Marga Gual Soler is an international expert in science diplomacy recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. She is the founder of SciDipGLOBAL, a purpose-driven consultancy specialized in strategy, research, and training working with governments, universities, and international organizations to build bridges between science, technology, and global policy.
She is a member of the ‘Science in/for Diplomacy for Addressing Global Challenges’ (S4D4C) project, an advisor to the EUHorizon 2020 Science Diplomacy Cluster, and an associate researcher in science diplomacy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Previously she served as Senior Project Director at the Center for Science Diplomacy of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington DC, and a high-level policy advisor to former European Commissioner for Research and Innovation, Carlos Moedas.
She holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Queensland in Australia and was a Global Competitiveness Leadership Fellow at Georgetown University. In 2019 she participated in the largest-ever expedition of women in STEM to Antarctica.
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