Diversity in Chemistry: Underrepresented Chemists

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  1. 4. One of the first women to work as a chemist at the Manhattan Project.
  2. 5. Japanese chemist awarded the Nobel Prize in 2001 for work on chirally catalyzed hydrogenation reactions. Answer:
  3. 6. African American FDA chemist who exposed the truth behind Krebiozen.
  4. 8. First woman admitted to MIT and pioneer in sanitary chemistry and home economics.
  5. 9. First openly transgender member of the US National academy of sciences, remembered for his work on glial cells in the brain.
  6. 10. Pioneering female crystallographer who helped discover DNA's structure.
  7. 11. LGBTQ+ inorganic chemist and advocate, professor at Oregon State University.
  8. 12. First African American man to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry in the U.S.
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  1. 1. Mexican-American chemist known for environmental and green chemistry advocacy.
  2. 2. Indian chemist known as the “Father of the Indian Nuclear Program.”
  3. 3. Nobel laureate and co-discoverer of telomerase; advocate for women in STEM.
  4. 7. First African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry in the U.S.