The International Day of Women and Girls in Science & International Women's Day 2025
Throughout the months of February and March, the Institute will be posting a series of videos celebrating women researchers and highlighting the challenges that they still face to this day.
- On 11th Feb 2025, we celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.To start this off, here’s Stephanie @sipping_cosmos, one of this year’s co-chairs of the International Women’s Day committee.
- Here's Dr Amy Bonsor talking about her research on rocky planets around other stars, and someone who supported her in her career
- This week we’re introducing Sarah Kane. Here she is talking about Star Trek inspiring her career and an astrophysicist she looks up to.
- Here’s Dr Matt Grayling talking about how men can be better allies to women scientists and the current challenges faced by the Vera Rubin observatory.
- Dr Greg Cooke is talking about Professor Sara Seager, a pioneer in the field of exoplanet research and the search for life on other planets.
- Dr Lisa Kelsey is talking about women she’s met throughout her career who inspired her, and how the way we speak to young girls in school affect their career choices
Stay tuned for more on Instagram & TikTok: @cambridge_astro
