Swiss Female Scientists

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

Marguerite Narbel-Hofstetter

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

Marguerite Narbel-Hofstetter (7 February 1918 – 2 June 2010) was a Swiss biologist and politician who served on the Grand […]

Sofia Bosson 21st Century, Biology

Celine Frere is a Swiss evolutionary biologist. In 2017, she was named one of Australia’s first “Superstars of STEM” by […]

Sofia Bosson 21st Century, Biology

Susan M. Gasser (born 1955) is a Swiss molecular biologist. From 2004 to 2019 she was the director of the […]

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

Sonja Buckley (June 13, 1918 – February 2, 2005[1]) was a Swiss-born virologist. She was the first person to culture […]

Sofia Bosson 19th Century, Biology, Medicine

Anna Heer (1863–1918) was a Swiss physician. She played a major role in the founding of Switzerland’s first professional nursing […]

Sofia Bosson 20th Century, Biology, Physiology

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

Sofia Bosson 20/04/2024 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 […]

Sofia Bosson 20th Century, Biology

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

Sofia Bosson 17/04/2024 21st Century, Biology, Neuroscience

Silvia Arber (born 1968 in Geneva) is a Swiss neurobiologist.[4][5] She teaches and researches at both the Biozentrum of the […]

Sofia Bosson 20th Century, Biology

Heidi Wunderli-Allenspach (born 1 January 1947) is a Swiss biologist and was the first female director of ETH Zürich.[1] Life […]