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11 February: International Day of Women and Girls in Science

11 February 2026

11 February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The Institute of Physics celebrates and thanks its excellent female staff members!
Female IoP staff members

The image above shows a poster that can be found throughout the institute today, highlighting the female staff members at IoP and their fields of study.

Also, today two news items appear about research in which female researchers feature prominently:

Spherical assemblies of nanocrystals Research performed in the group of Noushine Shahidzadeh, with first author Tess Heeremans Rocket science? 3D printing soft matter in zero gravity An experiment of Olfa D'Angelo that was recently launched with the MAPHEUS-16 rocket