More women in STEM will make the difference

When Dr Jessica Allen was an undergraduate in an engineering
degree at university, she never imagined she’d have a career in
academia.


As she tells Kate Mills in the latest episode of The
Leadership Lessons, she never had a female lecturer, so it was
hard to see herself in that kind of role.


 “I think partly because I didn’t have any female lecturers.
I didn’t see any female leaders in engineering, so I never
thought I would actually end up as a lecturer.”


Years later, Dr Allen, who has a multidisciplinary background as
an electrochemist and engineer, is now a lecturer in the school
of engineering at The University of Newcastle. She’s a recognised
expert in carbon capture and utilisation, and her research is
currently focused on a carbon negative manufacturing process,
driven by renewables.


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