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Staff Profile: Vanda Grubisic - Moving Mountains at the University of Vienna

Posted by Julie Petro at Jul 13, 2009 03:55 PM |

Staff Profile: Vanda Grubisic - Moving Mountains at the University of Vienna

Meteorologist Vanda Grubišic is the first woman Full Professor at the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics at the University of Vienna.

EOL Affiliate Scientist Vanda Grubišic is a female pioneer. She the first woman Full Professor of the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics at the University of Vienna: "That is a great honour and a great responsibility", she says. Grubišic's new position, which she has had since February 2009, is a remarkable achievement for the female academic community, but it also points out how small the number of women scientists who climb the ladder still is. As far as the geosciences are concerned, "one of the reasons for this shortage of women is that the geosciences involve a large amount of fieldwork", Grubišic notes. "And as everyone who has done fieldwork knows well: it is hard to juggle fieldwork and family obligations, - doubly so for women scientists."

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