Education

08/2007 - 05/2008: Study abroad, MSc Physics program, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India

08/2010: Diplom in Physics (German Master of Science equivalent), Univ. Würzburg, Germany (Physics studies at Univ. Würzburg: 10/2004 – 07/2007 and 06/2008 – 08/2010)

08/2012: Master of Science in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Since 04/2017: Certificate program Gender Pro MINT (Gender studies in STEM), TU Berlin

Since 10/2019: PhD student in Gender Studies in Physics, TU Berlin, advisor: Prof. Dr. Petra Lucht

Professional Memberships

Since 2021: German Sociological Association, Section Women and Gender Studies

Since 2017: German Gender Studies Association (Fachgesellschaft Geschlechterstudien)

Since 2012: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)

Since 2014: Working group on equal opportunities of the German Physical Society (Board member 2015-2019; Deputy Chair 2019)

2017 - 2020: Delegate for Germany to the Working Group & Conference on Women in Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics

2016 - 2020: Deutscher Ingenieurinnenbund (German female engineers' association)

2014 - 2016: Minerva-FemmeNet, women scientists' network of the Max Planck Society

2010 - 2012: American Geophysical Union

Scholarships and Awards

02/2013 - 04/2013: IMPRS Fellowship of the International Max Planck Research School on Processes in the Solar System and Beyond, Katlenburg-Lindau/Göttingen, Germany

05 - 08/2012: Rackham International Student Fellowship, University of Michigan, USA

08/2007 - 05/2008: Full scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to study at IIT, Chennai, India, for 2 semesters

06/2004: Award of the German Physical Society (DPG) for excellent achievements in Physics at school

06/2002: Goose High School Honours Certificate in Recognition of Outstanding Academic Excellence

04/2002: Award of Spoken French of Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada

Research experience

Since 07/2022: Research assistant in the working group Erlemann, Department of Physics, FU Berlin, project: Diversity in the physics workplace – A case study at the Freie Universität Berlin

Since 10/2019: PhD project on queer perspectives on the culture of physics, TU Berlin

10/2016 – 06/2017: Research assistant, Institute of Applied Physics, Univ. Münster

05/2013 – 09/2016: Research assistant in numerical dynamo modeling of magnetic field generation in ice giant planets, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen

09/2010 – 08/2012: MSc project on numerical modeling of mantle plumes, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, advisors: Prof. Dr. P.E. van Keken and Prof. Dr. J. Ritsema

07/2009 – 08/2010: Diplom project on the behaviour of pyroclast-particles in a conduit, Physical Volcanological Laboratory, Univ. Würzburg, advisor: Prof. Dr. B. Zimanowski

Editorship:

Duchardt, D., A.B. Bossmann und C. Denz (Hrsg.) (2019): Vielfältige Physik: Wissenschaftlerinnen schreiben über ihre Forschung, Springer-Spektrum, Heidelberg, doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-58035-6.

Articles (peer-reviewed):
Bossmann, A.B. and A. Sandner: Women in Physics in Germany: Current Developments and Actions Taken Toward Equal Opportunities, American Institute of Physics Proceedings, forthcoming.

Ağanoğlu, R. and A.B. Bossmann (2019): Areas of Action: Equal opportunities for women in Physics in Germany, American Institute of Physics Proceedings, 050017.

Bossmann, A.B. and P.E. van Keken (2013): Dynamics of plumes in a compressible mantle with phase changes: implications for phase boundary topography, Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 224, 21-31, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2013.09.002.

Discussion contributions:
Bossmann, A.B. (2018): Ein Plädoyer für mehr Diversität in der starren Fachkultur der Physik, Physik Journal 17 (6) 3.

Engendering equality, Interview mit eLife Sciences vom 12.07.2017, https://elifesciences.org/interviews/7c8eeb76/lise-meitner-gesellschaft

Interview mit Die ZEIT Chancenbrief vom 12.06.2017 zu Engagement für Chancengleichheit in der Wissenschaft.

Conference presentations (first or presenting author and convener):

V = talk, P = poster, C = convene

Bossmann, A.B. (2022): Gender within the culture of physics, Invited Keynote at the 26. Dt. Physikerinnentagung, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 24.-27.11.2022 (invited, V)

Bossmann, A.B. and Kaiser, F. (2022): Subjectivities of Queer Migrant Physicists within the Culture of Physics, Intersectional Subjectivities in Art, Activism, and Academia, Univ. Tübingen, 07.-08.11.2022 (V)

Bossmann, A.B. and A. Sandner (2021): The status of women in physics in Germany: an analysis of the statistical data and current developments, 25. Dt. Physikerinnentagung, Univ. Duisburg-Essen (online), 08.-10.11.2021 (P)

Diversity in Physics? - Discussion session with a talk by Prof. Dr. Helene Götschel, 84. Jahrestagung der DPG, Berlin (online), 27.09.-01.10.2021 (C)

Bossmann, A.B. (2021): Was hat Physik mit Geschlecht zu tun? Spannende Erkenntnisse aus der Fachkulturforschung, Ringveranstaltung Gender und Diversity in Sprache, Gesellschaft und Praxis, Univ. Stuttgart (online), 16.07.2021 (invited, V)

Bossmann, A.B. and A. Sandner (2021): Women in physics in Germany: current developments and actions taken towards equal opportunities, IUPAP International Conf. on Women in Physics, Melbourne, Australia (online), 11.-16.07.2021 (V, P)

Bossmann, A.B. and F. Kaiser (2019): Intersections of gender, ethnicity, and sexual identity within the culture of physics in Germany, 23. Dt. Physikerinnentagung, Berlin, 14.-17.11.2019 (V)

Ağanoğlu, R. and A.B. Bossmann (2017): Equal opportunities in physics in Germany, 21. Dt. Physikerinnentagung, Ilmenau, 28.09.-01.10.2017 (P)

Bossmann, A.B., A. Gerbes, D. Gkogkou, J. Liu, K. Lovrek, S. Amairi Pyka, R. Tabbash and A. Valenzuela (2017): Effectively addressing gender equality in natural sciences and mathematics: I, Scientist - The conference on gender, career paths and networking, 21. Dt. Physikerinnentagung, Ilmenau, 28.09.-01.10.2017 (P)

Ağanoğlu, R. and A.B. Bossmann (2017): Areas of Action: Equal opportunities for women in physics in Germany, IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics, Birmingham, UK, 16.-20.07.2017 (V, P)

Bossmann, A.B. (2017): Speech at the GENERA Gender in Physics Day, Dt. Elektronen-Synchrotron, Hamburg, 12.01.2017 (invited, V)

Bossmann, A.B., K. Reininger, F. Flegel, U. Böhm, M.O. Lenz, J. Fabian, L. Schiestl and M. Oßwald (2016): New ways to improve gender equality in the natural sciences & mathematics, 20. Dt. Physikerinnentagung, Hamburg, 03.-06.11.2016 (P)

Bossmann, A.B., J. Wicht, T. Gastine and U.R. Christensen (2015): Dynamo models for magnetic field generation in Uranus and Neptune, Stellar and Planetary Dynamos Conference, Göttingen, 26.-29.05.2015 (P)

Bossmann, A.B., J. Wicht, T. Gastine and U.R. Christensen (2015): Dynamo models for magnetic field generation in ice giant planets, 5th DFG-SPP 1488: Planetary Magnetism conference, Nördlingen, 10.-13.03.2015 (P)

Bossmann, A.B., J. Wicht, T. Gastine and U.R. Christensen (2014): Magnetic field morphology of the ice giants linked to their internal structure, HP4: Joint conf. on High Pressure, Planetary and Plasma Physics, Rostock, 24.-26.09.2014 (P)

Bossmann, A.B., J. Wicht, T. Gastine and U.R. Christensen (2013): The exceptional magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune: Possible generation mechanisms, 17. Dt. Physikerinnentagung, Heidelberg, 31.10.-03.11.2013 (P)

Bossmann, A.B., J. Wicht, T. Gastine and U.R. Christensen (2013): Numerical dynamo models for magnetic field generation in the ice giants, International Symposium on Geophysical and Astrophysical Dynamos, Centro Stefano Franscini of ETH Zürich, Ascona, Schweiz, 07.-12.07.2013 (P)

Bossmann, A.B. and P.E. van Keken (2012): Earth mantle plumes and phase transitions, 16. Dt. Physikerinnentagung, Freiburg, 25.-28.10.2012 (P)

Bossmann, A.B. and P.E. van Keken (2012): Dynamics of plumes in a compressible mantle with phase changes, Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG) conference on Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics, UC Davis, CA, USA, 29.07.-02.08.2012 (P)

Bossmann, A.B. and P.E. van Keken (2012): Dynamics of plumes in a compressible mantle with phase changes, Michigan Geophysical Union symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 13.04.2012 (P)

Bossmann, A.B., P.E. van Keken, J.E. Ritsema and S.D.B. Goes (2011): Dynamics of plumes in a compressible mantle: consequences for their seismic visibility, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 5.-9.12.2011 (P)

Bossmann, A.B. and P.E. van Keken (2011): Numerical Models of Mantle Plumes, Michigan Geophysical Union symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 24.03.2011 (P)