Grad Moms: Meet Arwa

March 2020 Woman Scientist of the Month

10 Women Scientists You Should Know

If you are needing a little mid-week inspiration, get to know these 10 incredible women who made – or are making – great strides that may not always land them in the history books.

Here’s to great women. May we know them, may we be them.

ONE – Marie Curie – Chemist

Marie Curie holding laboratory equipment.

Born in Warsaw in 1867, Marie Curie started her journey in science with her father as her teacher. She went on to study physics and mathematics in Paris, where she met her husband, Pierre Curie. She was the first woman to be the Professor of General Physics.

February 2020 Woman Scientist of the Month

Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences member, MacArthur Fellow

Born in August 17^th, 1954, Ingrid Daubechis, a Belgian physicist and mathematician, revolutionized signal processing with her work on orthogonal bases of compact support, which has impacted audio, image, video devices and communication systems. Her ‘Daubechis wavelets’, are used for signal coding and data compression, are now an crucial tool for signal processors.

Resources for Mothers and Mom’s-to-be at Stony Brook University

BY: Sindhuja Tirumalai Govindarajan

First things first.

Are you pregnant? Are you thinking about getting pregnant? If you just discovered you are pregnant, or if you are planning to get pregnant while in graduate school, you’ll already have a thousand questions in your head. Things will happen real quick and you will want to set up a system that will help you in your quest to be a badass grad-mom. We know some of you are worriers, guess what, we are too! This article was put together after talking to fellow moms on campus, and we want to share our list of resources that we found useful both before, during, and after pregnancy. If you are a mom or mom-to-be at Stony Brook University, reach out to us at sbu.gradmoms@gmail.com and we will help you get acquainted with the Grad Mom’s group at SBU!

Stats from Angela Saini’s Inferior

We’re kicking off Spring Semester 2019 right – with a new book club and a new outlook on how science impacts society’s view on women. Our inaugural book is Angela Saini’s Inferior, where she tackles years of data, biases, and up-and-coming research that is taking what it means to be female in a whole different direction.

BY: Mikaela Dunkin

Meet Sharmila

Say hello to Sharmila, our coordinator for external affairs and outreach and ardent tennis fan. When she’s not playing the game herself, she loves to watch Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Saina Nehwal do their thing!

BY: Mikaela Dunkin

A smiling Sharmila posing in front of a painting of Ben Franklin with her thumbs up

Meet Alyssa

Say Hello to Alyssa – our Vice President, ocean expert, and pasta enthusiast. When she’s not out running on Long Island trails, she conducts research in the San Juan Islands of Washington State and on the shores here in New York.

BY: Mikaela Dunkin

Meet Caitlyn

Say Hello to Caitlyn – our event coordinator, twitter wrangler, and resident expert on how to survive Minnesota in the winter. As a part of our new ‘Meet the Executive Board’ series, we’ll – and by we I mean the blogger, Hi! Hello! – we’ll be showcasing each member of the board, interview style.

BY: Mikaela Dunkin