Interfacial Sciences and Electrochemistry
“[They] said: ‘You’re dead wrong.’ But I still pursued my concept.“ Dr. Tetsuya “Ted” Fujita was born in Sonemura, Japan on Oct. 23, 1920. As a teenager, Fujita became fascinated with storms, and pursued a career in science. Fujita obtained a B.S. from Meiji College in 1943 and D.Sc. from Tokyo University in 1950 studying …
“I believe in the future of AI changing the world. The question is: Who is changing AI? It is really important to bring diverse groups of students and future leaders into the development of AI.” Fei-Fei Li was born in Beijing, China in 1976 and immigrated to Parsippany, NJ in 1991. She attended Princeton and …
“…it is shameful that there are so few women in science… In China there are many, many women in physics. There is a misconception in America that women scientists are all dowdy spinsters. This is the fault of men. In Chinese society, a woman is valued for what she is, and men encourage her to …
“Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine” •Ellison Onizuka was born in Hawaii in 1946 to Japanese American parents. He grew up in Hawaii with his three siblings and eventually left for the University of Colorado Boulder to receive his Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering …
“It adds to the joy of discovery to know that your work may make a difference in people’s lives” Flossie Wong-Staal was a Chinese-born American virologist and microbiologist. She was born in Guangzhou, China, in 1946. In 1952 she and her family fled to Hong Kong after the Communist revolution. She excelled in science in …
“I call the endemic plants the first Hawaiians. Gingers and heliconias will grow elsewhere. The endemic plants will not. This is their home. It’s like the Hawaiian people - they belong here.” – Isabella Abbott
The scientist who built the world’s first synthetic gene.
“I feel that if you give the world the best that you can, the best will always come back to you.” – Fe Del Mundo
“I had the courage to dream the impossible.” – Uma Chowdhry
Editor-in-Chief of Cell journal.