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Rosemary Joyce (born 1956), American archaeologist who uncovered chocolate's archaeological record and studies Honduran pre-history; Renata Kallosh (born 1943), Russian-born American theoretical physicist, educator; Dina Katabi (born 1970), professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT; Cynthia Keppel, nuclear physicist
This is a historical list dealing with women scientists in the 20th century. During this time period, women working in scientific fields were rare. Women at this time faced barriers in higher education and often denied access to scientific institutions; in the Western world, the first-wave feminist movement began to break down many of these ...
Danielle Bassett (born 1981), physicist and systems neuroscientist applying network science to the study of learning in the human brain; Amy Bastian (born 1968), neuroscientist contributing to the neuroscience of sensorimotor control; Diana Bautista (fl. 2000s), neuroscientist known for her work on the molecular mechanisms underlying itch ...
[137] [138] Over the course of her scientific career, she became the first female Fellow elected to the Nigerian Academy of Science, and the first female dean of science in Nigeria. [139] 1980: Mary K. Gaillard produces a report at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) addressing the fact that just 3% of the staff were women. She ...
1848: Maria Mitchell became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; she had discovered a new comet the year before. [1]1853: Jane Colden was the only female biologist mentioned by Carl Linnaeus in his masterwork Species Plantarum.
Amandine Aftalion (born 1973), French applied mathematician, studies superfluids and the mathematics of footracing; Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799), Italian mathematician and philosopher, possibly the first female mathematics professor; Ilka Agricola (born 1973), German expert on differential geometry and its applications in mathematical physics
After further study she was able to isolate this new element which she named "francium" for France. [32] Nuclear fission Austrian–Swedish physicist Lise Meitner, together with Otto Hahn and Otto Robert Frisch, led the small group of scientists who first discovered nuclear fission of uranium when it absorbed an extra neutron. The results were ...
L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards; List of British women physicians; List of female Breakthrough Prize laureates; List of female Clarivate Citation laureates; List of female mass spectrometrists; List of women climate scientists and activists; List of women in leadership positions on astronomical instrumentation projects; List of ...