Francés Colón
“I love the fact that I can use science to directly make people's lives better” – Francés Colón
Interfacial Sciences and Electrochemistry
“I love the fact that I can use science to directly make people's lives better” – Francés Colón
"Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don't let others discourage you or tell you that you can't do it. In my day I was told women didn't go into chemistry. I saw no reason why we couldn't." – Gertrude B. Elion
The inventor of the field of biorthogonal chemistry.
“I’ve found that having role models and mentors who I resonate with is so important – a lot of people have so many questions and . . . may not have someone who can relate enough to even answer in the first place.” – Rana el Kaliouby
“You have the right to be involved. You have something important to contribute, and you have to take the risk to contribute it.” – Mae Jemison
“Courage is like – it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: you get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming.” – Marie M. Daly