Lina Stern, a biochemist and neurophysiologist, was one of the first researchers to identify what is now known as the blood-brain barrier, and conducted pioneering research on the central nervous system. adalovelaceday.subst...

Lin Lanying was an engineer and physicist who developed semiconductor and aerospace materials, particularly monocrystalline silicon, a key semiconductor used as a component in virtually all modern electronic equipment. adalovelaceday.subst...

Michiyo Tsujimura was an agricultural scientist, biochemist and the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in agriculture in Japan. She discovered that green tea contains vitamin C. adalovelaceday.subst...

Helen Quinn co-developed a theory to explain why the symmetry between matter and antimatter breaks in weak interactions, which drive nuclear decay, but not in strong interactions, which hold matter together. adalovelaceday.subst...

Susan Krumdieck is a mechanical and energy systems engineer. She co-founded the transition engineering movement, which develops innovative methods and technologies to help reduce reliance on fossil fuels. adalovelaceday.subst...

Leone Norwood Farrell invented the Toronto Method for large-scale vaccine production, making childhood immunisation programmes more affordable and facilitating the mass production of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine in the 1950s. adalovelaceday.subst...

One of NASA’s first African-American employees, Annie Easley helped develop software for the Centaur rocket stage, enabling several later landmark spaceflights, and helped develop early battery powered vehicles. adalovelaceday.subst...

Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi was a marine biologist who pioneered the study of marine sciences in the Dominican Republic. She worked to protect ocean biodiversity and created one of the first sanctuaries for humpback whales. adalovelaceday.subst...

Valeria Correa Vaz de Paiva is a Brazilian mathematician, logician, computer scientist and computational linguist who introduced new ways to model linear logic in advanced programming languages. adalovelaceday.subst...

Isabella Aiona Abbott was the first Native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science and a leading expert on Pacific marine algae. She discovered over 200 seaweed species and her work is still influential today. adalovelaceday.subst...

The only known photographs of mathematician and computing pioneer Ada Lovelace have been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery just before they were expected to be sold to a private buyer. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/nat...

Frances Wagner was one of the first women to carry out field research for the Geological Survey of Canada and became a distinguished expert in the use of micropaleontology to study marine geology. adalovelaceday.subst...

Nadine Caron is the first Canadian/First Nations (Ojibway) female medicine graduate from BCU and first to become a general endocrine surgeon. She advocates for improved public health for First Nations communities. adalovelaceday.subst...

Jewel Plummer Cobb discovered how skin cells produce melanin and how they become cancerous. She also discovered that methotrexate was an effective treatment for some skin and lung cancers and childhood leukaemia. adalovelaceday.subst...

Marie Maynard Daly co-discovered the link between high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and the clogged arteries that can cause heart disease and strokes. She also studied the damage that cigarettes have on the heart & lungs. adalovelaceday.subst...

V Narry Kim is a biochemist and microbiologist who has developed new technology to reduce cancer cell proliferation by eliminating specific microRNAs. Her work may lead to new gene therapies. adalovelaceday.subst...

Fumiko Yonezawa was a theoretical physicist who studied amorphous materials, semiconductors and liquid metals. She used computational models to show how, at an atomic level, liquids become crystals or amorphous solids. adalovelaceday.subst...

Janaki Ammal crossbred sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield that could flourish in India's tropical climate. She was instrumental in saving the botanically diverse Silent Valley in India. adalovelaceday.subst...

Firdausi Qadri is a Bangladeshi immunologist and infectious disease researcher. She developed an affordable oral cholera vaccine and the typhoid conjugate vaccine, and led mass vaccinations to prevent cholera outbreaks. adalovelaceday.subst...

Rukhmabai Raut was the second woman to become a practising physician in India. She studied at the Royal Free Hospital & London School of Medicine for Women, then became the Chief Medical Officer at the Women's Hospital in Surat. adalovelaceday.subst...

Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American woman to become a licensed nurse and to work professionally as a nurse in the USA. She was one of only three to successfully graduate from her class of 42 women. adalovelaceday.subst...

Maryna Viazovska, Марина Вязовська, is a mathematician known for her work on sphere packing in various dimensions. In 2022, she became only the second woman to win the Fields Medal. adalovelaceday.subst...

Katalin Karikó co-discovered that modifications to mRNA could prevent an immune reaction, allowing it to be used to order cells to make any protein. Her work laid the foundations for the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. adalovelaceday.subst...

Claudia J Alexander was a geophysicist and planetary scientist who worked for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she oversaw Galileo's plunge into Jupiter. Read & subscribe: adalovelaceday.subst...

Bertha Yeawas “Birdie” Parker Pallan was the first female Native American archaeologist. She discovered, excavated & documented the pueblo site of Scorpion Hill, and found evidence of early human habitation at Gypsum Cave. adalovelaceday.subst...

Flossie Wong-Staal, 黄以静, was a virologist and molecular biologist who was the first to molecularly clone HIV. She also created a map of its genes, which was crucial to proving that HIV causes AIDS. Read more and subscribe: adalovelaceday.subst...

Edith Clarke was the first female professor of electrical engineering in the USA. She developed a method to calculate the maximum power that a power transmission line could carry and remain stable. Read more & subscribe: adalovelaceday.subst...

Inge Lehmann discovered evidence of the Earth's solid inner core & molten outer core. Her work was confirmed by computer models decades later, but she did all her data collection & calculations by hand. More: adalovelaceday.subst...

Dr Elizabeth Rona was a nuclear chemist and expert on isotope separation & polonium preparation. She proved the existence of thorium 231, paving the way for mass spectrography, and co-developed the use of radioactive tracers. adalovelaceday.subst...

Maria Vasilievna Pavlova, Мария Павлова, was a palaeontologist who discovered several hoofed mammals & proved Hipparion was not the direct ancestor of modern horses, changing our understanding Eurasian horse ancestry. adalovelaceday.subst...

Rita Levi-Montalcini was a neurobiologist who co-discovered nerve growth factor with Stanley Cohen. They both won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986. She was only the 4th woman to receive it. adalovelaceday.subst...

Biologist Danielle N Lee studies the connections between ecology, evolution and animal behaviour. She studies the African giant pouched rat's behavioural syndromes and the potential role of genetics in these behaviours. adalovelaceday.subst...

Irene C Peden is an electrical engineer & was the first woman scientist to live and work in the interior of the Antarctic, developing techniques for studying deep glacial ice using radio waves. adalovelaceday.subst...

Sarah Al Amiri is the Chair of the UAE Space Agency and the UAE Council of Scientists. She played a key role in the Emirates Mars Mission and is currently overseeing a Venus flyby. adalovelaceday.subst...

Phyllis Kerridge was a pioneering chemist and physiologist whose research laid the foundation for the creation of standardised hearing aids. She is also known for her invention of the miniature pH electrode and her work on artificial respiration. adalovelaceday.subst...

Noor Shaker is a computer scientist and biotech entrepreneur who aims to make drug discovery faster and more effective by blending experts’ chemistry knowledge with advanced machine learning techniques. adalovelaceday.subst...

Haleema Alamri is a materials scientist who is developing degradable polymers that can be used as functional, cost-effective and sustainable replacements for traditional plastic materials. adalovelaceday.subst...

Fatemah Alharbi is a computer scientist who works to detect and analyse weak spots in security networks. She discovered a significant flaw in the Apple macOS, Linux Ubuntu, and Microsoft Windows security systems. adalovelaceday.subst...

Abla Mehio Sibai researches healthy ageing and non-communicable diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, among older adults in underprivileged communities, including refugees. adalovelaceday.subst...

Rajeshwari Chatterjee was the first female engineer from Karnataka, India. She set up India's first microwave engineering lab, and her work on satellite comms and spacecraft & aircraft antennae is still influential today. adalovelaceday.subst...

Tasneem Zehra Husain is a theoretical physicist, science writer, educator and the first Pakistani woman to earn a PhD in string theory. She also works to make theoretical physics more accessible. adalovelaceday.subst...

Asima Chatterjee was a pioneering organic chemist and India's first female scientist to be awarded a doctor of science degree. She helped develop drugs to treat epilepsy and malaria based on biologically active compounds in plants. adalovelaceday.subst...

Hao Yichun was a pioneer in the fields of stratigraphy, micropaleontology and paleoceanography. She co-authored Paleontology, China’s first textbook on the subject, and expanded our understanding of foraminifera. adalovelaceday.subst...

Tsai-Fan Yu's pioneering research helped make gout a curable disease, linked gout to hypertension and diabetes, and established one of the first systematised lab tests for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis. adalovelaceday.subst...

Lina Stern, a biochemist and neurophysiologist, was one of the first researchers to identify what is now known as the blood-brain barrier, and conducted pioneering research on the central nervous system. adalovelaceday.subst...

Lin Lanying was an engineer and physicist who developed semiconductor and aerospace materials, particularly monocrystalline silicon, a key semiconductor used as a component in virtually all modern electronic equipment. adalovelaceday.subst...

Michiyo Tsujimura was an agricultural scientist, biochemist and the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in agriculture in Japan. She discovered that green tea contains vitamin C. adalovelaceday.subst...

Helen Quinn co-developed a theory to explain why the symmetry between matter and antimatter breaks in weak interactions, which drive nuclear decay, but not in strong interactions, which hold matter together. adalovelaceday.subst...

Susan Krumdieck is a mechanical and energy systems engineer. She co-founded the transition engineering movement, which develops innovative methods and technologies to help reduce reliance on fossil fuels. adalovelaceday.subst...

Leone Norwood Farrell invented the Toronto Method for large-scale vaccine production, making childhood immunisation programmes more affordable and facilitating the mass production of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine in the 1950s. adalovelaceday.subst...