STEM – Scientists
Bessie Blount Griffin (1914-2009)
Bessie Virginia Blount, pioneer physical therapist, inventor, and scientist, was born in Hickory (today Chesapeake), Virginia, on November 24, 1914....
Dennis Weatherby (1959-2007)
Dennis W. Weatherby was an administrator and scientist, responsible for leading the team that developed the chemical formula for what...
Jacquin Niles
Jacquin C. Niles is an American professor of biotechnology and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Centre for Environmental...
Taofeek Kunle Owonikoko (1968 -)
Taofeek Kunle Owonikoko, a physician-scientist, was born in 1968 in Iseyin, Oyo, Nigeria. He attended elementary and high school in...
Erich David Jarvis (1965 -)
Erich David Jarvis, a noted scientist and a professional dancer, was born on May 6, 1965, in Harlem, New York,...
Kizzmekia Corbett (1986- ) [Children’s Edition]
This entry is for juvenile audiences. To see the full version of this entry, click here. What happened Dr. Kizzmekia...
Valerie Thomas (1943- )
Valerie LaVerne Thomas, scientist, mathematician, physicist, and inventor, was born on February 1, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland. Reared in the...
Lynika Sharlice Strozier (1984-2020)
Lynika Strozier was a researcher, scientist and instructor. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama on August 28, 1984. At six...
Kizzmekia Shanta Corbett (1986- )
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett is an American viral immunologist currently involved in first-stage clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine. Corbett was...
