Maja Zontek

President of the Student Council at MFI, UG

Maja is the President of the Student Council at the University of Gdańsk’s Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics (MFI) and an Ambassador for the “Girls into STEM” initiative (Polish: “Dziewczyny do ścisłych”), run by the Perspektywy Education Foundation (Polish: Fundacja Edukacyjna Perspektywy).

As a Mathematical Modelling and Data Analysis student, she focuses on bridging the gap between complex data and social impact. She is the co-founder of “aMFIteatr nauki” (English: “Amphitheatre of Science”, a wordplay on the MFI faculty acronym and the Polish term for an amphitheatre), a popular science series, and a dedicated advocate for diversity in STEM.

Maja’s work centres on empowering the next generation of tech talent through community building and large-scale engagement projects.

Together with Martyna Pieczka, she co-leads aMFIteatr nauki, a Q-Con side event promoting STEM education and study pathways that open doors to modern technologies, taking place on 10 September at the MFI Faculty, University of Gdańsk.