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Today, March 24, is Ada Lovelace Day. A day to celebrate woman in science. Bloggers around the world are posting blog entries dedicated to the women who dare to do science.

Now I toyed with the idea of doing a fictional scientist, heck I even tried to get the people of RevSF to do a series on fictional female scientists of sci-fi, but as the day approached, I began to think, “I need to do a real woman”.

So I bring you, Gail Anderson, professor at Simon Fraser University.

Why her? Cause she is famous for her work in forensic entomology.

Yup, that’s right. She uses bugs to figure how long someone has been dead. To decidedly unfeminine things. She plays with dead things and bugs. She is a seven yer-old boy’s dream date!

And Dr. Anderson has not just helped catch those people who have murdered humans. Two poachers who had shot baby black bears for the sole purpose harvesting their gallbladders found themselves convicted thanks to her work. Anderson’s work on the biological origins of criminal behaviour has been hailed as innovative and refreshing. She routinely consults with police forces across Canada, including the RCMP and was named by Time as one of the top five innovators in criminal justice.

OK, now she’s Batman’s dream date.

Add on to this the reality that without Gail Anderson, Gil Grissom would just be a creepy guy who knows way to much about furries and little people to not be in a penitentiary.