Schema
In September 2006 I created a non-profit organisation in Luxembourg, country where I live, called SCHEMA. SCHEMA stands for "Schemi an Ëmwelt Atelier". Since I started being paid part-time in Geneva (now I am paid 12.5% of a full-position), my idea was to be able to develop funded research on environmental chemistry in Luxembourg. Time has proved this a (stupid?) dream and only participation in scientific popularisation activities under this umbrella has been possible. Now, even this is excluded because economic funding for this type of activities does not cover insurances and I cannot obtain funds from other sources.
For a while, I have used SCHEMA as an affiliation in articles because the work described had mostly been developed "at home" and without any economic support from "my university". On the other hand, "my university" (the University of Geneva) has always generously provided my main affiliation and, with it, the possibility of "existing" in science. In a way, it can be considered as some kind of win-win situation that covers my weird situation as a scientific outlier.
However, this double affiliation has also created some confusion in people that often asks me "where are you now?" or that assume that I am earning a lot of money in Luxembourg... It is for this reason that I add this explanation to my research webpage.
I keep my research webpage in SCHEMA because I continue to work "at home", even if less often now, and because I adapt badly to the constraints of the official webpage in Geneva.
| So, you can find me either at: Institute F.-A. Forel University of Geneva Boulevard Carl-Vog, 66 CH-1205 Geneva Switzerland e-mail: montserrat.filella at unige.ch and/or at: SCHEMA a.s.b.l. Rue Principale, 92 L-6990 Rameldange e-mail: filella at schema.lu |
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