Black Americans
St. Elmo Brady created the nation's first what?
chemistry graduate program at HBCU
Mary Golda Ross was the first Indigenous American woman to become what?
Engineer
Gregory L. Hillhouse was a trailblazer in the field of_____, proving it was possible to make nitrenes
energy-rich nitrogen compounds
Who founded a Chemistry Camp that encourages others who are visually impaired to learn and experience science?
Henry "Hoby" Wedler
Dr. Peter Tsi contributed to invention during the COVID-19 pandemic?
N95 Mask
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 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 damage 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. Peter Tsi completed enough credits from Kansas State University to receive how many PhD's worth?
6
adrenal hormone
Dr. Marie Maynard Daly created a scholarship for African Americans pursuing physics or chemistry in honor of who?
Her father
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
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. Flossie Wong-Staal was named the top female scientist of the 1980's for what achievement?
her work with retroviruses
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
Marie Maynard Daly assisted in the discovery of what correlation?
smoking and high blood pressure
Which of the following is NOT a groundbreaking invention of Indigenous Americans?
(1) Pharmaceuticals/Pain relievers
(2) Oral Contraceptives
(3)Anesthesia
(4)Syringes/hypodermic needles
Anesthesia
(Daily Double) - answer both correctly to get double points 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
The 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)
Dr. Flossie Wong- Staal's name at birth was Yee Ching Wong. Why did her teachers encourage her to change her name to “Flossie”?
to help further her academic pursuits
What was the cause of Professor Luiz Alves death?
heart attack (myocardial infarction)
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 contraceptives