Day 192/365: Hashtag Not All Men

[nanila]

Four Imperial College physicists were awarded medals by the Institute of Physics recently. You can read about it in full here. Below are the quotes from the prize winners. The emphasis is mine.

Prof Dougherty, winner of the Richard Glazebrook Medal and Prize, also my Big Boss: "It is a great privilege to be given this award for essentially doing my job, none of which would have been possible without the great people I have worked with over the years."

Prof Sutton, winner of the David Tabor Medal and Prize: "I am delighted to receive the Tabor medal and prize from the IOP. David Tabor was a giant in the physics of surfaces and interfaces and it is a great honour for me to receive this award."

Prof Stevens, winner of the Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize: "This award recognises the hard work of my fantastic team of postdocs and students and the terrific contributions that they have made to new platforms of designer materials for biomedical applications."

Dr Wade, winner of the Daphne Jackson Medal and Prize: "This isn’t really a prize for me, but a prize for Imperial - I’ve grown up at Imperial, fallen in love with physics at Imperial and realised the importance of sharing my enthusiasm with others at Imperial.

"I have been privileged to be involved with Imperial’s public engagement activities both on and off campus - the incredible festival, the schools workshops and the awesome work of Priya and the White City team - and can safely say they’ve inspired me to keep speaking about science even when I’m outside the lab."

Three women. One man. No prizes for guessing which one of these statements came from the dude.

If anyone wants to sit with me and my sardonic expression, quietly being disappointed but not surprised, you're most welcome.

Comments

[pax_athena]

Will you believe me if I tell you that by the time I read the second quote I was wondering whether you are going to ask whom of the winners we think were female and who not?
And I bet that 80% of the guys in the field would not be able to see; not even the nice ones ...

[nanila]

I will believe you 100%.

[magister]

Just to reassure myself - it's Sutton?

[nanila]

Yep. You can see their photos in the article.

[azurelunatic]

That was me, too.

[pax_athena]

:(
(:( About the general state of the world that makes us recognize this that easily, not about your comment ...)

[ironed_orchid]

Same.

[hamsterwoman]

Same :/

[cmcmck]

You are not alone.

Sigh :o(

[redsixwing]

*sings* One of these things is not like the others~

[uninvitedcat]

::quietly sits next to you::

[fauxklore]

Ah, but he is a professor of nanotechnology. So it's no wonder he is small-minded.

[hilarita]

:)

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[omnipotent]

[kotturinn]

👏👏👏👏

[st_aurafina]

*applauds*

[soliano]

Most men are arrogant sods. Or at least unthinking and lacking in empathy.

[omnipotent]

Way to drop the ball there, Prof Sutton. [insert side-eye here]

Additional congrats to Prof Dougherty on receiving the CBE!

[worlds_of_smoke]

Ah, yes. Those magical people who don't need underlings to do shit.

[pbristow]

And the prize for... hang on... [SQUINTS OVER TOP OF SPECS TO READ PLAQUE] ... 'Most Uniquely Individual Contribution to the Field of Not Knowing How to Spell "TEAM"', goes to...

=:o?

[silveradept]

I think I can sit and give the stink-eye to the professor that is very clearly not giving credit to all the people that helped them out.

[ljravengirl]

LOL LOL LOL!!!! But I want a priiiiiize!! Shit man. Life is just so... same as it ever was in many ways. hahaha! This made me laugh. Thank you.