Female Futures

Female Futures is an initiative to support women and underrepresented groups in STEM, that provides events and resources to foster an open, transparent and collaborative environment in the department

Meet the Female Futures Committee

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Dr Michela Esposito is a Female Futures committee member and a Research Fellow within the Advanced X-ray Imaging (AXIm) group, where she works on developing novel imaging techniques for x-ray microscopy.

She has been recently funded (MRC and NIHR) to apply phase-contrast imaging techniques to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

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Dr Jiaqi Zhu is a Female Futures committee member and a researcher in the department.

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Dr Elly Martin is a Female Futures committee member and a researcher in the department.

Learn more about Elly's work in the Biomedical Ultrasound Group.

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Valeria Conde de Rafael is a Female Futures committee member and a LIDo PhD researcher between the Francis Crick Institute and the Advanced X-ray Imaging (AXIm) group at UCL.

She works on developing in vitro 3D models of the thymus. 

Our events

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The monthly Cake & Connections event is an informal drop-in session for Department staff and students of any gender to meet and connect. Sessions are usually themed around a specific topic, with special guests invited who are present throughout the event to answer questions or meet face-to-face.

Find out about the next Cake & Connections event on our staff intranet

Women in the department

As we aim to encourage more girls and young women to choose STEM paths, it is important for us to highlight the work that our female academics are currently doing. Read profiles and learn more about some of the women that are driving the Department's teaching and research forward:

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Professor Maria Hawkins is an academic in radiation oncology, working with UCLH's new Proton Beam Therapy Centre. Find her on UCL IRIS.

Lynsey Duffell

Dr Lynsey Duffell is an academic in the department working on neuromodulation. Find her on UCL IRIS.

Gemma Bale

Dr Gemma Bale is a researcher in the Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory. Learn more about her life in the Department and her recent British Science Association Media Fellowship.

More female profiles:

 

Contact

Advisor to Women Students 
Dr Jenny Griffiths
j.griffiths@ucl.ac.uk
Tel: 020 3108 1055 (51055)

Email the Athena Swan Committee

Work with us

Find out more about what it's like to work in the Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, and see our current vacancies:
Working with us

In the news

Women in Science Day: Meet these amazing scientists making a difference
Watch Gemma Bale on BBC Newsround talking to secondary school age girls about how scientists monitor the brain. 

Read more