An image showing a mosaic of the 10 winners of our awards.

Pride in STEM is 10 this month, and we are so proud to celebrate these 10 change-makers who were proposed and voted in by the community.

Read about their work, their impact, and their commitment to improving the lives of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM and beyond, here:

prideinstem.org/2026/04/01/t...

Firms with more women in top roles more likely to dismiss abusive men, study finds IFS analysis also finds male-managed companies were more likely to have victim of abuse leave company

Women managers take abuse allegations more seriously than men. Does that surprise me? Sadly, not really www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Building a future tech sector that works for everyone Women In Tech Taskforce are seeking evidence on the interventions needed to help build a tech sector that works for everyone.

Women In Tech Taskforce are seeking evidence on the interventions needed to help build a tech sector that works for everyone. (I'm late to this but important to spread the word) #womeninstem #womenintech www.gov.uk/government/c...

Vortex Dynamics in Ultracold Quantum Mixtures at University of Strathclyde on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Vortex Dynamics in Ultracold Quantum Mixtures at University of Strathclyde, listed on FindAPhD.com

There is a new PhD opportunity in my group to study vortex dynamics in ultracold quantum mixtures. Get in touch if you want to play with lasers, build contraptions, and explore quantum systems on the macroscale.

More info here: bit.ly/VortexDynami...
Also: eqop.phys.strath.ac.uk/vsf-projects...

An ultra-high-vacuum chamber sitting on an optical table in a physics lab. The chamber is attached to a turbo pump and has been completely covered in aluminium foil for insulation during the bakeout.

An ultra-high-vacuum chamber made of steel and glass, sitting on an optical table in a physics laboratory.

Our space potato (aka the vacuum chamber) is toasty! Currently baking gently.

Ooh, shiny!

A black and white kitten looks towards the camera. She has a green ribbon that says ADVANCING PHYSICS.

Fishnish is campaigning to be the lab mascot.

the ugly side: I also heard first-hand the detrimental effects of the current administration's attacks on universities and research culture, and their de-funding of diversity initiatives like Cu*IP (APS Conferences for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics).

Kali stands in front of a large tree. She is looking upwards, at the top of the tree that is well out of the frame of the photo.

I recently enjoyed a trip to the US Pacific Northwest. Lots of excellent physics conversations at DAMOP2025 in Portland, and a focused workshop on compressible turbulence at the UW's Institute for Nuclear Theory in Seattle. Of course I also took some time to walk in an old-growth forest!

One more week to apply! bit.ly/PDRAQuantumMixtures Come join us in Glasgow...lasers, superfluids, friendly co-workers, good coffee...what's not to like @physicsstrath.bsky.social

Add me please? I am an experimental physicist at the University of Strathclyde eqop.phys.strath.ac.uk/author/dr-ka...

We are hiring! I have an open postdoc position in my research group. More details here: bit.ly/PDRAQuantumMixtures

View of vacuum chamber showing AR coated windows.

Now with windows...

An octagonal steel vacuum chamber under construction in an atomic physics lab.

Our vacuum build has begun!

The Watcher beside Basilica of San Lorenzo - sculpture of a naked man with head tilted to the sky and pillars extending from his eyes skywards.

Korf17 in piazza del Duomo - a pair of statues of naked men wearing goggles and looking upwards.

Caught a few unexpected statues in Florence. I feel like these could spice up my next laser safety seminar.

The LGBTQ+ STEM Day logo (a stylized atom with the rainbow colors featuring in the external overlaps of the orbital ellipses) followed by LGBTQ+ STEM Day - and below the two versions of the hashtag #LGBTSTEMDAY or # LGBTQSTEMDAY and in between it’s written November 18. The background is a rainbow palette with a faint lattice structure.

Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM #LGBTQSTEMDay to all the brilliant folks in our community!

And here in the UK, it’s the 20th anniversary of the repeal of Section 28 so join us in saying #NeverAgain to state sanction bullying and ignorance.

#HiSciSky I'm a queer physicist studying the collective behavior of quantum particles (aka schools of quantum 🐟) with dilute-gas superfluids. Currently building an ultracold atom experiment from scratch. Also interested in best-practice for improving EDI in physics. #LGBTQSTEM #Physics #WomenInSTEM