Alissa Chavez’s journey to becoming an inventor started in middle school.  When tasked with the challenge to develop a new idea for her school’s...

Chemist In 2018, Dr. Elisa Orth was a recipient of the PhosAgro/UNESCO/IUPAC Green Chemistry for Life Research Award. Elisa’s goal is to prevent h...

Optical Physicist  Donna is the third woman in history to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. She is half of the team that discover...

Electrical Engineer & Computer Scientist Ruzena was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in electrical engineering in Slovakia. As the recipi...

Industrial Designer Neeti Kailas won the 2014 Young Laureate of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise for her non-invasive medical device to screen for ...

Biologist, Activist Through her activism for conservation and women’s rights, Dr. Maathai is the first African female to have received the Nobel P...

Planetary Geologist Adriana C. Ocampo knew from the time she was a child that the stars and space were in her future. Growing up in Argentina, she...

Computer and Astronautical Engineer For someone who never thought she would work for NASA, this STEM shero has come a long way and is a bright exa...

Physicist, Mathematician From a young age, Ingrid was always curious how things worked and what made them work. This curiosity led her to obtain a...