Elise Komarczuk | Marketing & Outreach
EquipSent

Elise Komarczuk studied physics and chemistry at the University of Lille before moving to Helsinki to pursue a master’s degree with a focus on spectroscopy. In 2022, she began her PhD at ETH Zurich in the Jeschke lab, specializing in EPR spectroscopy. This is where she came across EquipSent and was immediately drawn to its mission. Surprised by how few people knew about the initiative despite its potential for impact, she joined the team in 2023 to help strengthen its marketing and outreach efforts.

Appearances:

Day 1: 27th May @ 12:45

Enable education everywhere: Elongating your equipment life via donation scheme

In well-funded institutions, functional equipment is often discarded, leading to unnecessary waste and significant financial loss. This typically occurs when a lab relocates, a professor retires, or a research group shifts its focus. EquipSent offers a sustainable solution by giving this equipment a second life while supporting education worldwide. The organization collects unused but functional scientific equipment and ships it to schools and universities in low-income countries. In this talk, we will present the EquipSent process and highlight the impact it has made since its founding in 2017.

Elise Komarczuk, Marketing & Outreach, EquipSent