Dr. Percy Julian, Pioneering Chemist Dr. Percy Julian was a pioneering research chemist and pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. He completed the first total synthesis of a chemical called physostigmine, which was ...
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People of Color in STEM: Dr. Stephon Alexander
Dr. Stephon Alexander, Theoretical Physicist and Professor Dr. Stephon Alexander is a theoretical physicist and professor at Brown University who specializes in cosmology, particle physics and quantum gravity (String Theory and Loop Quantum ...
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People of Color in STEM: Katherine Johnson
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People of Color in STEM: Dr. Aprille J. Ericsson
Dr. Aprille Ericsson, Aerospace Engineer and Instrument Manager Dr. Aprille Ericsson is an aerospace engineer and instrument manager at NASA’s prestigious Goddard Space Flight Center. She became the first African American female to receive a ...
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People of Color in STEM: Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr.
Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr., Theoretical Physicist Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr. is a theoretical physicist known for his work on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory. In 1984, he co-authored Superspace, the first ...
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People of Color in STEM: George Washington Carver
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