Here's a thread highlighting all of the amazing women featured in these
#IWD2021
#WomenInChemistry
cards. I'll continue to add to this thread as I add to the series over the coming weeks and months! 🧵⬇️
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#1
: Laura Wysocki (
@LauraWyz
) works with undergraduate students to make fluorescent dyes that can be used as sensors or enzyme substrates
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@LauraWyz
#2
: Jessica Picone (
@Jess_Ica_KP
) teaches basic and advanced chemistry, including forensics, to high school students
#WomenInChemistry
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#3
: Paulette Vincent-Ruz (
@STEMxicanEd
) carries out equity-centred chemistry education research, seeking to understand the systemic disadvantages that hinder the success of marginalised students in chemistry
#WomenInChemistry
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#4
: Chiara Piccolo (
@ChiaraPi82
) is a Project Portfolio Manager overseeing planning, development, implementation of the projects of the Fragrance R&D Division of Givaudan
#WomenInChemistry
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#5
: Silvia Barra (
@SilviaChem
) is a chemist and translator of chemical documents, who teaches chemistry and chemical translation
#WomenInChemistry
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#6
: Julia Alvey (
@vballjulia
) works on development of tools and methods to image RNA in live cells
#WomenInChemistry
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#7
: Zoë Ayres (
@zjayres
) is an analytical chemist in the water industry, and is also an
#AcademicMentalHealth
advocate
#WomenInChemistry
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@ZJAyres
#8
: Lana Hiscock (
@NiobiumEmpress
) is a synthetic organic chemist making fluorescent, highly coloured aromatic compounds which could have applications in organic electronics
#WomenInChemistry
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#9
: Devin Swiner (
@Devin_Eleven
) is an analytical chemist, developing a new ionisation source for mass spectrometry using cotton thread for small molecule analysis. She's also one of the
#BlackInChem
co-founders
#WomenInChemistry
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#10
: Laura Lanni (
@lauralanni
) is an organic chemistry professor who has taught organic chemistry and general chemistry to thousands of students
#WomenInChemistry
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#11
: Alexandra Gellé (
@AlexGelle
) is a PhD student by day and science communicator by night. Her research focuses on developing more sustainable chemical processes
#WomenInChemistry
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#12
: Juliana Vidal (
@juliana_lvidal
) investigates the use of biochar as a catalyst and an advanced material. She also works for
@beyondbenign
, a green chemistry education initiative
#WomenInChemistry
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#13
: Samia El-Ali (
@chemeas
) is a chemistry teacher inspiring the next generation of chemists. She's is also an examiner and monitors A Level Chemistry practical work in schools
#WomenInChemistry
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#14
: Molly Hopper teaches general and analytical chemistry, and also leads a research lab studying plant metabolomics with mass spectrometry
#WomenInChemistry
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#15
: Shannon Davis (
@sedavis94
) studies how increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affects ocean chemistry and the creatures in the ocean
#WomenInChemistry
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#16
: Danielle Hutchison (
@hutchisondc
) studies actinide materials to determine how their structure changes under high pressure conditions
#WomenInChemistry
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#17
: Cathy Bloedorn (
@msbloedorn
) educates high school students in their first year of chemistry, hoping to encourage them to take the subject further!
#WomenInChemistry
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#18
: Sari Grossman (
@saribari99
) carried out natural product medicinal chemistry research during her undergraduate degree, and is now starting graduate research in therapeutics for host immunity diseases
#WomenInChemistry
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#19
: Kate Kostenkova (
@KateKostenkova
) is a chemistry PhD candidate at
@ColoradoStateU
. Her research includes work on the development of vanadium-based anticancer therapeutics
#WomenInChemistry
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#20
: Vi-Anh Vu works on synthesising new drug targets to shorten the new drug development process in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
#WomenInChemistry
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#21
: Robin Bumbaugh works in the herbal supplement industry, testing incoming herbal raw materials for pesticide residues and microbiological contaminants
#WomenInChemistry
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#22
: Holy Miller, previously a chemistry lab technician, is a teacher of chemistry in post-primary schools in Northern Ireland
#WomenInChemistry
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#23
: Courtney Quinn (
@CourtneyM_Quinn
) researches sustainable hydrogen evolution catalysts to assist with the path to net zero
#WomenInChemistry
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#24
: Courtney Johnson (
@quartneyy
) is a graduate student at UNC Chapel Hill studying biosensors
#WomenInChemistry
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#25
: Monique Wilhelm (
@Trusty_Nerd
) is a lab manager and safety officer, providing the tools students and researchers need to do their lab work
#WomenInChemistry
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#26
: Tricia Robson (
@TriciaRobson
) is a high school chemistry teacher, bringing chemistry alive using demonstrations, experiments, and interactive lessons
#WomenInChemistry
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#27
: Leonie Briggs (
@amaze_lab
) is a chemistry teacher teaching the future generation of scientists, aiming to inspire people to discover, interact, and enjoy chemistry
#WomenInChemistry
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#28
: Kay Day (
@chronicleflask
) is a science writer and educator who writes about chemistry on her blog, 'The Chronicle Flask', and has also written for
@TheCrashCourse
Organic Chemistry
#WomenInChemistry
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#29
: Ericka Duffy (
@duffyericka
) works on flavour and aroma compounds through her work in perfume, cocktails, coffee, tea, and water
#WomenInChemistry
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#30
: Charlotte Marie Istance (
@chemcharley
) works on phosphorus FLP chemistry, with a future interest in radiochemistry. She's also a strong advocate of women and LGBTQ+ in STEM
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