About Euratek

Elnaz Shadras is the founder of the non-profit organisation Euratek. With a PhD in the field of human and social sciences. After her international work experience in various fields immigration, integration, gender equality and foremost education. Her area of research is currently focused on the interaction of our societies with algorithms and artificial intelligence. Outside of Euratek she is also the executive director of Voices of the World vzw.

Mina Kazemi (PhD) with an academic background in economics and a M.S. in Monetary and Financial Economics, is currently a Data analyst/engineer working at BNP Paribas in creating and automating reporting solutions tailored for finance teams.

Experienced professional with more than 10 years of involvement in financial advisory services, including Corporate Finance/M&A, Structured & Acquisition Finance. Holds a Master's Degree in Management from Nova School of Business and Economics (Lisbon) and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Insper (São Paulo). Currently an invited professor for M&A and Finance at INDEG-ISCTE executive education. At Euratek he is the head trainer for modern finance.

Maksim is a youth leading project officer at Euratek. With an academic background in Business Administration and International relations, he is also a passionate IT practitioner. With this Maksim also helps organise and run projects at Euratek, while managing the multimedia of Euratek.

Dr. Falah Jabar is an AI/XR specialist, holds an M.S. in Electrical-Electronics and Telecommunications from the University Technology Malaysia, Malaysia, and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. Currently, he is a postdoctoral researcher at the Arctic University of Norway (UIT), focusing on developing AI models for digital pathology within the Translational Cancer Research Group in the Department of Medical Biology. Falah contributes to VOW with his expertise in technological research and education.

Dr. Marco Pezzuto is an academic researcher in theoretical physicist , with a life-long passion and involvement in photography. His work in science is mainly devoted to quantum information and quantum computers, in particular to all that concerns their thermodynamics, energy consumption and energy efficiency, with the goal to make one day quantum computers a reality accessible to everybody, and possibly make them more eco friendly than our current computers. Currently Marco works at the National Institute of Optics within the Italian National Research Council. His activity in photography focuses mainly on landscape and nature, urban landscape and architecture. His journey in photography, supported by some background in astrophysics, evolved recently to encompass also astronomy and astro-photography, especially the Milky Way.

Alireza Sharifian holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics, specialising in lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) with a focus on numerical simulations and high-performance computing (HPC). With a background in both physics and programming, Alireza is driven by a deep curiosity to understand the fundamental workings of nature. His expertise lies in the computational study of particle interactions and the structure of matter, leveraging advanced HPC techniques to explore complex QCD models. At Euratek, Alireza is the head of applied researcher for programming and artificial intelligence. He develops apps and programs that simplify daily tasks or tackles algorithms to solve problems he’s passionate about. Always eager to learn, he continues to explore how physics can deepen our understanding of the natural world.