Ester Jarour

Ester Jarour is the Communications Lead and Spokesperson at CEITEC Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. She is a public relations and communications professional with a proven track record of improving the overall visibility of CEITEC research results, as well as engaging researchers in science communication activities. She is actively involved in several national and international expert groups in the area of science communication. In the Czech Republic, she is a member of the national association of research managers and administrators Czarma. She is also active in knowledge sharing on the international level, as a member of the international life science alliances Alliance4Life and EU-LIFE. Within Alliance4Life, she serves as a chair of the science communication focus group, and her main goal is to stimulate knowledge transfer and professional development of the focus group members. Ester Jarour is also actively involved in the ERC host institutions’ communication network. She is continuously striving to increase awareness about the importance of science communication and to motivate others to participate in science communication activities. Her ultimate vision is to restore the public’s trust in science and to raise the public’s awareness about emerging technologies and the importance of basic research in general.