Do you ever feel in a strange position because you’re a woman in a male-dominated field?
It’s more the reaction of other people. When I say, “I’m a scientist,” you can see them blinking. I did an outreach event at a school in Camden, where I dressed up as a scientist and explained the whole point of science and a girl said to me, “Wow — you’re a woman and you’re a scientist!” And that’s in London.
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