This is a list of over two thousand women, from different parts of the world and with different areas of expertise, who would make excellent speakers at atheist, skeptic, scientific or human rights events. If you can’t invite any of them specifically, the list may trigger ideas of similar women who you can invite.

It began as a list of a thousand women speakers that I compiled in 2012, after a debate on an atheist forum in which I was arguing for a better gender balance in speakers at such events. One particularly enlightened contributor disagreed because: “There are – and I am counting – no female scientists I would turn up for at a skeptics convention. Well, maybe Alice Roberts. The rest are male.”

There were two more rational counter-arguments: that there should be no discrimination on the grounds of gender, and that speakers should be chosen purely on merit. But in practice there currently is discrimination on the grounds of gender, speakers are not chosen purely on merit, and a better gender balance would introduce audiences to excellent new speakers.

Another counter-argument was that event organisers, because they want to focus on merit, simply don’t think of the gender of their speakers. This may be both true and also part of the problem. Organisers may just think of the established names that immediately come to mind, and then think of other speakers who are like these, which perpetuates the current bias.

I was then asked the question: how do organisers invite women speakers if they are not aware of them? Well, really, it’s not that hard. You just do a bit of research. I began this list with a thousand potential speakers, mostly from publicly available online sources, and I have since updated it to include two thousand women worth listening to.

This is not a list of potential speakers for any specific event, as each event has its own unique mix of requirements. But it shows that you can improve the quality of the list that you choose your speakers from by doing some research. For practical reasons, you may not be able to invite many of the specific women on this list to your particular event, but reading this list may trigger some ideas of similar women who you can invite.

Finally, I should add a caveat that I do not agree with the politics of all of the speakers on this list. This is similar to the caveat that the organisers of the Black Women in Europe Power Lists (which I link to on this list) have on their website. They say: “Please note that the criteria is that they wield power, and you may disagree with the politics of how some of them wield this power.”

If you would like to add any names, please do so in the comments.

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Ireland

Speakers at Atheist Ireland Empowering Women Through Secularism International Conference Dublin 2013

Organisers of Empowering Women Through Secularism Conference

Speakers at other Atheist Ireland Events

Promoters of Reason, Science, Human Rights and Secularism

Members of the National Women’s Council of Ireland

Members of the Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment

International

Promoters of Reason, Science, Human Rights and Secularism

Ginetta Sagan and Anna Politkovskaya Human Rights Awards

Women Nobel Laureates of the 21st Century

Members of UN Expert Group on Gender, Science and Technology

UCL Inspiring Women in Science speakers programme

Guardian/UKRC list of Women Bloggers in Science, Engineering, Technology

Alice Bell’s list of Women Tweeters in Science, Technology, Environment

The Guardian list of Women Scientist Role Models

Women in Technology International Hall of Fame

Global Women Inventors and Innovators Hall of Fame

Women Mayors of major cities around the world

Black Women in Europe Power Lists

L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science International Awards

Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World Awards

Graduate Women International Speakers

United States

Speakers at CFI Women in Secularism Conferences 2012-2016

The Secular Women Speakers Bureau, USA

University of Minnesota Distinguished Women Scholars Awards

U of Minnesota Women Scientists & Engineers Speakers Program

APS Physics Women Speakers Program, USA

Women Scientists who give Awesome Seminars

PART ONE – IRELAND

Speakers at Atheist Ireland Empowering Women through Secularism International Conference 2013

Organizers of Empowering Women through Secularism Conference

Speakers at other Atheist Ireland Events

Promoters of Reason, Science, Human Rights and Secularism

Benedicta Attoh, Louth African Women’s Group

Mariaam Bhatti, Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland

Mairin de Burca, social and political activist

Emma Brannlund, NUIG Feminist Society

Sabina Brennan, Dept Psychology TCD

Elaine Byrne, Dept Political Science TCD

Jennifer DeWan, Cork Feminista

Joan Collins TD, Independents For Change

Jessica Connor, Irish Feminist Network

Ruth Coppinger TD, Solidarity

Eilish Corcoran, Development Officer, Women’s Manifesto project

Mary Cullen, Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies, TCD

Clare Daly TD, United Left Alliance

Eve Darcy, Comedian

Roja Fazaeli, TCD

Clara Fischer, Irish Feminist Network

Erin Gell, Irish Feminist Network

Patty Gray, anthropologist, NUI Maynooth

Noeleen Hartigan, Amnesty Ireland

Grainne Healy, Chairwoman of Marriage Equality

Kitty Holland, journalist and author

Roisin Ingle, journalist

Anele Jakiel, DWAG

Ann James, Humanist Association of Ireland

Sinead Kennedy, Coalition to Repeal 8th Amendment

Vanessa Lacey, Transgender Equality Network Ireland

Mary Lawlor, campaigner for rights of adoptees

Sandra Lewis, Coalition to Repeal 8th Amendment

Camille Loftus, socio-economic researcher

Fiona Looney, journalist

Miriam Lord, journalist

Catherine Lynch, Irish Network Against Racism

Kathleen Lynch, UCD

Catherine Martin TD, Green Party

Salome Mbugwe, AkiDWA

Susan McKay, former CEO Nat Women’s Council of Ireland

Mary McAuliffe, Pres Women’s History Association of Ireland

Helen McCormack, journalist and radio producer

Catherine McGuiness, former Supreme Court Judge

Catherine Phil McCarthy, poet

Dearbhail McDonald, journalist

Mamo McDonald, Hon Pres of Age and Opportunity

Mary Lou McDonald TD, Sinn Fein

Anthea McTiernan, editor of Irish Times Ticket Magazine

Alice Maher, artist

Catherine Morris, curator of Alice Milligan exhibition

Una Mullally, journalist

Catherine Murphy TD, Social Democrats

Fionnuala Murphy, Dublin Skeptics in the Pub, Skeprechauns

Siobhan O’Donoghue, director Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland

Elisa O’Donovan, UCD Students Against Sexism

Kathleen O’Neill, Kilbarrack CDP

Rebecca O’Neill, Dublin Skeptics in the Pub, Skeprechauns

Jane Ohlmeyer, TCD

Lynne Parker, theatre director

Averil Power, Fianna Fail Senator

Emma Regan, Irish Feminist Network

Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland

Fiona Ross, director of the NLI

Genevieve Shanahan, former UCC Atheists

Roisin Shortall TD, Social Democrats

Ailbhe Smith, Coalition to Repeal 8th Amendment

Brid Smith TD, People Before Profit

Anne Speed, SIPTU

Alison Spillane, Irish Feminist Network

Sonja Tiernan, Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies

Clare Treacy, chairperson of NWCI

Jillian van Turnhout, Independent Senator

Margaret Ward, Women’s Resource and Development Agency

Katherine Zappone, Independent Senator

Members of the National Women’s Council of Ireland

The National Women’s Council of Ireland’s vision is of an Ireland and of a world where there is full equality between women and men. Its mission is to to lead and be a catalyst for change in the achievement of equality between women and men. It has over 150 member organisations, some of which are listed here. You can get further information and contact details of all of its member organisations at this link.

50/50 Group www.5050-group.com

Abortion Rights Campaign http://www.abortionrightscampaign.ie

AkiDwA (Akina Dada Wa Africa) www.akidwa.ie

Bethany Survivors Group https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bethany-Survivors-Group-Ireland

Centre for Gender & Women’s Studies Trinity College Dublin www.tcd.ie/cgws

Doctors for Choice www.doctorsforchoiceireland.com

Dublin University Gender Equality Society duges@csc.tcd.ie

Dublin University Women Graduates Association www.duwga.ie

Dublin Wellwoman Centre www.wellwomancentre.ie

INAR – Irish Network Against Racism www.enarireland.org

Irish Family Planning Association www.ifpa.ie

Irish Feminist Network www.irishfeministnetwork.com

Irish Women Lawyers Association www.iwla.ie

Justice for Magdalene’s www.magdalenelaundries.com

MarriageEquality www.marriagequality.ie

National Traveller Women’s Forum www.ntwf.net

Rape Crisis Network Ireland www.rcni.ie

Survivors of Symphysiotomy http://symphysiotomyireland.com

Termination For Medical Reasons TMFR www.terminationformedicalreasons.com

UCC Women’s Studies www.ucc.ie/en/womenstudies

Women for Election www.womenforelection.ie

Members of the Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment

The Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment was an alliance of over 60 organisations including human rights, feminist and pro-choice organisations, trade unions, health organisations, NGOs, community organisations and many others, who successfully campaigned to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution, which made abortion unconstitutional.

Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC)

Action for Choice

AIMSI (Association for Improvements in Maternity Services Ireland)

Akidwa

ASLEF the Union

Amnesty Ireland

Anti-Austerity Alliance

Anti-Racism Network

Atheist Ireland

BeLong To

Bray and District Trade Council

Choice Ireland

Communications Workers Union

Community Workers Coop

Cork Pro-Choice

Doctors for Choice

Dun Laoghaire Repeal the 8th

Equality & Rights Alliance (ERA)

Galway Pro-Choice Group

Humanist Association Ireland

HUN Real Issues

ICCL (Irish Council for Civil Liberties)

ICTU (Irish Congress of Trades Unions)

ICTU Youth

IMPACT Trade Union

Kerry for Choice

Labour Women

Lawyers for Choice

Limerick Feminist Network

LINC (Advocating for Lesbian and Bisexual Women)

Mandate Trade Union

Medical Students for Choice

Midwives for Choice

National Traveller Women’s Forum

NWCI (National Women’s Council of Ireland)

Need Abortion Ireland

Northern Ireland Alliance for Choice

One Family

Parents for Choice

People before Profit Alliance

Rape Crisis Network Ireland

Re(al)Productive Health

Repeal Project

ROSA (Reproductive Rights Against Oppression Sexism & Austerity)

School of Social Justice UCD

Sligo Repeal the Eighth

Socialist Party

Socialist Workers Party

SWAI (Sex Workers Alliance Ireland)

TCD Students Union

TFMR Ireland (Terminations for Medical Reasons)

TENI (Transgender Equality Network Ireland)

The Workers’ Party Ireland

TUC (UK)

Trade Union Campaign to Repeal the 8th

USI (Union of Students in Ireland)

ULA United Left Alliance

UNITE the Union

UL Medical Students for Choice

Waterford Trade Council

X-ile Project

PART TWO – INTERNATIONAL

Promoters of Reason, Science, Human Rights and Secularism

Jessica Ahlquist, secular student activist

Rain Ashford, expert in wearable technology, digital futures

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, writer and activist

Athena Andreadis, Prof of cell biology and author

Trinity Aodh, Secular Women

Natalie Angier, science writer

Deirdre Barrett, Psychologist and author of Supernormal Stimuli

Sharon Begley, Science columnist Newsweek

Biodork, liberal blogger

Susan Blackmore, author

Brandi Braschler, Co-Founder & VP Secular Woman

Ann Brusseel, parliamentarian, Belgium

Leslie Cannold, author, columnist and ethicist, Australia

Kelly Carlin, Writer/Performer. Host of The Kelly Carlin Show

Jane Caro, writer, Australia

Miranda Celeste Hale, English educator and blogger, USA

Beth Ciesielski, ex-CFI, Belgium

Nell Cole, podcast producer

Jessica Constantine, Humanist Hour podcast

Anne Marie Cunningham, GP & clinical lecturer, Wales

Nonie Darwish, Founder and Director of Former Muslims United

Catherine Deveney, writer, comedian and author, Australia

Mariette DiChristina, Editor in Chief, Scientific American

Kate Donovan, Teen Skepchick blogger, Secular Woman

Barbara Drescher, Contributor to Insight blog at Skeptic Society

Ann Druyan, science writer

Rachel Dunlop, Blogger and Skeptic Zone podcaster

Sonja Eggerickx, IHEU, Belgium

Barbara Ehrenreich, writer and political activist

Lone Frank, Neurobiologist & science writer, Denmark

Karen Garst, author and blogger, USA

Bridget Gaudette, Co-Founder & VP Secular Woman

Pamela Gay, Astronomer and Astronomy Cast host

Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freedom From Religion Foundation, USA

Melinda Gebbie, comics artist of Lost Girls

Adrianne George, founder Black Women in Europe Blog

Noelle George, Foundation Beyond Belief, Secular Woman

Susan Gerbic, Organiser of Wikipedia editing project

Felicia Gilljam, Skepchick Sweden

Jane Goldman, writer and TV presenter, England

Rebecca Goldstein, philosopher and novelist

Susan Haack, Prof of philosophy and law

Harriet Hall, Science Based Medicine blogger and SkepDoc

Jennifer Hancock, author The Humanist Approach to Happiness

Tracie Harris, Atheist Experience show

Colleen Hartland, Victorian Greens, Australia

Sharon Hill, Doubtful News blogger

Arni Hole, philosopher and civil servant, Norway

Dana Hunter, science fiction writer and blogger

Deborah Hyde, The Skeptic magazine & Westminster Skeptics

Gulalai Ismail, Awaregirls, Pakistan

Rabbi Miriam Jerris, Society for Humanistic Judaism

Ellen Johnson, Former President American Atheists

Leila Johnston, technologist in Res, The Site Gallery, Sheffield

Kelly Jolkowski, founder of Project Jason

Zinnia Jones, writer and videoblogger

Wendy Kaminer, writer

Jennifer Keane, blogger (ZenBuffy)

Tracy King, Skepchick, England

Paula Kirby, Secular consultant & activist, UK

Bobbie Kirkhart, Author and Activist, USA

Asa Kleveland, Norwegian Humanist Association and singer

Joan Konner, Editor of The Atheist’s Bible

Nica Lali, author of Nothing: Something to Believe in

Carolyn Leighton, Founder Women in Technology International

Lyz Liddell, Secular Student Alliance, Secular Woman

Lori Lipman Brown, politician

Elisabeth Loftus, psychologist and memory expert

Stef McGraw, activist and blogger

Emma McKenna, film editor and producer, Australia

Shiela McLean, writer and ethicist

Marion Maddox, theologian and philosopher, Australia

Maria Maltseva, attorney, writer and blogger (Blu Harmony)

Molleen Matsumura, co-author Raising Freethinkers

Sara E Mayhew, Illustrator and storyteller

Gea Meijers, IHE Youth Org, Belgium

Daniela Meli, Eskeptica, Spain

Adele Mercier, philosopher

Gia Milinovich, TV presenter, England

Maggie Millar, actress and artist, Australia

Ashley Miller, writer and blogger, Secular Woman

Sarah Morehead, Dep Exec Director Secular Woman

Sharon Moss, Alumni Director Secular Student Alliance

Maryam Namazie, British Council of Ex-Muslims

Meera Nanda, secular writer and philosopher, India

Taslima Nasrin, writer, poet, activist, Bangladesh

Betty Nassaka, rights campaigner, Uganda

Jennifer Ouellette, science writer

Christine Overall, philosopher and writer, Canada

Sumitra Padmanabhan, Humanist Association of India

Ashley Paramore, Dev Director Secular Student Alliance

Fiona Patten, Founder Australian Sex Party

Jen Peeples, Atheist Experience show

Katha Pollitt, American feminist poet, essayist, critic

Carrie Poppy, Skeptical activist and podcaster

Sue Ann Post, Australian comedian

Laura Purdy, Philosopher, Canada

Cristina Rad, video blogger, Romania

Catherine Redfern, The F Word, England

Rosie Redfield, University of British Columbia

Natalie Reed, skeptical blogger

Shabana Rehman, comedian and writer, Norway/Pakistan

Ann Reid, National Center for Science Education, USA

Kim Rippere, Co-Founder & President Secular Woman

Chris Rodda, author and blogger

Rose St Clair, activist and blogger

Eugenie Scott, National Center for Science Education, USA

Eve Seibert, Editor and Blogger at Skeptical Humanities

Sarah Silverman, comedian

Nina Shea, human rights lawyer, religious freedom advocate

Ariane Sherine, journalist, UK

Abbie Smith, scientist and blogger

Joan Smith, columnist, critic and novelist

Tanya Smith, former President Atheist Alliance Int, Australia

Kate Smurthwaite, British comedian and activist

Jill Sobule, singer

Karen Stollznow, Linguist and paranormal investigator

Nadine Strossen, former ACLU President

Kylie Sturgess, founder of Token Skeptic podcast

Diane Swanson, children’s author

Julia Sweeney, comedian

Carol Tavris, author of Mistakes were Made

Emma Tom, Australian journalist and author

Polly Toynbee, British journalist and Humanist

Silvana Ulrich, IHE Youth Org, Germany

Nora Volkow, Director US Nat Institute on Drug Abuse

Ann Marie Waters, One Law for All Campaign, UK

Christine Winterbourn, biochemist, Rutherford Medal winner, NZ

Stella Young, comedian and disability advocate, Australia

Ginetta Sagan Award for Human Rights Activism

Amnesty International USA makes an award each year to a woman campaigning for human rights in an area where rights violations are widespread. The award is in honor of Ginetta Sagan, who worked with Amnesty International on behalf of prisoners of conscience.

2017 Charon Asetoyer, USA, Native American Community Board

2016 Julienne Lusenge, Congo, Female Solidarity for Peace & Development

2015 Amal Habbani, Sudan, No to Women’s Oppression Initiative

2014 Magda Adly, Egypt, El Nadim Center for Victims of Violence

2014 Suzan Fayad, Egypt, El Nadim Center for Victims of Violence

2012 Jenni Williams, Women of Zimbabwe Arise

2010 Rebecca Masika Katsuva, Congo APDUD

2009 Yolanda Becerra Vega, Colombia Popular Women’s Organization

2008 Betty Makoni, Zimbabwe, Girl Child Network

2007 Lydia Cacho Ribeiro, Mexico, CIAM crisis centre

2006 Ljiljana Raicevic, Serbia/Montenegro Women’s Safe House

2005 Hawa Aden Mohamed, Somalia, Galkayo Education Center for Peace

2004 Nebahat Akkoc, Turkey, Ka-Mer Women’s Center

2003 Sonia Pierre, Dominican Republic, MUDHA

2002 Jeannine Mukanirwa, Congo/Canada PAIF

2000 Helen Akongo, Uganda, Gulu Support the Children Organization

2000 Giulia Tamayo Leon, Peru/Spain, human rights lawyer

2000 Hina Jilani, Pakistan, Women’s legal aid program

1999 Sima Wali, Afghanistan/USA, Refugee Women in Development

1999 Adriana Portillo-Bartow, Guatemala/USA Children’s rights

1998 Beatrice Mukansinga, Rwanda, Speak, I am Listening

1997 Mangala Sharma, Bhutan/Nepal/USA, BRAVE

Anna Politkovskaya Award for Human Rights Activism

The human rights organization Reach All Women in War makes an award each year to a woman human rights defender from a conflict zone. The award is in honor of Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist and human rights activist who was murdered in 2006.

Women Nobel Laureates of the 21st Century

Members of UN Expert Group on Gender, Science and Technology

Monia Cheikh, Tunisia, Prof of Physics U of Tunis El Manar

Flavia Franconi, Italy, Prof of Pharmacology U of Sassari

Sophia Huyer, Canada, Exec Dir WIGSAT Women, Technology, Society

Kong-Ju-Bock Lee, Korea, DG Nat Inst for Supporting Women in Science

Verdiana Grace Masanja, Tanzania, Prof Applied Maths Nat U of Rwanda

Mereseini Seniloli, Fiji, Secretariat of the Pacific Community

Nikolina Sretenova, Bulgaria, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia

UCL Inspiring Women in Science speakers programme

UCL’s Inspiring Women in Science speakers programme aims to introduce girls to science in an appealing way and to show how science directly relates to their lives, To book a speaker for your school, please contact UCL’s Equality and Diversity Team at equalities@ucl.ac.uk. Examples of speakers are:

Claire Crowley, tissue engineer, development of organ replacements

Clare Elwell, Professor of Medical Physics at UCL

Eva Sorensen is a Professor in Chemical Engineering at UCL

Flavia Mancini, neuroscientist investigating how we perceive pain

Jennifer Bizley, neuroscientist working at UCL’s Ear Institute

Larissa Suzuki, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Martina Micheletti, Biochemical Engineering

Snezana Djordjevic, Structural and Molecular Biology

Ines Pineda-Torra, control of lipid metabolism by receptors

The Guardian/UKRC list of Women bloggers in Science, Engineering and Technology

Guardian blogger Martin Robbins, inspired by Jennifer Rohn, compiled a list of women bloggers in Science, Engineering and Technology. The UK Resource Centre for Women in SET, which runs the GetSET Women blog, alphabetized it.

Alice Bell’s list of Women Tweeters in Science, Technology, Environment

Alice Bell (@alicebell)’s list of 50 ace women tweeters who have some connection to science, technology, environment and/or health

Kate AG @RadioKate Freelance radio geek/producer/journalist

Emily Anthes @EmilyAnthes Science writer, author Frankenstein’s Cat

Kat Arney @harpistkat The Nigella of Science

Hayley Birch @gingerbreadlady Freelance science writer & editor

Jessica Bland @pesska Technology futures @nesta_uk

Deborah Blum @deborahblum Book author, science journalist, blogger

Jo Brodie @JoBrodie Likes science communication and film music

Michelle Brook @MLBrook thinker, writer, researcher

Joanna Bryson @j2bryson Artificial & natural intelligence

Karen Bultitude @karenbultitude Sci comm academic and practitioner

Sophia Collins @sophiacol http://nappysciencegang.wordpress.com

Zoe Corbyn @ZoeCorbyn journalist writing about science, technology

GF Davies @gailfdavies Prof in Human Geography at Exeter University

Catherine de Lange@catdl Feature editor at New Scientist

Hannah Devlin @hannahdev The Guardian’s Science Correspondent

Tori Herridge @ToriHerridge dwarf elephant expert & palaeobiologist

Rebekah Higgitt @beckyfh Historian of science @KentCHOTS

Mariette DiChristina @mdichristina Editor in Chief and Senior VP, @sciam

Athene Donald @AtheneDonald Physics Professor Cambridge University

Vanessa H @HPS_Vanessa Historian and Guardian Science Blogger

Lou Hurst @lou_hurst ukpolicymatters.thelancet.com

Louise Johnson @LouiseJJohnson Evolutionary geneticist

Viki Johnson @victoria_plumb researcher of energy transitions

Aleks Krotoski @aleksk Raising $¥€£ for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Soc

Hilary Leevers @HLeevers working to improve science education

Xameerah Malik @xmalik

Jo Marchant @JoMarchant Science journalist and author

Zita Martins @ZitaMartins Astrobiology researcher. Science communicator

Naomi McAuliffe @NaomiMc Head of @AmnestyScotland

Sylvia McLain @girlinterruptin Runs biophysics research @ Oxford Uni

Brigitte Nerlich @BNerlich humanities and social sciences

Rebecca Onion @rebeccaonion Staff writer @Slate, history & culture

Christine Ottery @christineottery Feminist and ex-Energydesker

#Hellomynameis Petra @DrPetra Agony Aunt at Telegraph

Christina Pikas @cpikas Science & engineering librarian

Becky Purvis @BeckyPurvis Head of Public Affairs at the Royal Society

Elin Roberts @elinoroberts enjoying science isn’t just for scientists

Jennifer Rohn @JennyRohn cell biologist at UCL. broadcaster, writer

Sophie Scott @sophiescott UCL professor, neuroscience of voices

Marieclaire Shanahan @mcshanahan Assoc Prof Science Education

Beck Smith @beck_smith Adviser @savechildrenuk

Olivia Solon @oliviasolon journalist covering tech, science & digital culture

Kaitlin Thaney @kaythaney programs at @mozilla foundation

Elvira Uyarra @euyarra Manchester Institute of Innovation Research

Gaia Vince @WanderingGaia Writer, broadcaster, author

Christie Wilcox @NerdyChristie Author of Venomous & Science Sushi

Alexandra Witze @alexwitze Correspondent for Nature

Lou Woodley @LouWoodley Community Engagement @trelliscience

The Guardian list of Women Scientist Role Models 2010

Science commentator Alom Shaha compiled this list for the Guardian in 2010 under the heading Where’s the female Brian Cox? and commenters added other suggestions.

Recommendations from commenters:

Women in Technology International Hall of Fame

Women in Technology International is a professional support network for women in all sectors of technology. Every year it adds new inductees to its Hall of Fame to recognize, honor and promote the contribution of women to the scientific and technological communities that improve and evolve our society.

Global Women Inventors and Innovators Hall of Fame

The Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network has a Hall of Fame. Follow the link for further details.

Europe – Inventors

Federica Migliardo, Italy, biotechnological applications

Joan Bree, Ireland, new product for sun-care market.

Marika Mikelsaar, Estonia, medical microbiology

Maire McLoone, UK, Electronic Engineering

Christiane Mentrup, Germany/Switzerland, occupational therapist

Virpi Roto, Finland, Minimap web browser

Europe – Innovators

Cintra Jaggan-Vince, UK, social entrepreneur

Giselle Rufer, Switzerland, creator of the Delance watch brand

Maria Conceicao, Portugal/Dubai, Started the Dhaka Project

María Kristin Magnusdottir, Iceland, luxury shoe designer

Myriam Tamagni, Belgium, founded Tamarico

Ndieme Ndao, Switzerland/Senegal – founder Dieme Cosmetics Sarl

Nicola Hochgruber, Germany, Accor Hotellerie Deutschland GmbH

Petra Moske, Germany, social entrepreneur.

Patricia O’Sullivan, Ireland, runs the M50 Enterprise Programme

Runa Magnusdottir, Iceland, interior design import company

Sharon Adler, Germany, founder and editor of Aviva-Berlin e-zine

Vanessa Hannen, Germany/Italy, Master of Arts in Design in Milan

Pan-African Women Invent & Innovate 2005

Nella Kumafo, Ghana, 2005 Overall Winner Award

Tomilola Awoniyi, Nigeria, Product Development

Aissa Dione Tissus, Senegal, Textile, Craft, Furniture Design

Zoe Dean-Smith, Swaziland, Managing Director of Gone Rural

Bisi Adeleye Fayemi, African Women’s Development Fund

Dr Hilda Tadia, African Women’s Development Fund

Joanna Foster, African Women’s Development Fund

Lara Cookey, Nigeria, Managing Director of Context Design

Margaret C. A. Owino, Kenya, Oywa Cookit solar cooker

Gloria Asare Adu, Ghana, Global Bamboo Products

Alexandra Graham, Nigeria, La Gray pharmaceutical production

J.M Ghartey, Ghana, Juliette’s Garden Floriculture

Heather Badger, Ghana, high end gift items

Simi Belo, Nigeria, NewHair wig design

Elizabeth Maldini, Ghana, Elsa Foods

Mary C. Kalikawe, Tanzania, ecotourism

Ester Afua Ocloo (posthumous), Ghana, Nkulenu Industries

Women Mayors of major cities around the world

As compiled in August 2016 on the Women in International Politics website.

Europe

Bulgaria, Sofia: Yordanka Fandakova

Czech Republic, Prague: Adriana Krnáčová

France, Paris: Anne Hidalgo

France, Lille: Martine Aubry

Germany, Cologne: Henriette Reker

Germany, Dresden: Helma Orosz

Italy, Rome: Virginia Raggi

Italy, Turin: Chiara Appendino

Italy, Genoa: Marta Vincenzi

Luxembourg, Luxembourg City: Lydie Polfer

Norway, Oslo: Marianne Borgen

Norway, Bergen: Marte Mjøs Persen

Norway, Trondheim: Rita Ottervik

Poland, Warsaw: Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz

Romania, Bucharest: Gabriela Firea

Spain, Madrid: Manuela Carmena

Spain, Barcelona: Ada Colau

Switzerland, Geneva: Esther Alder

Switzerland, Zurich: Corine Mauch

Sweden, Malmo: Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh

United Kingdom, Glasgow: Sadie Docherty

North and South America

Argentina, Rosario: Mónica Fein

Brazil, Natal: Micarla de Sousa

Canada, Surrey: Linda Hepner

Canada, Mississauga: Bonnie Crombie

Chile, Santiago de Chile: Carolina Tohá

Mexico, Monterrey: Margarita Arellanes Cervantes

Peru, Lima: Susana Villarán

USA, Washington DC: Muriel Bowser

USA, Las Vegas: Carolyn Goodman

USA, Baltimore: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Uruguay, Montevideo: Ana Olivera

Asia and Australasia

Australia, Darwin, North Territory: Katrina Fong Lim

Australia, Sydney: Clover Moore

India, Pune: Vaishali Bankar

India, South Delhi: Savita Gupta

Iraq, Baghdad: Zekra Alwach

Japan, Tokyo: Yuriko Koike

Japan, Yokohama: Fumiko Hayashi

New Zealand, Wellington: Celia Wade-Brown

New Zealand, Christchurch: Lianne Dalziel

Philippines, Zamboanga City: Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar

Taiwan, Kaohsiung: Chen Chu

Africa

Liberia, Monrovia: Mary Broh

Sierra Leone, Koidu: Mary Musa

South Africa, Cape Town: Patricia de Lille

Black Women in Europe Power Lists

The website Black Women in Europe has compiled Power Lists in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, to acknowledge powerful black women in Europe and to inspire others to reach their full potential. Please note that the criteria is that they wield power, and you may disagree with the politics of how some of them wield this power.

2017 Power List

Erma Manoncourt, France, Founder and President of M&D Consulting

Tokie Laotan-Brown, Germany/Nigeria, Architectural Technologist

Aysha Jones, Sweden/Gambia, social activist and fashion entrepreneur

Nicole Crentsil, UK, Co-founder of Black Girl Festival

Paula Akpan, UK, Co-founder of Black Girl Festival

2016 Power List

Amma Assante, UK, Award-Winning Filmmaker

Ellen Brudet, the Netherlands, Creator of dolls of color

Sophia James, UK, 1st Black Female Reading Councillor

Jennifer Tosch, the Netherlands, Founder of Black Heritage Tours

Monique Wells, France, Académie de l’Art Culinaire du Monde Créole

2015 Power List

Arabella Kiesbauer, Austria, Journalist and TV Personality

Arlette Bomahou, Ireland, world power lifting champion

Chi-chi Nwanoku MBE, UK, founder Chinike! music foundation

Maggie Aderin-Pocock, UK, space scientist and TV presenter

Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, Germany, Parliamentarian

2014 Power List

Tina Turner Bach, USA, singer and actor

Cecilia Gärding, Sweden, Film producer and director, musician

Alice Bah Kuhnke, Sweden, Minister for Culture and Democracy

Gloria Mika, Greece, Model and human rights advocate

Shanaze Reade, UK, three times BMX world champion

2013 Power List

Rioch Edwards-Brown, UK, Founder So You Wanna Be In TV?

Obiocha A. Ikezogwo, UK, 2013 MILEAD Fellow

Cécile Kyenge Kashetu, Italy, Minister for Integration

Emma McQuiston, England, Viscountess Weymouth

Justina Mutale, UK, Founder & CEO Positive Runway

Ade Onilude, UK, Founder Women in Marketing Awards

Claire Requa, Denmark Award winning jewelry designer

Susan Enie Muyang Tatah, Germany, Founder Int. African Festival

2012 Power List

Bola Agbaje, England, Award-Winning Playwright

Fatou Bensouda, Netherlands, Chief Prosecutor Int. Criminal Court

Natalie Louise Brown, England, Talk Show Host

Baroness Cécile de Massy, Monaco, Philanthropist

Doreen Lawrence, England, Activist and Writer

Pauline Long, England Founder of BEFFTA

Loreen, Sweden, Singer 2012 Eurovision Song Contest winner

Mariam Osman Sherifay, Sweden, Politician and Activist

Yvonne Thompson, UK, Entrepreneur

Mirel Wagner, Finland, Singer and Songwriter

Zuzana Tvarůžková, Czech Republic TV News Presenter

2011 Power List

Andrea Adams, Italy, Co-founder of Travelista TV

Urszula Bhebhe, Poland’s first black athletic champion

Malorie Blackman, UK, Literature, Award Winning Writer

Alina Buchschacher, Lifestyle, Miss Switzerland 2011

Maryse Condé, France, Literature, Award Winning Writer

Noella Coursaris, UK, Lifestyle, Model and Philanthropist

Rougui Dia, Lifestyle, France, Head chef at 144 Petrossian

Rokhaya Diallo, Social Activism, France, Founder of Les Indivisibles

Rose Dieng-Kuntz, France, Science (Posthumous Award)

Waris Dirie, Austria, Social Activism, campaigner against FGM

Melinda Victoria Elvenes , Lifestyle, Miss Norway Universe 2010

Huguette Fatna, France, Politics, member of National Front Party

Kathleen Ferrier, Netherlands, Politics, Member of Parliament

Carlene Firmin, UK, Social Activism, MBE

Mercedes Frias, Italy, Politics, First black member of Parliament

Steffi Jones, Germany, Athletics, Pres 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Iman Kerigo, Lifestyle, Miss Norway 2010

Brenda King, England, Social Activism, Commissioner WNC

Aïssa Maïga, France, Lifestyle, Actress

Kornelia Donato Mango, Russia, Music, Singer, Artist, TV Star

Inna Modja, France, Music, Pop star, fashion icon

Saido Mohamed, Finland, Social Activism, Finnish Somalia Network

Funmi Odegbami, England, Business & Entrepreneurship

Lola Odusoga-Wallinkoski, Finland, TV Presenter

Safia Otokoré, France, Politics, VP Regional Council of Burgundy

Lorraine Pascale, England, Business & Entrepreneurship

George Pau-Langevin, France, Politics, Member of Parliament

Igiaba Scego, Italy, Literature, Award-winning author

Patricia Sellers, England, Law, Special Legal Advisor to UNHCHR

Mary Lee Sjönell, Sweden, Media, Producer

Hapsatou Sy, France, Business & Entrepreneurship

Pamela Thomas-Graham, Switzerland, Business & Entrepreneurship

Victoria Walldin, Sweden, Lifestyle , Anthropologist

Virginia Wangare-Greiner, Germany, Social Activism, Founder of Maisha

Rhoda Wilson, England, Media, TV Host

2010 Power List

Diane Abbott, Politics, England

Zahra Abdulla, Politics, Finland

Beatrice Achaleke, NGO, Austria

Glory Alozie, Lifestyle, Spain

Dounne Alexander, Business, England

Baroness Valerie Amos, Politics, England

Samata Angel, Business, England

Princess Angela, Lifestyle, Liechtenstein

Benedicta Attoh, Social Entrepreneur, Ireland

Floella Benjamin, Lifestyle, England

Grace Bumbry, Lifestyle, Austria

Naomi Campbell, Lifestyle, England

Sandy Cane, Politics, Italy

Rosemary Chileshe, Lifestyle, England

Lisa Cooper, Business, Norway

Othella Dallas, Lifestyle, Switzerland

Gaitana Essami, Lifestyle, Ukraine

Joan Ferrier, NGO, Netherlands

Trisha Goddard, Media, England

Naide Gomes, Lifestyle, Portugal

Tonya Graves, Lifestyle Czech Republic

Bonnie Greer, Lifestyle, England

Caroline Henderson, Lifestyle, Denmark

Barbara Hendricks, Lifestyle, Sweden

Dame Kelly Holmes, Lifestyle, England

Sirelda Jackson, Business, Netherlands

Danitzah Jacobs, Business, Netherlands

Yvette Jarvis, Politics, Greece

Yana Johnson, Business, England

Sandrine Joseph, Business, France

Yelena Khanga, Lifestyle, Russia

Grada Kilomba, Lifestyle, Germany

Kanya King, Business, England

Oona King, Politics, England

Matilda MacAttram, Social Activism, England

Gisele Mandaila, Politics, Belgium

Lucia Mwihaki Kimani Marcetic, Athlete, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Ottey Marlene, Lifestyle, Slovenia

Caroline Marsh, Business, England

Salome Mbugua, Social Entrepreneur, Ireland

Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, Lifestyle, Netherlands

Alison Bethel McKenzie, Media, Austria

Marie Ndiaye, Lifestyle, France

Kay Oldroyd, Social Entrepreneur

England, Euzhan Palcy, Lifestyle, France

Audrey Pulvar, Media, France

Sandra Rafaela, Politics, Netherlands

Nyamko Sabuni, Politics, Sweden

Baroness Patricia Scotland, Politics, England

Zadie Smith, Lifestyle, England

Noah Sow, Lifestyle, Germany

Veye Tatah, Media, Germany

Christiane Taubira, Politics, France

Chika Unigwe, Lifestyle, Belgium

Valerie van de Kaa, Business, Netherlands

Lori van Echtelt, Business, Netherlands

Felicia Weathers, Lifestyle, Germany

Rama Yade, Politics, France

L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science International Awards

L’Oréal and UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) make annual awards to promote science and identify outstanding women scientists. The following are the national awards for UK and Ireland, and the international awards for the five global regions of Africa and Arab States, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America.

L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards, UK & Ireland

2018 Yanlan Mao, University College London, cell and tissue repair

2018 Emma Liu, University of Cambridge, volcanology research,

2018 Nicola Farrer, University of Oxford, anti-cancer drugs

2018 Nathiya Muthalagu, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research

2018 Lucia Prieto-Godino, Francis Crick, neuroscience

2017 Radha Boya, University of Manchester, Nanoscience

2017 Annie Curtis, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Immunology

2017 Manju Kurian, UCL Institute of Child Health, Cerebral palsy

2017 Bethan Psaila, University of Oxford, Haematology; Myelofibrosis

2017 Priya Subramanian, University of Leeds, Non-repeating quasicrystals

2016 Sophie Acton, University College London, tumour progression

2016 Maria Bruna, University of Oxford, particle systems

2016 Sam Giles, University of Oxford, early fishes

2016 Tanya Hutter, University of Cambridge, chemical sensors

2016 Louisa Messenger, London School of Hygiene, chagas disease

2015 Paola Crippa, University of Newcastle, matter pollution

2015 Joanne Durgan, Babraham Inst Cambridge, cancer research

2015 Aarti Jagannath, University of Oxford, body clock

2015 Rita Tojeiro, University of St Andrew, bright stars to dark energy

2015 Tríona Ní Chonghaile, University College Dublin, breast cancer

2014 Tracy Briggs, University of Manchester, single-gene disorders

2014 Eva-Maria Graefe, Imperial College London, quantum systems

2014 Clémence Blouet, University of Cambridge, obesity research

2014 Sneha Malde, University of Oxford, matter and anti-matter

2013 Emily Jones, Birkbeck University, Cognitive development

2013 Suchitra Sebastian, University of Cambridge, Physics

2013 Katie Hampson, University of Glasgow, Canine rabies

2013 Tracey Gloster, University of St. Andrews, Biology

2012 Silvia Giordani, Trinity College Dublin, Chemistry

2012 Katrina Lythgoe, Imperial College London, Evo Epidemiology

2012 Claire Spottiswoode, University of Cambridge, Evo Biology

2012 Geetha Srinivasan, Queen’s University Belfast, Chemistry

2011 Victoria Coker, University of Manchester, Environmental

2011 Emily Flashman, University of Oxford, Oxygen sensing

2011 Monika Gullerova, University of Oxford, Gene loop structures

2010 Pia Mukherjee, University of Sussex, Astronomy

2010 Nathalie Pettorelli, Zoological Soc of London, Conservation

2010 Dora Biro, University of Oxford, Bird migration

2010 Lourdes Basabe-Desmonts, Dublin City University, Stem cells

2009 Jennifer Bizley, University of Oxford, Perception of sound

2009 Patricia Alireza, University College London, Electronic transitions

2009 Nathalie Seddon, University of Oxford, Animal communication

2009 Elizabeth Murchison, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cancer

2008 Sarah Bridle, University College London, Dark universe

2008 Ashleigh Griffin, University of Edinburgh, Microbial infections

2008 Tamsin Mather, University of Oxford, Volcanic volatiles

2008 Sarah Reece, University of Edinburgh, Protozoan parasites

2007 Theresa Burt de Perera, University of Oxford, Zoology

2007 Seirian Sumner, Institute of Zoology, Evolutionary biology

2007 Araxi Urrutia Odabachian, Cardiff University, Genetics

2007 Anna Git, Cancer Research UK Cambridge, Oncology

L’Oréal-UNESCO Laureates, Africa and Arab States

2018 Heather Zar, South Africa, Research in pneunomia, tuberculosis, asthma

2017 Niveen Khashab, Saudi Arabia, Nanoparticles in detecting disease

2016 Quarraisha Abdool Karim, South Africa, HIV research

2015 Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli, Morocco, High Energy and Nuclear Physics

2014 Segenet Kelemu, Kenya, Insect physiology and ecology

2013 Francisca Nneka Okeke, Nigeria, Climate change

2012 Jill Farrant, South Africa, Plant molecular physology

2011 Faiza Al-Kharafi, Kuwait, Electrochemistry

2010 Rashika El Ridi, Egypt, Immunology

2009 Tebelio Nyokong, South Africa, Cancer therapy

2008 Lihadh Al-Gazali, United Arab Emirates, Clinical genetics

2007 Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Mauritius, Organic chemistry/phytochemistry

2006 Habiba Bouhamed Chaabouni, Tunisia, Human genetics

2005 Zohra Ben Lakhdar, Tunisia, Atomic and molecular physics

2004 Jennifer Thompson, South Africa, Molecular biology

2003 Karimat El-Sayed, Egypt, Physics

2002 Nagwa Meguid, Egypt, Human genetics

2001 Adeyinka Gladys Falusi, Nigeria, Molecular genetics

2000 Valerie Mizrahi, South Africa, Molecular biology

1998 Grace Oladunni L Tayor, Nigeria, Biochemistry

L’Oréal-UNESCO Laureates, Asia-Pacific

2018 Meemann Chang, China, Fossil records on aquatuc vertebrates

2017 Michelle Simmons, Australia, Quantum computers

2016 Hualan Chen, China, biology of the bird flu virus

2015 Yi Xie, China, Inorganic Chemistry

2014 Kayo Inaba, Japan, Immune system

2013 Reiko Kuroda, Japan, Neurodegenerative diseases

2012 Ingrid Scheffer, Australia, Pediatric neurology

2011 Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, China, Chemistry and energy

2010 Lourdes J. Cruz, Philippines, Marine science

2009 Akiko Kobayashi, Japan, Organic metals

2008 V Narry Kim, Korea, Molecular biology

2007 Margaret Brimble, New Zealand, Medicinal chemistry

2006 Jennifer Graves, Australia, Mammalian genomics

2005 Fumiko Yonezawa, Japan, Physics of disordered systems

2004 Nancy IP, China, Molecular biology

2003 Fang-hua Li, China, Electron microscopy

2002 Indira Nath, India, Immunology

2001 Susanne Cory, Australia, Molecular genetics

2000 Tuneko Okasaki, Japan, Molecular biology

1998 Myeong Hee-Yu, Korea, Microbiology

L’Oréal-UNESCO Laureates, Europe

2018 Caroline Dean, UK, Adaptation of plants to climate change

2017 Nicola Spaldin, Switzerland, Next generation electronic devices

2016 Emmanuelle Charpentier, Germany, Infection biology

2015 Carol Robinson, UK, Physical Chemistry & Mass Spectrometry

2014 Brigitte Kieffer, France, Molecular biology

2013 Pratibha Gai, UK, Chemistry

2012 Frances Ashcroft, UK, Molecular physiology

2011 Anne L’Huilleer, Sweden, Attosecond physics

2010 Anne Dejean-Assemat, France, Cancer treatment

2009 Athene M Donald, UK, Soft matter physics

2008 Ada Yonath, Israel, Structural biology

2007 Tatiana Brishtein, Russia, Polymer physics

2006 Christine Van Broeckhoven, Belgium, Molecular genetics

2005 Dominique Langevin, France, Soft matter physics

2004 Christine Petit, France, Genetics/sensory physiology

2003 Ayse Erzan, Turkey, Condensed matter physics

2002 Mary Osborn, Germany, Cell biology

2001 Anne McLaren, UK, Reproductive biology

2000 Margarita Salas, Spain, Molecular biology

1998 Pascale Cossart, France, bacteriology

L’Oréal-UNESCO Laureates, Latin America

2018 Amy Austin, Argentina, Terrestrial ecosystem ecology

2017 Maria Teresa Ruiz, Chile, Brown dwarfs

2016 Andrea Gamarnik, Argentina, Molecular virology

2015 Thaisa Storchi Bergmann, Brazil, Physics and Astronomy

2014 Cecilia Bouzat, Argentina, Brain cell communication

2103 Marcia Barbosa, Brazil, Proteins and disease

2012 Susana Lopez, Mexico, Virology

2011 Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Mexico, Astrophysics

2010 Alejandro Bravo, Mexico, Biotechnology

2009 Beatrice Barbuy, Brazil, Evolution of stars

2008 Ana Belen Elgoyhen, Argentina, Auditory physiology

2007 Ligia Gargola, Chile, Macromolecular chemistry

2006 Esther Orozco, Mexico, Molecular pathology

2005 Belita Koiller, Brazil, Condensed matter physics

2004 Lucia Mendonca Previato, Brazil, Biophysics/parasitology

2003 Mariana Weissmann, Argentina, Condensed matter physics

2002 Ana Maria Lopez Colome, Mexico, Neuroscience/biochemistry

2001 Mayana Zatz, Brazil, Molecular biology

2000 Eugenia Marie Del Pino Veintimilla, Ecuador, Biology

1998 Gloria Montenegro, Chile, Botany

L’Oréal-UNESCO Laureates, North America

2018 Janet Rossant, Canada, Formation of developing emryo

2017 Zhenan Bao, USA, Skin-inspired electronic materials

2016 Jennifer Doudna, USA, Molecular and cell biology

2015 Molly S. Shoichet, Canada, Polymer Chemistry

2014 Laurie Glimcher, USA, Immune responses

2013 Deborah JIN, USA, Cooling of molecules

2012 Bonnie Bassler, USA, Microbiology

2011 Jillian Banfield, USA, Geochemistry/microbiology

2010 Elaine Fuchs, USA, Stem cells

2009 Eugenia Kumacheva, Canada, Polymers

2008 Elisabeth Blackburn, USA, Molecular biology

2007 Mildred Dresselhaus, USA, Nanotechnology

2006 Pamela Bjorkman, USA, Molecular biology/immunology

2005 Myriam P Sarachik, USA, Condensed matter physics

2004 Philippa Marrack, USA, Molecular biology/immunology

2003 Johanna MH Levelt Singers, USA, thermodynamics

2002 Shirley Tilghman, USA, Genetics

2001 Joan Argetsinger Steitz, USA, Molecular biophysics/biochemistry

2000 Joanne Chory, USA, Molecular biology

Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World Awards and Fellowships

OWSD (The Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World) strengthens the role of women scientists from the South in the development process and in scientific and technological leadership. It awards fellowships and grants in association with The Elsevier Foundation, and now also with TWAS (The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World).

OWSD & Elsevier Foundation Awardees

ASIA

2011 Biology Mahfuza Begum, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Agricultural U

2011 Chemistry Farzana Shaheen, Pakistan, U of Karacji

2011 Physics/Maths Rukmani Mohonta, India, U of Hyderabad

2010 Biology Zeng Fanyi, China, Shanghai Institute of Medical Genetics

2010 Chemistry Ilkay Orhan, Turkey, Gazi University, Ankara

2010 Physics/Maths Priya Mahadevan, India, S.N. Bose Centre, Kolkata

AFRICA

2011 Biology Denise Evans, South Africa, U of the Witwatersrand

2011 Chemistry Aderoju Amoke Osowole, Nigeria, U of Ibadan

2011 Physics/Maths Janet Ayobami Ademola, Nigeria, U of Ibadan

2010 Biology Uchechi Ekweny Nigeria, Okpara U of Agriculture, Umudike

2010 Chemistry Ndidiamaka Anthonet Ezejiofor, Nigeria, Abia State U

2010 Physics/Maths Christine Margarete Steenkamp, SA, U of Stellenbosch

ARAB REGION

2011 Biology Lubna Tahtamouni, Jordan, Hashemite U

2011 Chemistry Nahla Ismail, Egypt, Nat Research Centre

2010 Biology Ghada Abdel-Salam, Egypt, Nat Research Centre

2010 Chemistry Lilyan Alsaka, Iraq, Mosul University

2010 Physics/Maths Sakina Fakhraddin Adam Ali, Yemen, Sana’a U

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

2011 Biology Lisset Hermida Cruz, Cuba, Centre for Genetics & Biotech

2011 Chemistry Silvana Pellegrinet, Argentina, U Nacional de Rosario

2011 Physics/Maths Maria Gonzalez Sanchez, Mexico, Inst Astronomia

2010 Biology Myriam Adela Amezcua-Allieri, Mexico, Inst of Petroleum

2010 Chemistry Aramis Rivera, Cuba, University of Havana

2010 Physics/Maths Aimé Pelaiz-Barranco, Cuba, University of Havana

OWSD Fellowships 2012

Rokeya Begum, Bangladesh, Economic extraction of pectin

Jannatara Khatun, Bangladesh, Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Noor Shaila Sarmin, Bangladesh, Monitoring of forest for Tsunami

Alice Bonou, Benin, Climate change and indigenous edible plants

Koupamba Sinasson Sanni, Benin, Mimusops andongensis Hiern

Sylvie Djiomba Njankou, Cameroon, HIV-Related Lymphomas

Aurelie Djoumessi Songfack, Cameroon, Anti-cancer evaluation

Sonia Kenfack Voukeng, Cameroon, Biotic factors in Eich-crassipes

Stanard Mebwe Pachong, Cameroon, Cancer Tissue Growth

Clarisse Yafi Njua, Cameroon, Malaria Research

Kikongo Ntabugi, Congo, Pollution in water of Bukavu rivers

Cynthia Nkoua-Badzi, Congo, Congolese plants and malaria

Almaz Gezahegn, Ethiopia, Nutrients in Wheat Cropping System

Rediet Sitotaw Kebede, Ethiopia, Wild edible Mushrooms in Ethiopia

Tigist Shonte, Ethiopia, Nutritional quality of stinging nettles

Cynthia Laar, Ghana, Hydrogeochemical Pathways in wetlands

Ann Mwaura, Kenya, Genetic structure of three land snail species

Martha Okumu, Kenya, weed density and diversity in crop rotations

Zaliah Ahitantsoa, Madagascar, Sustainable dev of fish farming

Jacqueline Kazembe, Malawi, Genetic variation and aquaculture

Nene Galle Kide, Mauritania, Genetic differentiation of Cichlidae

Cho Cho Htay, Myanmar, Biological Control Activities of Trichoderma

Nan Su San, Myanmar, rice blast resistance in Myanmar rice

Wah Wah Lwin, Myanmar, QTL analysis for yield related traits

Foluso Abiodun Adedeji, Nigeria, Security in Cognitive Radio Network

Bridget Aito Bobadoye, Nigeria, afrotropical stingless bees

Olufemi Ajagun-Ogunleye, Nigeria, dietary intakes during stress

Abidemi Demehin, Nigeria, organometallics and new drugs

Uregwu Edia-Asuke, Nigeria, hazard analyses of pig abattoirs

Omasan Ejoh, Nigeria, Biodegradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Mutiat Ibrahim, Nigeria, major constituents of endophytic fungi

Omobolanle Janet Jesumoroti, Nigeria, Anti-HIV Protease

Amarachukwu Obayiuwana, Nigeria, antibiotic-resistance of bacteria

Ayokunmi Oyeleye. Nigeria, protection of Milicia exelsa

Agnes Mbonyiryivuze, Rwanda, Indigenous natural dyes for solar cells

Henriette Niragire, Rwanda, sorption properties of chitosan

Sara Abdalla Khidir Saeed, Sudan, Strucutre of Phlebotomus orientalis

Edam Manahil, Sudan, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Wegdan Mohammed Mustafa Ahmed, Sudan, brain morphometry

Nahla Shamseldin Elsiddig, Sudan, T helper-17 cells, disease activity

Sahar Sharef, Sudan, alterations of temporal lobe in autism

Esther Agatha Marijani, Tanzania, Prevalence of mycotoxins in fish feeds

Ruth Nahurira, Uganda, vegetation of Lake Mburo National Park

Sylvie Tebitendwa, Uganda, Waste stabilization in ponds and wetlands

Josephine Jere, Zimbabwe, controling Xam causing bacterial blight

Zviregei Jiri, Zimbabwe, Active biomonitoring of rivers in Zimbabwe

OWSD Fellowships 2011

Afsana Ansari, Bangladesh, in Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Mst. Tuhina Khatun, Bangladesh, in University Putra Malaysia (UPM)

Sesede Houefa Norliette Zossou, Benin, in Université Cheik Anta Diop

Angele Sorel Achounna, Cameroon, in Uni Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Amoin Cecile Bieri, Côte d’Ivoire, in CSIR Biosciences, South Africa

Banchiamlak Kebede, Ethiopia, Institute of Pure and Applied Maths, Brazil

Betelehem Wondwosen, Ethiopia, in Insect Science for Food/Health, Kenya

Mildred Awuor Airo, Kenya, in University of Witswatersrand, South Africa

Nancy Unjemo Madigu, Kenya, in University of Botswana

Joyce Kanini Omari, Kenya, in University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Lovanomenjanahary Marline, Madagascar, in University of Cape Town SA

Khin Mar Oo, Myanmar, in Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Amy Thein, Myanmar, in Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Grace Onyukwo Abakpa, Nigeria, in Universiti Putra Malaysia

Oluwasola Mary Fasan, Nigeria, in University of Pretoria, South Africa

Racheal Odiri Ogbodu, Nigeria, in Rhodes University, South Africa

Andree Prisca Ndjoug Ndour, Senegal, in Rhodes University, South Africa

Samah Kamil Hussein Abd El-Rahim, Sudan, in Universiti Putra Malaysia

Mei Musa Ali Omar, Sudan, in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Nodar Osman Khalifa, Sudan, in Council for Scientific/Ind Research, India

Nozipho Mgcibelo Motsa, Swaziland, in University of KwaZulu Natal SA

Racheal Athieno, Uganda, in Rhodes University, South Africa

Namayanja, Uganda, in Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, China

Fiona Banda, Zimbabwe, in Rhodes University, South Africa

Patience Chatukuta, Zimbabwe, in North-West University, South Africa

Graduate Women International Speakers

Graduate Women International (formerly the International Federation of University Women) promotes women’s rights, equality and empowerment through access to quality education and training. It hosts a major conference every three years. The last four have been in South Africa, Turkey, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

Selected speakers in South Africa 2016

Catherine Bell, President Graduate Women International

Matsie Angelina Motshekga, Minister of Basic Education, South Africa

Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science and Technology, South Africa

Saniye Gulser Corat, UNESCO’s Director of Gender Equality

Baratang Miya, GirlHype

Carla Licciardello, International Telecommunications Union

Sally Chamberlain, Women Graduates USA

Apoorv Bamba, Startup Safari

Deirdre Ahern, Assistant Professor and Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin

Felicity Coughlan, Independent Institute of Education

Rovani Sigamoney, UNESCO

Anisa Khan, British Council’s Newton Project

Jade Mathieson, Sea Monster

Selected speakers in Turkey 2013

Selected speakers in Mexico 2010 and UK 2007

Kyung-wha Kang, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

Olga Sánchez Cordero, Justice of the Mexican Supreme Court

Patricia Espinosa, Mexican Foreign Secretary

Eileen Fegan, law lecturer at Oxford and Queen’s Belfast

Felicity Coughlan, Director Independent Instit of Education South Africa

Helen Sunhee Kim, Organizational development consultant and trainer

Frances Kunreuther, Director of the Building Movement Project

Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland

Gillian Martin Mehers, Coordinator for World Conservation Union

Shirley Randell, Convener of IFUW Projects Committee

Christina von Furstenberg, UNESCO

Elaine Unterhalter, University of London School of Education

Conchita Poncini, Co-ordinator of IFUW Reps at the UN in Geneva

Elisabeth Rehn, United Nations Under-Secretary General

Selected papers from IFUW, Mexico 2010

Selected papers from IFUW, UK 2007

PART THREE – UNITED STATES

Speakers at CFI Women in Secularism Conference 2012

New speakers at CFI Women in Secularism Conference 2013

New speakers at CFI Women in Secularism Conference 2014

New speakers at CFI Women in Secularism Conference 2016

Rafida Bonya Ahmed, activist and author, Bangladesh

Robyn Blumner, CEO Centre for Inquiry, President RDFRS

Melanie Brewster, professor of psychology and education

Johnetta Elzie, protester and organiser, Ferguson

Sarah Haider, writer, speaker, and activist

Rebecca Hale, president American Humanist Association

Wendy Kaminer, lawyer, author and social critic

Linda LaScola, author and qualitative research consultant

Ashley Miller, writer, activist, and communications scholar

Maryam Namazie, Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain

Kavin Senapathy, author, cofounder of March Against Myths

Janet Stemwedel, professor of Philosophy

Kayley Whalen, Digital Strategies Manager US LGBTQ Task Force

Emily Willingham, science writer, editor, university instructor

The Secular Woman Speakers Bureau, USA

See here for further topics and contact details

Trinity Aodh: Social justice, queer/transgender issues, bullying

Brandi Braschler: Secular woman, organizing groups, activism

Ania Bula: Pseudoscience and Women, Alternative Medicine

Charlotte Classon: Secular woman, atheism and feminism

Heina Dadabhoy: Islam, New Atheism, feminism

Kate Donovan: Pseudoscience, Alt medicine, mental health

Vyckie Garrison: Christian Polygamy and the Biblical Family

Bridget Gaudette: Secular woman, black atheism, cults, strategy

Noelle George: Team building, event planning, volunteering

Heatherly Hodges: Religion and child abuse, trauma

Jadehawk: Sociology and Social Theory topics relevant to secularism

Sarah Kaiser: Activism, blogging and other social media

Lauren Lane: Grassroots organizing, Women and Atheism

Lyz Liddell: Group-running, leadership, gender diversity strategies

Melanie Mallon: Humor as empowerment, secular parenting

MA Melby: Education, Navigating male dominated spaces

Ashley Miller: Film, TV, feminism, gay rights, activism, communication

Sarah Morehead: Recovering from religion, secular home-schooling

Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson: Reproductive Rights

Kim Rippere: Secular woman, atheism & feminism, feminism

Elsa Roberts: Secular woman, Christian fundamentalism

Brittany Shoots-Reinhardt: Applications of Psychology to Humanism

Corinne Zimmerman: Secular woman, atheism and feminism

Stephanie Zvan: Psychological pseudoscience, cognitive biases

University of Minnesota Distinguished Women Scholars Awards

The University of Minnesota gives annual Distinguished Women Scholars Awards named after Ada Louise Comstock, who was the University’s first Dean of Women in 1907. She later led Smith College, but was denied the title of president because she was a woman.

2017 Ananya Chatterjea, Theater, Arts, and Dance

2017 Lela Pierce, Painting

2016: Sarah Hobbie, Ecology, Evolution, and Behaviour

2016 Joan G. Cox, Painting

2015: Anna Clark, History

2015 Jil Evans, Painting

2014 Carol A. Lange, Medicine and Pharmacology

2014 DC Ice, Painting

2013: Denise Guerin, Interior Design

2013 Sara Balbin, Sculpture

2012 Karen Mesce, Entomology

2012 Nickdokht (Nicky) Torkzadeh, Painting

2011: Sally Gregory Kohlstedt, History of Science and Technology

2011 Jude Ryan Reiling, Ceramics

2010 Deborah Swackhamer, Chemistry & Public Health

2010 Jude Ryan Reiling, Ceramics

2009 Rose Brewer, African American & African Studies

2009 Ida Kumoji-Ankrah, Textiles

2009: Jane Davidson, Mechanical Engineering

2009 Stacy Kelly, Glass

2008 Sara Evans, History

2008 Joyce Lyon, Lithography

2008: Maria Gini, Computer Science and Engineering

2008 Margaret Bohis, Ceramics

2007 Joanne B. Eicher, Design, Housing, & Apparel

2007 Judith Kinghorn, Metal

2007: Catherine French, Civil Engineering

2007 Maren Kloppmann, Ceramics

2006 Karlyn Kohrs, Communication Studies

2006 Joyce Lyon, Drawing

2006: Ruth-Ellen B. Joeres, German, Scandinavian & Dutch

2006 Christine Baeumier, Painting

2005 Catherine Verfaillie, Stem Cell Institute

2005 Harriet Bart, Sculpture

University of Minnesota Distinguished Women Scientists and Engineers Speakers Program

The University of Minnesota has hosted an annual lecture series to create greater visibility for distinguished women in their respective fields of science and engineering. Speakers included:

APS Physics Women Speakers Program, United States of America

The American Physical Society has a Speakers List of women physicists who are willing to give talks on a variety of subjects. Physics Departments may qualify for travel grants if they host these speakers. I have listed below the names and abbreviated sample talks for US-based speakers. The full list, with more talks and contact details for the speakers, is here on the APS website.

APS Women Speakers, Alaska

Wackerbauer, Renate, U of Alaska-Fairbanks: Spatiotemporal chaos

APS Women Speakers, Arkansas

Allen, Susan, Arkansas State U: The Laser Dustbuster and Other Tools

APS Women Speakers, Arizona

Barlow, Nadine, Flagstaff, AZ: The Search for Water on Mars

Holbrook, Jarita, U of Arizona: Introduction fo African Cultural Astronomy

Levitus, Marcia, Arizona State: Conformational dynamics in biomolecules

Malhotra, Renu, U of Arizona: The architecture of the Solar system

Peng, Xihong, Arizona State: Predictive modeling for nanoscale system

Pitman, Karly, Planetary Science Inst:Producing Optical Constants

Sarcevic, Ina, U of Arizona: the Search for the Quark-Gluon Plasma

APS Women Speakers, California

Abramzon, Nina, Cal Poly – Pomona: Plasma – the 4th State of Matter

Ackerman, Nicole, Stanford U Med Ctr: Particle Physics in Medicine

Acrivos, Juana, San Jose State U: Periodic Table in Cuprate Superconductors

Back, Christina, San Diego: Exps on Hot, Dense Laser-Produced Plasmas

Baljon, Aarlette, San Diego: Topological structure of a polymeric gel

Bell, Nicole, Pasadena: Cosmic Neutrinos from Highest Energies to Lowest

Belz, Andrea, Jet Propulsion Lab: On becoming a multi-disciplinary scientist

Brown, Nancy, Lawrence Nat Lab: Theoretical and Exp Chemical Kinetics

Budil, Kimberly, Lawrence Nat Lab: Hydrodynamic Instability Experiments

Caponi, Maria, TRW Redondo Beach, CA: Wind Generated Ocean Waves

Carlson, Jean, U of Cal-Santa Barb: Dynamics of Earthquake Faults

Chen, Mu-Chun, U of Cal – Irvine: Physics beyond the Standard Model

Chiang, Shirley, U of Cal- Davis: The Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Church, Jennifer, Lawrence Lab: Transport/Detection of Nuclear Materials

Cohen, Judith, Caltech: The Local High Redshift Universe

Coil, Alison, La Jolla: Clustering and Quenching: Galaxies & AGN at z=1

Cominsky, Lynn, Sonoma State: Exploring the Extreme Universe with Fermi

Erbacher, Robin, Cal- Davis: Searches for new physics in top quark samples

Fearn, Heidi, Cal State – Fullerton: General relatvity and curved space

Fygenson, Deborah, Cal-Santa Barb: Assembly of Nanotubes from DNA Tiles

Gallagher, Sarah, Los Angeles: Probing Quasar Outflows: X-ray Insights

Ghosh, Sayantani, Cal: Manipulating spin coherence in semiconductors

Hansen, Luisa, Lawrence Lab: Transport & Detection of Nuclear Materials

Hanson, Gail, Cal – Riverside: Physics at the CERN Large Hadron Collider

Hellman, Frances, Cal- Berkeley: Amorphous magnetic semiconductors

Ho, Pei-Chun, Cal State U- Fresno: Unconventional Superconductivity

Houle, Frances, Lawrence Nat Lab: Mass-producing Nanostructures

Hu, Chi-Yu, Cal State- Long Beach: Muon Catalyzed Fusion

Jenkins, Elizabeth, U of Cal- San Diego: Particle Physics

Johnson, Sarah, La Verne, CA: A Search for Truth

Jones, Barbara, IBM Almaden: The Future of Nanotechnology

Kelley, Anne, Cal – Merced: Visualizing Fast Motions with Slow Lasers

Kellogg, Louise, Davis: The Driving Force of Plate Tectonics

Lindenberg, Katja, Cal – San Diego: Noise in Physical and Chemical Systems

Luth, Vera, Stanford U: Symmetries in Particle Physics

Nikzad, Shouleh. Jet Propulsion Lab: To See the World in A Grain of Sand

Opher, Merav, George Mason U: How to describe collisions in Plasmas

Ramachandran, Vidhya, IBM: Why are we afraid of Physics?

Rebull, Luisa, Caltech: Star formation with the Spitzer Space Telescope

Roe, Natalie, Lawrence Nat Lab: What’s The Matter With Antimatter?

Rohlfing, Celeste, Livermore: Theoretical Studies of Fullerenes/Derivatives

Roy, Mou, Norwalk, CA: High Energy Neutrino Physics

Sargent, Anneila, Pasadena, CA: The Origins of Planetary Systems

Schneider, Marilyn, Lawrence Nat Lab: Turbulent Mix in R-T Instability

Selco, Jodye, Cal Poly – Pomona: Is it Magic or is it Chemistry?

Siegal-Gaskins, Jennifer, Caltech: Shedding light on the nature of dark matter

Sohn, Lydia, Cal- Berkeley: Measuring Single Cells One by One

Terebey, Susan, Los Angeles: From Protostars to Planets

Trimble, Virginia, Cal- Irvine: Cosmology: Man’s Place in the Universe

Troian, Sandra, Caltech: The Nanoworld Beyond Benard Instabilities

Williams, Lynda, San Francisco: Science Education via Entertainment

Woolum, Dorothy, Cal State-Fullerton: Nucleosynthesis of Heavy Elements

Yeh, Nai-Chang, Caltech: Recent Advances in Superconductivity

van der Veen, Jatila, Santa Barbara: Hist of Cosmic Microwave Background

APS Women Speakers, Colorado

Bagenal, Fran, U of Col – Boulder: New Horizons: Mission to Pluto & Charon

Buchanan, Kristen, Col State U: A glimpse into the nanoworld

Calbi, Maria, U of Denver: Phases of matter adsorbed on carbon nanotubes

Chasteen, Stephanie, U of Col – Boulder: The Art of Science Communication

Dowell, Marla, Boulder: Laser Metrology: Three Cautionary Tales

Gilbert, Sarah, Boulder: Optical Fiber Communications: future trends

Hasenfratz, Anna, U of Col – Boulder: Walking towards a rainbow

Joselyn, JoAnn, Boulder: How scientists collaborate

Ladanyi, Branka, Col State U: Dynamics of nanoconfined liquids

Levinger, Nancy, Col State U: Dynamics of Polar Solvation in Restricted Envs

Menoni, Carmen, Col State U: Exploring nano-world with extreme UV light

Whitten, Barbara, Col Coll: You can always find women in science, if you look

Ellingson, Erica, Boulder: Cosmology, Dark Matter and Dark Energy

APS Women Speakers, Connecticut

Chow, C C, Central Conn State U: Physics and Everyday Life

Freed, Denise, Schlumberger-Doll Res Ctr: NMR and Oil Wells

Natarajan, Priyamvada, Yale U: Assembly history of black holes

Salman, Fatma, Manchester, CT: Encouraging young women to do physics

APS Women Speakers, District of Columbia

Gatica, Silvina , Howard U: Adsorption of gases in nanotubes

Hicks, Janice, Georgetown U: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion

Horn, Tanja Catholic U of America: Quark Imaging at JLab 12 GeV & beyond

Larkin, Teresa, American U: Using Writing to Confront Misconceptions

Novo-Gradac, Anne-Marie, NASA Headquarters: An Introduction to Lasers

Opper, Allena, George Washington U: Exploring the Subatomic World

Pardavi-Horvath, Martha, George Wash U: Magnetism of Small Particles

Stroud, Rhonda, Naval Research Lab: Extraterrestrial materials

Turner, Kathleen, Dep of Energy – US: Discovering the Structure of Matter

Weinberger, Alycia, Caltech: Dusty Circumstellar Disks and Planet Formation

APS Women Speakers, Florida

Baudis, Laura, U of Florida – Gainesville: Dark matter searches

Blessing, Susan, Florida State U: Elementary Particle Physics

Cheng, Hai-Ping, U of Florida – Gainesville: Physical Modeling and Sims

Leventouri, Theodora, Atlantic U: Properties of Biocompatible Apatites

Luo, Weili, U of Central Florida: Magnetic Properties of Buckyballs

Montgomery, Michele, Orlando, FL: Disks Around Various Celestial Objects

Popovic, Dragana, Florida State U: Metal-insulator transition in 2D systems

Rahman, Talat, U of Central Florida: Nanoscience: facts or science fiction?

Single Molecule Magnets: could they be quantum computers?

Turner, Niescja, Florida Inst of Tech: The Perfect (Magnetic) Storm

Yunger Halpern, Nicole, Perimeter Inst: Creating Your Physics Club

APS Women Speakers, Georgia

Dunning, Sarah, U of Georgia: Pulse Interaction with Dielectrics

Halka, Monica, Georgia Inst of Tech: The Rare and Disappearing Elements

Kolakowska, Alice, U of Memphis: Complexity of parallel computing

Sullivan, Amy, Agnes Scott Coll: 3D Imaging Without Lenses

APS Women Speakers, Iowa

Mallik, Usha U of Iowa: Mysteries of Matter and Anti-Matter

Morgan, Siobahn Cedar Falls, IA: Peculiar Polaris

Rosati, Marzia Iowa State U: Making Little Big-Bangs at RHIC

Schmittmann, Beate Iowa State U: Out of equilibrium: genes, stocks, traffic

APS Women Speakers, Idaho

Sammarruca, Francesca U of Idaho: How to Look Inside A Nucleus

APS Women Speakers, Illinois

Ansari, Anjum U of Ill – Chicago: Hairpin formation in polynucleotides

Avci, Sevda Argonne Nat Lab: Magnetoelastic coupling in Ba1-xKxFe2As2

Biedron, Sandra Chicago, IL: Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers

The Need for Synchrotron Radiation Facilities

Bordallo, Heloisa Hahn-M Inst Berlin: Crystalline N-Methylacetamide

El-Khadra, Aida U of Ill – Urbana: Charm & Beauty of Strong Interactions

Finney, Lydia Lemont, IL: Imagine Yourself a Scientist like Me

Freeland, Elizabeth U of Ill – Urbana: Pushing Limits of Standard Model

Greene, Laura U of Illinois – Urbana: High-Temperature Superconductivity

Hess, Cynthia Illinois Wesleyan U: From Hot Gas to Black Holes

Incera, Vivian U of Texas, El Paso: Magnetism in Color Superconductivity

Katsnelson, Esfir Northwestern U: Ferrospinels and Magnetic Ferroelectrics

Lamb, Susan U of Illinois – Urbana: Galaxy Collisions & Star Clusters

Nandkumar, Radha U of Ill – Urbana: Science through cyberinfrastructure

Olinto, Angela U of Chicago: The Mystery of the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays

Ren, Shang-Fen Illinois State U: My Career as a Women Scientist

Sanchez, Mayly Iowa State U: Catching Neutrinos

Silber, Mary Northwestern U: Pattern Formation in Nonequilibrium Systems

Srinivas, Sudha Northeastern Ill U: Modeling Properties of Metal Clusters

Todd, Judith Chicago, IL: Laser-Based Prototyping of Ceramic Materials

Wark, Candace Illinois Inst of Tech: Exp Methods in Fluid Mechanics

Willis, Suzanne Northern Illinois U: Science or Bunk? Telling the Difference

Young, Linda Argonne Nat Lab: Counting rare atoms in traps

APS Women Speakers, Indiana

Aprahamian, Ani: From Exploding Stars to the Lab

Bortoletto, Daniela Purdue U: The quest for the Higgs

Koertge, Noretta Bloomington: Are Feminists Alienating Women in Science?

Science, Values and the Value of Science

Mitra-Kirtley, Sudipa Rose-Hulman Inst: Studio physics using HP tablets

APS Women Speakers, Kansas

Behrman, Elizabeth: Quantum Neural Networks – Next Generation Comps?

Dunmore, Jessica Leavenworth, KS: Mining for Neutrinos

APS Women Speakers, Louisiana

Daniels-Race, Theda, Louisiana State U-BR: Hybrid Electronic Materials

Gonzalez, Gabriela Louisiana State U- Baton Rouge: Gravitational Waves

Ioup, Juliette U of New Orleans: Applications of Wavelet Transforms

Johnston, Kathleen Louisiana Tech U: Particle Physics in a Nutshell!

Parashar, Neeti Northeastern U: Origin of Mass

Stuver, Amber LIGO Livingston Observatory: Education and Outreach

APS Women Speakers, Massachusetts

Adams, Laura Harvard U: Intelligent Microspheres for Everyone

Arndt, Martina Bridgewater Coll: Science of Total Solar Eclipses

Baliunas, Sallie Smithsonian Astrophys Observ: Past and future of Sun

Bansil, Rama Boston U: Kinetics of Phase Transitions in Block Copolymers

Bhatia, Surita U of Mass: Cells and Gels: Soft Materials in Medicine

Bolton, Sarah Williams Coll: Between Atoms and the World of the Big

Byers, Nina U of California-LA: 20th Century Women in Physics

Cadonati, Laura U of Mass – Amherst: LIGO: gravitational wave astronomy

Cebe, Peggy Tufts U: What Superman Sees With X-ray Vision

Chakraborty, Bulbul Brandeis U: Entropy of Granular Materials

Evans, Nancy Cambridge, MA: Don’t We Already Know all about Polaris?

Frebel, Anna Mass Inst of Tech-MIT: The origin of the elements

Hagen-Bauer, Wendy Wellesley, MA: The Life History of a Star

Herzfeld, Judith Brandeis U: Energy Transduction in Bacteriorhodopsin

Machacek, Marie Smiths Astrophys Observ: Golden Age of Cosmology

Matthews, June Mass Inst of Tech-MIT: Exploring the Three-Nucleon System

Ondrechen, Mary Jo NE U: Using Physics to Understand the Genome

Ruskai, M Lowell, MA: Quantum Information Theory

Sisterson, Janet Mass Gen Hosp: Medical Applications of Proton Beams

Vrtilek, Saeqa Smiths Astrophys Observ: The revolution in astrophysics

Welther, Barbara Harvard-Smiths CFA: Women Astronomers at Harvard

Wilkes, Belinda Cambridge, MA: Life Cycle of a Star

Zielinska-Pfabe, Malgorzata Smith Coll: Fundamental Charm and Beauty

APS Women Speakers, Maryland

Asaro, Catherine: NASA’s Breakthrough Physics Propulsion Program

Beise, Elizabeth U of Maryland-Col Park: Strange Quarks in the Proton

Crannell, Carol NASA/GSFC: Solar Flares in Hard X and Gamma Rays

Engle, Irene US Naval Academy: Planetary Magnetospheres

Forbes, Nancy Innovative Analytics, LLC: Biology is Inspiring Computing

Greer, Sandra Col Park, MD: Structure of Living Polymer Solutions

Howard, Sethanne Columbia, MD: 4000 Years of Women in Science

Konkowski, Deborah US Naval Academy: Singularities in General Relativity

Lee, Patricia US Army Rsch Lab: Quantum Computation with Atoms and Ions

Lubkin, Gloria North Bethesda, MD: Adventures of a Physics Reporter

Martinez-Miranda, Luz U of Maryland-Col Park: Liquid Crystals

Messer, Sarah HyperV Tech Corp: The Maryland Centrifugal Experiment

Modeste Knowles, Arlene APS: How to publish physics papers

Noguchi, Constance Nat Inst of Health – NIH: Treating Sickle Cell Anemia

Satyapal, Shobita Greenbelt, MD: Infrared Extragalactic Astronomy

APS Women Speakers, Maine

McKay, Susan U of Maine: Complexity Arising from Competition

APS Women Speakers, Michigan

Barone, Veronica Central Mich U: Electronic structure of low-D carbon

Berrah, Nora Western Mich U: Dynamics in Atoms, Molecules and Ions

Coney, Linda Holland, MI: How to Do Experiments with Invisible Particles!

Deng, Hui U of Michigan – Ann Arbor: Quantum Networking

Ghosh, Ruby Michigan State U: Fiber Optic Chemical Sensors

Goldman, Rachel U of Mich – Ann Arbor: Semiconductor Nanopatterning

Hampton, Jennifer Hope Coll: Magnetic Measurements of Thin Films

Mader, Cathy Hope Coll: Nuclear Forensics – the CSI Career for Physicists

Mycek, Mary-Ann U of Michigan Med Ctr: Biomedical Optical Diagnostics

Nunes, Filomena Michigan State U: Nuclear Theory Puzzles past and future

Sih, Vanessa U of Michigan – Ann Arbor: Spins and light in semiconductors

Simmons, Elizabeth Michigan State U: Women in Physics in the US

Tsang, Manyee Michigan State U: Isoscaling in nuclear physics

Woestman, Joanne Dearborn, MI: An Industrial Physics Career

Zellner, Nicolle Albion, MI: Impact History of the Earth-Moon System

APS Women Speakers, Minnesota

Kolan, Amy St Olaf Coll: An Introduction to Wavelets

Manning, Heidi Moorhead, MN: Expl Solar System with Mass Spectrometers

Williams, Liliya Minneapolis, MN: Formation of dark matter halos of galaxies

Womack, Maria Saint Cloud, MN: A Guided Tour of Five Exotic Exoplanets

APS Women Speakers, Missouri

Chandrasekhar, Meera U of Miss – Columbia: organic conjugated molecules

Guha, Suchismita U of Miss – Columbia: Photophysics of Semiconductors

Hill, Margaret Southeast Miss State U: Developing New Magnetic Materials

Plummer, PL U of Missouri – Columbia: Clusters: A New Form of Matter?

APS Women Speakers, Mississippi

Bauman, Leslie: Physics Experiments over the Web using LabVIEW Player

Perkins, A Louise U of Southern Mississippi: Coupling Ocean Models

APS Women Speakers, North Carolina

Coffey, Tonya Appalachian State U: Diet Coke and Mentos

Daniels, Karen North Carolina State U: Earthquakes in a Lab Fault

Frohlich, Carla North Carolina State U: The Life and Afterlife of Stars

Gan, Liping U of NC – Wilmington: Symmetries in Fundamental Physics

Krim, Jacqueline NC State U: The Atomic-Scale Origins of Friction

McNeil, Laurie U of NC – Chapel Hill: The physics of musical instruments

Scholberg, Kate Duke U: Neutrinos from the Sky and Through the Earth

Shukla, Deepshikha James Madison U: Neutron Polarizabilities on Nuclei

Thompson, Nancy U of NC – Chapel Hill: Fluorescence Microscopy

APS Women Speakers, North Dakota

Kryjevskaia, Lioudmila N Dakota State U: Enquiry-based course materials

APS Women Speakers, New Jersey

Andrei, Eva Rutgers U: On magnetic vortices in superconductors.

Bahcall, Neta Princeton, NJ: The Dark Side of the Universe

Cizewski, Jolie Rutgers U: The Magic Numbers of Maria Goeppert Mayer

Cladis, Patricia Adv Liquid Crystal Tech: Tetrahedratic Banana Liq Crystals

Etkina, Eugenia Rutgers U: Learning community and teacher preparation

Lanzerotti, Mary Y ARDEC: Energetic Materials During High Acceleration

Loo, Lynn Princeton U: Structures in Semicrystalline Block Copolymers

Polymer Crystallization Templated by Self Assembly of Block Copolymers

Prodan, Camelia NJ Inst of Tech: Memebrane Potential of Live Cells

Raynor, Susanne Rutgers U: An Overview of Theoretical Chemistry

Sealfon, Carolyn Princeton U: Gravity on Cosmological Scales

Tabor-Morris, Anne Georgian Court U: History and Applications of X-rays

Thio, Tineke Arinna LLC: Diffracted evanescent wave model for hole arrays

White, Alice Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs: Intro to Optical Communications

APS Women Speakers, New Mexico

Creech-Eakman, Michelle Socorro, NM: What to do with a physics degree?

Dingus, Brenda Los Al Nat Lab: Gamma-Ray Bursts: Blasts from the Past

Palounek, Andrea Los Alamos: Design a High-Energy Physics Experiment

Prestridge, Katherine Los Alamos: Fluid Phenomena in Everyday Life

Seestrom, Susan Los Alamos: Measurements using Ultra-Cold Neutrons

Seidel, Sally U of NM- Lab: Jets, Partons, and Search for New Physics

Sessions, Sharon NM Tech: Multiple equilibria in the tropical atmosphere

APS Women Speakers, Nevada

Kaplan, Gunes U of Nevada – Reno: Elasticity as a function of grain size

APS Women Speakers, New York

Aprile, Elena Columbia U: Using Gamma-Rays to Understand the Universe

Bahukutumbi, Radha U of Rochester: Inspiration from the sun

Baum, Stefi Rochester Inst of Tech: Life Cycles of Activity in Galaxies

Berebichez, Deborah Stanford U: The Physics of High Heels

Chan, Siu-Wai Columbia U: Grain Boundaries in Superconductors

Cohen, Beverly Tuxedo, NY: All About Airborne Particles and Me.

Conwell, Esther U of Rochester: Conducting Polymers

Foster, Margaret American Physical Society APS: The Peer Review Process

Friedmann, Tamar U of Rochester: Shrinking radius of hadrons

Jackson, Shirley Rensselaer Polytech Inst: Semiconductor Superlattices

Kim, Eun-Ah Cornell U: Quantum Liquid Crystals

Lewis, Kim Rensselaer Polytech Inst: Functionality in Simple Circuits

Magnes, Jenny West Point, NY: Coherence Effects in Diatomic Molecules

Markelz, Andrea State U of NY – Buffalo: Terahertz Spectroscopy

Noz, Marilyn U NY: Local-Area Networks in an Imaging Environment

Prakash, Manju Stony Brook, NY: Space Weather

Rafailovich, Miriam State U of NY- Stony Brook: DNA electrophoresis

Rice, Emily New York, NY: Brown Dwarfs: Cooler than the Coolest Stars

Santos, Lea Yeshiva U: Randomization in Coherent Quantum Control

Sokoloski, Jennifer Columbia U: Observations of Stellar Explosions and Jets

Sreekala, Subbalakshmi Rensselaer Polytech Inst: Recrystallization kinetics

Van de Water, Ruth Upton, NY: Testing the Standard Model with Lattice QCD

Wang, Gwo-Ching Rensselaer Polytech Inst: Properties of 3D nanostructures

APS Women Speakers, Ohio

Bailey, Sheila NASA Glenn Res Ctr: Space Photovoltaics

Bayram, Burcin Miami U: Raman Spectroscopy with liquid nitrogen

Clark, B Ohio State U – Columbus: Relativistic Effects in Nuclear Physics

Dutta, Ruma Columbus, OH: Numerical Simualtion of Fluid Flow

Elster, Charlotte Ohio U: Three Nucleon Physics

Gates, Evalyn Cleveland Mus of Nat History: The Hunt for Dark Matter

Hanson, Margaret Cincinnati, OH: Forming the Most Massive Stars

Ijiri, Yumi Oberlin Coll: Magnetic nanoparticles

Nahar, Sultana Ohio State U – Columbus: Atomic Radiative Processes

Piltch, Nancy Cleveland, OH: Measurements for Microgravity Combustion

Roche, Julie Ohio U: Strange quarks in the Nucleon

Sandler, Nancy Ohio U: Physics of graphene ribbons

Schmalbrock, Petra Columbus, OH: High Res Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Selinger, Robin Kent State U – Kent: Rubber that moves

Sellgren, Kristen Columbus, OH: Stellar Abundances and Populations

Shigemitsu, Junko Ohio State U-Columbus: Lattices in Particle Physics

Smith, Tracy Columbus, OH: Astrophysical Dust

Taylor, Beverley Ann Miami U: The Physics of Common Toys

Yarrison-Rice, Jan Miami U: Nanowires: Watch them giggle and glow

APS Women Speakers, Oklahoma

Wood-Black, Frankie Phillips Petrol Co: Adventures of an Industrial Researcher

APS Women Speakers, Oregon

Manogue, Corinne Oregon State U: Rolling Relativistic Quantum Balls Uphill

Ostroverkhova, Oksana Case Western U: Photorefractive organic materials

Richmond, Geraldine U of Or: Nonlinear Optics and Solid/Liquid Interfaces

Siem, Ellen Southern Oregon U: Materials Science

Tate, Janet Oregon State U: Transparent conductors and transparent devices

APS Women Speakers, Pennsylvania

Diehl, Renee Penn State U, U Park: Life in Flatland

Hornschemeier, Ann Penn State U, U Park: The Origin of the Elements

Lavarone, Maria Temple U: Interplay of superconductivity and magnetism

Kane, Suzanne Haverford Coll: Mobbing – Flocking and Deterrence

Laws, Priscilla Dickinson Coll: Teaching Intro Physics without Lectures

Luehrmann, Mia Temple U: Modernizing Astronomy Labs: The CLEA Project

Lyyra, A Temple U: All-Optical Alignment of Nonpolar Molecules

Poynor, Adele Allegheny Coll: Water at a Hydrophobic Surface

Praton, Elizabeth Franklin & Marshall Coll: Fingers of God & Bubble Walls

Romer, Kathy Pittsburgh, PA: X-ray Studies of Clusters of Galaxies

Singh, Chandralekha U of Pittsburgh: Understanding quantum mechanics

Stephenson, Sharon Gettysburg Coll: The Issue of Gendered Physics

APS Women Speakers, South Carolina

Kulkarni, Varsha Columbia, SC: Long Ago in Galaxies Far Away

APS Women Speakers, Tennessee

Nattrass, Christine U of Tennessee, Knoxville: The Quark Gluon Plasma

Sabri, Firouzeh U of Memph: Future Materials: what are we looking for?

Smith, Beverly Johnson City , TN: Galaxy Collisions

APS Women Speakers, Texas

Cheung, Margaret U of Houston: Life in a crowd

Halas, N Rice U: The Nanoengineering of Optical Properties

Lin, Jingyu Texas Tech U: III-nitride UV/blue micro- and nano-photonics

Marom, Noa U of Texas, Austin: Density Functional Theory

Olafsen, Linda Baylor U: So You Want To Be a Quantum Mechanic?

Reed, Helen Texas A&M U: Stability and Transition of Laminar Viscous Flows

Torres, Cristina U of Texas, Brownsville: Advanced LIGO:

Vigliante, Assunta State U of NY- Stony Brook: X-rays of electronic materials

Yennello, Sherry Texas A&M U Radioactive Nuclear Beams

Zhang, Zhenrong Baylor U: Defect and Adsorbate Dynamics on TiO2(110)

APS Women Speakers, Utah

Cheney, Janica ATK Launch Systems: Rocket Science Is Just Cool

APS Women Speakers, Virginia

Baski, Alison Virginia Com U: Nanometer Structures by Oxygen Etching

Blaisten-Barojas, Estela George Mason U: Simulation of Cluster Growth

Caldwell, C. Arlington, VA: Atomic Physics at Adv Synchrotron Radiation

Constantin, Anca Ohio U: The rise and fall of the power of galaxy centers

Dodge, Gail Old Dominion U: Looking Inside the Proton

Dworzecka, Maria George Mason U: Using Computers in Upper-Level Physics

Hoatson, Gina William & Mary Coll: Nuclear Magnetic Res Spectroscopy

Keppel, Cynthia Hampton U: Quark-Hadron Duality

Shinn, Michelle Jefferson Lab: Navigating your career in Physics

Tolstoy, Alexandra Atolstoy Sciences: What is mathematics good for?

Venkateswaran, Uma Nat Science Foundation: Carbon Nanotubes

Zheng, Xiaochao U of Virginia: Nucleon spin structure

APS Women Speakers, Washington

Dexheimer, Susan Washington State U: Ultrafast Dynamics of Localization

Gossett, Cynthia Boeing: The Transition from Academic to Applied Physics

LaMadrid, Marissa AdaptiveTCR Tech: Biological Sequence Analysis

Lin, Huey-Wen U of Washington: A Lattice QCD Tour inside the Hadron

Lutz, Julie Seattle, WA: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life

McDermott, Lillian C U of Washington: Physics education research

Olmstead, Marjorie U of Washington: Confidence in Your Career

Zita, E Evergreen State Coll: Our magnetic Sun

APS Women Speakers, Wisconsin

Echeverria, Isabel DuPont Co: A study of physical aging

Howes, Ruth Ball State U: Women Physicists and the Manhattan Project

Korenic, Eileen U of Wisconsin, River Falls: The Science of Color

Kurahashi Neilson, Naoko U of Wisconsin, Madison: Neutrino Astronomy

Sheaff, Marleigh U of Wisconsin, Madison: Heavy Quark Physics

Williams-Norton, Mary Ripon Coll: Hands-On Physics for Young Children

APS Women Speakers, West Virginia

Holcomb, Mikel, West Virginia U: Understanding Magnetism in Multiferroics

Leslie-Pelecky, Diandra, West Virginia U: The Science of Speed

Women Scientists who give Awesome Seminars

This list was compiled by gerty-z on Scientopia.org in 2011. It’s an online crowd-sourced list, so it is more personal and eclectic than the structured lists from organizations and awards bodies.

Cori Bargmann (Neurobiologist)

Brenda Bass

Bonnie Bassler (Princeton)

Angela Belcher, MIT

Elizabeth Blackburn

Frances Brodsky

Anne Brunet (Stanford)

Heather Cameron (NIH)

C. Sue Carter (oxytocin research at U Illinois-Chicago)

Angela Christiano (Columbia)

Nicola Clayton (spacial memory in scrub jays)

Anna Marie Cuervo (Albert Einstein)

Donna Dean, formerly of NIH

Rachel Green (JHMI)

Elaine Fuchs

Rebecca Heald

Hopi Hoekstra

Kelly Holley-Bockelmann (astrophysicist at Vanderbilt)

Nancy Hopkins

Luisa Iruela-Arispe at UCLA

Christine Jacobs-Wagner

Patricia Kuhl

Katja Lindenberg at UC San Diego

Susan Lindquist

Jennifer Lippencott-Schwartz

Karolin Luger (Colorado State)

Ann McDermott (Columbia U)

Trudy MacKay

Eve Marder (Neurobiologist)

Nergis Mavalvala

Susan Mango (Harvard)

Courtney Miller from Scripps Florida

Liz Miller (Columbia)

Jodi Nunnari

Shiela Patek

Kamala Patel (U of Calgary)

Carolyn Porco (Inst of the Southwest)

Erica Rosenblum (Uni of Idaho)

Barbara Schaal

Patricia Schulte (UBC)

Eugenie Scott of NCSE

Pam Silver

Lila Solnica-Krezel (Washington U)

Joan Straussman

Michelle Swanson

Joan Steitz

Phoebe Stewart

Gina Turrigiano (Neurobiologist)

Leslie Voshall

Rachel Wilson (Neurobiologist)

Xiaowei Zhuang (Harvard)

Huda Zoghbi (Neurobiologist)

Summary

This is not a list of potential speakers for any specific event, as each event has its own unique mix of requirements. But it shows that you can improve the quality of the list that you choose your speakers from by doing some research on women speakers that you may not currently be aware of. For practical reasons, you may not be able to invite many of the specific women on this list to your particular event, but reading this list may trigger some ideas of similar women who you can invite. Finally, I should add a caveat that I do not agree with the politics of all of the speakers on this list.

If you would like to add any names, please do so in the comments.