STEM-Physics
Evelynn M. Hammonds (1953- )
Professor Hammonds is the Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and Professor of African and African American...
Marcus Jacques Garvey, Jr. (1930-2020)
Marcus Jacques Garvey, Jr., was the oldest son of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Sr., founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association...
Sekazi Mtingwa (1949- )
Dr. Sekazi Kauze Mtingwa is an African American theoretical high-energy physicist and co-founder of the National Society of Black Physicists....
Meredith C. Gourdine (1929-1998)
Meredith C. Gourdine was an American engineer, athlete, and inventor. He primarily focused on electrogasdynamics systems which refer to generating...
Valerie Thomas (1943- )
Valerie LaVerne Thomas, scientist, mathematician, physicist, and inventor, was born on February 1, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland. Reared in the...
Herman Branson (1914-1995)
Known for discovering the Alpha Helix, a common protein structure, Dr. Herman Branson was a pioneer in biophysics. Born on...
Darryll John Pines (1964- )
On July 1, 2020, Darryll John Pines assumed the Presidency of the University of Maryland (UDM) at College Park, the...
Dolphus Milligan (1928-1973)
Dolphus Milligan was an internationally acclaimed American chemist, best known for his spectroscopic studies of free radicals and other reactive molecules....
Gibor Saul Basri (1951- )
Astronomer Gibor S. Basri was born in May 3, 1951 in New York City, New York, the eldest son of Saul...
