Jess Wade

British physicist, Wikimedian, and campaigner for gender inclusion in science · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Born 1988 · age 38

Jess Wade is a British physicist in the Blackett Laboratory at Imperial College London, specialising in Raman spectroscopy. Her research investigates polymer-based organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).

Jess Wade is read about 29 times a day, in 30 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

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2024Rosalind Franklin AwardAward2020Change Agent Abie AwardAward2019British Empire MedalAward2018Daphne Jackson Medal and PrizeAwardNature's 10AwardWikimedian of the Year - Honorable mentionAward2017Julia Higgins MedalAwardRobin Perrin AwardAward2016Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal and PrizeAward1988Born

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Rosalind Franklin Award2024

Change Agent Abie Award2020

British Empire Medal2019

Daphne Jackson Medal and Prize2018

Wikimedian of the Year - Honorable mention2018

Nature's 102018

Robin Perrin Award2017

Julia Higgins Medal2017

Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal and Prize2016

About this person

Her public engagement work in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) advocates for women in physics as well as tackling systemic biases such as gender and racial bias on Wikipedia.

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United Kingdom