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The following is a list of notable African-American women who have made contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

An excerpt from a 1998 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education by Juliane Malveaux reads: "There are other reasons to be concerned about the paucity of African-American women in science, especially as scientific occupations are among the most pivotal and highly compensated in the occupational spectrum. Yet, both leaks in the pipeline and gender stereotyping contribute to the under-representation of African-American women in the sciences.

There are organizations that offer scholarships in STEM in the hopes of attracting more women and minority candidates, like Ralph W. Turner Foundation and UNCF STEM Scholarships for undergraduate education, however many students remain unaware of their availability. The US National Science Foundation also makes efforts to support women in STEM.

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Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz chemical engineer and environmental engineer Developer of technologies that turn agricultural waste into a filtration system for water [1]
Rediet Abebe computer scientist 1991- First female computer scientist to be appointed to the Harvard Society of Fellows
Lilia Ann Abron chemical engineering and environmental engineering 1945- First African-American woman to earn a PhD in chemical engineering [2]
Stephanie G. Adams engineer and academic administrator Dean of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas since 2019 [3]
Lucile Adams-Campbell epidemiology 1953- First African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in epidemiology in the United States. Serves as the Professor of Oncology at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and associate director for Minority Health at the Georgetown University Medical Center. [4]
Javaune Adams-Gaston psychologist and academic administrator President of Norfolk State University since 2019. [5]
Paris Adkins-Jackson epidemiology Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences in the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York. [6]
Modupe Akinola organizational scholar and social psychologist 1974- Researches the science of stress, creativity, and how to maximize human potential in diverse organizations. [7]
Jacqueline Akinpelu applied mathematician, operations researcher 1953- Research manager at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University, and developed a pipeline for students from Morgan State University to mentor them into careers in STEM fields. [8]
Delores P. Aldridge sociologist 1941- First African-American woman faculty member of Emory University and founding director of the first African-American and African-Studies degree-granting program in the South. [9]
Claudia Alexander geophysics, planetary science 1959-2015 Project manager for NASA's Galileo mission and Rosetta mission [10][11]
Beverly Anderson mathematician 1943- Emeritus professor at the University of the District of Columbia, and in the 1990s, worked at the National Academy of Sciences as Director of Minority Programs for the Mathematical Sciences Education Board
Cheryl Anderson epidemiologist Professor at and founding Dean of the University of California San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science [12]
Giovonnae Anderson electrical engineering First African-American women to earn a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of California, Davis (1979): Giovonnae Anderson [13]
Gloria Long Anderson chemistry 1938- Pioneer of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, known for work with fluorine-19 and solid rocket propellants
Ayana Holloway Arce physicist and professor Associate professor of Duke University who works on particle physics, using data from the Large Hadron Collider to understand phenomena beyond the Standard Model [14]
Treena Livingston Arinzeh biomedical engineering 1970- Researcher of adult stem-cell therapy
Elayne Arrington mathematician and engineer 1940- First African-American woman to graduate with a bachelor's degree from the School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh [15]
Valerie Ashby chemist Chemist and university professor currently serving as president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County [16]
Estella Atekwana Biogeophysics; tectonphysics 1961- Dean of the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment at the University of Delaware
Balanda Atis cosmetic science Cosmetic chemist at L'Oréal USA who expanded range of cosmetics available for people of color
Donna Auguste businesswoman, computer scientist 1958- Senior engineering manager for the Newton personal digital assistant (PDA)
Wanda Austin aerospace engineering 1954- Former president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation

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Aziza Baccouche physicist and science filmmaker 1976-2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Mass Media Science and Engineering fellow at CNN and founder and CEO of media company Aziza Productions [17]
June Bacon-Bercey meteorology 1932- Believed to be the first African-American woman to gain a degree in meteorology and known to be the first African-American woman to be a televised meteorologist.
Erica Baker software engineer 2006- Engineer and engineering manager in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for her outspoken support of diversity and inclusion.
Alice Augusta Ball chemistry 1892-1916 First woman and African-American to receive a master's degree from the University of Hawaii
Martha Banks clinical psychologist 1951- Expert on issues involving women, race, trauma, disability, religion, and their intersectionality. Banks is a research neuropsychologist and computer programmer at ABackans DCP Inc. [18]
Nina Banks economist Associate professor of economics at Bucknell University and former president of the National Economic Association (NEA) [19]
Gilda Barabino biomedical engineer and chemical engineer 1956- Professor of biomedical and chemical engineering, Barabino served as the second president of Olin College of Engineering from 2020-2025 [20]
Patricia Bath ophthalmologist, inventor 1942-2019 Pioneered laser surgery to remove cataracts
Scarlett Bellamy mathematician ??- Chair and Professor of Biostatistics at Boston University School of Public Health[21]
Regina Benjamin physician 1956- 18th Surgeon General of the United States
Emma Benn biostatistician Associate professor in the Department of Population Health Science, affiliated with the Center for Biostatistics and the associate dean of faculty well-being and development, and the founding director of the Center for Scientific Diversity at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai [22][23]
Adia Benton anthropologist 1977- Associate professor of anthropology and African Studies at Northwestern University [24]
Angela Benton internet entrepreneur 1981- Founder of NewME, Streamlytics, and Black Web 2.0
Joanne Berger-Sweeney neuroscientist 1958- First woman and the first African American to lead Trinity College (Connecticut): Joanne Berger-Sweeney [25]
Marie Bernard physician and researcher Previously, NIH senior geriatrician, overseeing research focused on aging and Alzheimer's disease [26]
Carlotta Berry electrical engineer, professor, roboticist 1970- Professor of electrical engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and textbook author
Matilene Berryman oceanographer, lawyer 1920-2003 Professor of marine science at the University of the District of Columbia and textbook author
Sarah Boone inventor 1832-1904 Second African-American woman to attain a U.S. patent
Katie Booth biomedical chemist and civil rights activist 1907-2006 Worked in the Department of Pharmacology at the Chicago Medical School (part of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science), specializing in preventative health measures, children's health, prenatal care, and treatments for sickle cell anemia [27]
Aisha Bowe aerospace engineer and STEM advocate 1986- Founder and CEO of STEMBoard, a technology company, and LINGO, an educational tech company featuring tutorials and online resources featuring NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace.
Sylvia D. Trimble Bozeman mathematician 1947- Researcher of functional analysis and image processing, member of Obama's Presidential Committee on the National Medal of Science, founder of Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education
Lillian K. Bradley mathematician and mathematics educator 1921-1995 First African-American woman to earn a doctorate in any subject (mathematics education) at the University of Texas at Austin
Khalia Braswell computer scientist 2014–present an American computer scientist, educator, and technologist. INTech Camp for Girls
Carolyn Brooks microbiologist 1946- Researcher in immunology, nutrition, and crop productivity [28]
Beth A. Brown astrophysicist 1969-2008 NASA astrophysicist with a research focus on X-ray observations of elliptical galaxies and black holes. She earned a Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of Michigan in 1998, becoming the first African-American woman to do so.
Deborah Washington Brown computer scientist and speech recognition 1952-2020 First African-American woman to earn a doctorate in computer science (then a part of their applied math program) at Harvard University [29]
Dorothy Lavinia Brown surgeon 1919-2004 First African-American female appointed to a general surgery residency in the racially segregated South. [30]
Jeannette Brown organic medicinal chemist, historian, and author 1934- First African-American woman to achieve a master's degree from the University of Minnesota in organic chemistry [31]
Quincy K. Brown computer scientist Director of Engagement and Research at AnitaB.org, a global nonprofit organization whose primary aim is to recruit, retain, and advance women in technology. Senior Fellow at Federation of American Scientists. Formerly Senior Policy Advisor in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. [32][33]
Marjorie Lee Browne mathematician 1914-1979 Third African-American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics [34]
Amanda Bryant-Friedrich chemist Dean of the graduate school and a professor in the college of pharmacy and health sciences at Wayne State University [35]
Kimberly Bryant electrical engineer 1967- Founder of Black Girls Code
Joy Buolamwini computer scientist 1989- Founder of Algorithmic Justice League; Rhodes Scholar, Fulbright fellow, Stamps Scholar, Astronaut Scholar and Anita Borg Institute scholar
Ursula Burns engineer, CEO 1958- CEO of Xerox; first Black woman to be a CEO of a Fortune 500 company and the first woman to succeed another as head of a Fortune 500 company

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Naiomi Cameron mathematician and combinatorics Associate professor at Spelman College as well as the vice president of National Association of Mathematicians [36][37]
Alexa Canady neuroscience 1950- First Black woman to become a neurosurgeon
Carolyn Cannon-Alfred pharmacologist 1934-1987 Professor and co-author of Medical Handbook for the Layman
Peggy G. Carr developmental psychology and statistics First African American to be appointed Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics [38]
April Carson epidemiologist Associate professor of epidemiology and associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health [39]
Majora Carter developer, activist 1966- Founder of Sustainable South Bronx
Etosha Cave mechanical engineering Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Twelve, a startup that recycles carbon dioxide [40]
Sherita Ceasar mechanical engineering First African-American president of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) [41]
Karen Chin paleontologist and taphonomist Considered one of the world's leading experts in coprolites [42]
May Edward Chinn physician 1896-1980 First African-American woman to graduate from NYU School of Medicine, first African-American woman to intern at Harlem Hospital
Gloria Chisum experimental psychologist 1930- Developed eye protection for pilots; first African-American woman to join the University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees
Juanita Christensen government official and electronics engineer First African-American woman from Redstone Arsenal, Alabama to join the Senior Executive Service SES. [43]
Mamie Phipps Clark social psychologist 1917-1983 Researched self-esteem and self-concept in African-American children, which was used in 1954 civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas [44]
Yvonne Clark engineer 1929-2019 first woman to get a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering at Howard University, the first woman to earn a master's degree in Engineering Management from Vanderbilt University, and the first woman to serve as a faculty member in the College of Engineering and Technology at Tennessee State University
Jewel Plummer Cobb biologist, professor 1924-2017 Elected to the Institute of Medicine in the National Academy of Sciences in 1974 in recognition for her research achievements [45]
Robin Coger biomedical engineer and academic administrator Formerly the provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at East Carolina University. Her research as a biomedical engineer has focused on artificial organs and particularly on liver support systems [46]
Johnnetta Cole anthropologist, educator and museum director 1936- Spelman College's seventh president and the first Black woman to lead the institution [47]
Rebecca Cole physician 1846-1922 Second African-American woman physician
Bessie Coleman aviator 1896–1926 First African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot license [44]
Betty Collette veterinary pathologist 1930-2017 Sole African-American pathology researcher at Georgetown University School of Medicine in the 1950s
Margaret S. Collins zoologist 1922-1996 First African-American female entomologist and the third African-American female zoologist [48]
Kizzmekia Corbett viral immunologist 1986- Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Shutzer Assistant Professor at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute since June 2021
Carol Blanche Cotton psychologist 1904-1971 Researched cognitive ability in children diagnosed with spastic paralysis
Carla Cotwright-Williams mathematician 1973- Second African-American woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics at the University of Mississippi [49]
Patricia S. Cowings aerospace psychophysiologist 1948- First African-American woman scientist to be trained as an astronaut by NASA
Marian Croak engineer 1955- Engineer known for her Voice over IP (VoIP) related inventions. In 2022, she was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for her work with VoIP
Monica Cox engineering education First African-American woman to earn tenure in engineering at Purdue University [50]
Rebecca Lee Crumpler physician 1831–1895 First African-American woman to become a physician in the United States
Lesia L. Crumpton-Young engineer and academic administrator Served as the 13th president of Texas Southern University from 2021 to 2023. Previously provost and chief academic officer of Morgan State University [51]

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Shaundra Daily electrical engineer and computer science 1979– American professor and author known for her work in the field of human-centered computing and broadening participation in STEM. She is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Duke University.
Marie Maynard Daly biochemist 1921–2003 First African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry
Theda Daniels-Race nanoengineering, electronic engineering Michael B. Voorhies Distinguished Professor in the Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Louisiana State University, 19th African-American woman to obtain a PhD in a physics-related field in the US [52]
Christine Darden aerospace engineer 1942- Researcher at NASA who pioneered the design of supersonic aircraft [44]
Geraldine Claudette Darden mathematician 1936-???? 14th African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics
Jane Eleanor Datcher botanist 1868-1934 First known African-American woman to earn an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and the first African-American woman in the U.S. to earn a degree in botany (1890) [53]
Felecia Davis architect, engineer and educator Principal of FELECIA DAVIS STUDIO where she bridges art, engineering, design and architecture. Davis is known for her work in computational textiles. [54]
Mary Deconge mathematician 1933-???? 15th African-American woman to earn her Ph.D. in mathematics
Giovonnae Dennis electrical engineer One of the first African-American women to earn a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, and one of the few at a primarily white institution rather than a historically Black institution (HBCU); Founded Software Tailoring
Elaine Denniston Keypunch operator, lawyer 1939- Supported the Apollo program as a keypunch operator [55]
Helen Octavia Dickens physician 1909–2001 First African-American woman to be admitted to the American College of Surgeons
Darlene Dixon veterinary scientist and toxicologic pathologist Researches the pathogenesis/carcinogenesis of tumors [56]
Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi roboticist, engineer, and educator In 2024, first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Robotics from the University of Michigan [57]
Tracy Drain flight systems engineer 1954- Deputy chief engineer for NASA's JUNO mission, which arrived at Jupiter in June 2016 [58]
Georgia Mae Dunston Human Geneticist 1944- Professor at Howard University and founder of the National Human Genome Center
Lisa Dyson scientist, physicist, and entrepreneur Founder and CEO of Air Protein, a food tech company, reinventing how food is produced using elements of the air [59]

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Annie Easley mathematician and rocket scientist 1933–2011 Leading member of the software development team for the Centaur rocket stage, and one of the first African Americans to work at NASA
Ranthony Edmonds mathematician Postdoctoral fellow in the department of mathematics at the Ohio State University specializing in commutative ring theory, factorization theory, and applied algebraic topology [60]
Cecile H. Edwards nutritionist 1926–2005 Researcher focused on improving nutrition and well-being of disadvantaged people
Joycelyn Elders pediatrician 1933- Second woman, second person of color, and first African American to serve as Surgeon General
Lola Eniola-Adefeso chemical engineer Co-founder and chief scientific officer of Asalyxa Bio, researcher of biocompatible functional particles for targeted drug delivery
Anna Epps microbiologist 1930- first female dean of the School of Medicine at Meharry Medical College, possibly the first African-American woman with a PhD to lead a medical school
Jeanette J. Epps astronaut and aerospace engineer 1970- Second woman and first African-American woman to have participated in CAVES
Aprille Ericsson-Jackson aerospace engineer 1963- First African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Howard University and the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in Engineering at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center
Carol Espy-Wilson electrical engineer c. 1957- First African-American woman to get a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), first African-American faculty to have tenure in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland in 2001, and first African-American full professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2007. [61]
Christina Eubanks-Turner mathematics education Research includes graph theory, commutative algebra, mathematics education, and mathematical sciences diversification [62]
Brittney Exline software engineer Youngest African-American female to be accepted into an Ivy League school, at 15; United States' youngest African-American engineer [63]
Cassandra Extavour evolutionary biologist Director of EDEN, a national research collaborative encouraging use of non- Drosophila model organisms [64]

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Etta Zuber Falconer mathematician 1933-2002 One of the earlier African-American women to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics
Angella D. Ferguson pediatrician 1925-???? Pioneer researcher of sickle cell disease, created the blood test which is still used as the standard for sickle cell detection at birth
Evelyn J. Fields oceanographer 1949-???? Fields was the first woman, and first African American to head the NOAA Corps, first woman and first African American to command a NOAA ship, and the first woman to command a ship in the United States uniformed services for an extended assignment
Stacey Finley chemical engineering and materials science Thuan Q. Pham Professor and associate professor of chemical engineering and materials science, and quantitative biology and computational biology at the University of Southern California
Njema Frazier nuclear physicist 1974-???? Nuclear physicist as National Nuclear Security Administration, former staff member for the Committee on Science at the U.S. House of Representatives
A. Oveta Fuller virologist 1955-2022 Researcher who significantly advanced knowledge of Herpes simplex virus

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Florence S. Gaynor nurse and hospital administrator 1920-1993 First African-American woman to head a major teaching hospital in the United States [65]
Timnit Gebru computer scientist 1983- Founder of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR), researcher of algorithmic bias and data mining
Lisa Gelobter computer scientist 1971- Credited with developing the animation technology used to create GIFs. Chief Digital Service Officer for the United States Department of Education during President Barack Obama’s administration.
Gloria Ford Gilmer mathematician 1928-2021 First African-American woman to publish a non-PhD thesis
Sarah E. Goode inventor 1855–1905 One of the first known African-American women to receive a United States patent
Christine Grant chemical engineer 2022 President of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Associate Dean of Faculty Advancement at North Carolina State University [66]
Evelyn Boyd Granville mathematician, computer science 1924-2023 Performed pioneering work in the field of computing
Michelle Gray neuroscientist Professor of neurology and neurobiology at the University of Alabama Birmingham researching the biological basis of Huntington's disease (HD) [67][68]
Hadiyah-Nicole Green medical physicist 1981- Known for the development of a method using laser-activated nanoparticles as a potential cancer treatment.[69][70]
Bettye Washington Greene chemist 1935-1995 First African-American female Ph.D. chemist to work in a professional position at the Dow Chemical Company, considered an early African American pioneer in science
Eliza Ann Grier physician 1864–1902 First African American woman licensed to practice medicine in the U.S. state of Georgia
Margaret Grigsby physician 1923-2009 First African American woman to become a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the first woman to preside over a major medical division at Howard University Hospital
Bessie Blount Griffin physical therapist, inventor 1914–2009 Holder of multiple patents for assistive devices for amputees, including the first electric device for self-feeding
Theanne Griffith neuroscientist and children's book author Assistant professor of Physiology and Membrane Biology at the University of California, Davis [71]

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Sossina M. Haile materials scientist 1966- Developed the first solid acid fuel cells [72]
Clara W. Hall chemist 1930-2014 Research chemist at the National Institutes of Health from 1959 to 1999 [73]
Cynthia Hall nuclear scientist 1922/3? - ? Worked on the Manhattan Project at the Argonne National Laboratory, where she was one of the few female African American scientists assigned to the project.
Paula T. Hammond Chemical Engineer 1963- Koch Professor of Engineering, Department Head of Chemical Engineering, Koch Institute of Integrative Cancer Research, MIT
Evelynn M. Hammonds History of science 1953- In 2008, first African-American and the first woman to be appointed dean of Harvard College and was the 4th black woman to receive tenure within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University [74]
Betty Harris chemist 1940- Patented a spot test for detecting TATB in the field, still used by the Federal Department of Homeland Security to screen for nitroaromatic explosives
Mary Styles Harris geneticist 1949- one of the first African Americans to enroll at Miami Jackson High School; one of the first women to enroll at Lincoln University; founder of BioTechnical Communications
Alma Levant Hayden chemist 1927-1967 one of the first African-American women to gain a scientist position at a science agency (The NIH) in Washington, D.C.; may have been the first African-American scientist at the FDA; led the team that exposed the common substance in Krebiozen
Linda B. Hayden mathematics education and applications of mathematics in geoscience 1949- Professor and associate dean of mathematics and computer science at Elizabeth City State University [75]
Euphemia Lofton Haynes mathematician 1890-1980 First African-American woman to earn a PhD in Mathematics
Ruby Puryear Hearn biophysicist 1940- Researcher and advocate for maternal, infant, and child health; AIDS; substance abuse; and minority medical education
Gloria Conyers Hewitt mathematician 1935- 4th African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics; first African American woman to chair a math department in the United States
Joan Higginbotham electrical engineer and former NASA astronaut 1964- Third African-American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison and Stephanie Wilson [76]
Raegan Higgins mathematician Co-director of the EDGE program for Women

Also one of the co-founders of the website Mathematically Gifted & Black, which highlights the accomplishments of Black mathematicians

Mary Elliott Hill chemist 1907-1969 Believed to be one of the first African-American women to be awarded with a master's degree in chemistry
Felicia Hill-Briggs social scientist and behavioral scientist 1965-2023 Diabetes behavioral scientist who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 9 [77]
Jane Hinton veterinarian 1919-2003 pioneer in the study of bacterial antibiotic resistance and one of the first two African-American women to gain the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine; co-developed the Mueller–Hinton agar
Brenda Swann Holmes chemist Appointed to the National Research Council to perform chemical research at the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) studying nuclear magnetic resonance techniques [78]
Dorothy Evans Holmes psychoanalyst and psychotherapist 1943- Psychoanalytic thinker known for her work on racial and cultural trauma [79]
Esther A. H. Hopkins chemist, lawyer 1926-2021 Best known for her career as a biophysicist and research chemist at American Cyanamid along with research in the Polaroid Corp Emulsion Coating and Analysis Laboratory [80]
Ayanna Howard roboticist 1972- The first woman to lead the Ohio State College of Engineering.
Ruth Winifred Howard psychologist 1900-1997 One of the first African American women to earn a Ph.D. in Psychology
Rebecca Hubbard biostatistician Research interests include observational studies and the use of electronic health record data in public health analysis and decision-making, accounting for the errors in this type of data [81]
Jacqueline Hughes-Oliver statistician Retired professor of the Statistics Department of North Carolina State University (NCSU) [82]
Fern Hunt mathematician 1948- Leader in applied mathematics and mathematical biology research
Yasmin Hurd neuroscientist Researcher of neurological effects of cannabis and heroin

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Folami Ideraabdullah geneticist Associate professor in the Department of Genetics and the Department of Nutrition at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [83]
Nia Imara astrophysicist and artist First African-American woman to earn a PhD in astrophysics at the University of California, Berkeley
Tasha Inniss mathematician Vice provost for research at Spelman College [84]
Jedidah Isler astrophysicist First African-American woman to complete her PhD in astrophysics at Yale; member of Joe Biden's presidential transition Agency Review Team; founder of Vanguard: Conversations with Women of Color in STEM (VanguardSTEM)

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Deborah J. Jackson aeronautical engineer First African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University
Fatimah Jackson biological anthropologist Researcher of human-plant co-evolution and anthropological genetics; first African-American to receive the Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award
Lisa P. Jackson chemical engineer 1962- Served as the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2009 to 2013. She was the first African American to hold that position
Mary Jackson mathematician and aerospace engineer 1921-2005 Mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Monica C. Jackson statistician and academic administrator Deputy provost and dean of faculty at American University. Her research focuses on spatial statistics and disease monitoring [85]
Shirley Ann Jackson physicist 1946- President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; first African-American woman to have earned a doctorate at MIT; second African-American woman in the United States to earn a doctorate in physics
Trachette Jackson mathematician 1972- Professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan and is known for work in mathematical oncology [86]
Chavonda Jacobs-Young paper scientist 1967- First African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in paper science
Mae Jemison astronaut and physician 1956- First African American woman to travel in space [87]
Allene Johnson chemist 1933– Educational advisor for the New Jersey American Chemical Society [88]
Ashanti Johnson geochemist and oceanographer First African American to earn a doctoral degree in oceanography from Texas A&M University
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson marine biologist 1980 or 1981- Co-founder of Urban Ocean Lab, a think tank for ocean-climate policy in coastal cities,[89][90] and the Roux Distinguished Scholar at Bowdoin College.[91]
Katherine Johnson mathematician 1918-2020 calculated the trajectories for many NASA missions, including Apollo 11; one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist
Marian Johnson-Thompson virologist 1946- Formerly professor at the University of the District of Columbia. She was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) [92]
Sandra Johnson electrical engineering First African-American woman to earn a doctorate in electrical engineering at Rice University [93]
Tracy L. Johnson molecular and cell biologist Researcher of gene regulation, chromatin modification, RNA splicing
Anna Johnson Julian sociologist 1903-1994 First African-American woman awarded a PhD in sociology by the University of Pennsylvania
Angie Jones computer scientist, software engineer and automation architect Software engineer with 26 patents in the United States and China
Chonnettia Jones geneticist and developmental biologist Served as the executive director of the non-profit Addgene since 2022. Jones was previously the vice president of research at the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and the director of Insight & Analysis at the non-profit Wellcome Trust [94]
Eleanor Jones mathematician 1929-2021 One of the first African-American women to achieve a Ph.D. in mathematics, and encouraged women and minorities to pursue careers in science and mathematics[95]
Elva Jones computer scientist Professor and founding chair of the Department of Computer Science at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), a position she has held since 1991 [96]
Shelly M. Jones mathematics educator 1964– Associate professor of mathematics education at Central Connecticut State University [97]
Stacey Franklin Jones computer scientist and academic administrator Fifth chancellor of Elizabeth City State University from 2014 to 2015 [98]
Lynda Marie Jordan biochemist 1956– Third Black woman to receive a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [99]

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Sinah Estelle Kelley chemist 1916–1982 Worked on mass production of penicillin [100]
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner inventor 1912–2006 Holder of five patents, including the adjustable sanitary belt [101]
Chawne Kimber mathematician 1971– Vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Pitzer College [102]
Angie Turner King chemist, mathematician, and educator 1905–2004 First African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics education (University of Pittsburgh, 1955) and professor of chemistry and mathematics at West Virginia State College [103][104]
Emeline King automotive designer 1957– Former automotive designer for Ford Motor Company (1983–2008), author [105][106]
Karen D. King mathematics educator 1971–2019 Mathematics educator, program director at National Science Foundation and a 2012 AWM/MAA Falconer Lecturer [107]
Reatha King chemistry 1938– Former vice president of the General Mills Corporation; the former president, executive director, and chairman of the board of trustees of the General Mills Foundation
Ruth G. King Educational psychologist 1933– First woman president of the Association of Black Psychologists [108]
Valencia Koomson electrical engineer Principal investigator for the Advanced Integrated Circuits and Systems Lab at Tufts University [109]
Ariangela Kozik microbiologist, computational biologist, and science communicator Co-founder and vice president of the Black Microbiologists Association and serves as an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at the University of Michigan [110][111]

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Margaret Morgan Lawrence pediatric psychiatrist 1914–2019 Researched negative psychological effects of segregation on Black children [112]
Janez Lawson chemical engineer 1930–1990 A NASA human computer. The first African-American hired into a technical position at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). She programmed the IBM 701.
Katheryn Emanuel Lawson radiochemist 1926–2008 One of the first few female African American chemists who worked in Sandia National Laboratories [113]
Danielle N. Lee biologist 19??– Assistant professor of biology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, best known for her science blogging and outreach efforts focused on increasing minority participation in STEM fields.
Lillian Burwell Lewis zoolologist 1904-1987 First African-American woman to receive a doctorate degree from the University of Chicago
Chekesha Liddell material science and engineering Researcher of colloidal materials, and the relationship between micron and submicron length scales
Ruth Smith Lloyd anatomist 1917-1995 First African-American to earn a PhD in anatomy
Irene Long aerospace medicine 1951-2020 First female chief medical officer at the Kennedy Space Center
Dawn Lott applied mathematician 1965- Researches numerical partial differential equations in solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, and biomechanics [114]
Farah Lubin Neuroscientist Prominent researcher of epigenetic mechanisms underlying cognition
Kennda Lynch astrobiologist and geomicrobiologist Primarily affiliated with NASA, Lynch identifies environments on Earth with characteristics that may be similar to environments on other planets [115]
Beebe Steven Lynk chemist 1872–1948 Professor of medical Latin botany and materia medica at the University of West Tennessee [116]

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Kelly Mack mathematician Vice President at the Association of American Colleges and Universities and executive director of Project Kaleidoscope [117][118]
Carolyn Mahoney mathematician 1946- Served as president of Lincoln University of Missouri

Researched combinatorics, graph theory, and matroids

[119][120]
Vivienne Malone-Mayes mathematician and professor 1932-1995 Studied properties of functions, as well as methods of teaching mathematics.[121] She was the fifth African-American woman to gain a PhD in mathematics in the United States, and the first African-American member of the faculty of Baylor University.
Miriam D. Mann mathematician and human computer 1907-1967 One of the first Black female computers for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
Brandeis Marshall data science, computer science and education 19??- Data scientist, CEO of DataedX Group, a data ethics and strategy management agency.
Jessica O. Matthews inventor and venture capitalist 1988- Co-founder of Uncharted, which made Soccket, a soccer ball that can be used as a portable power generator
Shirley McBay mathematician 1935-2021 Founder and president of the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network, a nonprofit dedicated to improving minority education [122]
Camille McKayle mathematician and provost 1964- Provost of the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI)
Marta Dark McNeese physicist First African-American woman to receive a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Virginia [123]
Ruth Ella Moore microbiologist and bacteriologist 1903-1994 First African-American woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in a natural science, and a professor of bacteriology at Howard University
Melba Roy Mouton mathematician 1959 - 1973 Mathematician who served as Assistant Chief of Research Programs at NASA's Trajectory and Geodynamics Division in the 1960s[124] and headed a group of NASA mathematicians called "computers".[125] She served as Head Mathematician for Echo Satellites 1 and 2 before becoming Head Computer Programmer and then Program Production Section Chief at Goddard Space Flight Center.

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Shelia Nash-Stevenson Physicist, integration engineer integration engineer for the Planetary Programs Missions Office at Marshall Space Flight Center
Felecia M. Nave chemical engineer and academic administrator 20th president of Alcorn State University and the first female to serve in the position [126][127]
Ann T. Nelms nuclear physicist 1929- Studied persistence of nuclear radioactivity which was cited in reports on nuclear fallout and human health
Virginia Newell politician, mathematics educator and author 1917-2025 Founder of the computer science program at Winston-Salem State University
Lyda D. Newman Inventor 1885- Patented novel durable hairbrush with synthetic bristles which is still used today
Dara Norman astronomer First African-American woman to earn her Ph.D. in astronomy at the University of Washington [128]

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Grace O'Connell biomechanical engineer Research interests include biomechanics of the human spine and degeneration and regeneration of spinal tissue [129]
Wendy Okolo aerospace research engineer First African-American woman to obtain a Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from University of Texas at Arlington and aerospace research engineer in the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center [130]
Melanie Harrison Okoro environmental scientist 2009–present Okoro is known for her efforts in promoting diversity in STEM fields, and she has held multiple positions in several organizations related to diversity and inclusion. Okoro has served on the council of the American Geophysical Union as an early career scientist and was the Diversity & Inclusion task-force chair.
Yewande Olubummo mathematician 1960–present Research interests include functional analysis and dynamical systems [131]
Omayra Ortega mathematician and mathematical epidemiology Associate professor of mathematics & statistics at Sonoma State University in Sonoma County, California, and the president of the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM)
Ida Stephens Owens physiology and biochemistry One of the first two African Americans to receive a doctorate from Duke University and known for her work with drug-detoxifying enzymes. [132]
Joan Murrell Owens marine biologist 1933-2011 Described a new genus and three new species of button corals [133]

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Carolyn Parker mathematician, physicist 1917–1966 worked on the Dayton Project, the plutonium research and development arm of the Manhattan Project

first African-American woman known to have gained a postgraduate degree in physics

Jennie Patrick chemical engineering 1949– one of the first African American women in the United States to earn a doctorate in traditional chemical engineering; pioneer in supercritical fluid extraction [134]
Hattie Scott Peterson civil engineer 1913–1993 believed to be the first African-American woman to gain a bachelor's degree in civil engineering [135]
Clarice Phelps nuclear chemist first African-American woman to help discover a chemical element (tennessine) [136]
Dorothy J. Phillips chemist 1945- 2025 President of the American Chemical Society

In 1967, Phillips was the first African-American woman to complete a bachelor's degree at Vanderbilt University In 1974, Phillips was the first African-American woman in Cincinnati to earn a PhD in biochemistry at the University of Cincinnati

[137]
Vivian W. Pinn pathologist 1941- Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) [138]
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, cosmologist, writer 1982 - possibly first African-American woman to hold a faculty position in theoretical cosmology
Candice Renee Price mathematician co-founder of the website Mathematically Gifted & Black
Dionne Price statistician 1971-2024 first African-American president of the American Statistical Association (ASA), the world's largest professional body representing statisticians
Jessie Isabelle Price veterinary microbiologist 1930-2015 isolated and reproduced the cause of the most common life-threatening disease in duck farming in the 1950s [139]
Sian Proctor African American explorer, scientist, STEM communicator, and aspiring astronaut geology, sustainability and planetary science professor
Inez Beverly Prosser psychologist, teacher, and school administrator c. 1895–1934 One of the first African-American women to earn a Ph.D. in psychology
Johnnie Hines Watts Prothro chemist 1922–2009 One of the first African-American nutritionists and food scientists [140]

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Lynnae Quick planetary scientist, planetary geophysicist 1984 - Ocean worlds Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; fifth African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in planetary science; first African-American staff scientist in the history of the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, where she worked from 2017 to 2019; Asteroid 2001 SV 291 was renamed Asteroid 37349 Lynnaequick in honor of her work modeling cryovolcanic eruptions and faculae formation on Ceres. First African American to receive the American Astronomical Society's Harold C. Urey Prize which is the highest honor for young planetary scientists and recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of planetary science by an early career researcher.

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Mary Logan Reddick neuroembryologist, biologist 1914 - 1966 possibly the first African-American woman scientist to receive a fellowship to study abroad, and the first female biology instructor at Morehouse College
Eslanda Goode Robeson chemist 1896–1965 first Black head histological chemist of Surgical Pathology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital [141]
Gladys W. Royal chemist 1926–2002 One of the early African-American biochemists; part of one of the few African-American husband-and-wife teams in science [142]

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Bonita V. Saunders mathematical visualization contributes to the Digital Library of Mathematical Functions as the Visualization Editor of the National Institute of Standards and Technology [143]
Antoinette Rodez Schiesler chemist 1934 - 1996 director of research at Villanova University
Jeanette Scissum mathematician, space scientist, and diversity advocate 1939 - joined NASA and put forward techniques for improved forecasting of sunspot cycles [144]
Lyndsey Scott computer programmer 1984- lead iOS software engineer at NGO fundraiser Rallybound; first African American to sign an exclusive runway contract with Calvin Klein
Ruthmae Sears mathematics educator focused on systemic inequities that impede student understanding of mathematics
Alberta Jones Seaton embryologist, biologist 1924-2014 One of the first African-American women awarded a doctorate in zoology, in Belgium in 1949.
Kimberly Sellers statistician head of the statistics department at North Carolina State University since 2023, where she is the first Black woman in the university's history to lead a science department [145]
Nashlie Sephus Artificial intelligence engineer AI engineer, CTO of startup Partpic (acquired by Amazon) PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019 Ada Lovelace Award
Cheryl L. Shavers semiconductor engineering and management 1953- first African-American Undersecretary of Commerce for Science and Technology [146]
Sonya T. Smith computational fluid dynamics and thermal management of electronics Professor at Howard University, the director of the atmospheric sciences program at Howard University, and the 2020–2021 president of Sigma Xi [147]
Tonya Smith-Jackson human factors engineer and academic administrator Chancellor of Rutgers University–Newark [148]
Window Snyder computer security 1975- Co-author of Threat Modeling, a standard manual on application security and a security officer at multiple corporations [149]
Mabel Keaton Staupers Nursing administrator 1890 - 1989 Instrumental in implementing the desegregation of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII [150]
Susan McKinney Steward pediatrician, homeopath 1847-1918 the third African-American woman to earn a medical degree, and the first in New York state.
Moogega Cooper Stricker Planetary protection engineer 1985-20?? NASA engineer working on Mars 2020 rover.
Thyrsa Frazier Svager mathematician 1930-1999 one of the first African-American women to receive a PhD in mathematics
Latanya Sweeney computer scientist computer scientist best known for work on k-anonymity

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Kishana Taylor Virologist and academic Co-founder and president of the Black Microbiologists Association [151]
Valerie Taylor computer scientist 1963- Director of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory
Valerie Thomas physicist and inventor 1943- Inventor of the Illusion Transmitter
Overseer of NASA's Landsat program, international expert in Landsat data products
Lisette Titre-Montgomery Lisette Titre-Montgomery Game Developer 1998- Art Director and Game Developer . Lisette has contributed to some of the industry's highest profile games, including Tiger Woods Golf, The Simpsons, Dante's Inferno, Dance Central 3, SIMS 4, South Park, and Transformers Age Of Extinction for Android and iOS. Her most recent project is Psychonauts 2 with Double Fine Productions. [152]
Margaret E. M. Tolbert chemist and science administrator 1943- the first African American and the first woman in charge of a Department of Energy lab [153]
Rubye Prigmore Torrey chemist 1926–2017 Known for developing a mechanism to decompose hydrogen sulfide, which earned her a place in Sigma Xi [154]
Renetta Garrison Tull electrical engineer and global policy strategist Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at University of California, Davis [155]

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Jami Valentine physicist and electrical engineer First African-American woman to graduate with a PhD in physics from Johns Hopkins University [156]
Powtawche Valerino mechanical engineer First Native American to earn a PhD in engineering at Rice University
Dorothy Vaughan Fortran Computer Specialist One of the first female coders in the field who knew how to code FORTRAN and the first African-American Manager at NASA

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Erica N. Walker mathematician 1971 – Clifford Brewster Upton Professor of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, Columbia University
Chelsea Walton mathematician 1983 – associate professor at Rice University and a Sloan Research Fellow
Dawn Ward synthetic chemist 1973 – Chemist creating molecules active against Hepatitis C virus [157]
Jessica Ware evolutionary biologist, entomologist. work on phylogenomics of insect evolution
Talitha Washington mathematician 1974- in 2023, became the 26th president of the Association for Women in Mathematics
Bevlee Watford engineer and academic administrator 1958- First African-American woman president of the American Society for Engineering Education, associate dean for equity and engagement and professor of engineering education at the Virginia Tech College of Engineering [158][159]
Suzanne Weekes mathematician Chief Executive Officer of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.[160] and professor of Mathematical Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Kimberly Weems statistician in 2020, one of the first three African-American women to complete her Ph.D. in applied mathematics at the University of Maryland, College Park [161]
Rosemarie Wesson chemical engineering first African-American woman to receive a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan

in 2023, City University of New York appointed her associate vice chancellor and university vice provost for research

[162]
Gladys West mathematician 1930 – work on satellite geodesy models used in GPS
Lisa White micropaleontology geologist and director of Education and Outreach at the University of California Museum of Paleontology [163]
Jalonne White-Newsome environmental health sciences in 2022 named Senior Director for Environmental Justice by the White House [164]
Desiré Whitmore laser physicist, science communicator 1980- work on attosecond X-ray laser systems, senior physics educator at the Exploratorium [165][166]
LaNell Williams physicist and virologist 1993- Third African-American woman to receive a PhD in physics from Harvard University [167][168]
Marguerite Williams geologist 1895 – 1991 the first African American to earn a doctorate in geology in the United States
Marsha Rhea Williams educator and researcher 1948- First African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science [169]
Reva Williams theoretical astrophysicist First person to successfully work out the Penrose process using Einstein's Theory of Relativity to extract energy from black holes [170]
Roselyn E. Williams mathematician 1950 – co-founded the Alliance for the Production of African American PhDs in the Mathematical Sciences, which is now known as the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences [171][172]
Tanisha Williams botanist Founder of #BlackBotanistsWeek as an initiative to promote Black botanists and to share their work and life experiences on social media [173]
Stephanie Wilson engineer and NASA astronaut 1966 - second African-American woman to go into space after Mae Jemison. As of 2025, her 43 days in space are the second most of any female African-American astronaut [174]
Ulrica Wilson mathematician, noncommutative rings and combinatorics of matrices associate professor at Morehouse College and associate director of diversity and outreach at the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM)
Karen Winkfield radiation oncologist, physician-scientist, and implementation scientist 1970- Ingram Professor of Cancer Research at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine [175]
Danielle Wood aerospace engineering and technology policy Assistant professor in the MIT Media Lab, where she directs the research group Space Enabled and Wood is the first African-American woman professor at the MIT Media Lab [176]
Geraldine Pittman Woods science administrator 1921–1999 known for her lifelong dedication to community service and for establishing programs that promote minorities in STEM fields, scientific research, and basic research [177]
Dawn Wright oceanographer, geographer 1961- expert in seafloor mapping, marine geographic information systems [178][179]
Jane C. Wright cancer researcher, surgeon 1919-2013 pioneering cancer researcher and surgeon noted for her contributions to chemotherapy
Vanessa E. Wyche engineer and civil servant since 2025, acting associate administrator of NASA and served previously as Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) [180]

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Josephine Silone Yates chemist 1859-1912 one of the first Black professors hired at Lincoln University; first Black woman to head a college science department; may have been the first Black woman to hold a full professorship at any U.S. college or university [181]
Roger Arliner Young zoology 1889-1964 first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Zoology

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Further reading

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  • Brown, Jeannette E. (2012). African American women chemists. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 143–150. ISBN 9780199742882.
  • Carey, Charles W. (2008). African Americans in science: an encyclopedia of people and progress. Vol. 1. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. pp. 51–52. ISBN 9781851099986.
  • "STEM Equity Pipeline – Resources – Online Resources". NAPE – National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity. Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  • Rice, Delores. "The Career Experiences of African American Female Engineers" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  • Robelin, Erik W (March 22, 2010). "Education Week: U.S. Gets Poor Grades in Nurturing STEM Diversity". Education Week. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  • Sullivan, Otha Richard (2002). African American women scientists and inventors. Black stars. New York: Wiley. ISBN 047138707X.
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