Stories by Lily Whear

Lily Whear is a communications and strategy consultant who works with Lost Women of Science as our Director of Marketing. Lily read Chinese, History and Politics at Durham University, and is currently studying for her MBA at Quantic School of Business and Technology.

An illustration of a woman scientist cutout portrait from a black and white historical photography in from of an image of DNA

BiologyNovember 6, 2025

An Opera Explores the Story of Rosalind Franklin and the Discovery of DNA

Betrayal, ambition and the double helix: turning Rosalind Franklin’s story and the discovery of the structure of DNA into an opera

Rosie Millard, Deborah Unger, Lily Whear, The Lost Women of Science Initiative