Professional Development Event
Improving the Visibility of Women in STEM
24 August 2022 • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT | Marriott Marquis, Marina Ballroom F/G
Open to all attendees.
Join us in the Meta Diversity Lounge for a thought-provoking presentation hosted by SPIE Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion. Stick around to share your ideas with other community members during the reception.
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM: Improving the Visibility of Women in STEM - Mackenzie Lemieux, Washington University School of Medicine
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM: My Journey Towards Building the Metaverse - Nada O'Brien, Meta Reality Labs
Mackenzie Lemieux is a MD-PhD student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis where she is pursuing her medical degree as well as a PhD in neuroscience and immunology. She completed her undergraduate degree in biological sciences with a distinction in research at Cornell University. Mackenzie was a research assistant in the lab of Dr. Kay Tye at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies where she studied the neural circuits underlying social behavior and reward learning.
While at MIT and Salk, Mackenzie hosted a seminar series highlighting the barriers and the accomplishments of women in science and medicine. Hoping to make a more tangible impact, Mackenzie started writing Wikipedia biographies of women in STEM to increase their visibility online. Mackenzie wrote one Wikipedia page per day for 100 days highlighting women in STEM. She has hosted Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons teaching her community how to edit Wikipedia and inspiring them to improve the visibility of women and combat the gender and racial biases that exist in STEM.
Mackenzie focuses her time outside of medical school on research surrounding gender and racial bias on Wikipedia and leads a seminar series at Washington University focused on anti-racism and social justice in medicine and science.
Nada O'Brien is a Director in the Display & Optics division at Reality Labs, Meta, leading the team that design, develop, and productize the optical components and optical modules used in VR and AR products. Nada has been at Meta for almost 6 years. Prior to that she was with Viavi Solutions (previously known as JDSU and before that was known as Optical Coating Lab., Inc). for 20+ years, where she held positions in research, product development, and product management, for optical coating products used in fiber optics communication, projection display and defense industries. Nada holds a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and a B.S. dgree in Chemical Engineering from Trine University. Nada is an inventor on 23 patents. On weekends, she spends time with family and enjoys the Pacific Northwest through rowing and kayaking.
In this presentation, Nada will share a little bit about the products she and her team are developing to enable the metaverse. She will also reflect on her career journey and the exciting advancements she's witnessed over the last 3 decades not only in the fields of optics and display but in how we work and the efforts Meta is making towards Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
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Join us in the Meta Diversity Lounge for a thought-provoking presentation hosted by SPIE Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion. Stick around to share your ideas with other community members during the reception.
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM: Improving the Visibility of Women in STEM - Mackenzie Lemieux, Washington University School of Medicine
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM: My Journey Towards Building the Metaverse - Nada O'Brien, Meta Reality Labs
Presenters
Mackenzie Lemieux is a MD-PhD student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis where she is pursuing her medical degree as well as a PhD in neuroscience and immunology. She completed her undergraduate degree in biological sciences with a distinction in research at Cornell University. Mackenzie was a research assistant in the lab of Dr. Kay Tye at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies where she studied the neural circuits underlying social behavior and reward learning.
While at MIT and Salk, Mackenzie hosted a seminar series highlighting the barriers and the accomplishments of women in science and medicine. Hoping to make a more tangible impact, Mackenzie started writing Wikipedia biographies of women in STEM to increase their visibility online. Mackenzie wrote one Wikipedia page per day for 100 days highlighting women in STEM. She has hosted Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons teaching her community how to edit Wikipedia and inspiring them to improve the visibility of women and combat the gender and racial biases that exist in STEM.
Mackenzie focuses her time outside of medical school on research surrounding gender and racial bias on Wikipedia and leads a seminar series at Washington University focused on anti-racism and social justice in medicine and science.
Nada O'Brien is a Director in the Display & Optics division at Reality Labs, Meta, leading the team that design, develop, and productize the optical components and optical modules used in VR and AR products. Nada has been at Meta for almost 6 years. Prior to that she was with Viavi Solutions (previously known as JDSU and before that was known as Optical Coating Lab., Inc). for 20+ years, where she held positions in research, product development, and product management, for optical coating products used in fiber optics communication, projection display and defense industries. Nada holds a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and a B.S. dgree in Chemical Engineering from Trine University. Nada is an inventor on 23 patents. On weekends, she spends time with family and enjoys the Pacific Northwest through rowing and kayaking.
In this presentation, Nada will share a little bit about the products she and her team are developing to enable the metaverse. She will also reflect on her career journey and the exciting advancements she's witnessed over the last 3 decades not only in the fields of optics and display but in how we work and the efforts Meta is making towards Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
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