Dr Mazlan Othman
Malaysia’s first astrophysicist, pioneering the nation’s entry into space exploration.
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Ban Zhao
Chinese historian, philosopher, and politician, the earliest known female Chinese historian
Carla Fasano
Carla Fasano was the first woman to be appointed professor at the University of Wollongong (1985).
Dr Tamara Jernigan
American astronaut and astrophysicist
Dr France A Córdova
French-American astrophysicist and astronomer who has served as NASA’s chief scientist, president of Purdue University, chair of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Mayo Clinic trustee and director of the National Science Foundation
Dr Anneila I Sargent
American astronomer and astrophysicist
Dr Bobbie Vaile
Bobbie Vaile was a senior lecturer in physics in the faculty of business and technology at the University of Western Sydney Macarthur. She was instrumental in forming the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Australia Centre there, launched in December 1995.
Dr Carol Oliver
Since 2002 Carol Oliver has held multiple roles at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology (ACA) becoming the Deputy Director in 2012.
Dr Alicia Oshlack
Head of the bioinformatics research group Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne
Dr Valerie L Thomas
Dr Thomas was an integral part of the early Landsat digital image processing team, making Earth observation from space a reality.