Swiss Female Scientists

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

Marguerite Gertrud Anna Henrici

Sofia Bosson 22/04/2024 20th Century, Biology, Physiology

Marguerite Gertrud Anna Henrici (22 February 1892, Basle, Switzerland – 28 July 1971, Bloemfontein, South Africa) was a Swiss-born South […]

Sophie Schwartz

Sofia Bosson 21/04/2024 21st Century, Neuroscience

Sophie Schwartz is a Swiss neuroscientist who is a professor at the University of Geneva. She studies the neural mechanisms […]

Ruth Lüthi

Sofia Bosson 20/04/2024 20th Century, Politics

Ruth Lüthi (née: Affolter; born 1947) is a Swiss academic and a former politician. She was a member of the […]

Anna Maurizio

Sofia Bosson 20th Century, Biology

Anna Maurizio (26 November 1900[1][2][3] – 24 July 1993)[4] was a Swiss biologist who studied bees. She worked for more […]

Catherine Kousmine

Sofia Bosson 20th Century, Biology

Catherine Kousmine (17 September 1904 in Hvalynsky, Russia – 24 August 1992 in Lutry, Switzerland) was a Russian physician who […]

Marguerite Augusta Gautier-van Berchem

Sofia Bosson 17/04/2024 20th Century, Archaeology

Marguerite Augusta Gautier-van Berchem (born Marguerite Augusta Berthout van Berchem; 11 April 1892 – 23 January 1984) was a Swiss […]

Claudia R. Binder

Sofia Bosson 21st Century, Ecology

Claudia R. Binder (born in Montreal) is a Swiss, Canadian and Colombian environmental scientist working in the field of human-environment […]

Aleksandra Radenovic

Sofia Bosson 21st Century, Biophysics

Aleksandra Radenovic (born in 1975 in Croatia) is a Swiss and Croatian biophysicist. Her research focuses on the development of […]

Angelika Steger

Sofia Bosson 21st Century, Computer Science

Angelika Steger (born 1962)[1] is a mathematician and computer scientist whose research interests include graph theory, randomized algorithms, and approximation […]

Nadia Magnenat Thalmann

Sofia Bosson 21st Century, Robotics

Nadia Magnenat Thalmann is a computer graphics scientist and robotician and is the founder and head of MIRALab at the […]

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