The committee
Feel free to get to know us below. We are all happy to chat with you and answer any questions or concerns you may have. The society was restarted by our president, Skye, in March 2020 and alongside you the committee wants to create a supportive network between all the STEM subjects and women within them.
We very much want to connect with all the STEM subjects so please get involved!
Welfare representatives
Our amazing team of Welfare Representatives makes the dream of a supportive community come true. They act as outreach beacons for each STEM school and ensure the welfare of our students, guiding them towards success.
THE collaborators
We thank our collaborators for helping us run the blog. Making sure women's voices are heard is our priority, and achieving this goal would be much more challenging without our amazing bloggers.
If you have a story to share, get in touch with us and we can organize an interview to share your experience.
Natasha Mikietyn
Head of the Blog
I am a third year English and Spanish student with a passion for writing. Although I am not directly involved in anything STEM related I think it is important to break down stereotypes, and hope this will be an educating and eye opening experience. Feel free to contact me at natashamikietyn@gmail.com if you have any interesting stories or information you would like featured on the blog!
Holly Groves
Social Media Manager
I’m a Computing Science student in third year. I hope that as a society we can get as many women in STEM involved as possible, and have a successful first year after restarting the society.
Neja Česnik
Events Manager
Hiya everyone! My name is Neja [ney-a] and I am a final year Computing Science student fascinated by the intersection between business, engineering and design. I love helping Women in STEM achieve their goals and I also run the STEMinist book club!
Nyasha Mutembwa
Welfare Representative for Engineering
Hi, my name is Nyasha, I am an incoming fourth year Civil Engineering student. In the world of STEM, I believe I can be a source of information particularly involving engineering. I thoroughly enjoy communicating and networking with like-minded women and I hope to provide support and advice from my own point of view and the lessons I have learnt to help others through their journey. Besides my engineering academics, I aim to also break the stereotypes and challenge the gender roles within the sector in the future.
Meet the TEAM
The Women in STEM team consists of competent and devoted women. Innovative approaches and ideas are what we aim for - WiSTEM seeks to keep up to date with the latest news and remain progressive. Got an idea? Help us improve.
The WiSTEM society is actively seeking connections to support us with our schedule for the coming year. Furthermore, we are thrilled to collab with other societies. If you want to work with our community, please kindly get in touch.
We are excited to get to know every single one of you - join our Discord and get to know us!
Skye Kirwan
President
I am a third-year Computing Science student who is passionate about gender equality. I hope we can make a positive difference as a society and I'm excited to meet more amazing women in STEM. I'd love to also encourage younger girls to not be held back by stereotypes.
Contact me at s.m.kirwan@dundee.ac.uk or come chat in our Discord!
Gerda Ugnė Pupelytė
Vice-President
I'm a second-year computing student. I'm a Lithuanian girl and I have a passion for computing and video games! I'm glad to be given a chance to participate in managing a wonderful community of women in STEM. I look forward to meeting talented women, and I hope it will be fun and educating experience!
Feel free to contact me or email me at gupupelyte@dundee.ac.uk if you want to have a chat!
Gina Fenton
Secretary
Hi! I’m Gina, third year applied computing student and from Carnoustie. I grew up around Dundee and often around the University itself so feel really at home here and hope you do too! I’m the secretary for WiS which means a lot of admin stuff, I keep track of documents and information so if you have any concerns or questions related (or unrelated) then feel free to contact me at g.fenton@dundee.ac.uk (:
Katie Steele
Social Media Manager
I'm Katie, one of the Social Media Managers of the society. I have such a passion for technology and would love to help create a welcoming environment for women with similar interests to myself. I'm looking forward to making a positive change to the way women in STEM are treated. I'm eager to meet more women who are passionate about STEM and gender equality.
Shanna Balfour
Events Manager
I am a third year Applied Computing student with a drive to make a difference. I am excited to see what we as a society can accomplish, and look forward to the opportunities in the year ahead of us.
Lauren Kilcullen
Treasurer
Hi! I'm a third year Maths and Astrophysics student at Dundee. I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone and seeing how much of a difference we can make as a society. As treasurer I'm responsible for keeping track and making sure we have enough money to do all the fun things we have planned in the upcoming year! Like Gina I grew up around Dundee and am always free for a chat or to give some advice (maths related or otherwise). Just get me at l.kilcullen@dundee.ac.uk.