While many of her Italian peers are about to graduate, or have yet to enter the job market, Valentina Berlin, 25 years old, from Mestre, works at Cern in Geneva, in a group of young scientists who bombard atoms with proton beams, to develop new nanomaterials .
"Rather than being paid 1200 euros for a doctorate in an expensive city like Milan - the girl tells Corrieredel Veneto - here I can afford to live well with a salary commensurate with the high cost of living. I have colleagues in Germany who can return home and support the same relationship".
Berlin, who flew from Mestre to Cern in Geneva via the Polytechnic of Milan and some experiences in Europe, good English and the desire to aim high, obtained a two-year period as a recent graduate in one of the world's major research centres.
"Here - she explains - there are many opportunities for recent graduates but also for those who have completed their high school diploma. Great research trusts young people".
The group, all very young, in which I work, aims to develop new techniques for the production of nanomaterials capable of making quantum computers work or treating tumors.
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