Lin Lanying, PhD
Lin Lanying, PhD, is known as “the mother of semiconductor materials” in China.
Katsuko Saruhashi, PhD
Katsuko Saruhashi, PhD, was the first woman to win Japan’s Miyake Prize for geochemistry.
Sunita Williams
Sunita Williams, a NASA astronaut, holds the record for the most total spacewalk time by a woman.
Sylvia Earle, PhD
Sylvia Earle, PhD, is a world-renowned marine biologist dedicated to ocean conservation.
Jedidah C. Isler, PhD
Jedidah C. Isler, PhD, is an astrophysicist and was the first African-American woman to complete her PhD in astrophysics at Yale.
June Almeida, PhD
June Almeida, PhD, was a virologist who pioneered virus imaging and identification.
Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA
Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA, served as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States.
Vera Rubin, PhD
Vera Rubin, PhD, was an American astronomer who discovered dark matter.
Marthe Gautier
Marthe Gautier was a French physician who discovered the genetic cause of Down syndrome.
Kizzmekia S. Corbett-Helaire, PhD
Kizzmekia S. Corbett-Helaire, PhD, is an viral immunologist whose work was key to the development of the COVID-19 vaccine.