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Women in Geodesy: Anny Cazenave

Rebekka Steffen, Öykü Koç and Andreas Kvas March 2, 2023

Figure courtesy: Öykü Koç

After introducing famous women in the history of Geodesy last month, we now turn to influential women in Geodesy who have received the prestigious Vening-Meinesz medal of the EGU. We have asked the first female receipient of the Vening-Meinesz medal, Anny Cazenave, about her view and story of being a women in science. She gave us inspiring answers to our questions. Would you like to ...[Read More]

Women in the History of Geodesy

Öykü Koç and edited by Rebekka Steffen February 8, 2023

When we look at the history of science, we mostly see male presence in inventions and discoveries. However, this is not actually a true representation of scientific history. A lot of fundamental aspects/parts of science were discovered by female scientists such as Caroline Herschel, Ada Lovelace, Alice Ball, Marie Curie, Chien-Shiung Wu, Grace Hopper and many others. These names are some of the mo ...[Read More]

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Welcome to the blog of the Geodesy Division of the European Geosciences Union. The blog serves to keep you posted on current research, news from the division and interesting geodesy-related topics in general. It will also give room to feature young (early-career) scientists and their science. An enthusiastic team of (Early Career) Scientists (ECS) runs the blog. Are you interested in writing a blog entry or learning more about the ECS activities of the geodesy division? Please get in touch with the Editor-in-Chief, Rebekka Steffen, or the ECS Geodesy (G) Representative Öykü Koç and ECS G Co-Representative Marius Schlaak.