title: Sigrid Schmitz
text: # Sigrid Schmitz
  
  Sigrid Schmitz (born 1961, Aachen, Germany) is a visiting professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin, and was formerly the chair of gender studies and scientific head of the Gender Research Office [Referat Genderforschung] at the University of Vienna. Schmitz is also a member of The NeuroGenderings Network.
  
  ## Education
  
  Schmitz gained her PhD in behavioral physiology from the Department of Biology, University of Marburg in 1992.
  
  ## Research
  
  Schmitz main areas of research are gender and science technology studies with a particular focus in brain sciences and contemporary neurocultures.
  
  ## Books
  
  * Schmitz, Sigrid; Höppner, Grit, eds. (2014). Gendered neurocultures: feminist and queer perspectives on current brain discourses. challenge GENDER, 2. Wien: Zaglossus. ISBN 9783902902122.
  