Dr. Candida Sánchez Burmester

Biography

Candida Sánchez Burmester is a PhD student at Maastricht University, specializing in the intersection of historical and ethnographic methods to analyze controversies in nanobiology. She documents discussions at nanobiology conferences and conducts laboratory ethnography with teams of scientists replicating key experiments. By utilizing archival materials from conferences, she aims to trace the historical origins of contentious topics within nanotoxicology. As part of her doctoral research, she teaches courses in Science and Technology Studies and is supervised by prominent scholars, including Prof. Dr. Cyrus Mody and Dr. Willem Halffman. Her PhD is part of a European Research Council-funded project, exploring how contested scientific claims emerge and evolve within the research community. In 2024, she will be a Short-Term Fellow at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia. Sánchez Burmester's research interests encompass Science and Technology Studies, the history of science, epistemic diversity, and environmental humanities, while also engaging with cultural practices like hiking, traditional Karate, and Latin American music.

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