Category: Female Scientists

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Aggression in Female Birds: Dr. Sara Lipshutz

Dr. Sara Lipshutz went to Swarthmore College for her undergraduate degree. She recently completed her PhD at the University of Tennessee. She now works in the Biology Department at Indiana University and studies the endocrine and neuro-genomic underpinnings of female competition. Her research includes understanding female aggression in avian species, for example the wattled jacana.… Read More Aggression in Female Birds: Dr. Sara Lipshutz

Elize M. Gordon

Of Feast, Famine, and Finnish Females — Dr Virpi Lummaa

Finnish by birth and now British by profession, Virpi Lummaa has changed the way we think about human reproduction. With over 99 publications, Lummaa is an expert on human life history evolution. Currently she is a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield. Using… Read More Of Feast, Famine, and Finnish Females — Dr Virpi Lummaa

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Polyandry is the rule, not the exception: Dr. Kristin Hook

Dr. Kristin Hook completed a Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Behavior from Cornell University in 2016.  She taught at Cornell University and at the University of Maryland from 2016-2018 about animal behavior and comparative physiology.  Her research reveals the complexity of female mating behavior within polyandrous species and the consequent dynamic post-copulatory processes responsible for behavioral,… Read More Polyandry is the rule, not the exception: Dr. Kristin Hook

Hanna A. Case

Mother and Scientist who Evolved — Dr Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Mother and Scientist who Evolved Sarah Blaffer Hrdy Sarah Blaffer Hrdy is an anthropologist and sociobiologist famous for her studies of motherhood and group dynamics in primates. Her major contributions connect research on nonhuman primates to humans. She is particularly noted for her theories on infanticide and female sexual strategies. While pursuing her PhD, Hrdy… Read More Mother and Scientist who Evolved — Dr Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

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From mice in Test Tubes to Changing People’s Lives — Dame Anne McLaren

From Mice in Test Tubes to Changing People’s Lives Dame Anne McLaren (1927-2007) Anne McLaren was a notable developmental biologist from the UK whose major contributions include treatment of infertility and stem-cell research. She had many honors in her life but one of the most impressive may have been as the first women to hold… Read More From mice in Test Tubes to Changing People’s Lives — Dame Anne McLaren

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Reproductive transitions in insect females and their cells — Dr Mariana Wolfner

Dr. Mariana Federica Wolfner is Goldwin Smith Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow. She has received awards and recognition for her research from the Genetics Society of America, the Entomological Society of America, the International Congress of Entomology Council, and awards from Cornell for her teaching and advising. She… Read More Reproductive transitions in insect females and their cells — Dr Mariana Wolfner

Libby Morningstar

Opossum Lady from Oz — Dr Marilyn Renfree

The Opossum Lady from Oz Marilyn Renfree A native Australian, Marilyn Renfree graduated of the Australian National University where she completed her PhD with Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe. From her initial work on the maternal-fetal interactions in mammals, Renfree’s research expanded to understanding reproduction in general with a focus on her fellow Australian mammals: marsupials. This work… Read More Opossum Lady from Oz — Dr Marilyn Renfree

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Scientist, Adventurer, Editor — Dr Barbara J. Weir

Scientist, Adventurer, Editor Barbara J. Weir (1942-1993) In her early career, Barbara J. Weir worked at the Wellcome Institute of Comparative Physiology, part of the Zoological Society of London, where she pioneered studies of the reproductive biology of hystricomorph rodents. Her doctoral work on chinchillas and their relatives (Cambridge University, 1968) began an intense fascination… Read More Scientist, Adventurer, Editor — Dr Barbara J. Weir

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The woman who silenced genes — Lyonization and Mary Lyon

The Woman who Silenced Genes – Lyonization Mary Lyon (1925-2014) Mary Lyon was educated in Britain during World War II, not an easy time for women to study. Fewer educational positions were open to women and women only received ‘titular’ degrees despite attending the same classes as men. In this environment Mary Lyon attended both… Read More The woman who silenced genes — Lyonization and Mary Lyon

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