EPS calendar of Inspiring Physicists 2024 | images and design: Xavier De Araujo
Author: Anne Pawsey
The 2024 EPS Calendar of Inspiring Physicists has been released.
Featuring EPS Members, Laureates of EPS awards and Nobel Prize Winners
this initiative aims at presenting inspiring female physicists who can act as role
models for the next generation of scientists. Every month, a new
physicist can be discovered in the calendar with a portrait, a short
description of her field of research and a sentence to inspire and
encourage young people to study physics.
The project was led by
Gina Gunaratnam, communication coordinator at the EPS secretariat and
bought to the page by Xavier de Araujo, the EPS graphic designer. The
rationale behind the project is to increase the visibility of women in
physics. Although in recent years women have become more visible in
fields where historically they were a minority, women are still missing
in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). There is
therefore a need to attract more youngsters to these fields. Not only to
work as researchers but also as technical staff, lab assistants, IT
specialists, to name but a few. The panel of professions related to the
sciences is wide and requires all talents, girls as much as boys.
Society
does not always send this message: girls need to be encouraged in their
choice of studying science by everyone at every stage of their
education: families, teachers, media and government all have a role to
play. When girls show interest in sciences, they should not be diverted
from their objectives, but helped and stimulated in every possible way
to facilitate their aspirations.
Our calendar is currently being
distributed to our member societies and associate members throughout
Europe. We hope that with this initiative and the help of enthusiastic
teachers and scientists, it will inspire young pupils in 2024 and
beyond.
The January
Physicist is Dr. Sara Bolognesi, staff researcher in experimental physics and
laureate of the 2021 EPS Emmy Noether Distinction. Read her interview
here.
Stay tuned, more to come!
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