When Dr Jessica Allen was an undergraduate in an engineering degree at university, she never imagined she’d have a career in academia.
As she tells Kate Mills in the latest episode of The Leadership Lessons, she never had a female lecturer, so it was hard to see herself in that kind of role.
“I think partly because I didn’t have any female lecturers. I didn’t see any female leaders in engineering, so I never thought I would actually end up as a lecturer.”
Years later, Dr Allen, who has a multidisciplinary background as an electrochemist and engineer, is now a lecturer in the school of engineering at The University of Newcastle. She’s a recognised expert in carbon capture and utilisation, and her research is currently focused on a carbon negative manufacturing process, driven by renewables.
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