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Azza Abdel Hamid FaiadEgyptian inventor who developed a method to transform plastic into biofuel, for countries which produce a lot of plastic waste when she was 16 years old. Her invention is low-cost and eco-friendly.https://grist.org/climate-energy/sixteen-year-old-scientist-could-turn-egypts-plastic-problem-into-a-biofuel-boom/
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European Commissionxplastics, biofuel, climate changeEgyptxxfemalehttps://vimeo.com/340089482
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Abelardo AguilarFilipino discover of erythromyocinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelardo_Aguilarhttps://filipiknow.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Dr.-Abelardo-Aguilar.jpg
Maria Lazel Aguilar Paguntalan (his granddaughter)
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Abd al-Rahmanal-SufiPersian astronomer who made the first-known observations of the Andromeda galaxy.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_al-Rahman_al-SufixgalaxiesPersia (today Iran)903986xmale
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AnnieAlexanderAlong with her partner Louise Kellong, they collected, documented, and donated more than 22,000 plant, animal, and paleontological specimens to the University of California, Berkeley’s scientific collections. She also helped found the University of California Museum of Palentology and Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Montague_Alexanderhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Annie_Montague_Alexander.jpg/360px-Annie_Montague_Alexander.jpgGrinnellxpaleontology, naturalistUSA18671950xxfemalehttp://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/gaybears/alexkel/
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Ken (Kanatzhan)AlibekA former Soviet physician, microbiologist, and biological warfare (BW) expert, developed a "battle strain" of anthrax, defected to the US in 1992, participated in the development of biodefense strategy for the U.S. governmenthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Alibekhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/images/pox_ken_alibek.jpgBBCx
biological warfare and biodefenseKazakhstan1950xmale
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GerardAlphonse A Haitian electrical engineer, physicist and research scientist who invented and demonstrated the world's highest performance superluminescent diode and holds over 60 patents.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_A._Alphonsehttp://haiti.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alphonse.jpgEmbassy of Haiti in Washington, DCxxinventor, diodesHaiti male
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Janaki AmmalAn Indian botanist who later became a researcher in cytogenetics and phytogeography. She is best known for her work involving sweetening sugarcanes and breeding a new cross of eggplant.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janaki_Ammalhttps://www.iiim.res.in/herbarium/edavaleth-kakkat-janaki-ammal.htmIndian Institute of integrative Medicine, Jammuxbotany, plant geneticsIndia18971984xxfemalehttps://www.thebetterindia.com/75174/janaki-ammal-botanist-sugarcane-magnolia/
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MaryAnningEnglish fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist who became known around the world for important finds she made in Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs along the English Channel at Lyme Regis in the county of Dorset in Southwest England. Her findings contributed to important changes in scientific thinking about prehistoric life and the history of the Earth.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anninghttps://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1280xn/p061bj7d.jpgBBCxPaleontology England17991847Xfemalehttps://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/mary-anning-unsung-hero.html
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FrancesArnoldIn 2018, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering the use of directed evolution to engineer enzymes. Caltech - Dr. Arnold shared the 2018 Nobel prize in chemistry with Dr. George Smith and Dr. Gregory Winter for their research on using directed evolution to engineer novel enzymes.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Arnoldxxxdirected evolutionUSA1956xfemale
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KaishaAtakhanovaBiologist specializing in the genetic effects of nuclear radiation, awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for her activism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaisha_Atakhanovawww.goldmanprize.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2005_kaisha_profile2.jpgThe Goldman Prizexxgenetic effects of nuclear radiationKazakhstan1957xxfemalehttps://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/kaisha-atakhanova/
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AlbertBaezMexican American physicist who along with his advisor invented the X-ray reflection microscope used to look at living cells, and more recently the same technology has been used to look at distant galaxies. (Interesting non-science fact: He was also the father of singers Joan Baez and Mimi Fariña.)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Baez
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Alice AugustaBallAfrican American chemist who developed an injectable herbal extract (ethyl hydnocarpate) that was the most effective treatment for Hansen's Disease (leprosy) in the early 20th century. She died before the results of her work were published. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ball
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University of Hawaiixleprosy treatmentUSA18921916xfemale
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Benjamin BannekerAfrican American astronomer, mathematician and author who constructed America’s first functional clock.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Banneker
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KathrinBarboza MarquezBolivian biologist who is an expert in bat research. In 2006, she and a research partner discovered a species thought to be extinct and in 2010, she was awarded the National Geographic's "Young Explorer Grant"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathrin_Barboza_Marquezhttps://www.paginasiete.bo/u/fotografias/fotosnoticias/2017/6/19/165142.jpgPágina Sietexx
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FrançoiseBarré-SinoussiFrench scientist who performed some of the fundamental work in the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the cause of AIDS. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her discovery of HIV.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Barr%C3%A9-Sinoussihttps://www.iavireport.org/images/Francoise-WEB.jpgIAVI Reportxvirology, HIVFrance1947xfemalehttps://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2008/barre-sinoussi/facts/
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Ben BarresFirst transgender scientist in the National Academy of Scientist. Barres is a neurobiologist, studying mammalian glial cells of the central nervous system, including the exploration of their function and development.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Barreshttps://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2017/12/neuroscientist-ben-barres-dies-at-63/_jcr_content/main/image_0.img.320.high.jpgStanford Medicine News CenterxneuroscienceUSA19542017xxmalehttps://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2017/12/neuroscientist-ben-barres-dies-at-63.html
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FlorenceBascom
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Patricia BathAmerican ophthalmologist and inventor known for being the first African American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention. Using the laserphaco probe she devised, she was able to restore sight to patients who had been blind for as long as 30 years.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Bathhttps://www.google.com/search?q=patricia+bath&rlz=2C5CHFA_enUS0536US0537&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiantONsoXjAhWoFjQIHX6-BXIQ_AUIECgB&biw=1436&bih=766#imgrc=JrzbDS-4eSOqKM:biography.comxopthamology, surgery USA1942xfemalehttps://www.biography.com/scientist/patricia-bath
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BarujBenacerrafVenezuelan 1980 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine and advanced our understanding of immune response and autoimmune diseases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruj_Benacerraf
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ElizabethBlackburnBlackburn co-discovered telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the telomere, with Carol W. Greider. For this work, she was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Blackburnhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Blackburn#/media/File:Elizabeth_Blackburn_CHF_Heritage_Day_2012_Rush_001.JPGWikipediaxmolecular biology, geneticsAustralia, USA1948xfemale
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David Harold BlackwellBlackwell studied game theory and how it applied to decision-making in the government and private sectors during summers at RAND Corp. He became the United States' leading expert on the subject, authoring a widely respected textbook on game theory, as well as research that resulted in several theorems named for him. One such theory, which explains how to turn rough guesses into on-target estimates, is known as the Rao-Blackwell theorem and remains an integral part of modern economics.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Blackwellhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Blackwell#/media/File:David_Blackwell_1999.jpegWikipediaxgame theory, economicsUSA19192010xmale
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ElizabethBlackwellFirst woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S. Promoted education of women in medicine.
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KwabenaBoahenGhanaian-American professor of bioengineering at Stanford University who is a pioneer of neuromorphic engineering, basically using the structure of the brain to organize computer processing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwabena_Boahenhttps://profiles.stanford.edu/proxy/api/cap/profiles/7204/resources/profilephoto/350x350.1368774000000.jpgStanfordxxbioengineeringGhana, USA1964xxmalehttps://profiles.stanford.edu/kwabena-boahen
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IdelisaBonnely de CalventiIdelisa Bonnelly de Calventi is a Dominican marine biologist who is considered the "mother of marine conservation in the Caribbean". She was the founder of the study of biology in the Dominican Republic, as well as the founder of the Institute of Marine Biology and the Dominican Foundation for Marine Researchhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idelisa_Bonnellyx
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AmarBosePhysicist, electrical and sound engineer. Founded the Bose Corporation which designed and sold home speakers that sounded to the user as if they were in a concert hall.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amar_Bosehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amar_Bose#/media/File:Amar_Bose_india_times.jpgWikipediaxxelectrical engineering, sound engineeringUSA19292013xxxmale
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Edward BouchetThe first African-American to earn a Ph.D. from any American university and the sixth person of any race to receive a Ph.D. in physics from an American university. He taught science at the Institute for Colored Youth for 26 years.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bouchethttp://media.pbseducation.org/craft.prod/images/7-Bouchet.jpegPBSxphysics educatorUSA18521918xmalehttps://www.aip.org/history-programs/physics-history/bouchet-washington%E2%80%93dubois-debate-education
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KimberlyBryantKimberly Bryant is an African American electrical engineer who worked in the biotechnology field at Genentech, Novartis Vaccines, Diagnostics, and Merck. In 2011, Bryant founded Black Girls Code, a training course that teaches basic programming concepts to black girls who are underrepresented in technology careers.Electrical Engineer
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LindaBuckShe was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Richard Axel, for their work on olfactory receptors.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_B._Buckhttps://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2004/buck/biographical/nobelprize.orgxneurobiology, genetics, molecular biologyUSA1947xfemalehttps://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2004/buck/facts/
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Jocelyn Bell BurnellNorthern Irish astrophysicist made one of the greatest astronomical discoveries of the 20th century when she detected the first radio pulsar.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn_Bell_Burnellhttps://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/PE1949a.jpegRobin Scagell/Galaxy Picture LibraryxastrophysicsNorthern Ireland1943xfemale
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AlexaCanadyShe was the first female African-American to be certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. She specialized in pediatric neurosurgery and became the director of neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital. Under her guidance, the department was soon viewed as one of the best in the country.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Canadyhttp://media.pbseducation.org/craft.prod/images/10-Canady.jpegPBSxneurosurgeonUSA1950xfemalehttps://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_53.html
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Ben Carson
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RachelCarson
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George WashingtonCarverAfrican American agricultural scientist and inventor. He actively promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carverhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:George_Washington_Carver_c1910_-_Restoration.jpgTuskegee University Archives/Museumxxagriculture scientist and inventorUSA1860s1943xspeculativemale
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SubrahmanyanChandrasekharIndian American astrophysicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics with William A. Fowler for their work on the evolution of stars. His mathematical treatment of stellar evolution yielded many of the current theoretical models of the later evolutionary stages of massive stars and black holes.The Chandrasekhar limit is named after him.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekharhttp://chandra.harvard.edu/graphics/resources/illustrations/chandraYoungPose-72.jpgHarvardxxastrophysicsIndia, England, USA19101995xxmale
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FranklinChang Díazthe first Hispanic astronaut
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Emmett ChappelleAfrican American scientist and researcher and a recipient of 14 U.S. patents, who discovered how that a particular combination of chemicals caused all living organisms to emit light. While at NASA, he used his knowledge of bioluminescence to create a test that looks for the presence of ATP on other planets.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Chappellehttps://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/wh4FnKTm7hIoAAimZVqVfOBlL3s=/768x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/EmmettChappelle1-892a6926a76b47008cea0019d2129d03.jpgThoughtCoxxxbioluminescenceUSA1925xmale
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Mary AgnesChaseAmerican botanist who worked at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Smithsonian Institution. She is considered one of the world's outstanding agrostologists and is known for her work on the study of grassesand for her work as a suffragist.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Agnes_Chasehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Agnes_Chase#/media/File:Mary_Agnes_Chase_(1869-1963),_sitting_at_desk_with_specimens.jpgSmithsonianxbotanyUSA18691963xfemale
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KalpanaChawlahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawlahttps://airandspace.si.edu/files/wallprofiles/BINARY_DATA_12572.jpgSmithsonianx
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ChristopherChetsangapreeminent scientist from Zimbabwe who discovered 2 enzymes involved in the repair of damaged DNAhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Chetsangaxxxmale
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Tanzeem ChoudhuryTanzeem Choudhury is Associate Professor of Information Science at Cornell University where she leads the People-Aware Computing Lab. She and her team develop cell-phone apps that can track a person’s emotional well-being. Tanzeem herself was a digital late bloomer, only touching a computer for the first time in a college computer programming class.
https://research.cornell.edu/researchers/tanzeem-choudhury
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StevenChuphysicisthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Chu
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Paul Ching-wuChu (朱經武)Paul Chu, JP is a Chinese-American physicist specializing in superconductivity, magnetism, and dielectrics. He is a Professor of physics and T.L.L. Temple Chair of Science in the Physics Department at the University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_Ching-wuhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Paul_Chu_%28Ching-Wu_Chu%29.jpgCourtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries.xChina, USA1941xxmale
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EdithClarkehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Clarke
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JacintoConvitVenezuelan Developed vaccines for leishmaniasis and leprosy.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinto_Convit
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JaneCooke Wrighthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_C._Wright
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FranceCórdovaAstrophysicist France A. Córdova is the director of the National Science Foundation, a federal agency that develops programs to advance all fields of scientific discovery. She was nominated for the position in 2014 by President Barack Obama. Before she spent her days overseeing America’s science and scientific education programs, Córdova conducted important research on x-ray and gamma ray sources, accretion discs, and black holes, publishing more than 150 scientific papers. Back in 1993, she also became the first woman to hold the position of NASA Chief Scientist. France A. Córdova became the youngest person and first female chief scientist at NASA. Before earning her PhD in physics from CIT in 1978, Córdova had a deep understanding of her Mexican culture and heritage. As an English major at Stanford, she studied the Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca. Her most important contributions to science involve x-rays and gamma rays. She was confirmed by the Senate in 2014 to lead the National Science Foundation.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_A._C%C3%B3rdovax
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GertyCori1st American woman to win a Nobel Prize in science. Helped establish how glycogen is broken down in muscles then remade and stored as an energy source (the Cori Cycle). She jointly won a Nobel Prize for her work.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerty_Corix18961957female
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Rebecca LeeCrumplerFirst African American woman to become a physician in the UShttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Lee_Crumpler
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MarieCurieCarried out pioneering research on radioactivity. The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curiehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Curie_c1920.jpgHenri ManuelxxRadioactivityPoland (by birth)
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Marie Maynard DalyMarie Daly was the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States. She worked closely with scientist Dr. Quentin B. Deming and their work opened up a new understanding of how foods and diet can affect the health of the heart and the circulatory system. She later researched effects of cigarette smoke on the lungs.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Maynard_Dalyhttp://media.pbseducation.org/craft.prod/images/6-Daly.jpegPBSxx19212003xfemale
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NeildeGrasse TysonNeil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator. Since 1996, he has been the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_TysonxUSA1958xmale
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WandaDiaz-MercedMerced is a scientist who studies the light emitted by gamma-ray bursts. She lost her sight in her early twenties, but still went on to pursue scientific research. As a doctoral student, she developed a novel technique to transform supernovas and solar flares into sound – so she can literally hear the stars. Thanks to her methods, astrophysicists have new ways to learn about the stars. She now also serves as an advocate for greater inclusivity in the scientific community.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_D%C3%ADaz-Merced
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Marjory StonemanDouglashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjory_Stoneman_Douglas
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CharlesDrewAmerican physician, surgeon and medical researcher known as the inventor of the blood bank.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_R._DrewxUSA19041950xmale
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SylviaEarleAmerican marine biologist, explorer, author, and lecturer and was the first female chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Earle
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Annie EasleyAnnie Easley worked at NASA as a “human computer,” performing complex mathematical calculations. She evolved with the technology, becoming an adept computer programmer and helped develop and implement code for numerous projects.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Easleyhttps://images.takeshape.io/fd194db7-7b25-4b5a-8cc7-da7f31fab475/dev/5071114a-ba9c-4898-84ee-d790ad1890dd/GRC-1981-C-03692.jpgMassive Sciencexxaerospace, energy storage, rocket calculationsUSA19332011xfemalehttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/annie-easley-computer-scientist/
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Kitaw Ejiguworked for NASA's jet propulsion laboratory, Lorrel, Rockwell, and Boeing as a scientist and engineer. Was Chief of Spacecraft and Satellite Systems engineer for NASA.https://nasa.fandom.com/wiki/Kitaw_Ejiguhttps://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/kitaw-ejigu-1.jpgThe Famous Peoplexxaerospace, engineerEthiopia19482008xxmale
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GertrudeElionDeveloped numerous drugs, including the first immunosuppresive drug used for organ transplants. Jointly won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for their use of innovative methods of "Rational Drug Design" for the developing new drugs. This new method focused on understanding the target of the drug rather than simply using trial-and-error. Her work led to the creation of the AIDS drug AZT. xxdrug designUSA19181999xfemale
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Mostafa ElSayedNational Medal of Science winner.Egypt
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Cynthia ErenasCynthia Erenas emigrated from Mexico to Los Angeles when she was 8 years old. Since then, she has learned to speak English, become a genius roboticist, given a TED talk and become one of only ten winners (out of 32,000 entrants) in Dean Kamen’s FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics competition. And she’s the first person in her family to graduate from high school.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/the-secret-life-of-scientists-and-engineers-cynthia-erenas/
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AprilleEricsson First African-American to receive a Ph.D. in mechanical engineeringhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aprille_Ericsson-Jackson
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Ernest EverettJustAfrican American biologist and author known for his work on egg fertilization and the structure of the cell.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Everett_JustxUSA18821941xmale
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Bisi EzeriohaBisi Ezerioha is the CEO and chief engineer of his company Bisimoto Engineering. A chemical engineer by training, he was a pharmaceutical researcher for years before he decided to bring his mad engineering skills to the pursuit of creating ridiculously fast cars. His automotive creations have appeared in numerous films and video games.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisi_Ezerioha
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René FavaloroRené Gerónimo Favaloro was an Argentine cardiac surgeon, best known for his pioneering work on coronary artery bypass surgeryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Favaloro
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BobakFerdowsiBobak Ferdowsi is an American systems engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He served on the Cassini–Huygens and Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity missions. Ferdowsi gained brief media fame in August 2012, when he wore an unusual mohawk hairstyle during the Curiosity landing. It unexpectedly became an iconic image of the event with coverage in the news and social media, U.S. President Obama even commented on the popularity of "Mohawk Guy".https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobak_Ferdowsi
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JoanFeynmanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Feynmanfemale
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Carlos Juan FinlayCuban doctor and scientist who was a pioneer in the study of yellow fever and discovered that mosquitoes were the main transmitter of the diseasehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Finlay
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Rosalind Franklin British chemist best known for her role in the discovery of the structure of DNA, and for her pioneering use of X-ray diffraction.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin#/media/File:Rosalind_Franklin_(1920-1958).jpgJewish Chronicle Archive/Heritage-ImagesxxDNA structure UK19201958xfemalehttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Rosalind-Franklinhttps://ed.ted.com/lessons/rosalind-franklin-dna-s-unsung-hero-claudio-l-guerra
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Vanessa GalvezVanessa Galvez is a civil engineer using her skill and insight to benefit her community. In 2016, the Queens, New York native and resident engineer for the New York City Department of Design and Construction oversaw the institution of 164 biowales in Maspeth, Queens. Bioswales are beautiful natural areas of engineered soil and water-absorbent plants located on sidewalks near stormwater catch basins. The Salvadoran civil engineer attended NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, graduating in 2012, after watching and being inspired by a documentary about the Army Corps. of Engineers’ response to levee failure in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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FabiolaGianottiIn 2009 Gianotti was elected as the project leader and spokesperson of the ATLAS project at CERN. ATLAS involved a collaboration of around 3,000 physicists from 180 institutions in 38 countries. ATLAS was one of the two experiments involved in the observation of the Higgs boson. On 4 July 2012 Gianotti announced the discovery of the particlehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabiola_Gianottixparticle physicsItaly1960livingxfemalehttps://home.cern/about/who-we-are/our-people/biographies/fabiola-gianotti-born-1960-italian
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LiIlianGilbrethhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Moller_Gilbreth
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MariaGoeppert MayerNobel laureate in Physics for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Goeppert_Mayerxnuclear physicsGermany & USA19061972xfemale
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Lue GimGonghorticulturisthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lue_Gim_Gong
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SabrinaGonzalez Pasterskihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_Gonzalez_Pasterskix
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JaneGoodallhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodall
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CarolGreiderShe was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Blackburn and Jack W. Szostak, for their discovery that telomeres are protected from progressive shortening by the enzyme telomerase.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_W._Greiderxmolecular biology, geneticsUSA1961xfemale
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León MaríaGuerrero
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Said Hakki is an urologist in Seminole, Florida. He received his medical degree from Kasr El Aini Cairo Fom and has been in practice for more than 20 years.
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Palatasa Havea
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Walter Lincoln HawkinsWalter Hawkins is best known for inventing a plastic coating for telephone wires that made universal service possible. He is a recipient of the National Medal of Technology and an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lincoln_Hawkinshttps://www.invent.org/sites/default/files/styles/inductee_detail_media/public/inductees/415-master_1.jpg?itok=uPxThrHPNational Inventors Hall of Famexxplastic polymersUSA19111992xmalehttp://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/w-lincoln-hawkins
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TyroneHayesTyrone B. Hayes is known for his research findings concluding that the herbicide atrazine is an endocrine disruptor that demasculinizes and feminizes male frogs. He has presented hundreds of papers, talks, and seminars on his conclusions that environmental chemical contaminants have played a role in global amphibian declines and in the health disparities that occur in minority and low income populations.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Hayes
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Essam Heggy American planetary scientist of French and Egyptian origins who specializes in using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to detect and identify water and objects buried deep in the ground on other planets.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essam_Heggyhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/EssamHeggy.jpgAhmed MostafaxxastrogeologyEgypt, France,
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José HernándezAmerican engineer and a former NASA astronaut assigned to the crew of Space Shuttle mission STS-128. He also served as chief of the Materials and Processes branch of Johnson Space Center. Hernández previously developed equipment for full-field digital mammography, which helps in early detection of breast cancer, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Engineer/Astronaut
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Ruby HiroseJapanese-American biochemist and bacteriologist whose research lead to the development of vaccines for polio and hay fever. She did research on blood clotting and Thrombin, allergies, and researched cancer using antimetabolites. She later also contributed towards developing vaccines against infantile paralysis.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Hirosehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Ruby_Hirose.jpg/1920px-Ruby_Hirose.jpgSmithsonianxxbacteria, vaccines, cancerUSA19041960xxfemale
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David Da-i HoAIDS researcherhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ho
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Dorothy CrowfootHodgkinShe won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964, and advanced the technique of X-ray crystallograph, a method used to determine the three-dimensional structures of molecules. She used it to to determine the structure of vitamin B12 and later went on to decipher the structure of insulin.xxprotein structureUK19101994xfemale
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BarringtonIrvingIn 2007, Barrington Irving became the first African American and the youngest person at that time to pilot a plane around the world solo. When he eventually landed back at the Miami airport where he started, Barrington began to use his achievement as a way to reach young people. His educational foundation, Experience Aviation, works to “lift today’s youth to a higher plane.”Pilot
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Jedidah IslerAfrican American astrophysist who studies blazars, supermassive hyperactive black holes and the powerful jet streams of energy that emanate from them. She was the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D in Astrophysics from Yale and continues to advocate for women of color in STEM fields.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedidah_Islerhttp://jedidahislerphd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/about-1.pnghttp://jedidahislerphd.com/about/xxastrophysics, black holesUSAxfemale
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Janet IwasaJanet Iwasa’s colorful, action-packed 3D animations illustrate how molecules look, move and interact — allowing scientists to visualize their hypotheses and conveying complex scientific information to general audiences. Iwasa uses high-end animation software to create her works, but to help scientists access visualization technology, she’s also created Molecular Flipbook, a free, open source 3D animation software tool that lets researchers intuitively and quickly model molecular hypotheses.Molecular Animator
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Shirley AnnJacksonFirst African-American woman to earn doctorate in theoretical solid state physics at MIT, first African American and first woman to chair the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. She is considered a leading developer of caller ID and call waiting on telephones.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Ann_Jacksonxparticle physicsUSA1946-xfemale
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MaryJacksona mathematician and scientist whose unparalleled skills and expertise led her to become NASA’s first African-American female engineer and also help in America’s win at the “Space Race”.xxUSAxfemale
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ShirleyJacksonDr. Shirley Jackson was the first African American woman to graduate with a doctorate in particle physics, she went on to work for Bell Telephones, and helped to invent a whole host of developments that revolutionized the way we communicate, from touch-tone dialing to call-waiting. One contribution, however, looms bigger than most: the invention of fiber-optic cables that link the world's communication systems.x
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Mae Jemison American physician and NASA astronaut known for being the first black woman to travel in space. Mae Jemison is a physician, engineer, educator, entrepreneur, and the first woman of color in the world to go into space – she was a NASA astronaut for six years. Currently, Mae devotes much of her attention to the 100 Year Starship, which she says is “pursuing an extraordinary tomorrow to create a better world today.” In her spare moments, Mae is a lifelong and accomplished dancer.xUSA1956xfemale
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Katherine JohnsonKatherine Johnson is best known for her major contributions to the United States' aeronautics and space programs with the early application of digital electronic computers. Her work was recently recognized and featured in the movie Hidden Figures.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnsonhttp://media.pbseducation.org/craft.prod/images/4-Johnson.jpegPBSxxaerospace, rocket trajectory calculationsUSA1918xfemalehttps://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/1fe35938-1f6a-444c-9184-85f4ee66eb6a/katherine-johnson-nasa-computer/#.WnCfYZM-dE4
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Lonnie JohnsonLonnie G. Johnson earned his master's degree in nuclear engineering from Tuskegee University, and went on to work for the U.S. Air Force and the NASA space program. After tinkering with the invention of a high-powered water gun, Johnson's Super Soaker became a top-selling item by the early 1990s. He has since been developing the Johnson Thermoelectric Energy Converter (JTEC), an engine that converts heat directly into electricity.Engineer/Inventor