Shilpi Suneja
Indian-American novelist
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Dr Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
Malaysian-American poet, novelist and critic
Ankita Dhussa
American user experience strategist
Lutchmee Marie
Indian-South African activist
Carmen Montoro
Carmen Montoro (1921-2009) was a chemical engineer with Grace Cocoa (later Ambrosia Chocolate) for 30 years in Manila and may have been a member of the American Association (Institution) of Chemical Engineers.
Dr Mannepalli Lakshmi Kantam
Indian chemical engineer
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
Dr Mahmooda Sultana
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.
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.
Magasvarie Govender
South African trade unionist and political activist