11.06.14
L'Oreal USA is recognizing 5 U.S. based female researchers for their contributions to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
The women are the recipients of the 2014 L'Oreal USA For Women in Science Fellowship. Recipients will receive $60,000 each for their postdoctoral research.
The fellows will be honored on November 13th, in front of government, community and STEM leaders. L'Oreal USA has also partnered with Teen Vogue and the National Girls Collaborative Project to sponsor 25 local young women interested in pursuing STEM careers to attend the event as special guests.
Kristina Schake, Chief Communications Officer at L'Oreal USA. commented:
”With a scientific workforce made up of more than 70 percent women, L'Oreal relies on the contributions women make in the STEM fields every single day. We are proud to celebrate the incredible accomplishments of these women and hope to inspire younger generations of girls to embrace STEM as a viable and attractive career option.”
The 2014 fellows are:
The women are the recipients of the 2014 L'Oreal USA For Women in Science Fellowship. Recipients will receive $60,000 each for their postdoctoral research.
The fellows will be honored on November 13th, in front of government, community and STEM leaders. L'Oreal USA has also partnered with Teen Vogue and the National Girls Collaborative Project to sponsor 25 local young women interested in pursuing STEM careers to attend the event as special guests.
Kristina Schake, Chief Communications Officer at L'Oreal USA. commented:
”With a scientific workforce made up of more than 70 percent women, L'Oreal relies on the contributions women make in the STEM fields every single day. We are proud to celebrate the incredible accomplishments of these women and hope to inspire younger generations of girls to embrace STEM as a viable and attractive career option.”
The 2014 fellows are:
- Katie Brenner, University of Wisconsin-Madison – A bioengineer who developed a technique to enable early diagnosis of neonatal infections.
- Livia S. Eberlin, Stanford University – A chemist who developed her own technique to more efficiently diagnose and evaluate cancer – a technique that's proving to be incredibly promising in a pilot program for gastric and other cancers.
- Jennifer Laaser, University of Minnesota – A physical chemist investigating how positively charged particles interact with negatively charged polymers like DNA. This research will impact future efforts to design gene therapies.
- Lauren O'Connell, Harvard University – A biologist studying poison dart frogs in the Amazon. This research that could lead to new biomedical discoveries and improved conservation.
- Sabrina Stierwalt, University of Virginia – An astrophysicist leading a multi-university team on ground-breaking research to understand how galaxies were formed.