Vera Straetmanns is a PhD student at Ruhr-University Bochum in the DFG Emmy Noether Research Group The Return of the Organism in the Biosciences: Theoretical, Historical, and Social Dimensions. She studied biology in Bochum with a focus on molecular plant physiology. Afterwards, she successfully obtained a M.A. degree in History, Philosophy and Culture of Science (HPS+) in Bochum with a master thesis on plant morphologist Agnes Arber (1879-1960).
In her dissertation project, Vera works on the reasoning about agency and individuality in plants between 1900 and today with a special focus on organicist theories in the early 20th century.
Besides this, Vera is interested in the role and impact of women in (early) botany as well as romantic conceptions of nature and science.
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Vera Straetmanns, M.A., M.Sc.
Fakultät III,
Institut für Philosophie I
GA 1 / 156
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Universitätsstr. 150
44801 Bochum
Tel. +49 (0) 234 / 32-24816
E-Mail: Vera.Straetmanns@rub.de