Women in Science

A pioneer in nanotechnology, Hammond is the head of the MIT Department of Chemical Engineering, cofounder of MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology, and a member of MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.

A pioneer of the technique of nuclear magnetic resonance, or NMR, Cohn transformed the study of enzymes by aiming high-tech instruments at them.

Born in Taiwan, Chang made the long trip to the United States to study at Brown University and then Harvard. She became one of the world’s most successful biotechnology entrepreneurs.

In the mid-1980s Solomon led expeditions to Antarctica to gather evidence that CFCs were destroying the ozone layer.

Conversations on Chemistry, written in 1806 by Marcet, was intended for girls, but it also introduced chemistry to boys like Michael Faraday, whose formal education was very limited.

DNA’s electrical conductivity is at the heart of studies Barton is undertaking to find new methods for medical diagnosis and treatment.

From positions in academia, industry, and the corridors of political decision making in Washington, D.C., Good championed science and technology.

Polymer science and technology are just two of the areas to which Chowdhry, retired chief science and technology officer at the DuPont Company, contributed.

In 1887 Richards conducted an unprecedented survey that led to the first state water-quality standards in the nation and the first modern municipal sewage treatment plant.

In 1947 Daly became the first African American woman to receive a doctorate in chemistry in the United States.

In 1978 Mazumdar-Shaw started Biocon India in her garage and then built it into the multinational biotech firm it is today.

During the early stages of industrial development in the United States, Hamilton identified many workplace hazards and worked to improve the health of inner-city poor. She was also the first woman professor ever appointed at Harvard University.