We are very excited to bring you St. John’s first Soapbox Science event this year! There are far fewer women in leadership positions in STEM fields than men, with gender disparity being particularly wide in Newfoundland. We, Dr. Sarah Sauvé, Özgen Demirkaplan and Christina Prokopenko, are bringing Soapbox Science to Newfoundland to bring fantastic local women scientists to the spotlight, and bring you the latest cool science happening right here in the province! We are thrilled to present our brilliant speakers to you below. In the next few weeks, you will learn more about them through social media campaigns and you’ll get to meet them on Zoom throughout the month of September!
Sponsors
We are currently seeking sponsors, we will announce them as soon as any are confirmed!
Details of the location and timing of the event
Dates & Times:
September 15th at 14:00, September 22nd at 17:00,
September 29th at 14:00
Location: Online via Zoom
Register on Eventbrite here
Speakers
Selected from a competitive pool of researchers, our 9 speakers will be sharing their work in technology, science, medicine and engineering. The speakers and their discussion topics are:
September 15th at 14:00
Julie Turner (@WanderingBiol), Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial University of Newfoundland, “Hyenas aren’t the enemy: insight into their lives, personalities, and social behaviour”. Read the blog here
Shreyasi Sarkar, (@Shreyasi09), PhD Candidate, Memorial University of Newfoundland, “Missing pieces to the diet-microbiota-health puzzle”. Read the blog here
Kris Poduska (@KrisPoduska), Professor and Head, Memorial University of Newfoundland, “Wow, you can do THAT with physics?!”. Read the blog here
September 22nd at 17:00
Hannah Wallace (@HannahWallace14), PhD Candidate, Memorial University of Newfoundland, “Viruses and the cells they kill”. Read the blog here
Ashley Noseworthy (@edgewiseNL), CEO/Founder, Edgewise Environmental, “How to Speak Whale: Marine Mammals and Ocean Noise”. Read the blog here
Wendy Lasisi (@neurogist), PhD Candidate, Memorial University of Newfoundland, “MRI: a snapshot of brain damage and recovery”
September 29th at 14:00
Katrien Kingdon (@katrienkingdon), PhD Candidate, Memorial University of Newfoundland, “The whereabouts of wolves: The importance of predators in our landscape”. Read the blog here
Yanitza Trosel Arroyo, PhD Candidate, Memorial University of Newfoundland, “Our protein machines from physicist’s eyes”
Diana Di Carvalho (@DianaDeCarvalh5), Assistant Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, “5 reasons why we should sit less and move more”. Read the blog here
Discover our 2020 speakers:
Diana Di Carvalho, Yanitza Trosel Arroyo, Ashley Noseworthy
Hannah Wallace, Katrien Kingdon, Shreyasi Sarkar
Wendy Lasisi, Kris Poduska, Julie Turner
