Jess Wade facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Jess Wade
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Jess Wade in 2017
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Jessica Alice Feinmann Wade
October 1988 (age 36) Manchester, England
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| Education | South Hampstead High School Chelsea College of Arts |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London (MSc, PhD) |
| Known for | Plastic electronics Public engagement WISE Campaigning |
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| Fields | Materials science Chiral materials Circular polarisation |
| Institutions | Imperial College London |
| Thesis | Nanometrology for controlling and probing organic semiconductors and devices (2016) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ji-Seon Kim |
Jessica Alice Feinmann Wade (born October 1988) is a British physicist who works at Imperial College London. She studies special materials called polymers that can be used in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). These are like tiny lights used in screens.
Jess Wade also works hard to help more people get involved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). She especially wants to support women in physics. She also tries to fix unfairness, like when certain groups of people are not shown enough in science.
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Her Early Life and School
Jess Wade grew up in a family of doctors. Her grandfather was also a doctor from Manchester.
She went to South Hampstead High School and finished in 2007. After that, she studied art and design for a bit. Then, she went to Imperial College London to study physics. She earned her master's degree in physics in 2012.
Jess Wade continued her studies at Imperial College. She earned her PhD in physics in 2016. Her research was about very tiny measurements in materials called organic semiconductors.
What She Studies as a Scientist
Jess Wade is interested in materials science. This is about studying how different materials work. She looks at special materials called chiral materials and how they interact with light.
As of 2020, Jess Wade is a researcher at Imperial College London. She works on plastic electronics. This means she helps create and study thin films made from light-emitting polymers. These materials are used to make flexible screens and lights.
She and her team have found new ways to arrange chiral materials. This could help create new technologies that use light in special ways.
Helping More Girls in Science
Jess Wade does a lot to encourage more girls and women to join STEM fields. She has traveled to the United States to share ideas about women in science. She also worked with groups like the WISE Campaign and the Women's Engineering Society.
She believes that money spent on encouraging girls in science should be used wisely. She thinks it's important to show that science is for everyone, not just a few.
Jess Wade helps organize events for girls at Imperial College London. She has received money from different science groups to do this. In 2015, she won a science competition called I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here!. She used her prize money to run a special science day for girls.
She has also written a children's book called Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small. The book teaches kids about tiny materials and nanoscience.
Jess Wade also works with different science committees. She wants to make sure that science is fair and open for everyone. She has been featured in many news outlets like the BBC and Nature for her work.
Making Wikipedia Better
Jess Wade has done a lot to improve Wikipedia. She helps create new articles about important female scientists and engineers. She wants to make sure that these women get the recognition they deserve. This helps to show young people more role models in science.
As of February 2024, she has written over 2,100 biographies on Wikipedia. These articles help to make sure that the achievements of women in STEM are known.
In 2019, Jess Wade wrote an article for The Washington Post. It talked about how important it is to celebrate women's contributions to science. She highlighted how social media and Wikipedia can help share these stories.
Awards and Recognition
Jess Wade has received many awards for her work in science and for promoting diversity.
- In 2015, she won the Institute of Physics Early Career Physics Communicator Prize.
- In 2016, she received the Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal and Prize for Women in Physics.
- In 2017, she won the Robert Perrin Award for Materials Science. She also received Imperial College's Julia Higgins Medal for her work on gender equality.
- In 2018, she won the Daphne Jackson Medal and Prize. She was also named one of Nature's 10 important people in science that year.
- She received an honorable mention for the Wikimedian of the Year award. The next year, she was chosen as Wikimedian of the Year by Wikimedia UK.
- In 2019, she was given the British Empire Medal (BEM) by the Queen. This was for her work to help gender diversity in science.
- She was also named one of the "Most Influential Women in UK Tech" by Computer Weekly.
- Casio even put her picture on a scientific calculator in Spain! This was part of a series celebrating famous female scientists.
- In 2024, she received a Royal Society University Research Fellowship and the Rosalind Franklin Award. These awards recognize her achievements in materials science and her plans to support other women scientists.
See also
In Spanish: Jess Wade para niños
