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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Sumita Mitra

An Indian American inventor known for creating a revolutionary dental filling material that improved the way dentists restore teeth, Sumita Mitra used her curiosity and imagination to discover the idea for the material where she least expected it.

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Lilli Hornig

As with so many of the scientists who worked at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project, Lilli Schwenk Hornig (1921-2017) had fled her homeland to escape persecution.

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Mary Whitmarsh

Mary Whitmarsh (1853-1943) was a pioneering pharmacist who owned and operated a drug store in Boston for over 20 years, earning acclaim as a chemist and druggist.

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Ailsa Macvey Swan

Ailsa Swan began her scientific career in the chemistry. She was later and active member of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, the Bird Observers Club of Australia and was founding member of the Phillip Island Conservation Society.

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