5th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics

Panelists

Last updated August 07th, 2014

Panel Discussion: August 7, 7:30 PM, BA 201

This panel features four amazing women who obtained university degrees in physics and are now pursuing fascinating careers in science, technology, communication and education.

Over the course of this informal evening, panelists will share their career paths and experiences and invite your questions and comments.

Please join us at the reception after the discussion and meet the speakers.

 

  Sandy Eix

Sandy Eix

Sandy Eix has been inventing shows, programs, and exhibits for about 15 years at Science World in BC, Canada. Her job lets her play with all sorts of science and share her discoveries with kids of all ages. Some highlights have included developing a great big physics gallery, running a summer camp for teachers, creating science resources for preschoolers, being interviewed on national radio, and project-managing Body Worlds. She has a BSc in Physics (Waterloo), B.Ed  (Queen's University), MSc and PhD in Physics from Simon Fraser University, Canada.

  Marina Milner-Bolotin

Marina Milner-Bolotin

Marina Milner-Bolotin is an Assistant Professor in Science Education at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. She studies how technology can be used in teacher education in order to promote mathematics and science teaching and learning. Dr. Milner-Bolotin has received numerous teaching awards including the UBC Killam Teaching Award (2014). In 2013 she co-authored an undergraduate introductory physics textbook. She has an M.Sc. in Physics (Kharkov National University, Ukraine), and an M.A. and Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin.

  Clara Moskowitz

Clara Moskowitz

Clara Moskowitz is an associate editor at Scientific American, covering all areas of astronomy, physics and spaceflight. She has written on topics ranging from the creation of super heavy atomic elements to dark matter, and has appeared on national radio programmes such as WNYC. Before joining Scientific American, she was a writer and editor for Space.com and LiveScience.com.  She studied science journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and has a bachelor's degree in astronomy and physics from Wesleyan University, Connecticut, USA.

  Eileen Pollack

Eileen Pollack

Eileen Pollack is a Professor, and is the author of several novels, collections of short fiction, a children's book, and creative nonfiction. Breaking and Entering was awarded the 2012 Grub Street National Book Prize and named a New York Times Editors' Choice selection. She has numerous awards and fellowships and prizes including two Pushcart Prizes. Her recent article “Why are there still so few women in science” in the NYT has garnered much attention and is the subject of an upcoming book. She has a B.S. in Physics (Yale University) and an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa.