustainability in and for space. I also worked with the NZ PM’s former Chief Science Advisor at the science-policy interface to better inform environmental policy for New Zealand.

Beth Ebert

Senior Principal Research Scientist, Forecast Quality Team leader in the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s Research Program

Beth Ebert, a 1983 Amelia Earhart Fellow from the U.S., currently based in Australia, has a long-standing interest in weather forecast verification and evaluation. She holds a science leadership role in the World Meteorological Organization and brought natural and social scientists together to conduct research on improving weather warnings. Beth also works at the nexus of weather and health, contributing to the development of new forecast services for heatwaves, smoke and pollen. In 2017 she was part of a cross-disciplinary team that developed the world’s first early warning system for thunderstorm asthma.

Anna-Maria Kypraiou

Title A Fellow and Lecturer in Engineering at Churchill College University of Cambridge; Founder and CEO of Eye Sea Green

Anna-Maria Kypraiou, a 2016 Amelia Earhart Fellow is originally from Greece and is currently based in the U.K. Her research focuses on the reduction of pollutants and the development of energy optimization strategies in the maritime industry. She also studies the development of systems for the use of hydrogen in power generation, technology development for building energy usage optimization and development of scientific methods to analyze building performance and the use of new technology methods to evaluate occupant well-being.