PROMOTING QUEER VISIBILITY IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING & MATH LGBTQ+ STEM Website In 2022 I joined the LGBTQ+ STEM Berlin core team, a wonderful organisation with even more wonderful people. We’re here to increase the visibility of LGBTQ+ individuals in STEM and connect the community, starting with Berlin. The group Read more…
Back in 2015 and 2016, I was a young paleontologist, suddenly getting a lot of media attention. I worked on a very unusual and exciting fossil, travelled to the US for field work and dove into talking to journalists – head first, no media training. Talking to strangers about your Read more…
Over the years, I had the pleasure to encounter many amazing women who are just as passionate about science and education as I am. But when I discovered Soapbox Science it felt like I had finally found my tribe. My relationship with these women reaches far out of the events Read more…
Over the years, I had the pleasure to encounter many amazing women who are just as passionate about science and education as I am. However, rarely do long lasting friendships emerge out of these meetings. When it does happen, if feels even more special. The understanding and interest for each Read more…
The year 2019 was a pretty turbulent year for me, but something great that came out of it was my friendship with Vira. Vira Iefremova is a research fellow and a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology in Bonn. I have never been to Bonn, so this is Read more…
Ich habe viele wundervolle und erfolgreiche Freundinnen, jedoch ist Selina Lux sicherlich eine der kreativsten. Selina hat Literaturwissenschaften und Deutsche Philologie studiert und hat bereits mit 17 ihr erstes Buch publiziert. Nun widmet sie sich dem Journalismus an der Freie Journalistenschule und verfasst Artikel, wie diesen. Anfang des Jahres hat Read more…
I am extremely fortunate to be surrounded by so many wonderful, smart and successful women. It has always been my personal goal to learn from my peers and support my fellow Women in STEM because I truly believe that great things happen when you work together, instead of competing with each other.
In 2014 I met (my now very good friend) Femke Holwerda and realised right away that she was going to become a very important woman in my life.