Dr Helene Marsh
Helene Marsh is the world’s foremost authority on the ecology and conservation biology of dugongs and has played a central role in advancing scientific understanding of marine megafauna and management of coastal marine mammals.
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Margaret W Moodey
Margaret W. Moodey was one of the Smithsonian Institution’s first female staff members. By 1924, an annual report states that she “had the entire responsibility and care of the collection of cut gems.”
Etheldred Benett
Etheldred Benett amassed an impressive collection of fossils in the early 1800s, at one point encompassing thousands of specimens.
Caterina Vitale
1500s/1600s pharmacist and chemist in Malta, and the first female pharmacist of the Knights Hospitaller
Jane Colden
After five years of diligent work, botanist Jane Colden completed her manuscript on the plants of New York in 1758, full of vibrant descriptions of hundreds of native plants, as well as practical uses and beautiful illustrations.
Clarice Phelps
Clarice Phelps was a nuclear engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s High Flux Isotope Reactor when, in 2008, she helped isolate and purify 22mg of berkelium, which collaborators used to create a new element: tennessine, element 117.
Alice Catherine Evans
While working at the Bureau of Animal Industry, Evans began investigating the bacteria Bacillus abortus, which was known to cause miscarriages in animals.
Anna Sundström
The first known female chemist in Sweden
Clara Immerwahr
The first woman in Germany to earn a PhD in chemistry
Gentile Budrioli
Gentile Budrioli was an influential astrologist and herbal healer in 1400s Bologna, renowned for her skills, a close friend of the ruler’s wife, and even briefly a councillor at the Bolognese court.