SensNews Aug 2020

5 Sensor100 August 2020 Women in Sensor Research An accusation often made about Sensor100 is that we have too few women speakers at our conferences. While acknowledging that may be true, we strongly deny any gender, or indeed other, bias in inviting and selecting speakers. Searching back over our records, this is a list of academic researchers whose work we admire, many of whom have spoken at our conferences. Prof. Dr.Antje Baeumner University of Regensburg, DE Dr. Katrina Campbell Queens University Belfast Dr. Eithne Dempsey Maynooth University, IE Dr. Laura Lopez CETEMMSA, ES Prof. Julie McCann Imperial College London Prof. Rachel McKendry iSense and UCL Dr. Despina Moschou University of Bath Prof. Ciara O'Sullivan Universitat Rovira i Virgili, IT Prof. Esther Rodriguez-Villegas Imperial College London Prof. Deblina Sakar Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US Prof.Molly Stevens Imperial College London Prof. IbitsamTothill Cranfield University Antje Baeumner Rachel McKendry Deblina Sakar Molly Stevens A group of students at the University of California, Berkeley, maintain a continuously updated list of Women in Microfluidics and BioMems We must also acknowledge the work of Wise: "WISE enables and energises people in business, industry and education to increase the participation, contribution and success of women in science, technology, engi- neering and mathematics (STEM)." Wise has often been a media partner for Sensor100 conferences.