Londa L. Schiebinger

Noted for studies of gender in science, medicine, and technology. Her classic The Mind has no Sex? (1989) focused on the history of women and gender in the scientific revolution. Recent work, Nature's Body (1993) and Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World (2004), altered thinking about the role of gender in the history of life sciences, won numerous prizes. Addressed the United Nations on the topic of “Gender, Science, and Technology” in 2011 and again in 2014. Currently directs the EU/US Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment Project which has led to invitations to join international policy panels. Won numerous awards, including the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and Interdisciplinary Leadership Award, Stanford Medical School. Served as director of the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research (2004-2010). Strong advocate for policy change to integrate state-of-the-art methods of gender analysis into basic and applied research to enhance reproducibility and excellence in science.