SCIENTIST HEROES

"Game-changer" in Human Evolution
Found in South African Bones
 
Abner Peeler is credited with the invention of the first airbrush.Ada Lovelace  was a ninteenth century woman who influenced the computer programming of todayAirborne Windmills:
Turning High Altitude Wind
Into Cheap Electricity
 
Alan Turing laid the theoretical groundwork for the first computer.Albert Einstein believed in the power of imagination.Alexander Borodin was an accomplished chemist, composer and staunch advocate of women's rights.Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the first telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the telephone.Algae Fuels United States Navy Ameen Abdulrasool is a young inventor who developed a portable navigation system for the blind.Amy Charkowski works on the front lines of protecting Earth's food supply.
Ancient Art Supplies Found
In South African Cave
 
Andrea Mia Ghez is an astrophysicist best known for her discoveries about the black hole at the center of our galaxy.Ariel Ruiz i Altaba
Scientist - Photographer
 combines art and science to research how cells are generated and formed.
Audrey Penn:
Just Do It
 is a medical doctor who has devoted herself to studying diseases that affect muscle control.
Augusta Ada Byron developed the world's first computer program while struggling with her own personal hardships.Babak Darvish, MD inspires his patients and coworkers with his upbeat attitude and determination.Barbara McClintock was one of the first women geneticists, and a Nobel laureate. Ben Carson is the chief of neurosurgery
at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.
Benjamin Franklin was an inventor, diplomat, writer, and a huge influence on American history.Benjamin Franklin was an inventor, civic leader and founding father of the U.S.Bernard Fantus created the world's first blood bank.Bernardo Houssay was an Argentinean physiologist and Nobel Prize winner.
Beth Rickard
Environmentalist
 is an advocate of solar as the energy of the future.
Bidding A Fond Fairwell to The Space Shuttle Bill Fenical
"Neptune's Medicine Chest"
 is a pioneer in the hunt for medicines from the ocean to treat cancer and other diseases.
Blood-Test Promises Improvements
in Screening, Treating Cancer
 
Bonnie Dunbar 
helped start a scholars program to inspire students to pursue careers in aerospace and engineering.
Bram Cohen is a computer programmer and the creator of BitTorrent.Bulletproof Skin Created From Spider's Silk
Holds Great Medical Promise
 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention an online source for Credible Health Information
Charles Darwin is the father of modern biology.Chiaki Mukai is the first female Japanese astronaut.Christiane Nusslein-Volhard is a Nobel Prize winner and pioneer genetic researcher.Claudia Gerwin:
Keeping the Neurons Firing
 researches how nerve cells relay messages to each other.
Clifford V. Johnson is a string theorist who studies the makeup of the smallest particles of the universe.Connie Samaras has created media archives for deep space voyages.Courtney Schumacher is an atmospheric scientist and educator committed to mentoring young women interested in science.Cristina Diaz:
Biologist
 studies intertidal and tropical sponges.
Dame Cicely Saunders founded the modern hospice to provide compassionate, holistic care to the dying.DAREnet provides open access to Dutch academic research information and findings.Darlene Cavalier founded ScienceCheerleader.com to promote science literacy.Darlene Ketten studies stranded whales and dolphins.
Dean Kamen makes science and technology exciting for young people,Debbye Turner became Miss America and pursued her dream to become a veterinarian.Denis Mukwege Helps Women Ravaged By Congo War Dilfuza Egamberdiyeva cares for the Earth's soil, researching ways to produce microbes to control plant diseases.
Doctors: Transplant Advance
in Windpipe Cancer Surgery Uses Stem Cells
 
Dr Deepak Acharya is a scientist devoted to protecting India's endangered Patalkot Forest.Dr. Alexander Langmuir Langmuir's work in epidemiology has saved millions of lives.Dr. Barbara Ross Lee became the first African American woman dean of a US medical school.
Dr. Caldicott  has been a lifelong anti-nuclear activist.Dr. Carolyn Mazure founded the Yale Women's Health Program and is a forceful figure in the women's health movement.Dr. Edward Holland
Ophthalmologist
 transplants corneal stem cells to help give people their sight back.
Dr. Edward Jenner discovered the vaccine.
Dr. Elizabeth Kalko
and the Jason Project
 studies bats in the Panamanian rainforest.
Dr. Elvia Niebla
Soil Scientist
 is dedicated to soil conservation.
Dr. Farouk El-Baz 
is an Egyptian space scientist and geologist.
Dr. France Cordova is a renowned
astrophysicist who
has broken gender
and cultural barriers.
Dr. Gloria WilderBrathwaite was inspired to provide health care to the poor in the innner city.Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy cares for the eyes of millions of people in India.Dr. Ines Cifuentes
Seismologist
 works to improve science programs for students in Washington, DC.
Dr. Karen Plaut has been a pioneer in animal science research.
Dr. Kay Jamison is both an expert on, and a sufferer of, Bipolar Disorder.Dr. Kristi Curry-Rogers is an accomplished paleontologist who travels the globe in search of dinosaur digs.Dr. Madan Kataria has started a revolution of joy and laughter that is spreading around the world.Dr. Michael DeBakey is the father of modern open-heart surgery.
Dr. Patch Adams 
gives the practice
of medicine a
humorous twist.
Dr. Paul Farmer has dedicated his life to treating people in the poorest nations in the world.Dr. Richard Murphy
Marine Biologist
 educates others about the sea and ways to protect the oceans for the future.
Dr. Robert Ballard
and the JASON project
 bring scientific exploration to children around the world.
Dr. Sara W. Lazar
Neuroscientist - Meditator
 researches the effects of meditation on the brain.
Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh is a scientist dedicated to the study and conservation of bonobos.Dr. Susan Love is committed to women's health issues.Dr. Tedd Collins IV is giving hope to mixed heritage patients with his work on cord blood transplants.
Dr. Zeda Rosenberg is working to protect women from HIV/AIDS.Educational Project Challenges Students to Design and Build Super Efficient Vehicles Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female doctor and opened the first medical school for women.Enrico Fermi was one of the 20th century's greatest physicists.
Envirofit retrofits engines to reduce pollution and enhance energy efficiency in developing countries.Erich Jarvis observes song birds and uses his training with molecular biology to learn about brain behavior.Experimental Hypersonic Glider
Speeds to New Heights
 
F. Sherwood Rowland discovered the 'greenhouse effect.'
Fati Kirakoya is a researcher committed to finding solutions to end HIV/AIDS.Frederick Banting was the co-discoverer of Insulin.Friends of the Sea Lion rescue, treat, and release these mammals back into the ocean.From "Hubble" to "WISE", Space Telescopes Unveil the Heavens 
Gail Kaaialii:
Biologist
 investigates the origins of life and helps others value all life forms.
Galileo Galilei was the first to use a telescope to observe the stars and planets.George Washington Carver is famous for experimenting with plants.Gertrude B. Elion developed
the AIDS drug, AZT.
Gina Gallant is an inventor whose
passion is protecting the environment.
Grace Murray Hopper was a computer visionary and naval officer.Greenland's "Ice Queen Liz" Ventures
Hundreds of Miles in Search of Data
 
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor who won a Nobel Prize in Physics for wireless telegraphy.
Guion S. Bluford, Jr. 
became the first African-American in space.
Hazel Barton combines her passion for caving with researching microbes.Hib Vaccine Team created an affordable, synthetic vaccine against the bacteria that can cause meningitis and pneumonia.High schoolers use their tech skills to build a better world 
High-tech Yacht to be first Solar-Powered Vehicle to Circumnavigate the Globe Hole Punch Clouds:
Airplanes May Cause Rain at Some Airports
 
Homeless New York Teen Has Bright Future
After Acing Intel Science Contest
 
Hot New Planet Could be Habitable...
Sweltering, but Habitable
 
Howard Florey shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine for extracting penicillin.Hubble telescope zeroes in
on green blob in space
 
In Vitro Pioneer Robert Edwards
Wins Nobel Prize for Medicine
 
Inventions by British Engineers Solving
Health Problems In 3rd World
 
Irene Ayako Uchida helped find the link between radiation and birth defects.Irene Curie was the second woman in history to win the Nobel Prize in science; the first woman was her mother, Marie.Is Zombie Parasite Causing Bee Die-Off? Jack St. Clair Kilby invented
the microchip.
James Burke developed a model of discovery called the Knowledge Web to connect information across space and time.Jane Mt. Pleasant is an agricultural scientist who looks to the past to meet today's farming needs.Jonas Salk discovered the polio vaccine.Kathy Sullivan was the first American woman to walk in space.
Leon Lederman devotes much of his time and energy to improving science education in America.Leonard Adleman improves
lives with his work
in DNA technology.
Leonardo da Vinci was an artist, scientist and inventor.Leslie Thompson is a scientist devoted to finding a cure for Huntington's Disease.
Louis Pasteur advanced the practice of medicine with his discoveries.Luz Maria Rodriguez-Fernandez conducts cancer research to help understand the disease process.Madame Curie received the Nobel Prize for her discovery of Radium.Mae Jemison dreamed of going to space since childhood.
Magdalena Hurtado is an anthropologist who studies the Ache people of Paraguay.Margaret Mead was a renowned anthropologist who thought in terms of 'the interconnection of all aspects of human life.'Marie Curie discovered radioactivity as an atomic property, opening the door to 20th century science.Martha Mecartney is a scientist, engineer and professor committed to helping young women interested in the field of science.
Meenakshi Wadhwa studies meteorites and the processes involved in their formation.Merieme Chadid is an astronomer from Morocco who did research at the South Pole.Mohammed Bah Abba invented a refrigeration device that is not dependent on electricity.NASA Discovers New Lifeform
That Redefines Search For Life Beyond Earth
 
NASA's Latest Mars Rover
Scrambles to Meet November Launch
 
Neil A. Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.New Planet Discovered In
"Goldilocks Zone"
... Not too hot, Not too cold ...
 
Nicolaus Copernicus was the first astronomer to propose that the planets orbit around the sun.
Nikola Tesla was the father of many modern inventions.Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to Trio
for Carbon-bonding Techniques
 
Nobel Prize in Physics Goes to Creators of Revolutionary Atom-thin Material Norman Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his success in increasing the world's food supply.
Ocean Science Satellite
to Monitor World's Oceans
 
On 25th Anniversary of Chernobyl Meltdown
Medvedev Pushes for Safer Nuclear Energy
 
Orville and Wilbur Wright were brothers determined to build a better flying machine.Paralyzed Ex-NBA Player
Dreams of Bionic Legs
 
Patrick Nagatani uses photography and colored lights to promote good health.Paul Munsen
Solar Oven Man
 manufactures sun ovens, which harness the sun's rays to provide an environmentally safe source of energy.
Paul Sipiera led an expedition into Antarctica to find meteorites for NASA.Peasant Inventors Showcased in China 
Percy Julian was a groundbreaking African American chemist, inventor, and trailblazer.Philo T. Farnsworth was the inventor of the television.Physicists Close in on "God Particle" Physics breakthrough?
Speedy Neutrinos Challenge Einstein's E=mc2
 
President Obama Bestows National Medals
of Science and Technology
 
Ramani Sankaranarayanan
and Geeta Vaidyanathan
 founded CTxGrEn to show villagers how to turn native materials into fuel for electricity.
Ray Kurzweil is an inventor who uses technology to restore health.Reef Ball Foundation restores damaged coral reef systems around the world.
Richard Feynman shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for work in the field of quantum electrodynamics. Robert Koch was an important medical researcher of the 19th century.Rokhaya Gueye treats malaria and
raises awareness about women's health issues in Senegal.
Russian Astronauts Spend 17 Months
Isolated in Mock Space Capsule
 
Saeed Awan  developed a new carpet loom that reduces child labor in Pakistan.Sandra Begay-Campbell is a Native American engineer who brings solar-powered energy to the Navajo reservation.Scientists from All Over the World
Scour Iceland For Clues to Our Future
 
Scientists: Faster-than-light
Finding Still Holds
 
Shannon Hackett studies the genetic diversity and evolution in tropical birds.Singapore's "Supertrees" Bring National Gardens into City Center Sir Alexander Fleming saved millions of lives with his discovery of penicillin.Solar Sister Wants to Light Up Rural Africa 
Solar-Powered Plane Completes Historic International Flight Space Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off
for the Last Time
 
Space Station Astronauts
Tackle Urgent Repair Job
 
Srinivasa Ramanujan made groundbreaking contributions to mathematics.
Stephanie Jenouvrier is a population ecologist researching the effects of climate change on emperor penguins.Stephen Hawking is a renowned theoretical physicist who writes about 'black holes'. Stephen Hawking Honored at World Science Festival Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar is a Nobel Prize winning astrophysicist who contributed to our understanding of the stars.
Tania Ruiz is an astrophysicist committed to science education and helping women reach their goals.Thais Corral  gives women a voice in their communities through access to communication technology.The Space Shuttle's Legacy The World Mourns Steve Jobs
(1955 - 2011)
 
Therese Koutnik is an inspiration to her sister and a role model for girls who would like to become engineers.Thomas Alva Edison 
is considered one of the world's greatest inventors.
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web.Tom Chau
Biomedical Engineer
 uses science and technology to maximize opportunities for people with disabilities.
Tom Dibblee was a legendary geologic mapper.Top Students Take Home Grand Prizes
Worth $100,000
 
U.S. Scientists Testing
Early Earthquake Warning System
 
Ursula Goellner-Scheiding has studied insects for over 60 years.
Usha Varanasi is the first woman to lead a Fisheries Science Center. Vint Cerf is an Internet pioneer who passionately believes that all people should benefit from the information revolution.Vladimir Kosma Zworykin is called
'The Father of Television'.
Wes Jackson was a professor who returned to the land to advance sustainable agriculture practices.
Whitehouse Backs Bid
to Encourage Women Scientists
 
Wilson Bentley 
was the first person to photograph a single snowflake.
Women Making Slow But Sure Strides
In Science and Math
 
XIV Argonauts broadcasted their explorations of the Channel Islands.
  
Yuri Gagarin was the first human being to journey into space.Zohra Ben Lakhdar is a physicist from Africa who does research on atomic spectroscopy.  



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