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FameLab International Final 2025 
– Live from CERN!

Join us on Tuesday 25 November 2025 for the FameLab International Live Final, streaming straight from CERN Science Gateway!

Nine countries — Australia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland and the United Kingdom — will battle it out on the virtual stage as their national champions compete for the title of World’s Best Science Communicator 2025.

📺 Watch live on the FameLab YouTube Channel
🕖 7pm (GMT) / 8pm (CET)

FameLab International is the world’s longest-running and widest-reaching science communication competition and training programme. It showcases early-career researchers from science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), challenging them to deliver captivating three-minute talks using only their wits – and a few props!

Now celebrating 20 years of FameLab, this global celebration of science communication promises to inspire, entertain and spark curiosity.

Get ready to be amazed by this year’s finalists and their passion for STEM – it’s science as you’ve never seen it before.

👉 Don’t miss out! Mark your calendars, tune in live and scroll down to meet this year’s finalists.

FameLab International Final 2025 contestants

Meet the Finalists

Tammy Lee, Australia

Name: Tammy Lee

Country: Australia 

Talk Topic: A-Typical Embryo?

Field of Study: Embryology

Name: Desi Musinska

Country: Bulgaria

Talk Topic: Biomimicry: Nature as the Ultimate Inventor

Field of Study: Navigation Management

Desi Musinska, Bulgaria
Kristýna Skoupá, Czech Republic

Name: Kristýna Skoupá

Country: Czech Republic

Talk Topic: The Silent Seasoning

Field of Study: Biology

Name: Naomi Weitzel

Country: Germany

Talk Topic: How Light Brightens: Tiny Particles' Superpowers

Field of Study: Chemistry and Materials Science

Naomi Weitzel, Germany
Giorgia Francesca, Italy

Name: Giorgia Francesca

Country: Italy

Talk Topic: Flashes in the darkroom: restoring blurred memories

Field of Study: Cognitive Neurosciences and Neuropsychology

Name: Natalia Izdebska

Country: Poland

Talk Topic: Better Batteries – Built from LEGO Bricks?

Field of Study: Chemistry

Natalia Izdebska, Poland
South Africa Luther Chipembere

Name: Luther Chipembere

Country: South Africa

Talk Topic: Turning Data into Dinner

Field of Study: Economics

Name: Saein Lee

Country: Switzerland

Talk Topic: Guardians of the Forest with Poop Power

Field of Study: Behavioural Ecology, Primatology

Saein Lee, Switzerland
Spatika Jayaram, United Kingdom

Name: Spatika Jayaram

Country: United Kingdom

Talk Topic: Why Brains Matter

Field of Study: Neuroscience