Who is … Prof. Maria Rentetzi?

Prof. Dr. Maria Rentetzi has been holding the new “Chair of Science, Technology and Gender Studies” at FAU since 2021. For her research, the physicist and historian focuses on the intersection of science and technology, the history of science, the history of diplomacy, political science and international relations.

Chair of Science, Technology and Gender Studies: www.stgs.fau.de

The professorship is funded as part of the High-Tech Agenda Bavaria. With this program, the government of the Free State of Bavaria is creating, among other things, 1,000 new professorships in key areas of the future such as artificial intelligence, clean tech and aerospace, thus strengthening Bavaria’s leading position in research and teaching and promoting the development of new ideas and the latest technologies as well as their implementation in practice.