Swiss Female Scientists

We maintain a catalog of Swiss female scientists to commemorate their astounding achievements.

Martha Christina Lux-Steiner

Sofia Bosson 26/04/2024 20th Century, Physics

Martha Christina Lux-Steiner, (née Steiner; December 18, 1950, Bern), is a Swiss physicist. From 1995 to 2016 she was the […]

Viviane Baladi

Sofia Bosson 20th Century, Mathematics

Viviane Baladi (born 23 May 1963) is a mathematician who works as a director of research at the Centre national […]

Françoise Roch-Ramel

Sofia Bosson 20th Century, Pharmacology

Françoise Roch-Ramel (née Ramel; 20 September 1931 – 26 June 2001)[1] was a Swiss pharmacologist and a leading expert on […]

Marguerite-Isabelle Naville

Sofia Bosson 19th Century, Arts

Marguerite-Isabelle Naville (née de Pourtalès; 1852–1930) was a Swiss artist, photographer and writer. After marrying the Egyptologist Édouard Naville in […]

Gertrud Johanna Woker

Sofia Bosson 20th Century, Biochemistry

Gertrud Johanna Woker (16 December 1878 – 13 September 1968) was a Swiss suffragette, biochemist and toxicologist, and peace activist. […]

Ursula Röthlisberger

Sofia Bosson 21st Century, Chemistry

Ursula Röthlisberger is a professor of computational chemistry at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. She works on density functional theory […]

C. Marcella Carollo

Sofia Bosson 21st Century, Astronomy

C. Marcella Carollo worked as a professional astronomer for 25 years between 1994 and 2019. Her scientific career was ended […]

Min Li Marti

Sofia Bosson 21st Century, Sociology

Min Li Marti (born 1 June 1974 in Bern) is a Swiss sociologist, historian, publisher and politician of the Social […]

Gabriela Hug-Glanzmann

Sofia Bosson 21st Century, Electrical Engineering

Gabriela Hug-Glanzmann (born 1979)[1] is a Swiss electrical engineer and an associate professor and Principal Investigator of the Power Systems […]

Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka

Sofia Bosson 21st Century, Sociology

Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka (born: 20 July 1956) is a university professor in the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University, Germany.[1] She […]

Author: Sofia Bosson