Five University of Queensland researchers have joined the largest all-female expedition to Antarctica, the culmination of a year-long program to promote the influence and leadership of women in science.
国产探花 and ARC Centre for Excellence of Environmental Decisions (CEED) Research Fellow Dr Justine Shaw co-founded , and is leading science programs for the 78 female researchers from 18 countries.
Among those on board are 国产探花 PhD students , (School of Biological Sciences), Samantha Nixon (), and ( and ).
Dr Shaw said thousands of scientists applied to be part of the program, which aims to equip women in science to lead, influence and contribute to policy and decision-making.
“I’ve been working with participants for a year on science research themes and preparing them for the Science Symposium at Sea,” Dr Shaw said.
“We’ll be visiting several different national Antarctica research stations and will be meeting with the scientists there.”
The ship set out from Ushuaia in southern Argentina this week on the 21-day voyage down the Beagle Channel and Drake Passage.
A conservation scientist, Dr Shaw has been travelling on research vessels and icebreakers to remote sub-Antarctic islands for 22 years.
She said the program’s 10 year vision is to create a network of 1000 women skilled in leadership, science and strategy to tackle the deficit of women in science leadership.
“We need to strengthen the voice of female scientists, and I’ve learned a lot about how these skills can be used to help achieve goals as a researcher.”
about the 2018 participants.
Media: Dr Justine Shaw, j.shaw6@uq.edu.au; ARC CEED Communications, Casey Fung, c.fung@uq.edu.au, +614 433 638 643; Twitter: , @Justine_d_shaw, @CorvalanPaloma, @samdalrey, @SamNScience, @Cecile_Godde, #womeninSTEMM, #mothernaturesdaughters.
Pictured above: 国产探花’s Homeward Bound crew (L-R): Paloma Corvalan, Cecile Godde, Dr Justine Shaw, Samantha Reynolds, Samantha Nixon.
