For March 8th, Meet Some Amazing Women

[RogerThatTangoDown]

I think using Women's day (March 8th) as an excuse, you could take the chance to meet some really smart modern day women who have made amazing accomplishments in their field of science, if not revolutionizing it, and along the way have broken traditional sterotypes of what a 'female scientist' should act, look like or be. I admire these women and if you do too, why not follow them and their interesting insights on Twitter the rest of year?

A planetary scientist, Carolyn Porco has been on the forefront of cutting edge research for decades. Teams supervised by Carolyn have been responsible for some of the most iconic photographs of Earth and other planets from space. She was even responsible for the discovery of one of Neptune’s rings!

Heather Williams is a faculty member at the University of Manchester, and her research interests are Physics and BioMedical Physics. An avid STEM ambassador, Heather is also the director of Science Grrl, an organization dedicated to celebrating women in science and developing programs and events that encourage young girls to pursue scientific careers. She tweets great information about education and gender issues within the science fields.

Sylvia McLain is a scientist with an interesting history – she has been a field biologist, an inorganic chemist, and a physicist! Her life outside of science is quite diverse as well – Sylvia has taught English in China, worked in a fishery and been a bicycle mechanic! She is currently a biochemistry research fellow and a blogger for Guardian Science. With a background like that, her tweets are sure to be fascinating!

A self-proclaimed “hip-hop maven,” Danielle Lee is a biologist specializing in animal behavior, mammology and ecology. Danielle enjoys using social media and hip-hop culture to share science with underserved audiences. She also maintains a blog for Scientific American, The Urban Scientist.

Jennifer Rohn is a biologist from the US, and currently runs a cell biology lab at University College London. Jennifer is also a novelist, and when she is not practicing science, she is managing her website LabLit.com, created to promote the use of science and scientist characters in mainstream fiction.

[Anonymous]

Let's all rise in remembrance of a day that was forgotten on November 19th...

[cheonsongyi]

Ummm... March 8 is my birthday!!