The Visible Hero: Breaking Down Barriers
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Last Updated: February 13, 2020
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Rebecca Corkill, PhD
Beccy is a senior custom content producer at IFLS. Before joining IFLS, she was a scientific content creator at Technology Networks, and the sister publication, Analytical Cannabis. She holds a PhD in biological sciences from the University of East Anglia.
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Tiffany Quinn
After obtaining a bachelor in neuroscience from the University of Leeds, Tiffany joined Technology Networks to pursue a career in science communication as a custom content producer and manager. She has helped grow the company’s custom content services through creating high-quality and engaging content for client’s target audiences. Tiffany left TN in 2023 to pursue other career goals.
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Unconscious gender bias is an important issue for women working in STEM professions. One of the most important methods to fight against this is to promote female scientists.
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- The impact of unconscious bias on women in STEM
- Global schemes that celebrate women working in science
Meet the Authors
As a creative content producer, Beccy worked on high-quality and engaging client projects and Technology Network projects, such as The Scientific Observer. Before joining Technology Networks in 2020, she completed a PhD from the University of East Anglia and spent 4 years looking into the sex determination genes of Bemisia tabaci – an invasive insect pest – for potential candidates of genetic insect control. Before that she completed a masters at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in Molecular Biology of Parasites and Disease Vectors and a bachelors in Human Biology and Forensic Science. Beccy now works for IFLS as the publication's senior custom content producer.
After obtaining a bachelor in neuroscience from the University of Leeds, Tiffany joined Technology Networks to pursue a career in science communication as a custom content producer and manager. She has helped grow the company’s custom content services through creating high-quality and engaging content for client’s target audiences. Tiffany left TN in 2023 to pursue other career goals.
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