Celebrate #ALD25, 14 Oct, this year by organising your own event to support women in STEM. You can do anything – a talk, a networking event, a panel discussion, yarn bombing, cream teas, Wikipedia edit-a-thon. The options are endless! Let us know what you do: findingada.com/world..#ALD25

Flossie Wong-Staal, née Wong Yee Ching, 黄以静, was a virologist and molecular biologist who was the first to molecularly clone HIV. She also created a map of its genes, which was crucial to proving that HIV causes AIDS. Read more and subscribe: adalovelaceday.subst...

UK, Online: Skills for the future. Suw Charman-Anderson, Kate Whyles and Sue Stack talk about the importance of continuous learning in STEM subjects, the need to adapt to career changes and the essential role human perspectives play in STEM. 14 Oct, free #ALD25 findingada.com/event..#ALD25

Edith Clarke was an electrical engineer & the first female professor of electrical engineering in the USA. She developed a method to calculate the maximum power that a power transmission line could carry and remain stable. Read more & subscribe: adalovelaceday.subst...

UK, London: Unfolding Futures: Power of Visibility in STEAM. Join Stemettes in celebrating Ada Lovelace Day with the launch of our latest trifold report, showcasing the power and influence of STEAM. 16 Oct, 6-7:30pm, free #ALD25 findingada.com/event..#ALD25

Inge Lehmann, a Danish seismologist & geophysicist, discovered evidence of the Earth's solid inner core & molten outer core. Her work was confirmed by computer models decades later, but she did all her data collection & calculations by hand. More: adalovelaceday.subst...

Dr Elizabeth Rona was a nuclear chemist and expert on isotope separation & polonium preparation. She confirmed the existence of thorium 231, paving the way for mass spectrography, and co-developed the use of radioactive elements as tracers. Read more: adalovelaceday.subst...

Maria Vasilievna Pavlova, Мария Павлова, was a palaeontologist who discovered several hoofed mammals & proved Hipparion was not the direct ancestor of modern horses, but an offshoot, changing our understanding of the ancestry of horses in Eurasia. adalovelaceday.subst...

Aotearoa NZ, Auckland: STEM Happy Hour Auckland. Dive into food science, explore technology, uncover engineering, and marvel at creative mathematics with some remarkable women in STEM. With video guest, Suw Charman-Anderson. 14 Oct, 5.30-7pm, free #ALD25 findingada.com/event..#ALD25

Rita Levi-Montalcini was a neurobiologist who discovered nerve growth factor in collaboration with her colleague, Stanley Cohen. They were both awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986 & she was only the 4th woman to receive it. adalovelaceday.subst...

Danielle N Lee is a biologist whose research focuses on the connections between ecology, evolution and animal behaviour. She studies the African giant pouched rat's behavioural syndromes and the potential role of genetics in these behaviours. Read more: adalovelaceday.subst...

Irene C Peden is an electrical engineer & was the first woman scientist to live and work in the interior of the Antarctic, developing techniques for studying deep glacial ice using radio waves. Cliffs in Antarctica have been named after her. Find out more: adalovelaceday.subst...

Aotearoa NZ, Auckland: STEM Happy Hour Auckland. Dive into food science, explore technology, uncover engineering, and marvel at creative mathematics with some remarkable women in STEM. With video guest, Suw Charman-Anderson. 14 Oct, 5.30-7pm Free #ALD25 findingada.com/event..#ALD25

There’s no ALD Live in London this year, but you can still organise your own! Over the years we’ve had all sorts of events, from cream teas to Wikipedia edit-a-thons to maker days, so it’s time to get imaginative. Let us know: findingada.com/world... #ALD25 Tues 14 Oct

Sarah Al Amiri is the Chair of the UAE Space Agency and the UAE Council of Scientists. She played a key role in the Emirates Mars Mission and is currently overseeing a Venus flyby. adalovelaceday.subst...

Celebrate #ALD25, 14 Oct, this year by organising your own event to support women in STEM. You can do anything – a talk, a networking event, a panel discussion, yarn bombing, cream teas, Wikipedia edit-a-thon. The options are endless! Let us know what you do: findingada.com/world..#ALD25

Phyllis Kerridge was a pioneering chemist and physiologist whose research laid the foundation for the creation of standardised hearing aids. She is also known for her invention of the miniature pH electrode and her work on artificial respiration. adalovelaceday.subst...

Noor Shaker is a computer scientist and biotech entrepreneur who aims to make drug discovery faster and more effective by blending experts’ chemistry knowledge with advanced machine learning techniques. adalovelaceday.subst...

Haleema Alamri is a materials scientist who is developing degradable polymers that can be used as functional, cost-effective and sustainable replacements for traditional plastic materials. adalovelaceday.subst...

Celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, 14 Oct, this year by organising your own ALD event to support women in STEM. You can do anything – a talk, a networking event, a panel discussion, yarn bombing, cream teas, silent disco, Wikipedia edit-a-thon. The options are endless!

Fatemah Alharbi is an award-winning cybersecurity consultant and computer scientist who works to detect and analyse weak spots in security networks. She discovered a significant flaw in the Apple macOS, Linux Ubuntu, and Microsoft Windows security systems. adalovelaceday.subst...

There’s no ALD Live in London this year, but you can still organise your own ALD event in your town or city. Over the years we’ve had all sorts of events, from cream teas to Wikipedia edit-a-thons to maker days, so it’s time to get imaginative. Save the date: Tues 14 Oct 25!

Abla Mehio Sibai is an epidemiologist and public health activist who researches healthy ageing and non-communicable diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, among older adults in underprivileged communities, including refugees. adalovelaceday.subst...

I am delighted and honoured to say that on Thur 16 October, Ada Lovelace Day and Government support for women in STEM will be debated in Westminster Hall at 3pm. Enormous thanks to @lizzicollinge.bsky.social for organising, and all other MPs who have supported ALD over the years!

Rajeshwari Chatterjee was the first female engineer from the state of Karnataka. She set up India's first microwave engineering lab, and her work on satellite communications and spacecraft & aircraft antennae is still influential today. adalovelaceday.subst...

Tasneem Zehra Husain is a theoretical physicist, science writer, educator and the first Pakistani woman to earn a PhD in string theory. She also works to make theoretical physics more accessible. adalovelaceday.subst...

Ada Lovelace Day is on Tuesday 14 October this year, which might seem like a long way away, but if you’re organising an indie event, it’s practically right round the corner. So why not start thinking about what you're doing to do for ALD and get organising!

Asima Chatterjee was a pioneering organic chemist and India's first female scientist to be awarded a doctor of science degree. She helped develop drugs to treat epilepsy and malaria based on biologically active compounds in medicinal plants. adalovelaceday.subst...

Hao Yichun was a pioneer in the fields of stratigraphy, micropaleontology and paleoceanography. She co-authored Paleontology, China’s first textbook on the subject, and deepened understanding of foraminifera, single-celled organisms found in seawater. adalovelaceday.subst...

Celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, 14 Oct, this year by organising your own ALD event to support women in STEM. You can do anything – a talk, a networking event, a panel discussion, yarn bombing, cream teas, silent disco, Wikipedia edit-a-thon. The options are endless!

Tsai-Fan Yu was a renowned Chinese-American medical doctor whose pioneering research helped make gout a curable disease, linked gout to hypertension and diabetes, and established one of the first systematised lab tests for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis. adalovelaceday.subst...

Lina Stern, a biochemist and neurophysiologist, was one of the first researchers to identify what is now known as the blood-brain barrier, and conducted pioneering research on the central nervous system. adalovelaceday.subst...

Lin Lanying was an engineer and physicist who developed semiconductor and aerospace materials, particularly monocrystalline silicon, a key semiconductor used as a component in virtually all modern electronic equipment. adalovelaceday.subst...

There’s no ALD Live in London this year, but you can still organise your own ALD event in your town or city. Over the years we’ve had all sorts of events, from cream teas to Wikipedia edit-a-thons to maker days, so it’s time to get imaginative. Save the date: Tues 14 Oct 25!

Michiyo Tsujimura was an agricultural scientist, biochemist and the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in agriculture in Japan. She discovered that green tea contains vitamin C and is credited with helping to popularise the drink internationally. adalovelaceday.subst...

Ada Lovelace Day is on Tuesday 14 October this year, which might seem like a long way away, but if you’re organising an indie event, it’s practically right round the corner. So why not start thinking about what you're doing to do for ALD and get organising!

Helen Quinn, a particle physicist and educator, co-developed a theory to explain why the symmetry between matter and antimatter breaks in weak interactions, which drive nuclear decay, but not in strong interactions, which hold matter together. adalovelaceday.subst...

Susan Krumdieck is a mechanical and energy systems engineer. She co-founded the transition engineering movement, which develops innovative methods and technologies to help the world adapt to rapidly reduced fossil fuel production and consumption. adalovelaceday.subst...

Leone Norwood Farrell invented the Toronto Method for large-scale vaccine production, making childhood immunisation programmes more affordable and facilitating the mass production of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine in the 1950s. adalovelaceday.subst...

Celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, 14 Oct, this year by organising your own ALD event to support women in STEM. You can do anything – a talk, a networking event, a panel discussion, yarn bombing, cream teas, silent disco, Wikipedia edit-a-thon. The options are endless!

As one of NASA’s first African-American employees, Annie Easley helped develop software for the Centaur rocket stage, which enabled several landmark spaceflights in the later 20th century. She also helped develop early battery powered vehicles. adalovelaceday.subst...

Are you organising an event for Ada Lovelace Day next month? If so, please hit me up with a link to your info or ticket page, and I'll put it on this week's newsletter!

There’s no ALD Live in London this year, but you can still organise your own ALD event in your town or city. Over the years we’ve had all sorts of events, from cream teas to Wikipedia edit-a-thons to maker days, so it’s time to get imaginative. Save the date: Tues 14 Oct 25!

Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi was a marine biologist who pioneered the study of marine sciences in the Dominican Republic. She dedicated her career to protecting ocean biodiversity and created one of the first sanctuaries for humpback whales. adalovelaceday.subst...

Valeria Correa Vaz de Paiva is a Brazilian mathematician, logician, computer scientist and computational linguist who introduced new ways to model linear logic in advanced programming languages. adalovelaceday.subst...

Isabella Aiona Abbott was the first Native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science and a leading expert on Pacific marine algae. She discovered over 200 seaweed species and her work is still influential today. adalovelaceday.subst...

Ada Lovelace Day is on Tuesday 14 October this year, which might seem like a long way away, but if you’re organising an indie event, it’s practically right round the corner. So why not start thinking about what you're doing to do for ALD and get organising!

Frances Wagner was one of the first women to carry out field research for the Geological Survey of Canada and became a distinguished expert in the use of micropaleontology to study marine geology. adalovelaceday.subst...

Nadine Caron is the first Canadian female general endocrine surgeon and graduate of medicine from British Columbia University who is of First Nations descent (Ojibway). She advocates for improved public health for First Nations communities. adalovelaceday.subst...

Celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, 14 Oct, this year by organising your own ALD event to support women in STEM. You can do anything – a talk, a networking event, a panel discussion, yarn bombing, cream teas, silent disco, Wikipedia edit-a-thon. The options are endless!