inspiring, supporting, and encouraging
women in coastal geoscience and engineering
Our Mission
WICGE aims to inspire, support, and encourage women at all stages of their careers, through networking, mentoring, and advocating for equal representation and opportunities.
News & Events
The WICGE Mentorship Program is open for 2026-2027 cycle registration!
Whether you’re looking for guidance, new connections, and career advice, or you’d like to support others by sharing your experience, we invite you to join the next WICGE Mentorship Cycle!
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๐ก ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ. Advanced graduate students and ECRs are often excellent mentors for undergraduate and Master’s students, offering valuable perspectives from experiences that are still recent and highly relevant.
๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐! Whether you are an undergraduate student, a Master’s student, a graduate student, or an early-career professional, the program is a great opportunity to gain insights, ask questions, build confidence, and connect with colleagues across this global community.
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To participate:
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Become a WICGE member!
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Register here for the mentorship.
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We’re now on YouTube!
Missed one of our webinars, panel discussions, or special events? You can now watch WICGE recordings anytime on our YouTube channel.
๐ฅ Visit our channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@WICGE
Explore presentations, interviews, and discussions showcasing women in coastal geoscience from around the world.
Featured recordings include:
- Recent advances in the representation of women in coastal geoscience
- Celebrating 10 years of WICGE โ a special panel reflecting on a decade of community, collaboration, and impact
- And many more events as our video library continues to grow.
Whether you are catching up on a missed event or discovering WICGE for the first time, we hope these recordings inspire, inform, and connect our global community.
Our Members in Action
Check out our remarkable members contributing as women in the field of Coastal Geoscience and Engineering!
Paula testing the CoastSnap station at El Sardinero, Santander – Spain, in February 2024. 
Silke Tas mounts instruments on a frame to measure currents and sediment dynamics off the eroding mangrove coast of Demak, Indonesia, as part of her PhD research (2018). 
Laura Szczyrba dives down to tighten the bolts on an underwater nearshore sensor. 
Alejandra mounts instruments on a frame to measure waves, currents and sediment dynamics off the eroding mangrove coast of Demak, Indonesia, as part of her PhD research (2018). 
Ana Paula da Silva speaks on the panel about “How to make your research have impact?” at the 4th Australiasian Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference. 
In the beautiful coral reefs of Bermuda, Laura Szczyrba dives underwater to document the distribution of species with her research group from Queen’s University. They visited the Bermuda Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (BIOS) and enjoyed the crystal clear water. 
Silke demonstrates the flow over a weir in a flume at the Kraijenhoff van de Leur Laboratory for Water and Sediment Dynamics to a group of first-year students at Wageningen University and Research (2024). 
Alejandra (left) and Celine (right) prepare the measurement instruments (foreground) to study waves, flows, and sediment dynamics at the eroding mangrove coast of Demak, Indonesia, as part of their PhD research (2018). 
Paula conducting topographic measurements during the MUSCLE-Beach project’s fieldwork on Somo Beach, Spain, in April 2016. This work aimed to enhance runup predictions using empirical models. 
Lara Talavera surveying dune vegetation in Barreta Island, South Portugal 
Lara Talavera conducting drone flight planning in Cรกdiz, Spain. 
Lara Talavera mapping dune vegetation in Barreta Island, South Portugal 
Dynamic cone penetrometer (DCP) data collection by Alexandra Schueller after Hurricane Milton in Venice Beach, Florida, with a joint team from the Nearshore Extreme Events Reconnaissance (NEER) and Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Associations.