Luis Federico Leloir, MD
Dr. Luis Federico Leloir was a biochemist and he was the third Argentinian to win a Nobel Prize. He discovered sugar nucleotides and their role in metabolism and energy storage.
Ellen Lauri Ochoa, PhD
Dr. Ellen Ochoa was the first Hispanic woman to go in space and first Hispanic Director at the Johson Space Center.
Ynés Mexia
Ynés Enriquetta Julietta Mexía (1870-1938) was a pioneering botanist and contributed immensely to the field. She was born May 24th, 1870, in Washington D.C., while her father worked as a representative for the Mexican consulate. She moved every few years or so from Texas to Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Mexico until the death of her first […]
Lydia Villa-Komaroff, PhD
Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff was born on August 7, 1947, in Las Vegas but grew up Santa Fe, New Mexico after her parents immigrated to the United States to escape the Mexican Revolution. At a young age, she knew she wanted to be a scientist. Initially she enrolled at University of Washington to study Chemisty, but […]
Susana López Charretón, PhD
Dr. Susana López Charretón is a virologist studying rotaviruses. She was born in Mexico City in 1957, and knew she wanted to be a scientist from a young age. As a child she did experiments on frozen flies and lizards. She took this curiosity and love of science with her in her education at the […]
Dr. Marie Maynard Daly
Dr. Marie Maynard Daly was a biochemist and advocate for minorities in STEM. Originally from Queens, New York, she always showed an interest in science modeled after her father, an immigrant from the West Indies.
Alice Augusta Ball
Alice Augusta ball was a renowned biochemist and Seattle native who broke barriers in the field of Chemistry during the early 1900’s.
Dr. Katherine Goble Johnson
Dr. Katherine Goble Johnson was born in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia, where she received segregated education.