Researchers selected for global women in STEMM leadership program

For the second year in a row, female researchers at Charles Sturt University have been selected for the transformative Homeward Bound leadership program. Dr Alexandra Knight and Jessica Leck from the Port Macquarie School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, along with Dr Juliette Tobias-Web from the Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Futures (AICF) Institute, are among the 108 women invited to join the global 2023 Homeward Bound Program, which will culminate in a research excursion to Antarctica in 2025.

To help fund her position in the program, Ms Leck is visiting schools across eastern NSW to increase awareness about STEMM pathways. “I am offering to visit each school twice: first to give a talk about myself and the program, the importance of diversity in STEMM, and what a career in STEMM can look like in a regional area; then, following my voyage to Antarctica, I will return to tell students about the trip and the inspiring stories of the women I met.”