Mathematics

Only two women have won the prestigious award in Mathematics. While Maryam Mirzakhani received the Fields Medal in 2014, Karen Uhlenbeck won the Abel Prize in 2019.

Physics

Five women have won the Nobel Prize in Physics: Marie Curie (1903), Maria Goeppert Mayer (1963), Donna Strickland (2018), Andrea Ghez (2020), and Anne L'Huillier (2023). Maria Curie was the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice in physics and chemistry. She is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields.

Chemistry

Seven women have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Marie Curie (1911), Irène Joliot-Curie (1935), Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1964), Maria Goeppert Mayer (1963), Ada Yonath (2009), Frances Arnold (2018), Emmanuelle Charpentier (2020), and Carolyn Bertozzi (2022).

Medicine

Katalin Karikó (2023), Tu Youyou (2015), May-Britt Moser (2014), Elizabeth H. Françoise Barré Sinoussi (2008), Linda B. Buck (2004), Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1995), Gertrude B. Elion (1998), Rita Levi-Montalcini (1986), Barbara McClintock (1983), Rosalyn Yalow (1977), and Gerty Cori (1947).

Vibrant Online Community

Our online community knows no boundaries in connecting vibrant women in STEM all over the world. We are gaining strength each day by growing our presence online.

SHEFORSTEM in Action

Our actions speak louder than words promoting women in STEM through events, networking, partnerships, collaborations, and leadership programs.

Startup Incubators

Our events nurture and nourish innovative and novice ideas in STEM to ignite start-ups to generate jobs, revenue, and sustainable growth through mentoring and upskilling.

Mentoring and Training

Our events unlock innumerable opportunities for women to get inspired and inspire the next generation through mentoring, training, and skills upgrading.

Our Team

We are a diverse team of experts representing academia, research, industry, and training in STEM from all over the world, particularly from the US, UK, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. We would like to see more women in our events, tradeshows, and taking leadership roles in STEM and guide more young women to secure scholarships, grants, internships, jobs, and entrepreneurial opportunities through referral programs, academic exchange programs, mentoring, upskilling, and leadership programs through SHEFORSTEM events, tradeshows, exhibitions, workshops, and STEM conferences globally.

Transparency

We are committed to remain transparent in our actions by clearly stating our policies governing our conferences and events for women in STEM.