Famous African American Scientists

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  1. 3. discovered new species of coral
  2. 5. went to the International Space Station in 2020 as a pilot
  3. 8. mathematician and aerospace engineer at NASA
  4. 9. developed the Super Soaker water gun and worked on stealth technology for the U.S. Air Force
  5. 12. performed the first open-heart surgery on a human in 1893
  6. 13. first female African American chemist to work at Dow Chemical Company working on latex and polymers
  7. 14. invented the first electrical resistor
  8. 17. invented a folding bed, one of the first African American women to receive a patent
  9. 19. first African American doctor in the U.S.
  10. 21. chemist who developed an injectable leprosy treatment
  11. 23. worked on processing and analysis of satellite data leading to the development of GPS
  12. 27. first African American in space on Challenger 8
  13. 28. calculated the flight path for Alan Shepard (first American in space)
  14. 29. co-discovered the alpha helix protein structure
  15. 30. laser physicist and mission specialist for NASA on Challenger mission that exploded
  16. 32. synthesized steroids and hormones from soybeans
  17. 34. proved that insects can hear
  18. 35. pioneered research on sickle cell anemia
  19. 37. first African American woman in space on the Endeavour
  20. 38. first African American woman to earn a doctorate in Physics
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  1. 1. developed the ultraviolet camera/spectograph used on Apollo 16
  2. 2. NASA's first female African American engineer
  3. 4. known for her extensive research on termites
  4. 6. engineer in the U.S. Navy and first person to design a naval ship using design tools
  5. 7. explored melanin, skin pigmentation, and skin cancer as well as chemotherapy drugs
  6. 10. nuclear scientist who worked on the Manhattan Project and codiscovered the Wilkins Effect
  7. 11. received more than 50 patents for his inventions
  8. 15. researched tuberculosis, blood types and race, and bacteria and cavities, and antibiotics
  9. 16. developed ways to use and preserve blood plasma during WWII, father of the blood bank
  10. 18. worked at ATT&T's Bell Laboratories and developed the cable sheath
  11. 20. used bioluminescence to quantify bacteria in water and researched a way to detect life on other planets
  12. 22. part of the Dayton Project that dealt with atomic weapons in WWII
  13. 24. developed laser technology to treat cataracts
  14. 25. used paper chromatography to detect steroids and used infrared spectrometry to disprove Krebiozen as a cancer cure
  15. 26. astronomer who predicted the 1789 solar eclipse and wrote the almanac
  16. 31. computer scientist that taught herself FORTRAN and worked on the Scout Launch Vehicle Program
  17. 33. do-developed the first personal computer, also worked on color monitors and the first gigahertz chip
  18. 36. studied the relationship between cholesterol and heart health