Dorothy Vaughan
Dorothy Vaughan was a computer scientist and mathematician, and NASA’s first Black supervisor. She was part of the team of mathematicians who worked on John Glenn’s first launch into space, as depicted in the movie “Hidden Figures.”
Jewel Plummer Cobb, PhD
Jewel Plummer Cobb, PhD, was an American biologist and cancer researcher.
Kathryn Sullivan, PhD
Kathryn Sullivan, PhD, is the only person to have both orbited the Earth and descended to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of Earth’s oceans.
Maryna Viazovska, PhD
Maryna Viazovska, PhD, is only the second woman to win a Fields Medal.
Jeanette Epps, PhD
Jeanette Epps, PhD, is an aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut.
Annie Jump Cannon
Annie Jump Cannon is known as “the census taker of the sky.”
Megan Smith
Megan Smith was the first woman appointed United States Chief Technology Officer.
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, PhD
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, PhD, is a theoretical cosmologist and particle physicist.
Lauren Esposito, PhD
Lauren Esposito, PhD, is one of the world’s only women scorpion experts.
Fei-Fei Li, PhD
Fei-Fei Li, PhD, is a Chinese-American computer scientist known for her pioneering work in AI.