The Women in Materials Science & Engineering Breakfast is held at each MRS Spring and Fall Meeting.

Join us during this Fall Meeting for a panel discussion on The "Leaky Pipeline" of Women in Science: Does it leak more in your country than in others?

A recent letter to Nature regarding the "leaking pipe" phenomenon, in which a disproportionate number of women leave the sciences at each career stage, indicates that the pipelines in some countries "leak" women scientists less than in others. Is this really the case, and if so, why?

A panel of eminent women in materials science, with working experience on three continents, will lead an open discussion of this phenomenon, and how the Materials Research Society can help.

Please read the article and join us for breakfast with your opinions and suggestions.

Panelists

• Debra R. Rolison, Naval Research Laboratory
• Huifang Lang, Aldrich Chemical Company
  • Lang graduated from Nankai University, China with a BS and MS in organic chemistry Before pursuing her PhD studies, she worked as a manager for the Chinese Ministry of Chemical Engineering's Chemical Product and Technology Department. She received her PhD in organometallic chemistry from the National University of Singapore, Singapore. After receiving her PhD, she did postdoctoral research in inorganic cluster materials at Purdue University and in nanomaterial science at Trinity University . Lang currently works in Sigma-Aldrich Company's R&D Department as a research scientist for new products.
• Suzi Jarvis, Trinity College, Irelan
  • Jarvis graduated from the University of Oxford with a BA in physics and a Kodak-sponsored PhD in materials. This was followed by postdoctoral fellowships in Japan at the Joint Research Center for Atom Technology, Tsukuba, before she moved on to a permanent post at the Nanotechnology Research Institute, also in Tsukuba. Jarvis became a Science Foundation Ireland Principal Investigator at Trinity College Dublin in July, 2002.
• Moderator-Sandra Yulke, Yale University