The 2021 LGBTQ+ STEMinar has been officially launched! The online event will take place on 8 January 2021, and is hosted by Wadham College, University of Oxford. You can find conference details, including a link to register as a speaker or attendee, the abstract evaluation rubric, and conference Code of Conduct on the main conference... Continue Reading →
Queer Science Manifesto posters
During today's STEM Village Virtual Symposium, Em Dixon made several posters based on text from the Queer Science Manifesto by Brian Loebel, Caroline Ward & Erinma Ochu. With Em's permission, we're posting them here for folks to use. Each image is available as a JPG, and PDF (including print-friendly). Queer Science fights for a just... Continue Reading →
An interview with Vishwadeep Mane
Name: Vishwadeep Mane Current Job: PhD student Scientific Discipline/Field: Cell biology Country: India Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): G Twitter or other social media handle: @ManeVishwadeep What does your job involve? I am a PhD student involved in understanding role of mechanical forces in shaping development of leaf. How did you get to this job... Continue Reading →
“2017”
by Sofia Kirke Forslund It was clear a long time ago that I wanted to become research faculty at some point. The path went along what was intended as a two year post-doc stint in a Medieval village, and I saw this as a necessary sacrifice. I wasn't sure quite which ways I was queer... Continue Reading →
LGBTQ+ STEM awarded the 2020 Royal Society Athena Prize
We're very delighted and deeply humbled to announce that Dr Beth Montague-Hellen and Dr Alex Bond from LGBTQ+ STEM have been awarded the 2020 Royal Society Athena Prize, awarded to those "who have contributed most to the advancement of diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) within their communities". The nomination was submitted in... Continue Reading →
As straight as a circle – my journey navigating STEM as a black queer male
by Craig Poku In the last year, I have found myself saying yes to opportunities that push me outside my comfort zone. However, when I was invited to write this article, I initially planned to say no. I don’t feel the need to highlight the struggles of growing up black in Britain, especially when movements... Continue Reading →
An interview with Craig Poku
Name: Dr Craig Poku Current Job: Postdoctoral Researcher Scientific Discipline/Field: Atmospheric and Climate Sciences Country: United Kingdom Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): GBQ (I’m an interesting individual) Twitter or other social media handle: @c_poku93 What does your job involve? The first part of my research investigates how to improve fog modelling and forecasting over... Continue Reading →
An interview with Ben Britton
Name: Dr Ben Britton Current Job: Reader Scientific Discipline/Field: Materials Science and Engineering Country: United Kingdom Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): GQ Website: http://www.expmicromech.com Twitter or other social media handle: @bmatb What does your job involve? I lead a research group who explore how materials work and how we can use them better. We look... Continue Reading →
An interview with Rachel Ranson
Name: Dr Rachel Ranson Current Job: Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences Scientific Discipline/Field: Neuroscience/ageing Country: United Kingdom Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): i’m really not a fan of labels but some will identify me as T. Website: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/r/rachel-ranson/ Twitter or other social media handle: @RansonDr What does your job involve? Teaching students from foundation level... Continue Reading →
An interview with Marina Logares
Name: Marina Logares Current Job: Visiting Professor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) Scientific Discipline/Field: Mathematics, Geometry Country: Spain Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): L Website: https://www.ucm.es/marina_logares/ Twitter or other social media handle: @MarinaLogares What does your job involve? I teach at the degrees in Mathematics, Mathematical Engineering, and Maths Education. I also conduct my... Continue Reading →
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