As a Woman in Science: Living a National Challenge and a Personal Story

Professor Beate Schmittmann joined Iowa State as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in April. Prior to that she was a member of the physics faculty at Virginia Tech, serving as the department chair since 2006. As a leader of Virginia Tech's ADVANCE program, she was instrumental in effecting policy and climate change for all faculty, and especially for women in science and engineering. Schmittmann is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a winner of the 2010 Jesse W. Beams Award. Her research interests focus on statistical and biological physics.