Biotechnologist turned Science Communicator. Conny Schneider is dedicated to making science visible and accessible – whether behind the scenes or on stage. She writes for blogs, newspapers and magazines, designs and leads workshops for audiences of all ages, and creates formats that put colleagues and fellow scientists into the spotlight.

She is currently Coordinator of the NanoPrecMed Consortium, funded by INTERREG AT-CZ, where she drives network building, cross-border collaboration and technology transfer between Austria and the Czech Republic. In parallel, she leads science communication for BEATsepsis, a large European research project dedicated to improving long-term outcomes after sepsis. Because communication goes both ways, she thereby also applies Open Innovation strategies she learned as member of the Co-Creation Team of LBG SHoW, an interdisciplinary group promoting open and participatory approaches in research.

Conny earned her PhD in 2021 as part of the Cartilage Regeneration Group at LBI Trauma, in collaboration with BOKU Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna. Her dissertation explored biomaterials for cartilage tissue engineering with advanced imaging techniques to visualise regenerative processes. Along the way, her academic path was somewhat slowed down by her two most beloved tissue engineering projects, born in 2013 and 2016. During her doctoral journey, Conny gained significant international experience in Rotterdam, Netherlands, at Erasmus Medical Center (Prof. Gerjo van Osch) and in Portugal at the 3B’s Research Group, University of Minho (Prof. Rui Reis).

Science is strongest when it is based on community. Therefore, Conny engages in international networks included but not limited to the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), where she is engaged with the Outreach Committee and Event Endorsement Committee, and serves as Board Member of the Musculoskeletal Interdisciplinary Translational Young Researchers (MuSkITYR). This is a platform by and for early-career researchers to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in the field of musculoskeletal research.