Description: Although equality and attention to gender aspects should be standard practice by now, women in academia still often face a number of challenges in terms of (in-)visibility and recognition. In this panel discussion, three female scientists will present their career paths in academia. What challenges and opportunities have they encountered, how do they perceive their role as female scientists, group leaders and professors, and what do they wish they had known earlier? In addition to these personal insights, this talk also invites you to exchange ideas and connect with the speakers as well as with the other participants.
Speakers: Dr. Amelie Heuer-Jungemann leads the Emmy Noether Research Group “DNA Hybridnanomaterials” at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (Martinsried, Germany). She previously was a Postdoctoral Fellow at LMU Munich and the University of Southampton.
Prof. Dr. Katrin Paula holds a PhD from the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS) at the University of Mannheim (2019). Before joining the TUM as Assistant Professor (tenure track) of “Global Security and Technology” in 2020, she was a researcher and lecturer at the University of Mannheim.
Dr. Melanie Schirmer leads the Emmy Noether Research Group for Computational Microbiome Research and is a Junior Fellow at TUM. She also successfully acquired an ERC Grant in 2022.