Dr Khadija Qureshi
First female chairperson of the Chemical Engineering Department of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology in Pakistan
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Bijal Mathkar
Research & Innovation Director at Solvay India
María Morton
Trained as a chemical engineer at the former Tacuba National School of Sciences (ENCQ), now UNAM’s Faculty of Chemistry, graduating in 1926, she went on to work was in the food industries
Nkateko Mathonsi
Resources analyst with Investec, having come from 6 years managing Impala Platinum’s nickel plant operation.
Hilda Mary Stroud
Hilda Mary Stroud (Mrs Derrick) AMIChemE (1920-80) joined the Institution of Chemical Engineers in 1942
Faize Fatma Shevket
Faize Fatma Shevket (b. 1913) may have been Asia’s first woman to qualify as a chemical engineer.
Nelly Mihran Samichkovski-Gidikova
Nelly Mihran Samichkovski-Gidikova (b. 1936) at the University of Sofia researched corrosion- and wear-resistant coatings for steel.
Dr Mojirade Monsurat Oloruntoba
Research and Development Officer at Prototype Engineering Development Institute (PEDI), Ilesa, one of the institutes of Nigeria’s National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure
Modupeola Oluremilekun Kasim
Probably Africa’s earliest modern woman in chemical engineering, Engr. (Mrs.) Modupeola Oluremilekun Kasim BSC, MSc, FNSE, (1945-2021) gained her degree in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University, followed by an MSc in Operations Research (1975).
Meghan Ireland
Chemical engineer Meghan Ireland is Chief Blender at the WhistlePig distillery in New England, managing the whiskey from barrel to bottle.