American astronomer Antonia Maury was born #OTD in 1866.
She is known for her work in stellar classification. Maury made significant contributions to the understanding of stellar spectra, particularly in developing a refined classification system for stars. Building upon the work of her colleague, Annie Jump Cannon, Maury introduced a system that distinguished between the different types of stars based on the widths of spectral lines.
German astronomer Caroline Herschel was born #OTD in 1750.
In 1786, she became the first woman to discover a comet when she spotted Comet C/1786 P1 (Herschel). Over the course of her career, she discovered a total of eight comets and became one of the most accomplished comet hunters of her time. She also made important contributions to cataloging and recording astronomical observations.
I have attended a keynote talk about inclusive fitness in #EvolutionaryBiology. The work presented during the talk was only from men and it made me wonder:
Where are #women in theoretical evolutionary biology? 👩🔬
If you come to think of the work of a woman on this field, please leave her name that we celebrate everyone's work 💪
Wer's gestern verpasst hat, kann die aktuelle Folge „Space Night Science“ über Frauen in der Astrophysik mit vielen weiblichen Vorbildern in der ARD-Mediathek anschauen.
Im Studio (und einem Beitrag in der Sendung): Michèle Heurs von der @unihannover, unser Gravitationswellen-Detektor GEO600, das Einstein-Teleskop, @LISA, das Deutsche Zentrum für Astrophysik und vieles mehr!
📢"Dare to be curious, keep your eyes open and pursue your own goals."
The 5th video in the Women [& girls] in Science 2024 series features Helena Burg, Head of International Relations at the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR).
ℹ️This video series features 6 #womeninscience with different journeys in #research with the goal to inspire young girls in[to] science.
American physician Alice Hamilton was born #OTD in 1869.
She focused her explorations on occupational toxic disorders, examining the effects of substances such as aniline dyes, carbon monoxide, mercury, tetraethyl lead, radium, benzene, carbon disulfide & hydrogen sulfide gases. In 1925, at a Public Health Service conference on the use of lead in gasoline, she testified against the use of lead & warned of the danger it posed to people & the environment. via @wikipedia
📢 "My story is one of many women in science, defined by breaking barriers, fostering #equity and nurturing the next wave of scientific thought."
🎞️ ️️The 4th video of the "Women [& girls] in science" 2024 series features Denisa Sologon, Senior Research Scientist at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research.
ℹ️This video series features 6 #womeninscience with different journeys in #research with the goal to inspire young girls in[to] science.
German astronomer Maria Kirch was born #OTD in 1670.
She was one of the first famous astronomers of her period due to her writing on the conjunction of the sun with Saturn, Venus, & Jupiter in 1709 and 1712. Her publications which included her observations on the Aurora Borealis (1707), the pamphlet Von der Conjunction der Sonne des Saturni und der Venus (1709) & the approaching conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in 1712 became her lasting contributions to astronomy.
American mathematician Katherine Johnson died #OTD in 2020.
She calculated & analyzed the flight paths of many spacecraft during her more than three decades with the U.S. space program. Her work helped send astronauts to the Moon. She earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform the tasks. The agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist".
Am 7. März veranstaltet das Graduiertenzentrum der #UniKiel seine jährliche Women #ScienceShow! 7 junge Wissenschaftlerinnen geben euch Einblicke in ihre Forschungen - darunter drei Doktorandinnen aus dem #ClusterROOTS.
Wann: Do, 07.03.2024, 19 Uhr
Wo: Bar des STUDIO Filmtheaters, #Kiel
„Unkonventionelle Wege abseits des Bekannten einzuschlagen, war noch nie so einfach wie in den Pandemie-Jahren“ – das sagte die ehemalige ROOTS-Doktorandin Moiken Hinrichs während der Absolventenfeier der Philosophischen Fakultät der #UniKiel. Hinrichs berichtet in ihrer Rede, warum ihre Dissertation während der Corona-Pandemie kurz vor dem Scheitern stand und wie sie neue, kreative Wege der Forschung gefunden hat: https://www.uni-kiel.de/de/detailansicht/news/023-abschlussfeier-phil-fak #Youngscientists#WomeninScience#Archäologie
"Women still don't appear in significant numbers in #STEM related fields and high-level positions, though the numbers are improving."
The 3rd video of the "Women [& girls] in science" 2024 series features Rutuja Bhusari, Junior R&T Associate in the Structural #composites team at the #Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
ℹ️This video series features 6 #womeninscience with different journeys in #research with the goal to inspire young girls in[to] science.
German physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer died #OTD in 1972.
She was a Nobel laureate in Physics (jointly shared with Hans Jensen in 1963) for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus. She was the second woman to win a Nobel Prize in physics, the first being Marie Curie. Her model explained why certain numbers of nucleons in an atomic nucleus result in particularly stable configurations, the so-called magic numbers. via @wikipedia
Il y a 27 ans mourrait Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997). Après avoir participé au projet Manhattan, elle a dû mal à obtenir un poste. Mais ça ne l'empêche pas de continuer à expérimenter. Elle a en particuliers apporter des résultats expérimentaux liés aux Prix Nobels de physiques de 1957 et de 2022. Malgré tout cela, elle n'a pas reçu la reconnaissance qu'elle aurait dû avoir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d281qPRWGjY #womeninscience#femmesenscience#onthisdate#onthisday
"It can be overwhelming when you're about to graduate and you're thinking about your future. To be honest, even during my studies I often wondered what I would end up doing in my job."
The 2nd video in the Women [& girls] in Science 2024 series features Anna Schritz, Biostatistician at the LIH.
ℹ️This video series features 6 #womeninscience with different journeys in #research with the goal to inspire young girls in[to] science.
Angela Borchers Pascual is a PhD student in the @maxplanckgesellschaft independent research group “Binary Merger Observations and Numerical Relativity”. She is working on understanding the imprint of gravitational kicks in the gravitational-wave signals emitted by merging black hole binaries.
📣“I am a #scientist, a #PhD student, a mom, a friend, a hockey player.”
🎥1st video of the 3rd season of the Women [& Girls] in #Science series features Gabriela Retamales, doctoral researcher in #Biotechnology at the University of #Luxembourg
Laura Roberts is a PhD student in the “Precision Interferometry and Fundamental Interactions” department. She joined our institute to continue her work on @LISA during her PhD.
Dr. Ana Alonso-Serrano is a long-term vistor at @mpi_grav Potsdam. She works on the quantum behaviour of spacetime close to the classical singularities and phenomenology of quantum gravity.
“I chose to learn physics in my high school. To me, it has always been thrilling to study how things function and build up from simple principles to complexities. As a child I was fascinated by the stars, the moon and the planets and that's where it all started and lived on. I felt motivated enough to do physics in B.Sc. and M.Sc. (…) I always love how pursuing physics helps a person in developing a problem-solving aptitude.”