The following is a list of notableAfrican-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.

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz	chemical engineer andenvironmental 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 theHarvard Society of Fellows	[2]
	Lilia Ann Abron	chemical engineering andenvironmental engineering	1945-	First African-American woman to earn aPhD in chemical engineering	[3]
	Stephanie G. Adams	engineer andacademic administrator		Dean of theErik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at theUniversity of Texas at Dallas since 2019	[4]
	Lucile Adams-Campbell	epidemiology	1953-	First African-American woman to receive aPh.D. in epidemiology in the United States. Serves as the Professor ofOncology atLombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and associate director for Minority Health at theGeorgetown University Medical Center.	[5]
	Javaune Adams-Gaston	psychologist andacademic administrator		President ofNorfolk State University since 2019.	[6]
	Paris Adkins-Jackson	epidemiology		Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences in theMailman School of Public Health atColumbia University in New York.	[7]
	Modupe Akinola	organizational scholar andsocial psychologist	1974-	Researches the science of stress, creativity, and how to maximize human potential in diverse organizations.	[8]
	Jacqueline Akinpelu	applied mathematician,operations researcher	1953-	Research manager at theApplied Physics Laboratory ofJohns Hopkins University, and developed a pipeline for students fromMorgan State University to mentor them into careers inSTEM fields.	[9]
	Delores P. Aldridge	sociologist	1941-	First African-American woman faculty member ofEmory University and founding director of the first African-American and African-Studies degree-granting program in the South.	[10]
	Claudia Alexander	geophysics, planetary science	1959-2015	Project manager for NASA'sGalileo mission andRosetta mission	[11][12]
	Beverly Anderson	mathematician	1943-	Emeritus professor at theUniversity of the District of Columbia, and in the 1990s, worked at theNational Academy of Sciences as Director of Minority Programs for the Mathematical Sciences Education Board
	Cheryl Anderson	epidemiologist		Professor at and founding Dean of theUniversity of California San DiegoHerbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science	[13]
	Giovonnae Anderson	electrical engineering		First African-American women to earn aPh.D. in electrical engineering at theUniversity of California, Davis (1979):Giovonnae Anderson	[14]
	Gloria Long Anderson	chemistry	1938-	Pioneer ofnuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, known for work withfluorine-19 and solid rocket propellants
	Ayana Holloway Arce	physicist andprofessor		Associate professor of Duke University who works on particle physics, using data from theLarge Hadron Collider to understand phenomena beyond theStandard Model	[15]
	Treena Livingston Arinzeh	biomedical engineering	1970-	Researcher of adult stem-cell therapy
	Ludmilla Aristilde	engineer		Professor atNorthwestern University whose research considers environmentalbiochemistry andbioengineering	[16]
	Elayne Arrington	mathematician andengineer	1940-	First African-American woman to graduate with a bachelor's degree from the School of Engineering at theUniversity of Pittsburgh	[17]
	Valerie Ashby	chemist		Chemist and university professor currently serving as president of theUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County	[18]
	Estella Atekwana	Biogeophysics; tectonphysics	1961-	Dean of the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment at theUniversity of Delaware
	Balanda Atis	cosmetic science		Cosmetic chemist atL'Oréal USA who expanded range of cosmetics available for people of color
	Donna Auguste	businesswoman, computer scientist	1958-	Senior engineering manager for theNewton personal digital assistant (PDA)
	Wanda Austin	aerospace engineering	1954-	Former president and CEO ofThe Aerospace Corporation

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Aziza Baccouche	physicist andsciencefilmmaker	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	[19]
	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 researchneuropsychologist andcomputer programmer at ABackans DCP Inc.	[20]
	Nina Banks	economist		Associate professor of economics atBucknell University and former president of theNational Economic Association (NEA)	[21]
	Gilda Barabino	biomedical engineer andchemical engineer	1956-	Professor of biomedical and chemical engineering, Barabino served as the second president ofOlin College of Engineering from 2020-2025	[22]
	Patricia Bath	ophthalmologist, inventor	1942-2019	Pioneered laser surgery to remove cataracts
	Scarlett Bellamy	mathematician	??-	Chair and Professor ofBiostatistics atBoston University School of Public Health[23]
	Regina Benjamin	physician	1956-	18thSurgeon 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 theIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	[24][25]
	Adia Benton	anthropologist	1977-	Associate professor of anthropology and African Studies atNorthwestern University	[26]
	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 leadTrinity College (Connecticut):Joanne Berger-Sweeney	[27]
	Marie Bernard	physician andresearcher		Previously, NIH seniorgeriatrician, overseeing research focused on aging andAlzheimer's disease	[28]
	Carlotta Berry	electrical engineer, professor, roboticist	1970-	Professor of electrical engineering atRose-Hulman Institute of Technology and textbook author
	Matilene Berryman	oceanographer, lawyer	1920-2003	Professor of marine science at theUniversity 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	biomedicalchemist andcivil rights activist	1907-2006	Worked in the Department of Pharmacology at theChicago Medical School (part ofRosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science), specializing in preventative health measures, children's health, prenatal care, and treatments forsickle cell anemia	[29]
	Aisha Bowe	aerospace engineer andSTEM advocate	1986-	Founder and CEO of STEMBoard, a technology company, and LINGO, an educational tech company featuring tutorials and online resources featuring NASCAR driverBubba Wallace.
	Jasmine Bowers	computer scientist		In 2020 the first African-American woman to earn aPh.D. in computer science from theUniversity of Florida.	[30]
	Sylvia D. Trimble Bozeman	mathematician	1947-	Researcher offunctional analysis andimage processing, member of Obama's Presidential Committee on the National Medal of Science, founder ofEnhancing Diversity in Graduate Education
	Lillian K. Bradley	mathematician andmathematics educator	1921-1995	First African-American woman to earn adoctorate in any subject (mathematics education) at theUniversity of Texas at Austin	[31]
	Khalia Braswell	computer scientist	2014–present	an Americancomputer scientist,educator, and technologist. INTech Camp for Girls
	Carolyn Brooks	microbiologist	1946-	Researcher inimmunology,nutrition, and crop productivity	[32]
	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 andspeech recognition	1952-2020	First African-American woman to earn adoctorate incomputer science (then a part of their applied math program) atHarvard University	[33]
	Dorothy Lavinia Brown	surgeon	1919-2004	First African-American female appointed to a general surgery residency in the racially segregated South.	[34]
	Jeannette Brown	organic medicinal chemist,historian, andauthor	1934-	First African-American woman to achieve amaster's degree from theUniversity of Minnesota inorganic chemistry	[35]
	Quincy K. Brown	computer scientist		Director of Engagement and Research atAnitaB.org, a global nonprofit organization whose primary aim is to recruit, retain, and advance women in technology. Senior Fellow atFederation of American Scientists. Formerly Senior Policy Advisor in theWhite House Office of Science and Technology Policy.	[36][37]
	Marjorie Lee Browne	mathematician	1914-1979	ThirdAfrican-American woman to receive a PhD inmathematics	[38]
	Amanda Bryant-Friedrich	chemist		Dean of the graduate school and a professor in the college ofpharmacy andhealth sciences atWayne State University	[39]
	Kimberly Bryant	electrical engineer	1967-	Founder of Black Girls Code
	Joy Buolamwini	computer scientist	1989-	Founder ofAlgorithmic Justice League;Rhodes Scholar,Fulbright fellow,Stamps Scholar, Astronaut Scholar andAnita Borg Institute scholar
	Ursula Burns	engineer, CEO	1958-	CEO of Xerox; firstBlack woman to be a CEO of aFortune 500 company and the first woman to succeed another as head of a Fortune 500 company

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Naiomi Cameron	mathematician andcombinatorics		Associate professor atSpelman College as well as the vice president ofNational Association of Mathematicians	[40][41]
	Alexa Canady	neuroscience	1950-	First Black woman to become a neurosurgeon
	Carolyn Cannon-Alfred	pharmacologist	1934-1987	Professor and co-author ofMedical Handbook for the Layman
	Peggy G. Carr	developmental psychology andstatistics		First African American to be appointed Commissioner of theNational Center for Education Statistics	[42]
	April Carson	epidemiologist		Associate professor of epidemiology and associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at theUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health	[43]
	Majora Carter	developer, activist	1966-	Founder ofSustainable South Bronx
	Etosha Cave	mechanical engineering		Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Twelve, a startup that recyclescarbon dioxide	[44]
	Sherita Ceasar	mechanical engineering		First African-American president of theSociety of Women Engineers (SWE)	[45]
	Karen Chin	paleontologist andtaphonomist		Considered one of the world's leading experts incoprolites	[46]
	May Edward Chinn	physician	1896-1980	First African-American woman to graduate from NYU School of Medicine, first African-American woman to intern atHarlem 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 andelectronics engineer		First African-American woman fromRedstone Arsenal,Alabama to join theSenior Executive Service SES.	[47]
	Mamie Phipps Clark	social psychologist	1917-1983	Researched self-esteem and self-concept in African-American children, which was used in 1954 civil rights caseBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas	[48]
	Yvonne Clark	engineer	1929-2019	first woman to get a Bachelor of Science degree inmechanical engineering atHoward University, the first woman to earn a master's degree inEngineering Management fromVanderbilt University, and the first woman to serve as a faculty member in the College of Engineering and Technology atTennessee State University
	Jewel Plummer Cobb	biologist,professor	1924-2017	Elected to theInstitute of Medicine in theNational Academy of Sciences in 1974 in recognition for her research achievements	[49]
	Robin Coger	biomedical engineer andacademic administrator		Formerly the provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs atEast Carolina University. Her research as a biomedical engineer has focused onartificial organs and particularly onliver support systems	[50]
	Johnnetta Cole	anthropologist, educator and museum director	1936-	Spelman College's seventh president and the first Black woman to lead the institution	[51]
	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	[48]
	Betty Collette	veterinary pathologist	1930-2017	Sole African-American pathology researcher atGeorgetown University School of Medicine in the 1950s
	Margaret S. Collins	zoologist	1922-1996	First African-American femaleentomologist and the third African-American femalezoologist	[52]
	Kizzmekia Corbett	viralimmunologist	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 theUniversity of Mississippi	[53]
	Patricia S. Cowings	aerospacepsychophysiologist	1948-	First African-American woman scientist to be trained as an astronaut by NASA
	Marian Croak	engineer	1955-	Engineer known for herVoice over IP (VoIP) related inventions. In 2022, she was inducted into theNational Inventors Hall of Fame for her work with VoIP
	Monica Cox	engineering education		First African-American woman to earn tenure in engineering atPurdue University	[54]
	Rebecca Lee Crumpler	physician	1831–1895	First African-American woman to become aphysician in the United States
	Lesia L. Crumpton-Young	engineer andacademic administrator		Served as the 13th president ofTexas Southern University from 2021 to 2023. Previously provost and chief academic officer ofMorgan State University	[55]

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Shaundra Daily	electrical engineer andcomputer science	1979–	American professor and author known for her work in the field ofhuman-centered computing and broadening participation in STEM. She is aprofessor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science atDuke 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 atLouisiana State University, 19th African-American woman to obtain a PhD in a physics-related field in the US	[56]
	Christine Darden	aerospace engineer	1942-	Researcher atNASA who pioneered the design of supersonic aircraft	[48]
	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 fromCornell University and the first African-American woman in the U.S. to earn a degree in botany (1890)	[57]
	Felecia Davis	architect,engineer andeducator		Principal of FELECIA DAVIS STUDIO where she bridges art, engineering, design and architecture. Davis is known for her work in computational textiles.	[58]
	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 theApollo program as a keypunch operator	[59]
	Helen Octavia Dickens	physician	1909–2001	FirstAfrican-American woman to be admitted to theAmerican College of Surgeons
	Darlene Dixon	veterinary scientist andtoxicologic pathologist		Researches thepathogenesis/carcinogenesis oftumors	[60]
	Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi	roboticist,engineer, andeducator		In 2024, first African-American woman to earn aPh.D. in Robotics from theUniversity of Michigan	[61]
	Tracy Drain	flight systems engineer	1954-	Deputy chief engineer forNASA'sJUNO mission, which arrived at Jupiter in June 2016	[62]
	Georgia Mae Dunston	Human Geneticist	1944-	Professor at Howard University and founder of the National Human Genome Center
	Lisa Dyson	scientist,physicist, andentrepreneur		Founder and CEO of Air Protein, a food tech company, reinventing how food is produced using elements of the air	[63]

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Annie Easley	mathematician and rocket scientist	1933–2011	Leading member of the software development team for theCentaur rocket stage, and one of the firstAfrican Americans to work atNASA
	Ranthony Edmonds	mathematician		Postdoctoral fellow in the department of mathematics at theOhio State University specializing incommutative ring theory, factorization theory, and appliedalgebraic topology	[64]
	Cecile H. Edwards	nutritionist	1926–2005	Researcher focused on improving nutrition and well-being of disadvantaged people
	Joycelyn Elders	pediatrician	1933-	Second woman, secondperson of color, and firstAfrican American to serve asSurgeon General
	Lola Eniola-Adefeso	chemical engineer		Co-founder and chief scientific officer ofAsalyxa Bio, researcher of biocompatible functional particles for targeted drug delivery
	Anna Epps	microbiologist	1930-	first female dean of the School of Medicine atMeharry 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 inCAVES
	Aprille Ericsson-Jackson	aerospace engineer	1963-	FirstAfrican-American woman to receive aPh.D. inmechanical engineering fromHoward University and the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in Engineering at theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)Goddard Space Flight Center
	Carol Espy-Wilson	electrical engineer	c. 1957-	First African-American woman to get aPh.D. in Electrical Engineering fromMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), first African-American faculty to have tenure in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at theUniversity of Maryland in 2001, and first African-American full professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2007.	[65]
	Christina Eubanks-Turner	mathematics education		Research includesgraph theory,commutative algebra,mathematics education, and mathematical sciences diversification	[66]
	Brittney Exline	software engineer		YoungestAfrican-American female to be accepted into anIvy League school, at 15;United States' youngest African-American engineer	[67]
	Cassandra Extavour	evolutionary biologist		Director of EDEN, a national research collaborative encouraging use of non- Drosophila model organisms	[68]

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Etta Zuber Falconer	mathematician	1933-2002	One of the earlierAfrican-American women to receive aPh.D. in mathematics
	Angella D. Ferguson	pediatrician	1925-????	Pioneer researcher ofsickle 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 firstAfrican American to head theNOAA Corps, first woman and first African American to command a NOAA ship, and the first woman to command a ship in theUnited States uniformed services for an extended assignment
	Stacey Finley	chemical engineering andmaterials science		Thuan Q. Pham Professor and associate professor of chemical engineering and materials science, andquantitative biology andcomputational biology at theUniversity of Southern California
	Njema Frazier	nuclear physicist	1974-????	Nuclear physicist asNational Nuclear Security Administration, former staff member for theCommittee on Science at the U.S. House of Representatives
	A. Oveta Fuller	virologist	1955-2022	Researcher who significantly advanced knowledge ofHerpes simplex virus

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Florence S. Gaynor	nurse andhospital administrator	1920-1993	First African-American woman to head a major teaching hospital in the United States	[69]
	Timnit Gebru	computer scientist	1983-	Founder of theDistributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR), researcher ofalgorithmic bias anddata mining
	Lisa Gelobter	computer scientist	1971-	Credited with developing the animation technology used to createGIFs. Chief Digital Service Officer for theUnited 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 aUnited States patent
	Christine Grant	chemical engineer		2022 President of theAmerican Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Associate Dean of Faculty Advancement atNorth Carolina State University	[70]
	Evelyn Boyd Granville	mathematician, computer science	1924-2023	Performed pioneering work in the field of computing
	Michelle Gray	neuroscientist		Professor ofneurology andneurobiology at theUniversity of Alabama Birmingham researching the biological basis ofHuntington's disease (HD)	[71][72]
	Hadiyah-Nicole Green	medical physicist	1981-	Known for the development of a method using laser-activatednanoparticles as a potential cancer treatment.[73][74]
	Bettye Washington Greene	chemist	1935-1995	FirstAfrican-American female Ph.D. chemist to work in a professional position at theDow Chemical Company, considered an early African American pioneer in science
	Eliza Ann Grier	physician	1864–1902	FirstAfrican American woman licensed to practice medicine in the U.S. state ofGeorgia
	Margaret Grigsby	physician	1923-2009	First African American woman to become a fellow of theAmerican College of Physicians and the first woman to preside over a major medical division atHoward 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 ofPhysiology andMembraneBiology at theUniversity of California, Davis	[75]

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Sossina M. Haile	materials scientist	1966-	Developed the firstsolid acid fuel cells	[76]
	Clara W. Hall	chemist	1930-2014	Research chemist at theNational Institutes of Health from 1959 to 1999	[77]
	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 ofHarvard College and was the 4th black woman to receive tenure within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences atHarvard University	[78]
	Betty Harris	chemist	1940-	Patented a spot test for detectingTATB in the field, still used by the FederalDepartment of Homeland Security to screen for nitroaromatic explosives
	Mary Styles Harris	geneticist	1949-	one of the first African Americans to enroll atMiami Jackson High School; one of the first women to enroll atLincoln University; founder of BioTechnical Communications
	Alma Levant Hayden	chemist	1927-1967	one of the firstAfrican-American women to gain ascientist position at a science agency (TheNIH) inWashington, D.C.; may have been the first African-American scientist at theFDA; led the team that exposed the common substance inKrebiozen
	Linda B. Hayden	mathematics education andapplications of mathematics ingeoscience	1949-	Professor and associate dean ofmathematics andcomputer science atElizabeth City State University	[79]
	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 formerNASAastronaut	1964-	Third African-American woman to go into space, afterMae Jemison andStephanie Wilson	[80]
	Raegan Higgins	mathematician		Co-director of theEDGE program for Women Also one of the co-founders of the websiteMathematically 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 andbehavioral scientist	1965-2023	Diabetes behavioral scientist who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 9	[81]
	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 ofDoctor of Veterinary Medicine; co-developed theMueller–Hinton agar
	Brenda Swann Holmes	chemist		Appointed to theNational Research Council to perform chemical research at theU. S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) studyingnuclear magnetic resonance techniques	[82]
	Dorothy Evans Holmes	psychoanalyst andpsychotherapist	1943-	Psychoanalytic thinker known for her work on racial and cultural trauma	[83]
	Esther A. H. Hopkins	chemist, lawyer	1926-2021	Best known for her career as a biophysicist and research chemist atAmerican Cyanamid along with research in thePolaroid Corp Emulsion Coating and Analysis Laboratory	[84]
	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 aPh.D. inPsychology
	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	[85]
	Jacqueline Hughes-Oliver	statistician		Retired professor of the Statistics Department ofNorth Carolina State University (NCSU)	[86]
	Fern Hunt	mathematician	1948-	Leader in applied mathematics and mathematical biology research
	Yasmin Hurd	neuroscientist		Researcher of neurological effects ofcannabis andheroin

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	Folami Ideraabdullah	geneticist		Associate professor in the Department of Genetics and the Department of Nutrition at theGillings School of Global Public Health at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	[87]
	Nia Imara	astrophysicist and artist		First African-American woman to earn a PhD in astrophysics at theUniversity of California, Berkeley
	Tasha Inniss	mathematician		Viceprovost for research atSpelman College	[88]
	Jedidah Isler	astrophysicist		First African-American woman to complete her PhD in astrophysics at Yale; member ofJoe 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 theadministrator of theUnited States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2009 to 2013. She was the firstAfrican American to hold that position
	Mary Jackson	mathematician andaerospace engineer	1921-2005	Mathematician and aerospace engineer at theNational Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which in 1958 was succeeded by theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
	Monica C. Jackson	statistician andacademic administrator		Deputy provost and dean of faculty atAmerican University. Her research focuses onspatial statistics anddisease monitoring	[89]
	Shirley Ann Jackson	physicist	1946-	President ofRensselaer 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 ofmathematics at theUniversity of Michigan and is known for work in mathematicaloncology	[90]
	Chavonda Jacobs-Young	paper scientist	1967-	FirstAfrican-American woman to earn aPh.D. inpaper science
	Mae Jemison	astronaut and physician	1956-	FirstAfrican American woman to travel in space	[91]
	Allene Johnson	chemist	1933–	Educational advisor for theNew JerseyAmerican Chemical Society	[92]
	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 ofUrban Ocean Lab, athink tank for ocean-climate policy in coastal cities,[93][94] and the Roux Distinguished Scholar atBowdoin College.[95]
	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 theUniversity of the District of Columbia. She was elected Fellow of theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)	[96]
	Sandra Johnson	electrical engineering		First African-American woman to earn a doctorate in electrical engineering atRice University	[97]
	Tracy L. Johnson	molecular and cell biologist		Researcher ofgene regulation,chromatin modification,RNA splicing
	Anna Johnson Julian	sociologist	1903-1994	First African-American woman awarded a PhD in sociology by theUniversity 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 anddevelopmental biologist		Served as the executive director of the non-profitAddgene 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-profitWellcome Trust	[98]
	Eleanor Jones	mathematician	1929-2021	One of the first African-American women to achieve aPh.D. in mathematics, and encouraged women and minorities to pursue careers in science and mathematics[99]
	Elva Jones	computer scientist		Professor and founding chair of the Department ofComputer Science atWinston-Salem State University (WSSU), a position she has held since 1991	[100]
	Shelly M. Jones	mathematics educator	1964–	Associate professor ofmathematics education atCentral Connecticut State University	[101]
	Stacey Franklin Jones	computer scientist andacademic administrator		Fifth chancellor ofElizabeth City State University from 2014 to 2015	[102]
	Lynda Marie Jordan	biochemist	1956–	Third Black woman to receive a Ph.D. from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology	[103]

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Sinah Estelle Kelley	chemist	1916–1982	Worked on mass production of penicillin	[104]
	Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner	inventor	1912–2006	Holder of five patents, including the adjustable sanitary belt	[105]
	Chawne Kimber	mathematician	1971–	Vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty atPitzer College	[106]
	Angie Turner King	chemist,mathematician, andeducator	1905–2004	First African-American woman to earn aPh.D. inmathematics education (University of Pittsburgh, 1955) and professor of chemistry and mathematics atWest Virginia State College	[107][108]
	Emeline King	automotive designer	1957–	Former automotive designer for Ford Motor Company (1983–2008), author	[109][110]
	Karen D. King	mathematics educator	1971–2019	Mathematics educator, program director atNational Science Foundation and a 2012AWM/MAA Falconer Lecturer	[111]
	Reatha King	chemistry	1938–	Former vice president of theGeneral 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 theAssociation of Black Psychologists	[112]
	Valencia Koomson	electrical engineer		Principal investigator for the Advanced Integrated Circuits and Systems Lab atTufts University	[113]
	Ariangela Kozik	microbiologist,computational biologist, andscience 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 theUniversity of Michigan	[114][115]
	Shiriki Kumanyika	obesity researcher		Emeritus professor ofbiostatistics andepidemiology at thePerelman School of Medicine at theUniversity of Pennsylvania and co-chair of the International Association for the Study of ObesityInternational Obesity Task Force	[116]

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Blanche J. Lawrence	biochemist	1920-1989	Research assistant in the Health Division of theUniversity of Chicago'sMetallurgical Laboratory during theManhattan Project	[117]
	Margaret Morgan Lawrence	pediatric psychiatrist	1914–2019	Researched negative psychological effects of segregation on Black children	[118]
	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 inSandia National Laboratories	[119]
	Danielle N. Lee	biologist	19??–	Assistant professor ofbiology atSouthern Illinois University Edwardsville, best known for her scienceblogging and outreach efforts focused on increasing minority participation inSTEM fields.
	Lillian Burwell Lewis	zoolologist	1904-1987	FirstAfrican-American woman to receive a doctorate degree from theUniversity of Chicago	[120][121]
	Chekesha Liddell	material science and engineering		Researcher ofcolloidal 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 theKennedy Space Center
	Dawn Lott	applied mathematician	1965-	Researchesnumerical partial differential equations insolid mechanics,fluid mechanics, andbiomechanics	[122]
	Farah Lubin	Neuroscientist		Prominent researcher of epigenetic mechanisms underlying cognition
	Sophie Lutterlough	entomologist	1910-2009	Restored hundreds of thousands of insects, classifying thousands at the SmithsonianNational Museum of Natural History	[123]
	Ruthie D. Lyle	electrical engineer		First African-American woman to earn aPh.D. inelectrical engineering fromPolytechnic University and Principal Technical Patent Architect at NVIDIA	[124][125]
	Kennda Lynch	astrobiologist andgeomicrobiologist		Primarily affiliated withNASA, Lynch identifies environments on Earth with characteristics that may be similar to environments on other planets	[126]
	Beebe Steven Lynk	chemist	1872–1948	Professor ofmedical Latin botany andmateria medica at the University of West Tennessee	[127]

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Kelly Mack	mathematician		Vice President at theAssociation of American Colleges and Universities and executive director of Project Kaleidoscope	[128][129]
	Carolyn Mahoney	mathematician	1946-	Served as president ofLincoln University of Missouri Researchedcombinatorics,graph theory, andmatroids	[130][131]
	Shirley M. Malcom	zoologist	1946-	Senior Advisor and Director of SEA Change at theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)	[132]
	Vivienne Malone-Mayes	mathematician andprofessor	1932-1995	Studied properties of functions, as well as methods of teaching mathematics.[133] 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 ofBaylor University
	Miriam D. Mann	mathematician and human computer	1907-1967	One of the first Blackfemale computers for theNational Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
	Karla-Sue Marriott	forensic scientist		Professor in the School of Justice Studies atRoger Williams University and the director for the RWU Forensic Science program	[134]
	Brandeis Marshall	data science,computer science andeducation	19??-	Data scientist, CEO of DataedX Group, a data ethics and strategy management agency.
	Jessica O. Matthews	inventor andventure 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	[135]
	Worta McCaskill-Stevens	physician-scientist and medical oncologist	1949-2023	Specialized in cancer disparities research, management ofcomorbidities withinclinical trials, andmolecular research forcancer prevention interventions	[136]
	Earyn McGee	herpetologist andscience communicator		American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) IF/THEN Ambassador and a 2020 AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellow. In response to the racism faced by Black birdwatcherChristian Cooper in theCentral Park birdwatching incident, McGee co-organizedBlack Birders Week to celebrate Black birders	[137]
	Camille McKayle	mathematician andprovost	1964-	Provost of theUniversity of the Virgin Islands (UVI)
	Marta Dark McNeese	physicist		First African-American woman to receive a bachelor's degree inphysics from theUniversity of Virginia	[138]
	Linda C. Meade-Tollin	biochemist andcancer researcher	1944-	At theUniversity of Arizona, studiedDNA damage,angiogenesis, andcancer invasion &metastasis; directed the Office of Women in Science and Engineering there; and was the first female chairperson of theNational Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)	[139][140]
	Juanita Merchant	gastroenterologist andphysiology researcher		Studies gastric response to chronic inflammation and is chief of theUniversity of Arizona Division of Gastroenterology andHepatology	[141]
	Reneé H. Moore	biostatistician		Professor of research in theDrexel University Department ofEpidemiology and Biostatistics, and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Drexel'sDornsife School of Public Health	[142]
	Ruth Ella Moore	microbiologist andbacteriologist	1903-1994	First African-American woman to be awarded aPh.D. in anatural science, and a professor of bacteriology atHoward University
	Tiara Moore	marine science		Leader in organizing the Black in Marine Science week and pursuing social activism	[143]
	Willie Hobbs Moore	physicist andengineer		First African-American woman to earn aPhD inphysics	[144]
	Lenora Moragne	nutritionist	1931–2020	Headed the Division of Nutrition Education and Training at theFood and Nutrition Service of theU.S. Department of Agriculture from 1972 to 1977	[145]
	Melba Roy Mouton	mathematician	1959 - 1973	Mathematician who served as Assistant Chief of Research Programs atNASA's Trajectory and Geodynamics Division in the 1960s[146] and headed a group of NASA mathematicians called "computers".[147] She served as Head Mathematician forEcho Satellites 1 and 2 before becoming Head Computer Programmer and then Program Production Section Chief atGoddard Space Flight Center.
	Diane Powell Murray	software engineer andprogram manager		In 2006 received Computerworld's Premier 100 Technology Leadership Award, and in 1982 theCandace Award from theNational Coalition of 100 Black Women	[148]

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Shelia Nash-Stevenson	Physicist, integration engineer		integration engineer for the Planetary Programs Missions Office atMarshall Space Flight Center
	Felecia M. Nave	chemical engineer andacademic administrator		20th president ofAlcorn State University and the first female to serve in the position	[149][150]
	Ann T. Nelms	nuclear physicist	1929-	Studied persistence of nuclear radioactivity which was cited in reports onnuclear fallout and human health
	Virginia Newell	politician,mathematics educator andauthor	1917-2025	Founder of the computer science program atWinston-Salem State University
	Lyda D. Newman	Inventor	1885-	Patented novel durablehairbrush withsynthetic bristles which is still used today
	Corina Newsome	ornithologist,birder, andscience communicator		Newsome andEaryn McGee co-organised Black Birders Week, a weeklong series celebrating Black birders and Black nature enthusiasts on social media	[151]
	Dara Norman	astronomer		First African-American woman to earn herPh.D. inastronomy at theUniversity of Washington	[152]

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Grace O'Connell	biomechanical engineer		Research interests include biomechanics of the human spine and degeneration and regeneration of spinal tissue	[153]
	Wendy Okolo	aerospace research engineer		First African-American woman to obtain aPh.D. degree inaerospace engineering fromUniversity of Texas at Arlington and aerospace research engineer in theIntelligent Systems Division atNASA Ames Research Center	[154]
	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 theAmerican Geophysical Union as an early career scientist and was the Diversity & Inclusion task-force chair.
	Janis Oldham	mathematician	1956-2021	Mathematician specializing indifferential geometry andmathematics education and known for her efforts in mentoring mathematics students, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds	[155]
	Yewande Olubummo	mathematician	1960–present	Research interests includefunctional analysis anddynamical systems	[156]
	Omayra Ortega	mathematician andmathematical epidemiology		Associate professor of mathematics & statistics atSonoma State University inSonoma County, California, and the president of theNational Association of Mathematicians (NAM)
	Ida Stephens Owens	physiology andbiochemistry		One of the first two African Americans to receive a doctorate fromDuke University and known for her work with drug-detoxifying enzymes.	[157]
	Joan Murrell Owens	marine biologist	1933-2011	Described a new genus and three new species of button corals	[158]

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Dina N. Paltoo	epidemiologist		Epidemiologist specializing inopen science,data science, andpublic access. In 2024 Paltoo was named Acting Deputy Director of Policy and External Affairs,National Library of Medicine	[159]
	Carolyn Parker	mathematician, physicist	1917–1966	worked on theDayton Project, theplutonium research and development arm of theManhattan Project first African-American woman known to have gained a postgraduate degree in physics
	Jennie Patrick	chemical engineering	1949–	one of the firstAfrican American women in the United States to earn a doctorate in traditionalchemical engineering; pioneer insupercritical fluid extraction	[160]
	Kathryn Peddrew	mathematician,engineer, andscientist	1922-2012	played a crucial role in theNational Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She was one of the African-American women who worked as a "human computer" at NACA'sLangley Research Center in the 1940s and 1950s	[161]
	Audrey S. Penn	neurologist andprofessor	1934-	first African-American woman to serve as an (acting) director of an Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)	[162]
	Thelma Perry	microbiologist andmycologist	1941-1998	working at theU.S. Forest Service, her research focused on the study of symbiotic relationships between bark beetles andfungi, particularly those associated with the southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis) and other forest insects	[163]
	Hattie Scott Peterson	civil engineer	1913–1993	believed to be the first African-American woman to gain a bachelor's degree in civil engineering	[164]
	Clarice Phelps	nuclear chemist		first African-American woman to help discover a chemical element (tennessine)	[165]
	Dorothy J. Phillips	chemist	1945-	2025 President of theAmerican Chemical Society In 1967, Phillips was the first African-American woman to complete a bachelor's degree atVanderbilt UniversityIn 1974, Phillips was the first African-American woman inCincinnati to earn aPhD inbiochemistry at theUniversity of Cincinnati	[166]
	Vivian W. Pinn	pathologist	1941-	Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)	[167]
	Keshia Pollack Porter	injuryepidemiologist and policy researcher		Bloomberg Centennial Professor at theJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who specializes in health equity and promoting safe environments	[168]
	Amina Pollard	limnologist andecologist		Pollard leads theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Lakes Assessment, which seeks to provide information on the health of lakes, ponds, and reservoirs across theUnited States	[169]
	Julianne Pollard-Larkin	medical physicist		Assistant professor atMD Anderson Cancer Center inHouston,Texas, and also the interim Physics Service Chief for the Thoracic service of MD Anderson's Division of RadiationOncology	[170]
	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 websiteMathematically Gifted & Black
	Dionne Price	statistician	1971-2024	first African-American president of theAmerican Statistical Association (ASA), the world's largest professional body representing statisticians
	Jessie Isabelle Price	veterinarymicrobiologist	1930-2015	isolated and reproduced the cause of the most common life-threatening disease in duck farming in the 1950s	[171]
	LeShawndra Price	psychologist,mental health, andhealth disparities		Director of the office of research training and special programs at theNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	[172]
	Sian Proctor	African Americanexplorer, scientist,STEM communicator, and aspiringastronaut		geology,sustainability andplanetary science professor
	Inez Beverly Prosser	psychologist,teacher, and school administrator	c. 1895–1934	One of the firstAfrican-American women to earn a Ph.D. inpsychology
	Johnnie Hines Watts Prothro	chemist	1922–2009	One of the first African-American nutritionists and food scientists	[173]

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Lynnae Quick	planetary scientist, planetary geophysicist	1984 -	Ocean worlds Planetary Scientist atNASAGoddard Space Flight Center; fifth African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in planetary science; first African-American staff scientist in the history of theSmithsonian Institution'sCenter 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 modelingcryovolcanic eruptions andfaculae formation onCeres. First African American to receive theAmerican Astronomical Society'sHarold 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.

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	LaVerne E. Ragster	marine biologist andacademic administrator	1951-	served as the fourth president of theUniversity of the Virgin Islands from 2002 to 2009	[174]
	Patricia Ramsey	biologist andacademic administrator		sixth president ofMedgar Evers College since 2021, and the first woman and scientist to serve in this position	[175]
	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 atMorehouse College
	Rosalie A. Reed	veterinarian	1945-	in 1973 Reed became the first woman to work as a veterinarian at a major American zoo (Los Angeles Zoo)	[176]
	Eslanda Goode Robeson	chemist	1896–1965	first Black headhistological chemist of Surgical Pathology atNew York-Presbyterian Hospital	[177]
	Renã A. S. Robinson	Analytical chemistry,Proteomics		Professor of Chemistry, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips ChairVanderbilt University	[178]
	Antoinette Rodez Schiesler	chemist	1934-1996	Director of research atVillanova University	[179]
	Stephanie J. Rowley	developmental psychologist andacademic administrator		Dean ofUniversity of Virginia's School of Education and Human Development	[180]
	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	[181]

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Michelle Samuel-Foo	biologist,entomologist		First African American to win a major entomological award, when she was awarded theEntomological Society of America Founders' Memorial Recognition	[182]
	Bonita V. Saunders	mathematical visualization		contributes to theDigital Library of Mathematical Functions as the Visualization Editor of theNational Institute of Standards and Technology	[183]
	Antoinette Rodez Schiesler	chemist	1934 - 1996	director of research atVillanova University
	Jeanette Scissum	mathematician,space scientist, and diversity advocate	1939 -	joinedNASA and put forward techniques for improved forecasting ofsunspot cycles	[184]
	Jessica A. Scoffield	microbiologist		Assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology at theUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine	[185]
	Lyndsey Scott	computer programmer	1984-	lead iOS software engineer atNGO fundraiser Rallybound; firstAfrican American to sign anexclusive runway contract withCalvin Klein
	Ruthmae Sears	mathematics educator		focused on systemic inequities that impede student understanding ofmathematics
	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 atNorth Carolina State University since 2023, where she is the first Black woman in the university's history to lead a science department	[186]
	Nashlie Sephus	Artificial intelligence engineer		AI engineer, CTO of startup Partpic (acquired by Amazon) PhD fromGeorgia Institute of Technology, 2019Ada Lovelace Award
	Cheryl L. Shavers	semiconductor engineering and management	1953-	first African-American Undersecretary of Commerce for Science and Technology	[187]
	Sonya T. Smith	computational fluid dynamics andthermal management of electronics		Professor atHoward University, the director of the atmospheric sciences program at Howard University, and the 2020–2021 president ofSigma Xi	[188]
	Tonya Smith-Jackson	human factorsengineer andacademic administrator		Chancellor ofRutgers University–Newark	[189]
	Window Snyder	computer security	1975-	Co-author ofThreat Modeling, a standard manual onapplication security and a security officer at multiple corporations	[190]
	Mabel Keaton Staupers	Nursing administrator	1890 - 1989	Instrumental in implementing the desegregation of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII	[191]
	G. Gabrielle Starr	literary scholar,neuroscientist, andacademic administrator	1974-	First woman and first African-American president ofPomona College	[192]
	Alisa Stephens-Shields	biostatistician		Associate professor of biostatistics in thePerelman School of Medicine at theUniversity of Pennsylvania	[193]
	Susan McKinney Steward	pediatrician, homeopath	1847-1918	the third African-American woman to earn a medical degree, and the first inNew York state.
	Moogega Cooper Stricker	Planetary protection engineer	1985-20??	NASA engineer working onMars 2020 rover.
	Marilyn Suiter	geologist	??-2025	Director of education and human resources for theAmerican Geological Institute (AGI)	[194]
	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 onk-anonymity

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Kishana Taylor	Virologist and academic		Co-founder and president of the Black Microbiologists Association	[195]
	Marie Taylor	botanist	1911-1990	First woman to earn a sciencedoctorate atFordham University, and the Head of the Botany Department atHoward University from 1947 to her retirement in 1976	[196]
	Valerie Taylor	computer scientist	1963-	Director of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division ofArgonne National Laboratory
	Jakita O. Thomas	computer science,engineering		Philpott Westpoint Stevens associate professor of computer science and software engineering atAuburn University	[197]
	Valerie Thomas	physicist and inventor	1943-	Inventor of theIllusion Transmitter Overseer of NASA'sLandsat program, international expert in Landsat data products
	Maria Thompson	scientist andacademic administrator		First woman president ofCoppin State University	[198]
	Sabrina Thompson	aerospace engineer	1985-	Flight Dynamics Lead Analyst at theNASA Goddard Space Flight Center inMaryland	[199]
	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.	[200]
	Margaret E. M. Tolbert	chemist and science administrator	1943-	the first African American and the first woman in charge of aDepartment of Energy lab	[201]
	Rubye Prigmore Torrey	chemist	1926–2017	Known for developing a mechanism to decompose hydrogen sulfide, which earned her a place inSigma Xi	[202]
	Renetta Garrison Tull	electrical engineer and global policy strategist		Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion atUniversity of California, Davis	[203]
	Ella Tyree	medical researcher	1920-1989	Investigated effects ofradiation poisoning in animals and potential treatments	[204]

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	Jami Valentine	physicist andelectrical engineer	First African-American woman to graduate with aPhD inphysics fromJohns Hopkins University	[205]
	Powtawche Valerino	mechanical engineer	First Native American to earn a PhD in engineering atRice 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

Image	Name	Field(s)	Dates	Notes	Ref.
	Ashley Walker	astrochemist,science communicator, andactivist		Co-organized#BlackinChem,#BlackInAstro, and#BlackInPhysics to highlight and amplify the voices of Black researchers and scholars in these fields	[206]
	Erica N. Walker	mathematician	1971 –	Clifford Brewster Upton Professor of Mathematics Education atTeachers College, Columbia University
	Chelsea Walton	mathematician	1983 –	associate professor atRice University and aSloan Research Fellow
	Dawn Ward	synthetic chemist	1973 –	Chemist creating molecules active againstHepatitis C virus	[207]
	Jessica Ware	evolutionary biologist,entomologist.		work onphylogenomics of insect evolution
	Talitha Washington	mathematician	1974-	in 2023, became the 26th president of theAssociation for Women in Mathematics
	Bevlee Watford	engineer andacademic administrator	1958-	First African-American woman president of theAmerican Society for Engineering Education, associate dean for equity and engagement and professor of engineering education at theVirginia Tech College of Engineering	[208][209]
	Alfreda Johnson Webb	veterinarian	1923-1992	First African-American woman licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the United States	[210]
	Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque	dentist andimmunologist		Deputy director of theNational Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research	[211]
	Suzanne Weekes	mathematician		Chief Executive Officer of theSociety for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.[212] and professor ofMathematical Sciences atWorcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
	Kimberly Weems	statistician		in 2020, one of the first three African-American women to complete herPh.D. inapplied mathematics at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park	[213]
	Rosemarie Wesson	chemical engineering		first African-American woman to receive aPhD inchemical engineering from theUniversity of Michigan in 2023,City University of New York appointed her associate vice chancellor and university vice provost for research	[214]
	Gladys West	mathematician	1930 –	work onsatellite geodesy models used inGPS
	Lisa White	micropaleontology		geologist and director of Education and Outreach at theUniversity of California Museum of Paleontology	[215]
	Renée T. White	sociologist andacademic administrator		Provost and executive vice president for academic affairs atThe New School, where she is also a tenured professor of sociology	[216]
	Jalonne White-Newsome	environmental health sciences		in 2022 named Senior Director forEnvironmental Justice by theWhite House	[217]
	Desiré Whitmore	laser physicist,science communicator	1980-	work onattosecond X-ray laser systems, senior physics educator at theExploratorium	[218][219]
	Barbara A. Williams	radio astronomer		First African-American woman to earn aPhD inastronomy (University of Maryland, College Park, 1981)	[220]
	LaNell Williams	physicist andvirologist	1993-	Third African-American woman to receive aPhD in physics fromHarvard University	[221][222]
	Marguerite Williams	geologist	1895 – 1991	the firstAfrican American to earn a doctorate ingeology in the United States
	Marsha Rhea Williams	educator andresearcher	1948-	First African-American woman to earn aPh.D. incomputer science	[223]
	Reva Williams	theoretical astrophysicist		First person to successfully work out thePenrose process usingEinstein's Theory of Relativity to extract energy fromblack holes	[224]
	Roselyn E. Williams	mathematician	1950 –	co-founded theAlliance for the Production of African American PhDs in the Mathematical Sciences, which is now known as theNational Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences	[225][226]
	Tanisha Williams	botanist		Founder of #BlackBotanistsWeek as an initiative to promote Black botanists and to share their work and life experiences onsocial media	[227]
	Stephanie Wilson	engineer andNASAastronaut	1966 -	second African-American woman to go into space afterMae Jemison. As of 2025, her 43 days in space are the second most of any female African-American astronaut	[228]
	Ulrica Wilson	mathematician,noncommutative rings andcombinatorics ofmatrices		associate professor atMorehouse College and associate director of diversity and outreach at theInstitute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM)
	Karen Winkfield	radiation oncologist,physician-scientist, andimplementation scientist	1970-	Ingram Professor of Cancer Research atVanderbilt University School of Medicine	[229]
	Danielle Wood	aerospace engineering andtechnology policy		Assistant professor in theMIT Media Lab, where she directs the research groupSpace Enabled and Wood is the first African-American woman professor at the MIT Media Lab	[230]
	Geraldine Pittman Woods	science administrator	1921–1999	known for her lifelong dedication to community service and for establishing programs that promoteminorities inSTEM fields, scientific research, and basic research	[231]
	Dawn Wright	oceanographer, geographer	1961-	expert in seafloor mapping, marine geographic information systems	[232][233]
	Jane C. Wright	cancer researcher, surgeon	1919-2013	pioneeringcancer researcher and surgeon noted for her contributions tochemotherapy
	Vanessa E. Wyche	engineer andcivil servant		since 2025, acting associate administrator ofNASA and served previously as Director of NASA’sJohnson Space Center (JSC)	[234]

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	Josephine Silone Yates	chemist	1859-1912	one of the first Black professors hired atLincoln 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	[235]
	Roger Arliner Young	zoology	1889-1964	first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Zoology

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