Sarah Frances Whiting
American physicist and astronomer
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Adelina Gutiérrez
Chilean professor, scientist and academic who was the main force behind setting up the first Bachelor’s degree in Astronomy in Chile and later the first Master’s degree in Astronomy. She was the first Chilean to obtain a doctorate in astrophysics and also the first woman elected to the Chilean Academy of Sciences.
Isabel Hardwich
Photometry expert and electrical engineer and WES activist.
Joan Curran
Joan Strothers was a Welsh physicist-engineer who was the inventor of the UK form of the WW2 anti-radar measure known as ‘chaff’ or ‘window’.
Dr Elizabeth Laverick
British electronics engineer
Dr Daphne Jackson
Nuclear engineer and founder of the UK’s returner fellowships programme.
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.
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.