Priscilla Fairfield Bok

Priscilla Fairfield Bok worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1923 to 1955. Her work focused on the stars and nebulae in the Milky Way galaxy, and she specialized in putting data from observations into mathematical form.

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Mary Applegate

Mary Doris Beach (née Applegate) (1896-1954) was an Academic Fellow and worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1918-1921.

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Margaret Harwood

Margaret Harwood (March 19, 1885 – February 6, 1979) was an American astronomer, teacher, and the first director of the Maria Mitchell Observatory.

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Naomi Kitay Greenstein

Naomi Kitay Greenstein (c 1910-2002) worked at the Harvard College Observatory from c. 1936-c. 1938 and was listed as a co-author in HCO publications as late as 1954. Her work focused on calculating light curves for variable stars.

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Dr Lei Cheng

Dr. Cheng is a chemist and energy storage researcher whose work helped create the Electrolyte Genome database, which transformed how scientists identify and select molecules suitable for next-generation battery technologies.

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