WISC
Women & Inclusion in Supramolecular Chemistry
THE WISC BOARD
Meet the members of the Women In Supramolecular Chemistry Network
WISC'S HISTORY
Find out more about the history of WISC in our open access book Women in Supramolecular Chemistry: Collectively Crafting the Rhythms of Our Work and Lives in STEM and the timeline below
2025
December
WISC became the Women and Inclusion in Supramolecular Chemistry network to reflect that WISC not only supports women but also marginalised groups and those with caring responsibilities through its resources and Community Clusters
April
WISC's publication Being a First Generation University Graduate, the Impact on a Career in Science was published
2024
November
Vice Chair Claudia Caltagirone stepped down from the Board and joined the Advisory Board
September
WISC's book chapter in The Handbook of Creative Data Analysis was published
July
The Early Career Advisory Board was launched
March
Vice Chair Anna Slater stepped down from the Board and joined the Advisory Board
2023
September
WISC was awarded the Hildegard Hamm-Brücher Prize for Equal Opportunities in Chemistry by the German Chemical Society (GDCh) at the Wissenschaftsforum in Leipzig
Press release: https://en.gdch.de/gdch/prizes-and-awards/gdch-awards/hildegard-hamm-bruecher-prize.html.
Interview with WISC: https://www.chemistryviews.org/empowering-and-supporting-everybody/
Editorial: Women in Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC): An Area-Specific Network Calling in the Community for Support, Nachr. Chem., 2023, 71, 19-20. DOI: 10.1002/nadc.20234137447.
February
WISC's book chapter in Academic Women: Voicing Narratives of Gendered Experiences was published
January
It is the end of an era as WISC's first Chair Jennifer Hiscock steps down and moves to the Advisory Board, while Anna McConnell becomes WISC's new Chair
The article on Listening to Fathers in STEM was published
2022
October
The article on Planning a Family was published
May
WISC's open access book Women in Supramolecular Chemistry: Collectively Crafting the Rhythms of Our Work and Lives in STEM was published
February
WISC's publication Managing Research Throughout COVID-19: Lived Experiences of Supramolecular Chemists was published
The article on Pregnancy in the Lab was published
2021
March
WISC's first publication An Area-Specific, International Community-Led Approach to Understanding and Addressing Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Issues within Supramolecular Chemistry reporting the findings of its first survey was published
2020
November
The editorial for the Supramolecular Chemistry: Young Talents and their Mentors Special Collection was published
2019
December
WISC held its first event at the Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (MASC) conference
November 19
WISC officially launched!