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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

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.

Dr Khadija Qureshi

First female chairperson of the Chemical Engineering Department of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology in Pakistan

Lulu Dube

South African nurse

Dr Louise Latsky

South African author and zoologist. She studied at the University of Stellenbosch, and was the first woman to be awarded a doctorate at this university. She later lectured at Potchefstroom University College and did research.