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.
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.
Jewish Austrian-Swedish physicist best known for discovering the radioactive isotope protactinium-231 in 1917 and, in 1938, discovering nuclear fission
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.
Anglo-Irish physicist and a pioneer in medical physics
Prominent French scientist and politician
Prominent French physicist.
High-energy physicist and molecular spectroscopist; a world expert on the interactions of K+ mesons with nucleons and made numerous discoveries relating to them.
Jewish-American physicist, materials scientist, and nanotechnologist known as the “Queen of Carbon Science.”
Belgian-born American experimental physicist renowned for her contributions to low-temperature solid-state physics. She served as a distinguished professor of physics at the City College of New York from 1996.