Gabriela González
Meet the spokesperson for LIGO, the organization that just announced they have detected gravitational waves, Gabriela Gonzalez.
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Katherine Freese
Meet Dr. Katherine Freese, an astrophysicist studying dark matter and dark energy.
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Hadiyah-Nicole Green
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green is pioneering the use of lasers and nanoparticles to fight cancer.
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Yanping Guo
in 2006, NASA launched the New Horizons probe towards Pluto. Thanks to Yanping Guo, it reached its destination exactly on time. Image Source: NASA
Katherine Johnson
Meet Katherine Johnson, a mathematician involved in many of America’s greatest achievements during the space race. Image: Wikimedia.
Maria Telkes
A pioneer of the use of solar energy, Maria Telkes, is often referred to as the “Sun Queen” and the ‘Mother of the Solar Home.” Image: Wikimedia.
Sophie Germain
The late 18th century was not the best time to devote yourself to a life-long study of mathematics if you were the daughter of a merchant growing up in Paris, France. But that didn’t stop Marie-Sophie Germain. Image: Wikimedia.
Leona Marshall Libby
Leona Marshall Libby first worked with physicist Enrico Fermi at age 23, when she was on the team that built Chicago Pile-1, the world’s first nuclear reactor. The youngest member of the team as well as the only woman, Libby earned her PhD shortly after beginning the job.
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Marie Curie
In 1903 Curie became the first woman to receive a doctoral degree in France and was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize. She was later awarded the prize in Chemistry, making her the first person to win two Nobel prizes.
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