Johanna Levelt-Sengers

 

 

The InterAmerican Network of Science Academies (IANAS) spans 18 Science Academies from throughout the Americas.  Its goal is science and technology (S&T) capacity building in the IANAS academies and countries, thus contributing to development and economic growth.  The NAS Foreign Secretary, Michael Clegg, is one of the IANAS Co-Chairs.

 

Among the IANAS Programs is the Women for Science Working Group (WfS-WG), established in 2010, which comprises a representative (‘focal point’) at each of the 18 Academies throughout the Americas.  The goals of WfS-WG are: increasing the visibility of women’s contributions to science throughout the Americas, addressing gender issues in IANAS programs, and empowering women in underserved populations as full participants in S&T development.  Anneke Levelt Sengers, a member of both NAS and NAE, is a co-Chair of this program.  The bilingual Spanish-English collection “Women Scientists in the Americas; Their Inspiring Stories” is the outcome of one of the projects IANAS WfS-WG initiated.

 

Each of the IANAS academies was asked to select a prominent woman scientist to be interviewed. The goal was to produce inspiring biographies accessible to a general public; encouraging students to consider S&T careers; and addressing issues of particular interest to female students and early-career women. The WfS-WG focal points interviewed their countries’ scientists on the basis of a list of topics to be addressed. In the course of the project, science journalists in quite a few of the IANAS countries were engaged to produce biographies based on the interviews.  Sixteen of these biographies are bundled in the present book.

 

The US scientist presented in the book is NAE member Eugenia Kalnay, distinguished University Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Maryland in College Park.  Also presented is NAS Foreign Associate Eugenia Del Pino, Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University at Quito, Ecuador.

 

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The InterAmerican Network of Science Academies (IANAS) spans 18 Science Academies from throughout the Americas.  Its goal is science and technology (S&T) capacity building in the IANAS academies and countries, thus contributing to development and economic growth.  The NAS Foreign Secretary, Michael Clegg, is one of the IANAS Co-Chairs.

 

Among the IANAS Programs is the Women for Science Working Group (WfS-WG), established in 2010, which comprises a representative (‘focal point’) at each of the 18 Academies throughout the Americas.  The goals of WfS-WG are: increasing the visibility of women’s contributions to science throughout the Americas, addressing gender issues in IANAS programs, and empowering women in underserved populations as full participants in S&T development.  Anneke Levelt Sengers, a member of both NAS and NAE, is a co-Chair of this program.  The bilingual Spanish-English collection “Women Scientists in the Americas; Their Inspiring Stories” is the outcome of one of the projects IANAS WfS-WG initiated.

 

Each of the IANAS academies was asked to select a prominent woman scientist to be interviewed. The goal was to produce inspiring biographies accessible to a general public; encouraging students to consider S&T careers; and addressing issues of particular interest to female students and early-career women. The WfS-WG focal points interviewed their countries’ scientists on the basis of a list of topics to be addressed. In the course of the project, science journalists in quite a few of the IANAS countries were engaged to produce biographies based on the interviews.  Sixteen of these biographies are bundled in the present book.

 

The US scientist presented in the book is NAE member Eugenia Kalnay, distinguished University Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Maryland in College Park.  Also presented is NAS Foreign Associate Eugenia Del Pino, Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University at Quito, Ecuador.

 

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