The scientist who built the world’s first synthetic gene.
Month: January 2024
Frances H. Arnold
“Most innovations are not obvious to other people at the time. You have to believe in yourself. If you’ve got a good idea, follow it even when others say it’s not.” – Frances H. Arnold
Fe Del Mundo
“I feel that if you give the world the best that you can, the best will always come back to you.” – Fe Del Mundo
Emmett W. Chappelle
American scientist inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for groundbreaking work in bioluminescence.
Rosalind Franklin
“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.” – Rosalind Franklin
Uma Chowdhry
“I had the courage to dream the impossible.” – Uma Chowdhry
Margaret H. Rousseau
The first woman to earn a PhD in chemical engineering from MIT, the first woman member of AIChE, the first female AIChE Fellow, and the first woman to receive AIChE’s Founders Award.
Sir John Cornforth
“In a world where it is so easy to neglect, deny, corrupt and suppress the truth, the scientist may find his discipline severe.” – Sir John Cornforth
Fred Begay
The first Native American to receive a Ph.D. in Physics.
Erik Sorensen
“If you’re Native American and you grow up worshipping nature, you don’t naturally gravitate to a field like chemistry. But I did. I became inspired by [chemical] transformations as a young student.” – Erik Sorenson