WIES News

Stephen Lonsdale joined us for a special WiES event celebrating UCL’s first female professor, Kathleen Lonsdale.

This spring our department’s Women in Earth Science (WiES) group had a rejuvenating 3-day field trip to Cornwall. Our inaugural field trip aimed to address gender disparities in fieldwork, highlight t

Amy Perrio is a final year UCL Earth Science MSci student and has just been awarded funding by the Astrobiological Society of Britain to undertake an internship looking at inorganic secondary mineral formation on Mars at AstrobiologyOU.

Career event with past alumnae: We had the opportunity to gain a valuable insight into their job, career paths and experiences. 

Bridget Wade joined UCL as a Professor of Micropalaeontology in 2013. She leads a research group of postdocs, PhD and MSc students in Cenozoic palaeoceanography and the palaeoecology of calcareous microfossils

Hi! I’m Inés, I’m Spanish and I'm currently in my 2nd Year studying Earth Sciences at UCL.

A year of UCL WiES: who are we and what have we done? Since our inception on International Women's Day, 8th March 2021, WiES has brought together people from within UCL Department of Earth Sciences and beyond - students, scientists, speakers, mentors, and supporters.

Hi, I’m Eve! I’m a 2nd year PhD at the Department of Earth Sciences at UCL funded by the London NERC DTP.

Hello, I’m Beth! I am a third year Earth Sciences student at UCL currently studying abroad at the University of California, Berkeley.

Hi, I’m Lucia! I am currently a third year PhD student at the Department of Earth Sciences at UCL.

Hello, I’m Rosemary Willatt. I’m a Research Fellow at the Centre of Polar Observation Modelling.

Hello, I’m Amy. I’m the co-chair for the Women in Earth Sciences group here at UCL and the Outreach Leader for the GeoBus outreach project.

Hello fellow Earth Scientist enthusiasts! My name is Isabelle Hoppe and I am in my penultimate year studying Environmental Geoscience in UCL’s Earth Science department. I support the WiES group in the Development and Outreach Team as well as the Membership and Engagement Team.

Hi! I’m Britney and I’m currently a 2nd Year Undergraduate Geology Student at UCL. I’m from Trinidad and Tobago, a small nation in the Caribbean, and I’m part of the social events team as well as the social media team for WiES.