Dr Christine Grant
2022 President of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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Dr Dorothy Quiggle
Petrochemical engineering specialist Dorothy Quiggle (1903-93) may be considered to be the first American woman to have a full career in chemical engineering.
Elizabeth Fulhame
In 1794 she published her “Essay on Combustion”, from which it is now possible to credit her with describing the process of catalysis, albeit without that term. She did hundreds of experiments to try to find a way to dye cloth with gold or other metals.
Helen Megaw
Irish crystallographer and pioneer in X-ray crystallography
Dr Fauriel Lockett
Fauriel Lockett, the first female professor at the University of Western Australia, was Wellcome Research Professor of Pharmacology 1963-1972.
Liz Grant
Elizabeth Grant was a pharmacy proprietor and manager for many years. She was also a Member of the House of Assembly, Australian Capital Territory, 1979-1982.
Dr Elaine Joy Browne
Elaine Browne was demonstrator, senior tutor and lecturer in chemistry at the University of Tasmania 1958-1992. She made major research contributions in the field of heterocyclic chemistry.
Jessie Ferguson
Jessie Ferguson worked for Barrett Brothers and Burston, maltsters, 1937-1974, retiring as chief analytical chemist.
Daphne Elliott
Australian biochemist whose research included investigation of cyanide-resistant respiration in mitochondria of some plant species.
Dr Jean Youatt
Jean Youatt lectured in the Department of Chemistry at Monash University from 1962 until her retirement in 1990, when she moved to the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.