Black Americans
St. Elmo Brady created the nation’s first what?
HBCU Historically Black College/University
Mary Golda Ross was the first Indigenous American woman to become what?
An engineer
Gregory L Hillhouse was a trailblazer in the field of _________, proving it was possible to make nitrenes?
Energy rich nitrogen compounds
Farida Bedwei said “All my life, I’ve been told to remove the word ‘I can’t’ from my vocabulary and to at least replace it with ‘_____’” to persist with her drive in STEM despite her lack of ability to write and speech/movement difficulties.
“I’ll try”
Dr. Peter Tsi contributed to invention during the COVID-19 pandemic?
N95 mask
Oswaldo Luiz Alves who founded the Solid State Chemistry Laboratory at the Institute University of Campinas was among the first scientists from what country involved in the creation and teaching of nanotechnology?
Brazil
Marie Maynard Daly was the first Black woman in the US to earn a PhD in what subject?
Chemistry
Dr. Alvord was the first member of the Navajo Nation to become _______________.
A Board Certified Surgeon
What was the focus of Rachel Carson’s work?
How the use of pesticides damages natural habitats.
What disability do both Henry “Hoby” Welder and Judy Summers-Gates share in their perseverance within their STEM pursuits?
Both are legally blind
Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal was named the top female scientist of the 1980's for what achievement?
Her revolutionary work with retroviruses
Sarah Borrell Ruize was born in Spain in 1917 into an open-minded family who supported women in education. With her hard work and family support she received several honors in her PhD research studying the composition of the ______ Rivers near Madrid.
Tajo Rivers
Marie Maynard Daly assisted in the discovery of what correlation?
Smoking and high blood pressure
Mary Golda Ross was an aeronautical engineer working on top secret equipment for America during what war?
Cold War
Who transitioned from female to male and was told “his work is much better than his sister’s” after they left the workplace as a man and returned posing as their sister.
Ben Barres
Who founded a Chemistry Camp that promotes others who are visually impaired to learn and experience science?
Henry “Hoby” Wedler
Dr. Peter Tsi completed enough credits from Kansas State University to receive how many PhD's worth?
6
As Professor Luiz Alves served as a wonderful role model in his community, this multiplied the devastation of his sudden death in 2021. What was the cause of death?
Heart attack (myocardial infarction)
Dr. Marie Maynard Daly created a scholarship for African Americans pursuing physics or chemistry in honor of who?
Her father (who could not obtain his chemistry degree because of financial difficulties)
Which of the following is not a groundbreaking invention of Indigenous Americans?
Pharmaceuticals/Pain relievers
Oral Contraceptives
Anesthesia
Syringes/hypodermic needles
Anesthesia
Daily Double!!!!!! - answer both correct to get double, or one for the single
Dr. Ben Barres attended ________ (what school) and specialized to become a _________ (what specialist) where he changed the way scientists understand glial cell interactions with neurons and their active role in brain function.
Dartmouth Medical School; Medical Neurobiologist
American Chemical Society has taken initiative in creating the ACS Committee of Chemists with Disabilities where Judy Summer-Gates works in Minority Affairs. Before this position, she was an analytical chemist for who?
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Why did Dr. Flossie Wong- Staal's teachers encourage her to change her name?
To help further her academic pursuits
In 40 years, Professor Oswaldo Luiz Alves taught over ___ (Nearest 10s) master’s/doctorate students while researching 2-dimensional doped glass materials using quantum dots for telecommunications and electronics.
50 students
Dr. Brady research focused on how the acidity of _________ was changed based on different chemical groups.
Carboxylic acids
What was ingested as a common treatment by Indigenous Americans that contains the active ingredient in Aspirin?
Willow bark
Gregory L. Hillhouse refused to come out as gay with fears it could damage his career. What event enabled him to overcome his fears and come out?
The death of his close friend from AIDS
Farida Bedwei is a computer scientist who co-founded a software company in Ghana. Through her software company she created a superhero character with _______ because there was no representation of a female with this condition in the world of superheroes.
Cerebral Palsy
After Dr. Flossie Wong- Staal received her postdoc from the University of California- San Diego, where did she begin working?
National Cancer Institute
While Dr. Sara Borrell Ruiz did her postdoc, she discovered a base - glucosamine reaction causing milk browning. Following this discovery, Ruiz traveled from Spain to the US to research estrogen and other steroid hormones. She was on the team that developed the first _________ in Spain.
Oral contraceptive