The Royal Society
Magda Stroe is a Senior Public Engagement Officer at The Royal Society, responsible for delivering the Summer Science Exhibition since January 2023. Previously, Magda served as an Events Producer at The British Academy from October 2021 to January 2023. From October 2008 to September 2021, Magda held the roles of Acting Director and Deputy Director at the Romanian Cultural Institute London. Magda was also a member of the Presidency Team of EUNIC London from October 2018 to July 2019. Magda's earlier experience includes serving as a Web & E-Services Officer at British Council Romania from August 2002 to May 2006. Magda holds a Bachelor's degree in Informatics from the University of Craiova, obtained between 1998 and 2002.
The Royal Society
The Royal Society is the world's oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, and has been at the forefront of enquiry and discovery since its foundation in 1660. The backbone of the Society is its Fellowship of the most eminent scientists of the day, elected by peer review for life and entitled to use FRS after their name. There are currently more than 60 Nobel Laureates amongst the Society's approximately 1400 Fellows and Foreign Members. Throughout its history, the Society has promoted excellence in science through its Fellowship and Foreign Membership, which has included Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Ernest Rutherford, Albert Einstein, Dorothy Hodgkin, Francis Crick, James Watson and Stephen Hawking. The Society is independent of government, as it has been throughout its existence, by virtue of its Royal Charters. In 1663, The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge was granted its Arms and adopted the motto "Nullius in verba", an expression of its enduring commitment to empirical evidence as the basis of knowledge about the natural world. The Society's activities include influencing science and education policy, funding leading researchers, publishing journals that span all the sciences and the history of science, and the provision of science communication activities for a variety of public audiences.