I’m a physicist, and we need more girls - Education Review

I’m a physicist, and we need more girls - Education Review

I was extremely lucky to grow up with a role model in my own home. My mother was a physics teacher in the local school and she used to bring her physics textbooks home. As I flicked through them, my interest in physics was ignited. Later, I attended a public talk by a famous Italian physicist which set me on a pathway towards a career in physics. It is a career that has taken me around the world and led me to join a team of researchers who disco…