There are very few sciences Dr. Strasser hasn't studied, from mathematics to engineering and biology. Now she is the CSO of Pepper Bio, a drug discovery company that uses AI and other clever algorithms to treat patients more effectively. In short, Dr. Strasser is using her gifts to help others and it was inspiring and right-sizing to speak with such a humble trailblazer ..read more

Sarah Chapman is so much more than a chemist, especially thanks to her day job as an Application Engineering Technical Manager. Sarah has many strings to her bow and believes that we should all speak out, because we never know who we may inspire into STEM. Sarah's TED talk is amazing and I love her analogy that we are all streetlights and some of us stars, but we can all guide each other home ..read more

Shireen loves learning and helping other people to learn. She does this through illustration and for me is a perfect vision of someone who applies all her skills, talents and interests into one career. She is doing what it takes to create her dream job, merging creativity and tech ..read more

Ashley Van Bruygom is fast becoming one of the world’s experts on Hydrogen, a fuel which is set to become a major part of our future, particularly in aviation.  We talk about some of the myths and hopes for hydrogen and how she has carried herself along in engineering, a discipline that is still dominated by men.   ..read more

Khaoula has such a positive attitude towards equality and diversion in engineering. This comes from being in a nurturing work environment, where gender equality is encouraged and an openness to diversity is practiced. She also has healthy work/life boundaries, but this wasn't always the case. Khaoula approaches life with logic and rationality, all the things you would expect from a process engineer and she shares her wisdom with us on how to feel like and be an empowered women in STEM ..read more

Ujjwal Chahal is a data scientist stemming from an education in software engineering in India. Having qualified from Imperial College in London, she know analyses data to improve business. I got a chance to chat to her about her south east Asian roots and how that has affected her career path in a typically male dominated industry and get to learn a thing or two about standing strong in your own skin, after having been replanted away from your cultural roots ..read more

Chinwe Odili is originally a civil engineer now working in offshore. She has taken the time to really get to know herself and her heritage, which has given her the confidence to stand strong as an under represented person in her industry. There is clearly so much power in truly knowing yourself ..read more

Abby is pretty outstanding. So passionate about her research with many strings to her bow! It's inspiring to hear her focus and determination. She's certainly someone who works hard and takes none of her talents and skills for granted. In today's world where everything is about the surface, she's making a point of looking beyond what's superficial - and not just with turbine blades ..read more

Dr. Cat Gardner was a girl from Grimsby, who wasn't a straight A student, but now has a PhD in Physics and bags of experience to be able to command authority with her expertise amongst her 90% male-dominated team at Rolls-Royce. I'd say she's empowered. She opens up to us about her career journey and the personal development she has embarked upon to boost her confidence and pride in who she is today, because that didn't come with her achievements. Cat is completely lovely and really inspiring. Check this convo out ..read more

Fiyin is just starting out on her own career journey, but she is already helping other women in Nigeria through a charity she started, which provides them with access to further education after secondary school. In her short career in Finance, she has already learned so much about resilience, self-belief and determination and she shares all of that with us in this conversation ..read more