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  • Modern Astronomers

    …an excellent science communicator, researcher, andleader.  She earned her B.S . from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii in the 1980s. At NASA she led the imaging team of the Voyager 2’s encounter with Neptune and became known for her science communication for it.  She returned to MIT as a scientist for nearly a decade. Among her honors, she has received Vladimir Karpetoff Award , Klumpke-Roberts Award,…

    Authored by on January 19, 2012

  • Modern Chemists

    to chemistry, biology, and medicine led to her renown in several fields. She has also spent much time in service positions. Her awards include the Martin Company Gold Medal for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishments (received 3 times), the Garvan Medal, and honored as one of ten Outstanding Women in the State of Maryland. Madeleine M. Joullie is known for elegant research and inspirational teaching.  Born in 1927, her early life in Brazil was…

    Authored by on April 23, 2012

  • Historical Physicists

    Featured today are 10 more women who broke boundaries by their presence in physics. They lived from 1711 to 2000. While I again limited information to one paragraph, I tried to highlight how they got their start, what universities, family members, and scientists were supportive of them. For these women, without the support of fathers, mothers, husbands, and mentors (all male with one exception) their life in science would not have happened. Whil…

    Authored by on February 21, 2012

  • Crystallographers of merit

    …B.A. with honors from Somerville College at Oxford University in 1931, then went onto a research fellowship there. She earned her D.Phil. from Cambridge University in 1936, followed by marrying Thomas Hodgkin in 1937. She had 3 children within the next 10 years. Dr. Hodgkin did research using x-ray crystallography to study and clarify large biomolecules and pioneered the use of computers in crystallography. In 1964, she received the Nobel Prize i…

    Authored by on March 7, 2013

  • A Few Modern Physicists

    …l and mechanical acumen served her well as a group leader at the Fermilab. Dr. Edwards is a team player and insists upon acknowledging the contributions of her colleagues in her and Fermilab’s success. Vandana Shiva in 2008. [Edited, 11/26/12, 14:43 ET]: Vandana Shiva was trained in physics and the philosophy of science and now works as an environmentalist, achieving considerable global prominence. She  was born in 1952 and, according t…

    Authored by on November 26, 2012

  • Historical Chemists

    eral Distinguished Service Citations. Dr. Medes was at the forefront of cancer research and named a rare disease, tyrosinosis [PDF].  Marguerite Perey (1909-1975) was the first woman to enter the French Academy of Science in 300 years. She earned her Diplôme d’État de chimiste from École d’enseignement technique féminine and her doctorate from Sorbonne. She worked with Marie Curie and discovered the element francium. Perey received t…

    Authored by on January 10, 2012

  • Leah Gerber, conservation biologist and lover of sushi

    …ng others if they faced institutional barriers, and how they might work to engage more.  DXS: What ways do you express yourself creatively that may not have a single thing to do with science? LG: I have 2 young kids, a 3yo and a 7yo.  Being a mom helps me keep it real -  I love that I get to enjoy the awe of discovering the world with my girls.  We just got a puppy this weekend and we are having fun dressing her up and painting her nails (…

    Authored by on September 17, 2012

  • Historical Chemists Part II

    fter a short duration as an instructor at Mt. Holyoke, Dr. Carr returned to the University of Chicago to receive her PhD in 1910. She returned to Mt. Holyoke to become a full professor and head of the department by the age of 33, a post she held for 33 years. Dr. Carr was also a devoted aunt,a fashionable dresser, and a talented storyteller. She had a relationship with Mary Sherrill, another professor at Mt. Holyoke, whom she shared a residence w…

    Authored by on September 7, 2012

  • Sizing up the mother in me

    …. Kids endow your life with more of both, it seems. What I need to know is the ratio — where does the balance lie? Given that only 12 percent of the millions of eggs I was born with will have survived by the time I turn 30 — that’s less than three years from now — it’s probably time I sought an answer to that question. From where I stand, the costs of parenting appear immense. It’s not just the casual cruelty in the later years,…

    Authored by on June 5, 2013

  • Notable women biochemists in the 1900s

    …assisted her through many years. Her graduate and postdoctoral work determining infections caused by bacterial contamination and creating a new method of distillation improved the safety of intravenous feeding. She then spent 35 years working on tuberculosis, along the way inventing the first reliable test to diagnose the disease. Dr. Seibert broke the stereotype of ìscientistî by being one of two women in her field of tuberculosis research prese…

    Authored by on February 14, 2013

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