Scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor, who developed hundreds of new uses for agricultural crops.
Renowned surgeon and educator, Drew pioneered the American blood banking system.
A pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs whose research laid the foundation for human hormone production.
Rillieux’s multiple-effect evaporator invention revolutionized sugar processing, an early feat in chemical engineering.
First African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry, Daly worked to increase minorities in medical schools.
First African American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States who left an impressive teaching legacy at black colleges.
Gifted chemist who invented a number of ways to preserve food and amassed numerous patents used today.
The first African American president of the American Chemical Society, he founded Riverside Research Laboratories.
The first African American to participate in a major new-element program, Harris co-discovered elements 104 and 105.
Dr. Cooper has several patents in development of heat-resistant fluorine rubber compounds used to seal jet engines.
Two years ago, this distinguished educator became the second African American elected president of ACS.
Las ciencias son importantes en nuestro diario vivir. Asimismo, aquí en la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de EE.UU. (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés), las ciencias desempeñan un papel fundamental para lograr nuestra misión de proteger la salud humana y el medio ambiente. Día a día, científicas, ingenieras, e investigadoras hispanas contribuyen positivamente a la labor de la Agencia.
The first American woman to earn a chemistry Ph.D., Lloyd introduced a beet sweetening agent as a sugar substitute.
Pioneer of sanitary engineering, Richards contributed to our understanding of environmental systems.
A pioneer in the toxicology field, Hamilton studied the effects of harmful substances on the human body.
The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize, Cori’s landmark research gave us an understanding of sugar metabolism.
Cohn revolutionized NMR techniques, now widely used to study metabolic processes at the molecular level.
A Nobel laureate, Elion’s “rational drug design” led to effective treatments for leukemia and many other illnesses.
The second woman Nobelist in medicine, her groundbreaking technique can measure hundreds of substances in the body.
Creator of revolutionary diagnostic test strips, Free made possible self-management of disease.
Inventor of industrial-strength fibers that today protect and save thousands of lives.
Co-discoverer of elements 118 and 116, her research on super-heavy elements led to important findings about fission.
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