role models - technology

Dr Rebecca Wilson
QinetiQ is Europe’s largest science and technology organisation. Rebecca is the technical leader of a team conducting research and development into new optical technology for the processing of images and signals.

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Gordana is a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, where she directs the Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering. Her laboratory is working on biophysical regulation of human stem cells and on tissue engineering for application in regenerative medicine.

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facts

Girls are 42.4% of GCE A level students in STEM (Science Technology Engineering Maths) subjects.

Women make up 33.5% of all higher education (HE) students in SET disciplines.

Women represent 18.5% of SET employees.

Women hold 9.0% of directorships in the UK FTSE 100 companies in SET sectors.

8.0% of  all SET professors are female.

from UK resource centre for women in science, engineering, technology

STEMNET's Ambassadors page has some fantastic female role models on it.

WISE also have some great role models on their Inspirational Women page