Girls just want to have sun!
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Glasgow University student has her report on coronal dimming in the sun published
Emily Thomson is a 20-year-old who undertook an internship on solar physics at the University of Glasgow, resulting in her paper being published.
Her report is a new discovery within the field making her research an important find.
She is also a committee member in the Glasgow University Women in STEM group and hopes her success will inspire others to go for similar opportunities.
The young ladies meet up to study together with their own pink ‘Women in STEM’ tote bags and stickers.
The club celebrates everything great about being a woman who works within Science, technology, engineering and maths.
Elise Graham is the President of the society and expressed her pride for her colleague.
She said: “The way Emily has done her research is amazing and her internship is fantastic.
“Being able to highlight she has done that is unbelievable.
“Especially on the paper, Emily is the first author which basically means she did the most work which is very rare in STEM for someone so young!
“For us being able to publish that as well- we have someone on our committee who has written a paper, it will inspire other people as well.”
The society plan academic events like outreach projects and STEM workshops with primary schools.
They also organise pub crawls for the members to socialise, network, and encourage each other as women in a male-dominated field.
Miss Thomson was overjoyed to learn her paper had been published as this is uncommon for undergraduate students.
She is currently applying for postgraduate programs within physics and astronomy to continue her studies.
In September she presented her work at the Women in STEM University of Glasgow conference titled “Girl Boss Too Close To The Sun.”
This presentation allowed her peers to become inspired and celebrate an accomplishment by a young woman in STEM.
For more information about the society visit: Women in STEM University of Glasgow | Facebook
