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About me

Maria Temmes has a PhD in Comparative Gender Studies (Central European University, 2018). Her research is on feminist science and technology studies, focusing especially on sociological, historical, and philosophical aspects of biomedicine. She works as a postdoctoral researcher in the project Gendered Chronic Disease, Embodied Differences and Biomedical Knowledge (GenDis), funded by the Academy of Finland and Kone Foundation.

Research topics

Biomedical research on endometriosis, migraine, and fibromyalgia

Systems medicine

Personalised and precision medicine

Research fields

Gender Studies

Science and Technology Studies

Cultural Studies

Research career

PhD, Comparative Gender Studies, Central European University (2018)

Instructor, Asian University for Women (2018–2019)

Assistant Professor in Comparative Gender Studies, Asian University for Women (2019–2021)

Postdoctoral research fellow, Tampere University (2021–2025)