Alma Levant Hayden was an American chemist, and one of the first African-American women to gain a scientist position at… Read more Alma Levant Hayden (Chemist)

Ben Carson is an American politician, public servant, author, and retired neurosurgeon who has served as the 17th United States… Read more Ben Carson (Politician, Public Servant, Author, and Retired Neurosurgeon)

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator. Since 1996, he has been the… Read more Neil deGrasse Tyson (Astrophysicist, Cosmologist, Planetary Scientist, Author, Science Communicator)

St. Elmo Brady was the first African American to obtain a Ph.D. degree in chemistry in the United States. He… Read more St. Elmo Brady (Chemist)

Carlos I. Noriega is a Peruvian and U.S. citizen, NASA employee, a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Marine… Read more Carlos I. Noriega (Astronaut)

Severo Ochoa was a Spanish-American physician and biochemist, and joint winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine… Read more Severo Ochoa (Physician, Biochemist)

Samuel P. Massie was a chemist who studied a variety of chemicals that contributed towards the development of therapeutic drugs,… Read more Samuel P. Massie (Chemist)

Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. was a United States Air Force officer and the first African-American astronaut. As an astronaut he… Read more Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (Astronaut)

Bettye Washington Greene was an American industrial research chemist. She was the first African American female Ph.D. chemist to work… Read more Bettye Washington Greene (Chemist)

Richard A. Tapia is an American mathematician and champion of under-represented minorities in the sciences. In recognition of his broad… Read more Richard A. Tapia (Mathematician)