LGBTQ STEM Berlin & Inclusion in Academia

Science with Milk, No Sugar

Happy Pride Month! This is our season finale episode - and it's a great one!
People who identify as LGBTQA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Asexual/ace and Queer) are leaking out of the scientific pipeline in similar ways to women & those from minority ethnic groups. STEM fields have lagged behind that of other previously white male-dominated professions in postindustrial societies.

LGBTQ+ STEM Berlin aims to increase the visibility of LGBTQ+ individuals in STEM & connect the community, starting with Berlin. Their group was born on July 5, 2019 & has been steadily growing ever since. People of all ages, backgrounds, origins, race, color, sexual orientations, and gender identity are welcome to join them: let us all be out and proud together! They're a part of the organizing collective behind the LGBTQ+ STEM Day.

During this episode, we discuss how (and why) LGBTQ+ STEM Berlin was founded & why it's important to have a safe community in academia.

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Jovan Dragelj obtained his Bachelor's & Master's of Science in Chemistry in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2019, he also finished a Ph.D. in (Computational) Chemistry at Freie Universität Berlin. Currently, he's working as a postdoc at Technische Universität & as a guest lecturer at Berliner Hochschule für Technik. His scientific focus is on biomolecules, exploring their functions in the virtual setting, and finding possible applications within the excellence cluster UniSySCat. While Jovan enjoys scientific work, LGBTQ+ rights are as important to him.

In addition to giving talks on this topic, he founded LGBTQ STEM Berlin in 2019, with a group of likely-minded individuals. They aim to increase the visibility of LGBTQ+ people in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields.

Charly Brinkmann received a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology from the University of St Andrews. Additionally, she completed a Master's in Food Security at the University of Glasgow in 2018 and started her Ph.D. in 2019 working on plant-pathogen interactions.

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