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Can you name 5 Women Scientists?
To celebrate Women's History Month (March), I want to know if you can name 5 Women Scientists from each scientific discipline?
Rules:
1. You can't choose people from your own institution or company.
2. You can't google or use the internet to aid in your search. (But if you know someone is a scientist, but not sure what disciple, you can look that up).
3. You can consult textbooks, journals, and class notes.
4. You can ask others to help you brainstorm, but they can't use the internet just to get 5 names fast (see #2).
5. Living and deceased scientists are acceptable.
6. Links to or references about the named scientists are greatly appreciated. Let's share the knowlege.
List as many as you can, even if it isn't five. And multi-cultural lists are a plus.
Thanks to Renaisauce for inspiring this phenomenal idea.
Major Scientfic Disciplines:
Astronomy
Biology
Biomedical and Medicine
Chemistry
Genetics
Geography
Geology
Physics
Psychology
Space & Planetary Sciences
Submitted by The_Urban_Scientist on Sat, 2008-03-08 09:46.
hi
hello
re: neuroscience - naming women scientist
This is a great list. Linda Buck and Lisa Randall are by far the most popular.
I'm adding Biology: Barbara Weiss. I heard her on NPR this morning -- she was talking about her memory research with catepillars and moths - published at PLoS.
The Urban Scientist
www.SciEdSociety.blogspot.com
I got one...
And only one, mainly because I know her:
Laurie Santos, Yale. Psycology. Helped author the recent article "The Origins of Cognitive Dissonance: Evidence From Children and Monkeys"
I know the typical ones (goodall, curie) already named above so I won't reuse them - but I actually can't remember any more.
In fairness, I read a heck of a lot of sci-fi, always have - and yet I never remember an author's name... So unless someone inspires some specific love or animosity (like Venture) I probably wouldn't remember them anyway.
Eric
Neuroscience
To my extreme embarrassment, I can only do a complete 5, without looking anything up, in molecular biology and neuroscience (I didn't include Marie Curie or Rosalind Franklin because they were too easy).:
1. Linda Buck, Molecular Biologist, currently at Howard Hughes. Recently go the Nobel Prize for work on the olfactory system (although she recently had to retract a paper, but it doesn't seem to be a big deal. The bulk of her work has stood up to pressure.)
2. Vivian Budnik, University of Massachusets. Neuroscientist. Studies addiction pathways and protein signalling.
3. Eve Marder, Biologist and Neuroscientist, Brandeis. Pioneering work in neural circuitry formation and emergent rhythms. As a side note, I saw her moderate a discussion with the Dali Lama at the AAAS meeting in DC a few years ago.
4. Nora Volkow, current head of the National Institute for Drug Addiction (NIDA) at the NIH. Did brain imaging to examine the role of addiction as a brain disease. Travels extensively internationally.
5. Karen Gale, neuroscientist, Georgetown. Studies basal ganglia, thalamus and limbic system expression of GABA receptors, and has been influential in analysis of epileptic rat models.
6 (with cheating) Mary Beckerle, Executive Director of the Huntsman Cancer Center (Salt Lake City) Dept. of Biology. Also a professor at the U of Utah and an expert on cell adhesion and motility.
Other incomplete lists:
Physics: Wendy Freedman, currently director of the Carnegie Obervatories. Helped being insight about the rapid expansion of the universe.
Lisa Randall, Theoretical physicist and author. Recently appeared on the Colbert Report (Feb.12)
Planetary Science: Candice Hansen, JPL, recently part of the team that discovered an avalanche on Mars.
Gorilla Studies: Jane Goodall(obvious)
Anthropology: Diane Fossey, Mary Leakey
By the way, just looking at the most recent issues of Science and Nature, there are at least 39 women listed as authors of papers (it's hard to be sure).
re: Here are ten women scientists with fields and biographies
Thanks for the names and Biographies. I'm learning so much myself. I hope everyone else is learning, too.
The Urban Scientist
www.SciEdSociety.blogspot.com
Here are ten women scientists with fields and biographies
I am proud to be one of several authors of an outstanding set of multicultural biographies for young readers called "Women's Adventures in Science from the Joseph Henry Press imprint of the National Academies Press.
Here are the books and their titles. Included is a link to my website, including the research behind the book, Heidi Hammel's Astronomy FAQ, reviews, and updates to Heidi's work since the book appeared.
Bone Detective: The Story of Forensic Anthropologist Diane France By Lorraine Jean Hopping
Gorilla Mountain: The Story of Wildlife Biologist Amy Vedder By Rene Ebersole
Beyond Jupiter: The Story of Planetary Astronomer Heidi Hammel By Fred Bortz
Strong Force: The Story of Physicist Shirley Ann Jackson By Diane O'Connell
Forecast Earth: The Story of Climate Scientist Inez Fung By Renee Skelton
Space Rocks: The Story of Planetary Geologist Adriana Ocampo By Lorraine Jean Hopping
Robo World: The Story of Robot Designer Cynthia Breazeal By Jordan D. Brown
People Person: The Story of Sociologist Marta Tienda By Diane O'Connell
Gene Hunter: The Story of Neuropsychologist Nancy Wexler By Adele Glimm
Nature's Machines: The Story of Biomechanist Mimi Koehl By Deborah Parks
Fred Bortz -- Science and technology books for young readers (www.fredbortz.com) and Science book reviews (www.scienceshelf.com)
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