Dr Mirjana Pović Location: Ethiopia/Spain Mirjana is an astrophysicist and assistant professor at the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute who studies galaxy formation, and works to encourage secondary school girls in Ethiopia to choose STEM subjects. In 2018, she won the Nature Research Inspiring Science Award for not only her research on galaxies, but […]
Sophia Njeri Murage Location: Kenya/Netherlands Sophia is a solutions engineer who is passionate about applying technology to geography. She was a designer and had responsibility for overseeing the development of the 1st Kenyan Nano-satellite, and in 2017, was a speaker at the Young Africa Space Engineers Global panel discussion. She is a co-founder and technical […]
Chada El Islam Manel Benmahcene Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Chada is a senior technical product manager and co-leads the LeanIn Women in Tech Circle in Dubai supporting women in STEM. She was an organiser of WiDS Abu Dhabi and Dubai 2020, and led a panel on careers in data science for women. You can […]
Dr Vidita Vaidya Location: India Vidita is a professor of neuroscience at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. She was featured in the Indian Academy of Sciences’ book Lilavati’s Daughters, which is a collection of biographical essays on Indian female scientists. In 2015, she won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in medical sciences, and in […]
Devi Maharani Kosa Location: Indonesia Devi is a field engineer at Baker Hughes. She co-founded STEM for Women, a community for women pursuing STEM subjects. She is also a finalist in Puteri Indonesia Riau 2020 and wants to use her profile to show women they can get involved in STEM. You can follow her work […]