Celebrating International Women's Day 2024
We are proud to celebrate International Women’s Day by showcasing the work of inspirational women and women teams in our department, who champion great science, great education, leadership and gender equality.
Core DLT
We are proud that women make up the majority of the Biosciences core Department Leadership Team.
Women in our Department lead as Director of Research and Impact (Associate Prof Eduarda Santos), Deputy Director of Research and Impacts (Associate Prof Lucy Hawkes), Co-Director of Education and Student Experience (Dr Katie Solomon), Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (Dr Orly Razgour), Department Manager (Dr Vicky Jackson) and Technical Operations Manager (Dagmara Kolak).
Plastic Pollution Science to Solutions project team
The Plastic Pollution Science to Solutions project team is a women-led team carrying out world-leading research with direct conservation impacts.
This international team is led from the front by Prof Tamara Galloway and Associate Prof Ceri Lewis, and includes leading postgraduate researchers: Georgie Savage, Daniela Flor Cevallos, Lara Pinheiro and Andrea Osorio Baquero.
Dr Sally Rogers
Dr Sally Rogers led the First year Genetics Teaching Team in designing Smart Worksheet to support Statistics and Data Analysis. Over 350 students benefitted from this innovation with student attainment increasing.
The Team was awarded a Teaching Innovation Award for this project.
Dr Yusra Siddiqui
Dr Yusra Siddiqui has recently joined the Department and is the Academic lead for student support (Racial, Equality and Inclusion).
Yusra’s interests include prostate cancer biology, digital pedagogy, inclusive education and decolonisation of Biosciences.
Associate Professor Alison Hill
Associate Professor Alison Hill is an inspirational educator, always going above and beyond her teaching remit.
Alison leads the successful MSc/MRes Advanced Biological Sciences programme and has developed important award-winning marking tools.
Dr Sophie Nedelec
Dr Sophie Nedelec is a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow researching the bioacoustics of coral reef resilience.
Sophie leads and promotes sustainability efforts in Biosciences, having led the Sustainability Committee for 4 years.
Dr Seána Duggan
Dr Seána Duggan is an independent Early Career Fellow at the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology researching fungal-bacterial co-infections.
Seána is a fantastic role model, excellent mentor and leader in science, and provides invaluable support, teaching and advice to postgraduate researchers.
Daniela Flor Cevallos
Daniela Flor Cevallos, originally from Quito in Ecuador, is an Industrial Ecologist who has been pioneering work on systems mapping of plastics flow and developing novel Circular Economy approaches to reducing the plastic pollution in Galapagos.
Daniela juggles this ground-breaking research with being a mum and is a huge role model for working parents.
Gemma Sutton
Gemma Sutton, a Postgraduate Researcher in Biosciences, headed the LSI (Living Systems Institute) PhD student committee and spearheaded the first-ever LSI PhD day, with a clear vision for a more inclusive research environment.
Gemma revitalised the monthly PhD seminar series, organised events to ensure that PhD students felt connected and supported during the pandemic and has fostered a truly inclusive research culture for all students.
Dr Karen Leslie
Dr Karen Leslie is the Laboratories Manager for Hatherly and Washington Singer Buildings.
Karen is devoted to finding the perfect solution to every task, has an incredible work ethic and has supported her team through creating a space where everyone feels safe to talk to her about anything.
Dr Sarah Donovan
Dr Sarah Donovan, the Research Development Manager for Biosciences, has been instrumental in supporting fellowship and grant applications in the Department.
Sarah’s exceptional support has contributed to the high success rates of independent Fellowship applications.
Associate Professor Alex Brand
Associate Professor Alex Brand leads the Exeter Fellows network and supports Early Career Researchers in the Department in their fellowship applications.
Alex provides valuable career development advice and helps other women up the career ladder.
