Transcript Role Models in the Physical Sciences
Role Models in the Physical Sciences Created by Bill Church Trinity College 2006
Science Discipline Chemical Sciences Physics Biological Sciences Neuroscience
Chemical Sciences • Atoms and the Periodic Table
Equations • Solutions • Gases and Gas Laws • Stoichiometry
Chemical Sciences
• Bonding • Nuclear Reactions
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CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Atoms and the Periodic Table St. Elmo Brady, Ph.D
Divalent Oxygen
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Biochemistry John M. Brown, Ph.D.
Proteins and Carcinogens
Gertrude B. Elion, MSc.
Purine Pharmacology
James R. Gavin III, Ph.D.
Insulin
Severo Ochoa, M.D.
Nobel Prize, Enzymology
Ida S. Owens, Ph.D.
Isozymes, Drug metabolism
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Chemical Reactions and Equations Norbert Rillieux
Sugar Refining
Mario J. Molina, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize winner
Samuel P. Massie, Jr. Ph.D.
Organic Synthesis
Lloyd Hall, D.Sc.
Food Sterilization
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History and People of the Chemical Sciences Henrie M. Tredwell, Ph.D.
James E. Bostic, Jr. Ph.D.
Elvia Niebla, Ph.D.
Soil Scientist
George W. Carver
Chemurgist
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Nuclear Chemistry Edwin R. Russell, Ph.D.
Atomic Energy
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Spectroscopy and Analytical Analysis Isiah Warner, Ph.D.
Organized media
Emmett Chappelle, M.S.
Laser-induced fluorescence(LIF)
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, Ph.D.
X-ray Crystallography
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Solutions • Eliza Lucas Pinckney
Blue Indigo Dye
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Ecology
• Oceanography
Biology
Biology
Biological Sciences
Microbiology John F. Alderete,
Ph.D.Sexually-transmitted diseases
Genetics Jill Bargonetti-Chavarria, Ph.D.
P53 gene and Cancer
Francisco Ayala, Ph.D.
Population and Evolution Genetics
Maggie Werner-Washburne, Ph.D.
Genomics
Barbara McClintock, Ph.D.
Cytogenetics
Molecular and Cell Biology Manuel Ares, Ph.D.
RNA Structure, Function and Processing
Kenneth Olden, Ph.D., Sc.D.
Cellular processes and Cancer
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Developmental Biology Manuel Ares, Ph.D.
RNA Structure, Function and Processing
Ernest Everett Just, Ph.D.
Cell Surface Activity in Invertebrates
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Environmental and Ecology Marjorie Harris Carr
Environmentalist, Zoology
Oceanography Ellen H.S. Richards, M.Sc.
Founder of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Carole Baldwin, Ph.D.
Icthiologist
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• Nuclear Physics PHYSICS • Spectroscopy • Astrophysics Back to
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ASTROPHYSICS • Beth A. Brown, Ph.D.
Astrophysics
• Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr., Ph.D.
Astrophysics
• Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D.
Astrophysics
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NUCLEAR PHYSICS • Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Ph.D.
• Rosalyn Yalow, Ph.D.
Medical Application of Radioisotopes
• Fred Begay, Ph.D.
Thermonuclear fusion
• Lise Meitner, Ph.D.
mother of the Atomic Bomb
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SPECTROSCOPY • Ronald E. McNair, Ph.D.
Lasers
• Luis Alvarez, Ph.D.
Optics and Cosmic Rays
• Samuel E. Imes, Ph.D.
Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy
• Christine Ladd-Franklin
Color
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NEUROSCIENCE
NEUROSCIENCE Jose Del Castillo, Ph.D
Electrophysiology
Edward Bruce Bynum, Ph.D.
Behavior and Biofeedback
Erich JD. Jarvis, Ph.D.
Molecular Neurobiology and Animal Behavior
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Database Resources • Biographies of Notable Women Scientists • The African American Registry • The Faces of Science: African Americnas in the Sciences • A Recipe for Invention: Scientist Biographies • We Are Scientists/Mathematicians/Engineeers/Physicians – African Americans – Hispanics