March 29, 2022: Interview published in Advanced Science News: “Computer model determines how conferences can be primed for collaboration – Researchers have harnessed the power of math and data to understand how they can better foster collaboration at scientific conferences.” Read the full article here.
March 16, 2022: Published in Science 2.0, “Science Conferences Are Worth Your Time, But You Don’t Need To Create Emissions Traveling To Them To Benefit”, https://www.science20.com/news_staff/science_conferences_are_worth_your_time_but_you_dont_need_to_create_emissions_traveling_to_them_to_benefit-255985
March 15, 2022: Published in Consumer Affairs, “Virtual and in-person conferences are valuable collaborative tools, study finds,” https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/virtual-and-in-person-conferences-are-valuable-collaborative-tools-study-finds-031522.html
March 14, 2022: News release about our research “Are conferences worth the time and money?” is now live! Read it here on Northwestern Now and here on AAAS’s Eurekalert.
August 3, 2021: In this interview by The Graduate School at Northwestern, I discuss how my grandma never forgave me for not becoming a dolphin trainer, my childhood love for reading biographies and historical fiction with a flashlight, my belief in the importance of international scientific collaborations and my current work.
April 27, 2021: Interview about my experience during the COVID-19 pandemic published in McCormick Magazine. Read the full interview here.
April 21, 2020: My team composed of Maher Said (Northwestern Civil Engineering), Eugene Wickett (Northwestern Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences) and I won the 2020 Supply Chain Data Analytics competition hosted by Loyola Quinlan School of Business and the Northwestern University Transportation Center, in partnership with Redwood Logistics and FreightWaves. Articles about the competition here, here and here.
Featured in several Malta Conferences Foundation newsletters: Zajdela Visits Malta Participants in Egypt ; Zajdela Meets U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky ; article about my invitation as a senior analyst on a panel organized by the German Federal Foreign Office’s Training for International diplomats.