Elaine Toms
Working in the field of nuclear physics, Toms put everything into career and the work that she did had value, most especially for the women who followed her.
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Dr Joan Feynman
Astrophysicist who studied auroras
Joan Freeman
Joan Freeman began her career at CSIR Radiophysics Laboratory during World War II, working on the production of a 10cm microwave radar set. She spent most of her working life at the British Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell.
Christina Lomasney
With over two decades of experience, she has become a veteran entrepreneur, making significant strides and contributions in the field of materials science and electrochemistry.
Dr Laura H Greene
Physicist and expert in quantum mechanics known for her discoveries and research in unconventional superconducting materials and high magnetic fields. She also is a leading advocate for diversity in science and a champion for women in scientific and engineering fields.
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Working out of an old janitor’s closet for a laboratory, the team of Rosalyn Yalow and Solomon Berson went on to do groundbreaking research in techniques for the early detection of diseases, including radioimmunoassay, for which Yalow received the Nobel Prize.
Dr Lise Meitner
Jewish Austrian-Swedish physicist best known for discovering the radioactive isotope protactinium-231 in 1917 and, in 1938, discovering nuclear fission
Dr Katharine Burr Blodgett
American physicist and chemist best known for her groundbreaking work in surface chemistry, particularly for inventing non-reflective or “invisible” glass. Blodgett was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge in 1926.
Edith Anne Stoney
Anglo-Irish physicist and a pioneer in medical physics
Irène Joliot-Curie
Prominent French scientist and politician