Biology
William Warrick Cardozo pioneered reasearch on this blood disorder that predominately affects those of African descent
What is sickle cell anemia?
Emmett Chappelle used bioluminescence as a way to identify the presence of bacteria and monitor plant health. He also applied it for samples of this that NASA is trying to find on other planets.
What is life?
This astrophysicist developed the ultraviolet camera/spectrograph used during the Apollo 16 mission in 1972.
Who is George Carruthers?
Guion Bluford was the first African American in space on this numbered mission of the Challenger(1983).
What is eighth or STS-8?
Francis Williams was a free born Jamaican in the late 17th century who taught a variety of subjects, his mastery over these subjects grants him this title. He also successfully computed the trajectory of a comet.
What is a polymath?
Beyond her research, Ruth Ella Moore was the first woman to head any department at this historically Black university, where she served as the head of the Department of Bacteriology.
What is Howard University?
Marie Daly was a chemist who studied the relationship between this lipid and heart health.
What is cholesterol?
Ronald E. McNair was a laser physicist and a mission specialist for NASA on this mission that exploded shortly after takeoff in 1986.
What is the (STS 51-L) Challenger mission?
Otis Boykin invented this electrical component, a part now used in many common devices, including computers and televisions to restrict a current.
What is the resistor?
He was a mathematician and nuclear scientist who was involved in the Manhattan Project. His work on nuclear reactor physics led to the discovery of phenomena like the Wilkins effect and the Wigner-Wilkins spectrum.
Who is J. Ernest Wilkins Jr.?
Jewel Plummer Cobb explored the relationship between this natural pigment and skin cancer.
What is melanin?
Bettye Washington Greene, was the first female African American chemist to work at this company. Her research focused on latex and polymers.
What is the Dow Chemical Company?
Willie Hobbs Moore, whose research focused on a technique that uses this kind of light to identify the chemical makeup of a sample. She was also the first African American woman to earn a doctorate in Physics
What is infrared (light)?
Mark Dean is a computer engineer who co-developed the first of this category of devices which includes desktop computers, laptops, and tablets.
What is the Personal Computer?
Gladys West is a mathematician who worked on the processing and analysis of satellite data that helped lead to the development of this service we use in our daily lives.
What is GPS?
This African American zoologist is known as the "Termite Lady" for her extensive research on termites, and she co-discovered the species Neotermes luykxi.
Who is Margaret Collins?
This African American was a chemist whose work at AT&T's Bell Laboratories focused on increasing the lifespan of telephone cables. He eventually succeeded by developing a new polymer, used as a cable sheath.
Who is Walter Lincoln Hawkins?
This physicist worked on the Dayton Project, part of the Manhattan Project, and was the first known African American woman to have a post-graduate degree in physics.
Who is Carolyn Parker?
He is a mechanical engineer and commander in the U.S. Navy. In 2020, he headed to the ISS as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 mission aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience.
Who is Victor J. Glover Jr.?
She was a mathematician and aerospace engineer at NASA. She does not appear in the Hidden Figures movie adaptation, but her story is part of the book.
Who is Christine Darden?
This physician was the first African American doctor in the U.S. to receive a "Doctress of Medicine" and later worked with theFreedmen's Bureau and other groups providing medical care for freed slaves.
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
While working at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases (now the NIH), this chemist explored the use of paper chromatography as a way to detect steroid substances. Later, in the FDA, she disproved the validity of Krebiozen as a cure for cancer.
Who is Alma Levant Hayden?
This British theoretical physicist, is best known for his work on string theory, is a professor at UCLA, and has published a few books including "The Dialogues"
Who is Clifford Johnson?
This electrical engineer designed memory chips at Fairchild Semiconductor and patented an integrated circuit. He also developed the fastest memory chip available in the 1960s.
Who is Frank S. Greene?
She was the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics, a prominent educator, and an alumni of Catholic University who worked towards the reformation of the segregated D.C. public school system.
Who is Euphemia Lofton Haynes?