Yomaira Pagán Torres
Puerto Rican chemical engineer
Category Archives: Engineering
Continue reading
Zhenan Bao
As Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University, she works mainly on organic field-effect transistors and organic semiconductors, for applications including flexible electronics.
Zinaida Yershova
Soviet chemical engineer, who worked in both industry and academia developing methods for the production of radioactive materials for the Soviet atomic bomb project and the space programme.
Zenaida Gonzales Gordon
Filipina chemical engineer
Zanele Madinane
South African engineer
Lidija Liepiņa
One of the first women to receive a doctorate in chemistry in the USSR
Aïssata Issoufou Mahamadou
She is thought to be one of the first Nigerien women to pursue a career in the sciences and headed the mineralogy division of SOMAIR, the national mining company of Niger. She is the first wife of former President Mahamadou Issoufou (‘First Lady’ 2011-21) and has used her influence to improve access to health care in her country.
Dr Jennie Patrick
Jennie R. Patrick worked in both industry and academia, taking particular care to mentor young women in her field. Her work has focussed on supercritical extraction and behaviours of superheated fluids and energy efficiency.
Dr Yun-Hao Feng
One of the earliest women in chemical engineering
Dr Christine Grant
2022 President of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers