Welcome to the UA Women in Physics & Astronomy group! We welcome all undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in physics, astronomy, and related STEM fields. Our goals are:
- to foster connections between undergraduates, graduate, and female physicists at all career stages;
- to encourage the participation, recruitment, and retention of women in physics;
- to explore opportunities for physicists in academia, K-12 education, and industry.
The faculty members involved in WiPA are:
- Preethi Nair – preethi.nair@ua.edu
- Dawn Williams – drwilliams3@ua.edu
- Jamileh Beik Mohammadi – jbeikmohammadi@ua.edu
- Marzieh Kavand – mkavand@ua.edu
- Adam Hauser – ahauser@ua.edu
Undergraduate/Graduate organizers are:
- President – Anja Lieb (UG)
- Vice President – Sofia McComack (UG)
- Secretary – Sidney Paden (UG)
- Treasurer – Toby Monroe (UG)
We encourage undergraduate and graduate students to become active participants and organizers of WiPA meetings. To find out more information or to be added to the email list, please email uawipa @ gmail.com
WiPA normally meets twice a month. The schedule for meetings for the current academic year is included below.
Schedule for 2025 – 2026
Meeting time: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays unless otherwise noted.
Room: GL 223 unless otherwise noted.
Refreshments including coffee, tea and snacks will be served.
Fall 2025
| Date | Topics/Agenda | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 09/03/25 | Welcome to WiPA – intro + organizational meeting | – |
| 09/25/25 | Career Workshop | – |
| 10/08/25 | Autumn Gathering Picnic | – |
| 10/19/25 | Girl Scout Outreach Event | – |
| 10/23/25 | Meeting with Colloquium Speaker | Dr. Angela Di Fulvio |
| 10/29/25 | Joint WiPA + SPS Halloween event | – |
| 11/19/25 | General Meeting | – |
| 12/03/25 | Study Break Meeting | – |
Spring 2026
| Date | Topics/Agenda | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | General Meeting | – |
| TBD | General Meeting | – |
| TBD | General Meeting | – |
| TBD | General Meeting | – |
| TBD | Research Panel | – |
Archive of previous WiPA meetings
Resources for Women in Physics
4000 Years of Women in Science
Did you know? Science is a traditional role for women. Dr. Deborah Crocker at The University of Alabama and Dr. Sethanne Howard retired from the US Naval Observatory are chronicling the contributions of all the wonderful women of our past at 4000 Years of Women in Science
20th Century Women in Physics (CWP)
For information on noted female physicists of the 20th century please visit UCLA’s CWP library.