SiouxsieWiles an ‘inspiring woman’

Microbiologist SiouxsieWiles has been ranked in the 2020 edition of the BBC’s 100 inspiring and influential women. Wiles, a scientist at

Auckland

University, made the list alongside the likes of

Sanna Marin, who leads

Finland’s all-female coalition government, Sarah Gilbert, who is heading Oxford University research into a coronavirus vaccine, and actress and activist Jane Fonda. The BBC saidWiles had been a ‘‘force of nature’’ during the Covid-19 pandemic. The theme for this year’s listwas ‘‘women who led change’’, the BBC said.