Committees

IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics

 

Dr. Marcia C. Barbosa, Brazil, chair

Prof. Aba Andam, Ghana

Prof. Anne Borg, Norway

Dr. Kwang-Hwa Chung, Korea

Dr. Julie Corbett , UK

Prof. Martial Ducloy, France

Prof. Hidetoshi Fukuyama, Japan

Dr. Katharine Gebbie, USA

Dr. Beverly Hartline, USA

Dr. Barbara Sandow, Germany

Prof. Sumathi Rao , India

Prof. Ling-An Wu, China

Dr. Judy R. Franz, USA, IUPAP Liaison

 

Organizing Commitee

 

Prof. Elisa Baggio Saitovitch, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, chair

Prof. Marcia Barbosa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Prof. Thaisa Bergman, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Prof. Marilia Caldas, Universidade de São Paulo

Prof. Regina Pinto Carvalho, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Prof. Solange Cavalcanti, Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Prof. Magda Fontes, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas

Prof. Andrea Latge, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Prof. Rita Zorzenon, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

 

Team Leaders

 

Prof. Antoneta Deda, Albania

Prof. Silvina Ponce Dawson, Argentina

Dr. Alita Danagulyan, Armenia

Dr Manjula Sharma, Australia

Prof. Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl , Austria

Dr. Larissa Petrovna Svirina, Belarus

Dr. Viviane Pierrard, Belgium

Prof. S. F. Mpuchane, Botswana

Prof. Marilia J. Caldas, Brazil

Prof. A. Proykova , Bulgaria

Dr. Ndukong Tata Gerard, Cameroon

Dr. Janis McKenna , Canada

Dr. Dora Altbir, Chile

Prof. Ling-An Wu ,China-Beijing

Dr. Ming-Fong Tai, China-Taiwan

Dr. Angela Camacho Beltran, Colombia

Prof. Vjera Lopac , Croacia

Dr. Lillian Alvarez , Cuba

Dr. Raji Heyrovska, Czech Republic

Dr. Anja Andersen , Denmark

Prof. Karimat Mahmoud El-Sayed , Egypt

Ms. Helle Kaasik , Estonia

Prof. Helena Aksela , Finland

Prof. Claudine Hermann , France

Dr. Barbara Sandow, Germany

Prof.Christine Kourkoumelis , Greece

Dr. Aba Andam, Guana

Prof. Judit Nemeth, Hungary

Prof. Sumathi Rao, India

Dr. Wiwik S. Subowo,Indonesia

Dr. Azam Iraji-zad , Iran

Dr. Eilish McLoughlin ,Ireland

Prof.Itzhak Tserruya ,Israel

Prof. Kashiko Kodate,Japan

Dr. Ruth Wabwile , Kenya

Dr.Young-Ah Park , Korea

Dr. Erna Karule Latvia

Dr. Alicija Kupliauskiene, Lithuania

Prof Dr Azni Zain Ahmed , Malaysia

Dr. Lilia Meza Montes, Mexico

Dr. Helene M. van Pinxteren , Netherlands

Dr Jenni Adams, New Zealand

Dr. Ibiyinka A. Fuwape, Nigeria

Dr. Ashild Fredriksen, Norway

Prof. Khalid Rashid, Pakistan

Lic. Maria Luisa Ceron Loayza , Peru

Prof. Krystyna Lawniczak-Jablonska, Poland

Dr. Ana Maria Eiro, Portugal

Dr. Anca Visinescu, Romania

Dr. Nelly Didenko, Russia

Dr. Arame Boye Faye , Senegal

Dr. Eva Majkova, Slovak Republic

Dr. Maja Remskar, Slovenia

Nnenesia Kgabi , South Africa

Dr.Pilar Lopez Sancho , Spain

Prof. Osman Mai Eltag Mohamed , Sudan

Prof. Stacey Sorensen , Sweden

Prof. Iris Zschokke , Switzerland

Dr. Margaret E. Samiji , Tanzania

Dr. Zohra Ben Lakhdar , Tunisia

Dr. Zaziye Ugur, Turkey

Dr. Oksana Patsahan, Ukraine

Prof. J. Yeomans , United Kingdom

Dr. Kimberly Budil and Dr. Apriel Hodari, United States

Dr. Erna M. Frins , Uruguay

Prof. Ulmas Gafurov ,Uzbekistan

Prof. Mirjana Popovic-Bozic , Yugoslavia

Dr. Sekai Shambira., Zimbabwe

 

 

 

Topic Committees

Topic 1. Attracting Girls into Physics: Stereotypes, Role Models, Schools, Teachers.
Dr. Anne Borg, Norway
Dr. Kimberly Budil, USA
Dr. Martial Ducloy, France
Dr. Janis McKenna, Canada


Topic 2. Lauching a Successful Physics Career: Mentoring, Evaluation, Different Career Path, Visibility, Getting a Reputation.
Dr. Julie Corbett , UK
Dr. Raji Heyrovska, Czech Republic
Dr. Lilia Meza Montes, Mexico
Dr. Sumathi Rao, India


Topic 3. Getting Women into the Physics Leadership Structure Nationally and Internationally.
Dr. Katharine Gebbie, USA
Dr. Lilliam Alvarez Diaz, Cuba
Dr. Elvira Williams, USA
Dr. Karimat El Said, Egypt

Topic 4. Improving the Institutional Structure and Climate for Women in Physics - working conditions, drop out in the career.
Dr. Beverly Hartline, USA
Dr Manjula Sharma, Australia
Dr. Zaziye Ugur, Turkey
Dr. Rita Zorzenon, Brazil

Topic 5. Learning from Regional Differences: North/South of Europe, Asia, Latin America, USA.
Dr. Solange Cavalcanti, Brazil
Dr. Luz J. Martinez-Miranda, USA
Dr. Margaret E. Samiji, Tanzania
Dr. Ling-An Wu, China

Topic 6. Balancing Family and Career.
Dr. Aba Andam, Ghana
Dr. Silvina Ponce Dawson
Dr. Barbara Sandow, Germany
Ms. Renee Horton, USA