Margot Dorenfeldt
One of the first two women chemical engineers to graduate from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1919
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Dr Margareta Nicolau
Romanian chemical engineer known for her work in the field of synthesis and characterization of acrylic compounds, much of which has been implemented in industry.
Margaret Aina Oguntala
Nigerian chemical engineer
Dr Mannepalli Lakshmi Kantam
Indian chemical engineer
Dr Mamata Mukhopadhyay
The first Indian woman thought to be to have qualified as a chemical engineer, she gained her first class BChE in 1963 from Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Dr Mahmooda Sultana
Bangladeshi-American scientist specialising in graphene, nanomaterials, micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMs) devices, and sensors. Her USC BSc and MIT PhD from MIT (2010 took her to NASA at the Goddard Space Flight Center where she led a team developing a nanomaterial-based detector platform.
Liv Ranfrid Tessem
Norwegian chemical engineer
Linda A Nnodi
Nigerian chemical engineer
Leonora San Agustin
Filipina chemical engineer whose love for the Baguio region, tribal cultures and its biodiversity led to her becoming curator of the Baguio museum and becoming one of the ‘3 Witches of Baguio’ campaigning to save urban treescapes.
Cynthia Oliver Coleman
Texan Cynthia Oliver Coleman was the first Black woman to graduate in engineering from the University of Houston (1971). She went on to a 33 year career in petrochemical process engineering with Exxon.