Tuesday is International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Posted Feb 11, 2020 03:45:00 PM.
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It's a day to celebrate some amazing women in our community and around the world.
Tuesday, February 11th marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
The list is too long to mention every local connection to an accomplished female in that field, but some of our local schools are highlighting a few.
This includes the University of Waterloo which has released a forty-five second video featuring female scientists that have gone through their institution.
The women highlighted in the video include:
Melanie Campbell – Waterloo Professor developing devices for the eye to improve the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
Katarina Ilic – Co-Founder and Director of Partnerships at Voltera
Pearl Sullivan – The First female Dean of Engineering at the University of Waterloo
Greta Cutulenco – CEO of Acerta and name on Forbes Top 30 Under 30 in 2019
Pampa Dey – Overcame insurmountable barriers to become an assistant professor in Canada
Lisa Feldman Barrett – Guggenheim Fellow and neuroscientist reasearching emotion in the brain
Donna Strickland – Waterloo Professor in Physics and Astronomy. Nobel Prize in Physics 2018
