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Departmental EDI Seminar - Dr Izzy Bishop, University College London

15 November 2023, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm

Isabel Bishop

Title: ‘Out in academia: personal reflections of a queer scientist’

Event Information

Open to

UCL staff | UCL students | UCL alumni

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Amy Godfrey

Location

G08
Roberts Building
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Abstract: Dr Bishop will be speaking about the struggles of mental health in academia as well as her experiences of being queer and LGBTQ+ experiences of field biology. This will be an extension on her paper ‘Out in the Field' 

About the Speaker

Dr Izzy Bishop

Lecturer (Teaching) Ecology at University College London

My interest in applied freshwater ecology stems from my MSc in Aquatic Resource Management, which I studied at King’s College London. I moved to UCL for my PhD in Physical Geography, in which I investigated the causes for the declining distribution of the rare aquatic plant Najas flexilis. The findings from this work have been used by NatureScot (formerly Scottish Natural Heritage) to inform conservation efforts for this protected species. Post-PhD I worked for the environmental NGO Earthwatch Europe, where I ran a global citizen science project called FreshWater Watch, before returning to UCL as a Lecturer in Ecology.

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