Diversity in Science
By Azuraye Williams
Shirley Ann Jackson
Dr. Jackson conducted breakthrough basic scientific research that enabled others to invent the portable fax, touch tone telephone, solar cells, fiber optic cables, and the technology behind caller ID and call waiting.
Links to electricity and telecommunications
Lonnie G Johnson
Famous black inventor and scientist Lonnie G. Johnson invented the super soaker in 1990 which has been among the World’s bestselling toy ever since.
Links to materials - water
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Against all odds, Pakistan-born Hibah is a leading engineer at NASA. Currently, she is in the Engineering and Technology Directorate, supporting the NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) and working on expendable launch vehicles. She provides technical expertise, follows launch vehicle testing, performs data reviews and provides technical assessments of engineering issues. Loading...
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Charles Henry Turner was an American zoologist, educator, and comparative psychologist, known for his studies on the behavior of insects, particularly bees and ants.Loading...
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Links to animals including humans, plants and living things and their habitats.Dr Charles Drew
Charles Drew researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II.
Links to animals including humans - the human circulatory system
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE
Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock MBE is a British Space Scientist and Science Educator. Since February 2014, she has co-presented the long-running astronomy television programme The Sky at Night.
Links to space
Patricia Bath
In 1981, Bath began working on her most well-known invention: the Laserphaco Probe (1986) harnessing laser technology, the device created a less painful and more precise treatment of cataracts. She received a patent for the device in 1988, becoming the first African American female doctor to receive a patent for a medical purpose.
Links to light- the eye
Ahn Byung Min
Ahn won the 2015 Young Scientist Award from the Korea Institute of Metals and Materials for developing strong and lightweight structural metal-based nanomaterials.
Links to materials
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson loved math. Early in her career, she was called a “computer.” She helped NASA put an astronaut into orbit around Earth. And then she helped put a man on the Moon.
Links to space