Aggressive scientist or an assertive professional? In the field of material engineering, the label you receive can depend on your gender. For Dr Noushin Nasiri, this has made her more determined to break down gender barriers for future generations.Dr Nasiri is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UTS,  and the Institute for Biomedical Materials & Devices (IBMD).

Equal Futures - Stories of women in STEMM at UTS

Dr Noushin Nasiri - Disrupting gender labels

In all areas of science and discovery, there are women working on acquiring new knowledge and solving problems. But even in 2018, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) suffer from a lack of women representation. The experiences of women working in these fields often remain unheard in industries still just beginning to navigate their way out of an established male-dominated culture. In this series brought to you by the UTS Athena SWAN pilot, early and mid-career women researchers share their personal stories and insights. Raising their voices to highlight the diversity and the common ground of being women in STEMM.

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Equal Futures - Stories of women in STEMM at UTS