Women in Research Leadership
31 May 2011, by Anne-Marie Birkill
Last week a group of eminent alumni met at Princeton University to discuss a topic of great concern to them collectively - the subject was not technical in nature but rather the retention and promotion of women in science.Those present included Karen Drexler a graduate in 1981, and now chairman of the CellScape Corporation. Drexler acts as a mentor and adviser for young female scientists who are interested in starting their own companies. She noted that the young women she works with often temper their expectations about their futures before they have even started working. "Right out of the gate, they either decide that they're not going to be able to have a family, or they're not going to be ambitious about their career," Drexler explained. "And this just breaks my heart.”
