Dr Elizabeth Essex-Cohen
Geophysicist Elizabeth Annette Essex-Cohen was one of the first women in Australia to complete a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in physics.
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Gertrude Rubinstein
Australian schizophrenia researcher
Cynthia Johnson
Cynthia Johnson was a research assistant at the University of Tasmania 1941-1942.
Mollie Horadam
During World War II she worked at the Rolls-Royce factory, mathematically modelling the stress in aircraft engines, while undertaking an engineering from the University of London at night.
Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop is a physicist who is recognised internationally for her work in laser physics, linear and nonlinear high resolution spectroscopy, laser micromanipulation, atom cooling and trapping and nano-optics. =
Dr Shannon Walker
American astronaut and physicist
Carla Fasano
Carla Fasano was the first woman to be appointed professor at the University of Wollongong (1985).
Dr Kathryn Thornton
American astronaut and physicist
Dr Tamara Jernigan
American astronaut and astrophysicist
Christine Charles
Christine Charles is known as an international authority on ion acceleration in expanding magnetised plasmas and its application to space engines and materials processing.