Sigrid Schmitz facts for kids

Sigrid Schmitz was born in 1961 in Aachen, Germany. She is a German scientist and professor who studies how gender and science are connected.

She works as a visiting professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Before that, she led a special office for gender research at the University of Vienna. She is also part of a group called The NeuroGenderings Network. This group looks at how our brains are studied and how gender plays a role in that research.

Her Education

Sigrid Schmitz studied biology and earned her PhD in 1992. A PhD is a very high university degree. She got it from the Department of Biology at the University of Marburg.

Her studies focused on something called behavioral physiology. This is a field that looks at how animals behave and how their bodies work. For her PhD, she studied how wild ducks and farm ducks learn differently.

What She Researches

Sigrid Schmitz's main work is in an area called gender and science technology studies. This means she looks at how ideas about gender affect scientific research and new technologies.

She is especially interested in brain sciences. She studies how our brains are understood and how ideas about gender might influence this understanding. She also looks at "neurocultures," which means how brain science affects our society and daily lives.

Her research helps us think critically about how science is done. It makes sure that studies about the brain and human behavior are fair and include everyone.

See Also

• Cognitive neuroscience
• Gender essentialism
• Neuroscience of sex differences