The Women’s Day is upcoming and, therefore, we would like to recall some of the Women of Science awarded in 2020 (https://www.forbes.pl/lista-kobiety-roku-2020-forbes-women-zobacz-liste-stu-wybitnych-kobiet-mijajacego/0ehy80g):
- Prof. Fabiola Gianotti, Switzerland: Director-General at CERN, about the Future Circular Collider: https://home.cern/science/accelerators/future-circular-collider;
- PhD Milena Ratajczak, Poland: astronomer, about BRITE project: https://www.univie.ac.at/brite-constellation/;
- Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, USA: first All-Women Spacewalk, video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iji5hTQ3CUo;
- Prof. Karen Uhlenbeck, USA: the first woman to win the Abel Prize, interview: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/groundbreaking-mathematician-karen-uhlenbeck-on-the-politics-of-her-field;
- Klaudia Krawiecka, UK: cybersecurity specialist, research: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pDP5MxcAAAAJ&hl=en;
- PhD Magdalena Zdanowicz, Poland: chemists, more about her project: https://ncn.gov.pl/finansowanie-nauki/przyklady-projektow/zdanowicz?language=en;
- Prof. Kristi Anseth, USA: chemists, more about Anseth Research Team: https://www.colorado.edu/ansethgroup/;
- Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier, France, Germany and Prof. Jennifer A. Doudana, USA: Nobel Prize winners in 2020 for CRISPR-Cas9 method, more info about method: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR_gene_editing;
- PhD Renata Welc-Falęciak, Poland: parasitologist, research: https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/core/#/profile/public/5e70935b878c28a0473a7e9b);
- PhD Aleksandra Gąsecka-van der Pol, Poland: studies on inhibit platelet reactivity, research: https://www.aleksandragasecka.com/publications/articles;
- Prof. Sarah Gilbert, UK: vaccinologist, interview: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55043551;
- Prof. Sunetra Gupta, India, UK: studies on model of the spread of the COVID-19 virus, article: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-03-31/what-the-coronavirus-models-are-trying-to-tell-us;
- Prof. Katherine Kędzierska, Australia: immunologist, research: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4yJAhhMAAAAJ&hl=en