Ada Lovelace
The World’s First Computer Programmer Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer known for her work on Charles Babbage’s proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical …
Dr. Wanda Díaz-Merced
As we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, our innovative attention turns to a Puerto-Rican born female astronomer who can’t see the stars, but can listen to them. Blind since her early twenties, Wanda Díaz-Merced studies the light emitted by gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic events in the universe. When she lost her sight and was left without a way to do her science, realized that the light curves she could no longer see could be translated into sound. Through sonification, she regained mastery over her work, and now she’s advocating for a more inclusive scientific community.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
She looked to the stars and made a great discovery How far is it from one galaxy to another? The discovery of how to effectively measure vast distances to remote …
Dr. Allyson Bieryla
The women who translated the solar eclipse into sound for the blind and visually impaired April 8 marks a total solar eclipse that will cross North America from Mexico to …
Dr. Svetlana Mojsov
Her research paved the way for blockbuster obesity drugs. A research associate professor at The Rockefeller University, Svetlana Mojsov spent decades researching how peptides and small proteins regulate our bodies’ …