Meet our Women in STEM

Centre member Zuzana Slavkovska of Australian National University spoke on ABC Canberra about her role in the search for dark matter.

Centre PhD candidate Grace Lawrence was awarded the Royal Society of Victoria prize for Physical Sciences on Friday.

Emily Filmer discusses why she travelled across Australia in the QDM Road Trip to show rural and remote students to show students the true face of STEM.

Emeritus Professor Robyn Owens, mathematician and ARC Centre for Dark Matter Particle Physics of the University of Western Australia, has been recognised for her 'significant service to science in computer vision and mathematics.'

Australian dark matter researchers will boost their innovative thinking with a pilot program at IdeaSquare, CERN in Switzerland.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Centre Director Elisabetta Barberio spoke to the Victorian Government’s Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions about her experience climbing the professional ladder in a male-dominated field, and how she has supported the female leaders of the future.

Congratulations Celine Boehm on winning the Australian Institute of Physics 2022 Women in Leadership Medal.

A career in physics can be competitive and demanding, so it would not be surprising for researchers to want to rest after a long day in the laboratory.

As a mother-of-two and chemist, Michaela Froehlich is a trailblazer in her field. When she welcomed her first child, she was the only woman in a team of male researchers.

It is not unusual for a child to dream of being a ballerina or a firefighter, inspired by their favourite television program or movie.

As a school student, theoretical physicist Professor Nicole Bell never expected her interest in maths to lead her to explore the big questions of the universe.

Gazing at the stars as a child, Grace Lawrence had no idea that this fascination with the stars would lead her to pursue a career in astronomy and to walk in the footsteps of one of the world’s greatest physicists, Albert Einstein.

Art and science might seem to be odd bedfellows, but that is not the case for Australian National University graduate student Raghda Abdel Khaleq. Describing herself as an artistic physicist, Raghda combines her creativity with her scientific knowledge to produce science-inspired art.

Professor Bell is one of this year’s two recipients of the Australian Academy of Science’s Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science.