Agueda Gras-Velazquez, PhD

Agueda Gras-Velazquez, PhD  (Astrophysicist / Management) is the Science Programme Manager of European Schoolnet (EUN). As Head of the Science Education Department at EUN, she oversees the coordination of all STEM projects in which EUN is involved. Additionally, she oversees the day-to-day management of Scientix® (the community for science education in Europe, http://scientix.eu) and coordinates EUN’s Ministries of Education STEM representatives Working Group. In her 17 years at EUN, Agueda has been involved in more than 80 EC funded projects and 20+ private funded ones. Prior to joining EUN in May 2008, she worked as an independent eLearning Professional, as Tutor, Content designer, IT manager, Administrator, Project Manager and Consultant for international projects. She has co-authored several papers in Science Education Research and has a PhD in Astrophysics from Trinity College Dublin, carried out at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies in Ireland.