Donna Carroll (D.L.)

Donna is responsible for Continuing Professional Development at Maastricht University.  As well as developing new programmes of training and networking specifically for teaching staff, she also delivers a variety of different workshops on topics such as assessment and intercultural communication in educational settings.  She is a former Lecturer of Physics having completed her PhD in experimental physics in 2008, focusing on a materials analysis of various phosphate and alumni-phosphate glasses with medical, lasing and geological applications.  In the last ten years she has worked in Educational Service-development, Research and Innovation, Research and Teaching Support, Facility Management, Event Organising and Communication in Tech Transfer.  Donna is also the current Assessment Expert for the Faculty of Sciences and Engineering.  In her spare time Donna is a keen public speaker often touring internationally.