This winter, we are celebrating the festive season by honouring 25 amazing women in STEM, some of which you might not know of!
Professor Fahire Battalgazi
Ichthyologist
1902 – 1948
Turkey
Fahire Battalgazi was the first Turkish woman to become a zoologist, and the first person to get a zoology doctorate in Turkey. In 1944, she became a full professor at the University of Istanbul. She described several species of freshwater fish that were previously unknown in Turkey, some of which were new to science. Three species of fish have been named after her.
Born Fahire Akim Hanım, Fahire Battalgazi’s surname was Battalgil until it was changed in 1943.
For more on Professor Fahire Battalgazi:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahire_Battalgil
- https://sarkac.org/2018/03/ilk-kadin-zoologumuz-fahire-battalgazi/
- https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahire_Battalgazi
| Day 10 – Professor Euphemia Haynes | Day 12 – Dr Nadezhda Suslova |