Meet your 2024 GÉANT Community Award winner: Marina Adomeit

We are pleased to announce Marina Adomeit is this year’s GÉANT Community Award winner! Marina was nominated for her leadership of Trust and Identity work in successive GÉANT Projects and extensive AAI support for international user communities including EuroHPC.

“Enthusiasm, growth, challenge, fun, and friendship are what comes to mind when I think about working in the GÉANT community. It is an absolute honour to be part of this forward-looking family that aspires towards a bright and modern future for global Research and Education. I am beyond thankful for the mentorship, comradeship, and trust I received from my peers, and this award recognises that these are at the root of our community! The future of digital identity is happening now! It is exciting and full of amazing opportunities that we can shape and realise together to empower the new generations in academia.” – Marina Adomeit

About Marina

Marina is the Trust and Identity Project Manager at SUNET, with a focus on international projects and T&I services. She has been working since 2006 in the NREN community, with experience participating in GÉANT projects in tasks related to AAI where she currently leads the Trust and Identity Work Package in GN5-1. Marina has been working within international projects such as Seamless Access Consortium, Puhuri AAI infrastructure for access to EuroHPC LUMI supercomputer, and others.

Maria Häll, CEO of SUNET, commented:

“SUNET is proud to count Marina as one of our own. Her leadership in AAI and her many invaluable contributions to digital identity over the last decade is a testament to the power of the GÉANT community and to Marina’s capabilities as a community leader. We are convinced that we have only seen the beginning of a long journey together with our friend and colleague Marina Adomeit.”

This article is featured on CONNECT 46, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine!