This is a list of notable women scientists active in the 21st century.

Albania

Mimoza Hafizi Mimoza Hafizi (born 1962) is an Albanian politician and physicist who is a former member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania for the Libra Party (Albania), LIBRA Party. She has been representing the Socialist Party of Albania, Socialist Pa ...

(born 1962), Albanian physicist *

Laura Mersini-Houghton Laura Mersini-Houghton (''née'' Mersini) is an Albanian-American cosmologist and theoretical physicist, and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a proponent of the multiverse hypothesis and the author of a theor ...

, cosmology and theoretical physicist * Afërdita Veveçka Priftaj (1948–2017), Albanian physicist

Algeria

Yasmine Amhis Yasmine Amhis (born 1982, Algiers) is a French-Algerian particle physicist. In 2016, she was awarded the Jacques Herbrand Prize. She is the granddaughter of the Algerian poet and writer Djoher Amhis-Ouksel. Early life and education In 1999, ...

(born 1982), French-Algerian physicist

Argentina

* Sonia Álvarez Leguizamón (born 1954), urban anthropologist studying poverty *

Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini Zulma Nélida Brandoni de Gasparini (born 15 May 1944) is an Argentine paleontologist and zoologist. She is known for discovering the fossils of the dinosaur ''Gasparinisaura'', which was named after her. Work Born in the city of La Plata, Arg ...

(born 1944), Argentine paleontologist and zoologist *

Constanza Ceruti María Constanza Ceruti (born 11 January 1973 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine anthropologist and Mountaineering, mountaineer, who has done more than 80 field surveys, most of them as part of National Geographic teams in Andean region ...

(born 1973), Argentine archaeologist and anthropologist * Rachel Chan (graduated 1988), led group of research scientists to create more drought resistant seed in Argentina *

Perla Fuscaldo Elba Perla Fuscaldo (born 1941) is an Argentinian Egyptologist, specialist in the ceramics of Ancient Egypt. Life She graduated in 1967 in history from the University of Buenos Aires and obtained her PhD in 1978 under the supervision of Argenti ...

(born 1941), Argentine egyptologist

Armenia

* Vandika Ervandovna Avetisyan (born 1928), botanist and mycologist; major contributor to knowledge of the flora of her native Armenia * Ninet Sinaii, epidemiologist

Australia

* Carol Armour (fl. 2006), medical researcher specializing in asthma * Anne Astin (graduated 1976), biochemist active in dairy development *

Katherine Belov Katherine Belov (born 1973) is an Australian geneticist, professor of comparative genomics in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences and Pro Vice Chancellor of Global Engagement at the University of Sydney. She is head of the Australasian ...

(born 1973), Australian geneticist, Tasmanian devil cancer researcher *

Phyllis Butow Phyllis Butow is a professor in the field of health psychology at the University of Sydney who received an Order of Australia in 2014 She is known for her research in psycho-oncology and understanding the psychological impacts of cancer and diseas ...

(fl. 2010s), medical researcher specializing in psycho.oncolocgy *

Clara Chow Clara Chow is an Australian cardiologist who is the program director of community-based cardiac services at Sydney's Westmead Hospital. She is a professor of medicine at the University of Sydney in the field of cardiovascular disease epidemiolog ...

(fl. 2020), medical researcher specializing in cardiovascular disease *

Suzanne Cory Suzanne Cory (born 11 March 1942) is an Australian molecular biologist. She has worked on the genetics of the immune system and cancer and has lobbied her country to invest in science. She is married to fellow scientist Jerry Adams, also a WE ...

(born 1942), Australian molecular biologist *

Donna Cross Donna Cross is an Australian academic, professor, a child health advocate at the School of Global and Population Health within the University of Western Australia and leader of the Telethon Kids Institute. She was awarded an Order of Australia fo ...

(fl. 2011), medical researcher specializing in child heath * Hannah Dahlen (fl. 2008), medical researcher specializing in midwifery * Jean Finnegan, Australian scientist, researches flowering processes and epigenetic regulation in plants * Jane Hall (fl. 2016). health economist *

Carolyn Geczy Carolyn Geczy AM is an Australian scientist in the field of immunology and a former professor. Geczy's scientific achievements include generating the first neutralising antibody against cytokine macrophage migration inhibitor factor and major contr ...

(fl. 2005), medical researcher in immunology *

Bronwyn Hemsley Bronwyn Hemsley is an Australian speech pathologist, head of speech pathology at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and co-lead of the UTS Disability Research Network. Career She started her academic career as a lecturer at the Universi ...

(fl. 2008), medical researcher specializing in speech pathology *

Camille Goldstone-Henry Camille Goldstone-Henry is the founder and CEO of Xylo systems, which use Artificial Intelligence to measure biodiversity, and winner of Women of AI Australia and New Zealand, for Climate Change, as well as Trailblazer of 2022. She is also a wil ...

, Australian businesswoman and wildlife scientist *

Felice Jacka Felice Nellie Jacka is an Australian academic, founder and president of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research. She is a professor of Nutritional Psychiatry and the director of the Food & Mood Centre at Deakin University. ...

(fl. 2017), medical researcher specializing in nutritional psychiatry *

Cheryl Jones Cheryl Jones (born May 3, 1964) is an American former professional tennis player. Biography Jones played college tennis for the USC Trojans in 1983 and 1984, then joined the professional tour. As a doubles player she reached a best world rankin ...

(fl 1994), medical researcher specializing in peaediatroc infectious diseases *

Gisela Kaplan Gisela Kaplan is an Australian ethologist who primarily specialises in ornithology and primatology. She is a professor emeritus in animal behaviour at the University of New England, Australia, and also honorary professor of the Queensland B ...

, ornithologist and primatologist noted for her research in animal cognition, communication and vocal behaviour of primates and specifically native Australian birds *

Kate Leslie Katherine Leslie is an Australian anaesthetist, medical practitioner, and medical researcher. She is head of research in the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH). Leslie was the first anaesthetist to ...

(born 1962), medical researcher specializing in anaesthesia *

Lyn March Lynette (Lyn) March AM is an Australian rheumatologist and clinical epidemiologist. She is Liggins Professor of Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Epidemiology in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney, Australia. Educatio ...

(fl. 2004), medical researcher specializing in inflammatory arthritis *

Naomi McClure-Griffiths Naomi McClure-Griffiths (born July 11, 1975) is an American-born Australian astrophysicist and radio astronomer. In 2004, she discovered a new spiral arm in the Milky Way galaxy. She was awarded the Prime Minister's Malcolm McIntosh Prize for ...

(born 1975), American-Australian astrophysicist. Discovered a new arm of the Milky Way galaxy * Michelle Lincoln (fl. 1997), medical researcher specializing in health service delivery in rural communities *

Jessica Melbourne-Thomas Jessica Melbourne-Thomas (born 17 May 1981) is a marine, Antarctic, and climate change scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. Her research focuses on climate change, its effects on the marine ...

(born 1981), marine ecologist and ecosystem modeller with the Australian Antarctic Division *

Sue O'Connor Sue O'Connor is an Australian archaeologist and Distinguished Professor in the School of Culture, History & Language at the Australian National University. Her research focuses primarily on the evidence of Pleistocene settlement and early hu ...

Australian archaeologist, discovered the world's oldest fish hooks which were found in an adult female's grave *

Vanessa Pirotta Vanessa Pirotta is an Australian wildlife scientist, science communicator and author. Her research uses innovative technologies, like drones and AI, for wildlife conservation. Pirotta is the founder and chief scientist of Wild Sydney Harbour, a sc ...

(fl. 2020s), wildlife scientist employing innovative technologies *

Carol Pollock Carol Pollock is an Australian medical researcher specialising in kidney health and disease. She is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney, Northern Clinical School, Kolling Institute of Medical Research. Her research interes ...

(fl. 2021), medical researcher specializing in kidney health * Annamma Dorai Raj (1959–2024), rheumatologist * Helen Reddel (fl. 2000), researcher specializing in respiratory medicine * Lesley J Rogers (born 1943), Australian ethologist and neuroscientist, expert in brain laterality * Moninya Roughan (born 1974), physical oceanographer, expert in the dynamics and warming of the East Australian Current * Una M. Ryan (born 1966), patented DNA test identifying protozoan parasite ''Cryptosporidium'' * Cathie Sherrington (fl. 2010), geriatrician specializing in fall prevention * Justine R. Smith (fl. 2015), ophthalmic surgeon specializing in vision research * Helen Alma Newton Turner (1908–1995), geneticist and statistician, expert on sheep genetics *

Carden Wallace Carden Crea Wallace (fl. 1970–) is an Australian scientist who was the curator/director of the Museum of Tropical Queensland from 1987 to 2003. She is an expert on corals having written a "revision of the Genus '' Acropora''". Wallace was ...

(fl. 1970–), marine biologist and museum director, expert on corals * Leonie Walsh, first Lead Scientist of Victoria * Stephanie Watson (fl. 2021), medical researcher specializing in ophthalmology *

Sarah Wayland Sarah Wayland is an Australian social worker and health researcher. Her research focuses on the areas of missing persons, ambiguous loss, grief and suicide bereavement. She is Professor in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences at the ...

(fl. 2005), social worker and health researcher * Rachel Webster (born 1951), astrophysicist, educator * Mary E. White (1926–2018), paleobotanist

Austria

* Elisabeth Binder (graduated 1995), Austrian neuroscientist specializing in anxiety disorders * Claire F. Gmachl (born 1967), Austrian-born American electrical engineer, educator *

Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald is an Austrian researcher specializing in ecosystem ecology. She is a Full Research Professor in Ecology and Global Environmental Change and Complex Environmental Systems; she served as Department Head of the Division of E ...

, Austrian researcher specializing in ecosystem ecology * Lisa Kaltenegger (born 1977), Austrian astronomer, educator *

Christine Mannhalter Christine Mannhalter is an Austrian molecular biologist and hematologist who is a Professor of Molecular Diagnostics at the Medical University of Vienna. She has been a vice-president at the Austrian Science Fund since 2010 and took over its inte ...

(born 1948), molecular biologist * Elisabeth Ruttkay (1926–2009), Austrian Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeologist *

Eva Schönbeck-Temesy Eva Schönbeck-Temesy (August 16, 1930 – August 27, 2011) was an Austrian botanist of Hungarian descent who made notable contributions to Karl Heinz Rechinger's magisterial Flora Iranica. Life and career The fourth daughter of General Stefan T ...

(1930–2011), Hungarian-born Austrian botanist

Barbados

* Velma Scantlebury (born 1955), first woman of African descent to become a transplant surgeon in the U.S.

Belgium

Ingrid Daubechies Baroness Ingrid Daubechies ( ; ; born 17 August 1954) is a Belgian-American physicist and mathematician. She is best known for her work with wavelets in image compression. Daubechies is recognized for her study of the mathematical methods that ...

(born 1954), Belgian physicist and mathematician * Véronique Dehant (born 1959), geodesist and geophysicist *

Véronique Gouverneur Véronique Gouverneur (born 8 November 1964 in Geel, Belgium) is the Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at Magdalen College at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Prior to the Waynflete professorship, she held a tutorial fellowship ...

(born 1964), chemist, educator, specializing in organic fluorine compounds *

Yaël Nazé Yaël Nazé is a Belgian astrophysicist, author and professor at the University of Liège. She specializes in massive stars and their interactions with their surroundings. In her research, she has worked with images and data collected from v ...

(born 1976), Belgian astrophysicist specializing in massive stars

Bolivia

Sonia Alconini Sonia Alconini Mujica (born 1965) is a Bolivian anthropologist and archaeologist specializing in the socioeconomic and political development of early states and empires in the Andes. She has studied the dynamics of ancient imperial frontiers, an ...

(born 1965), Bolivian archaeologist of the Formative Period of the Lake Titicaca basin * Kathrin Barboza Marquez (born 1983), Bolivian biologist specializing in bat research

Brazil

* Mariza Corrêa (1945–2016), anthropologist, sociologist * Livia Eberlin analytical chemist, co-inventor of the MassSpec pen * Fátima Ferreira (born 1959), biologist, physician, educator, now vice-rector at the University of Salzburg specializing in molecular allergology * Dorath Pinto Uchôa (1947–2014), archaeologist *

Lúcia Mendonça Previato Lúcia Mendonça Previato (born 1949) is a Brazilian biologist. She was awarded the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science in 2004 for her research into preventing Chagas disease. Biography Lucia Mendonça Previato was born in 1949, in Ma ...

(born 1949), biologist * Alba Zaluar (1942–2019), anthropologist specializing in urban anthropology *

Mayana Zatz Mayana Zatz (; born July 16, 1947) is a Brazilian molecular biologist and geneticist. She is a professor at the University of São Paulo, is its Research dean. Biography Professor Zatz's accomplishments have been recognized and she has received ...

(born 1947), molecular biologist and geneticist

Cameroon

* Georgette D. Kanmogne, Cameroonian American geneticist and molecular virologist

Canada

* Karen Bailey, plant pathology * Karen Beauchemin (born 1956), ruminant nutrition research *

Roberta Bondar Roberta Lynn Bondar (; born December 4, 1945) is a Canadian astronaut, neurologist and consultant. She is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. After more than a decade as head of an international space medicine res ...

(born 1945), neurologist, astronaut, educator * Kirsten Bos, physical anthropologist, molecular paleopathologist *

Lindsay Cahill Lindsay Cahill is a Canadian chemist who uses Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI ) to study metabolic abnormalities in pregnancy. She has published more than 70 articles on her research related to nuclear magnetic resonance in studying electrochemic ...

, chemist * Juliet Daniel (fl. from 2001), focus on cancer biology * Martine Dorais, plant physiology, organic horticulture *

Laura Ferrarese Laura Ferrarese is a researcher in space science at the National Research Council of Canada. Her primary work has been performed using data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Early life and career Laura F ...

, astronomer *

Roberta Gilchrist Roberta Lynn Gilchrist, FSA, FBA (born 28 June 1965) is a Canadian-born archaeologist and academic specialising in the medieval period, whose career has been spent in the United Kingdom. She is Professor of Archaeology and Dean of Research at ...

(born 1965), Canadian archaeologist specializing in medieval Britain *

Sheena Josselyn Sheena Josselyn is a Canadian neuroscientist and a full professor of psychology and physiology at Hospital for Sick Children and The University of Toronto. Josselyn studies the neural basis of memory, specifically how the brain forms and stores m ...

, Canadian neuroscientist * Francesca M. Kerton, chemist *

Julia Levy Julia Levy (born May 15, 1934) is a Canadian microbiologist, immunologist, educator and entrepreneur. Early life and education The daughter of Guillaume Albert and Dorothy Frances Coppens, she was born Julia Coppens in Singapore. In 1940, her fa ...

(born 1934), microbiologist, immunologist, entrepreneur *

Mary MacArthur Mary Reid Anderson (née Macarthur; 13 August 1880 – 1 January 1921) was a Scottish suffragist (although at odds with the national groups who were willing to let a minority of women gain the franchise) and was a leading Trade Union, trades ...

(1904–1959), botanist, cytologist *

Deborah Martin-Downs Deborah Martin-Downs is a Canadian aquatic biologist who specializes in fish and their environments. She has worked in ecology and conservation for over 30 years in Toronto both as a consultant and as director of the Toronto and Region Conservat ...

, aquatic biologist, ecologist *

Diane Massam Diane Massam is a Canadian linguist, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. Education and research She earned her PhD in linguistics under Noam Chomsky in 1985 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She held a position in th ...

, linguist * Natalie Panek, mechanical engineer and space scientist *

Elizabeth Pattey Elizabeth Pattey is a principal research scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and the leader of the micrometeorology laboratory at the Ottawa Research and Development Centre.Camacho, F. Implementing Multi-scale agricultural indicat ...

, agricultural meteorologist *

Heather Pringle Heather Pringle may refer to: * Heather L. Pringle, United States Air Force general * Heather Pringle (writer), Canadian freelance science writer {{hndis, Pringle, Heather ...

, writer on archaeology * Kathleen I. Pritchard, oncologist, breast cancer researcher and noted as one of Reuter's most cited scientists *

Line Rochefort Line Rochefort is a Canadian scientist specializing in peatland ecology. Life She grew up in a small town near Chicoutimi and earned a BSc in biology from Laval University, a MSc in botany from the University of Alberta and a PhD in botany from ...

, Canadian ecologist * Francine Saillant (born 1953), anthropologist, writer * Sandra Schmid (born 1958), cell biologist * Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein, animal ethologist *

Sara Seager Sara Seager (born 21 July 1971) is a Canadian-American astronomer and planetary scientist. She is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is known for her work on extrasolar planets and their atmospheres. She is the auth ...

(born 1971), Canadian-American astronomer and planetary scientist *

Felicitas Svejda Felicitas Svejda (November 8, 1920 – January 19, 2016) was a federal scientist in Canada who developed roses that could survive Canada's short growing season and bitter winter conditions. She led the rose-breeding program at the Central Experim ...

(1920–2016), horticulturalist *

Sandra Witelson Sandra Freedman Witelson is a Canadian neuroscientist best known for her analysis of specimens from Albert Einstein's brain, as well as exploring anatomic and functional differences regarding male and female brains, handedness, and sexual orientati ...

, neuroscientist *

Rachel Zimmerman Rachel Zimmerman Brachman (born Zimmerman; 1972) is a Canadian-born space scientist, educator, and inventor. She invented theBlissymbol Printer in 1984-86, making it simple for users with physical disabilities to communicate. A user can choose v ...

(born 1972), Canadian-born space scientist

Chile

Ligia Gargallo Ligia Gargallo is a Chilean chemist and university professor of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Career She works at the University of Tarapacá (Arica) and at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, in Santiago. She received ...

, chemist, educator * Paula Jofré (born 1982), astronomer and astrophysicist *

María Teresa Ruiz María Teresa Ruiz (born 24 September 1946) is a Chilean astronomer who was the first woman to receive Chile's National Prize for Exact Sciences, the first female recipient of a doctorate in astrophysics at Princeton University, and the first w ...

, (born 1946) astronomer * Veronica Vallejos, marine biologist and Antarctic researcher *

Ana Vásquez-Bronfman Ana Vásquez-Bronfman (18 December 1931 – 18 November 2009) was a Chilean Jewish sociologist and writer. Exiled from the country during the military dictatorship in 1973, she relocated to Paris, where she worked as a professor and researcher a ...

(1931–2009), Chilean-French sociologist

China

Margaret Chan Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun (born 21 August 1947) is a Chinese-Canadian physician, who served as the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) delegating the People's Republic of China from 2006 to 2017. Chan previously served a ...

(born 1947), Chinese (Hong Kong), health specialist, director-general of the World Health Organization * Zeng Rong, biochemist specializing in proteins *

Jian Xu Jian (Jane) Xu is a software engineer from China. She has served as engineer at IBM and as the chief technology officer (CTO) of China Systems and Technology Labs at IBM. Biography Xu was born in Hong Kong and was raised in Shanghai. She lef ...

, CTO at IBM, software engineer * Zhao Yufen (born 1948), chemical engineer *

Qian Zhengying Qian Zhengying (; 4 July 1923 – 22 October 2022) was a Chinese hydrologist and politician. Biography She was born in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. Her father trained as an engineer in the United States before returning to China; some sources re ...

(1923–2022), Chinese hydrologist and politician *

Lü Zhi Lu, Lü, or LU may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Lu (duo), a Mexican band ** ''Lu'' (album) * Character from Mike, Lu & Og * Lupe Fiasco or Lu (born 1982), American musician * Lu Watters (1911-1989), American musician * Lu Gambino (1923-20 ...

(born 1965), giant panda expert and conservationist *

Tu Youyou Tu Youyou ( zh, c=屠呦呦, p=Tú Yōuyōu; born 30 December 1930) is a Nobel Prize-winning Chinese malariologist and pharmaceutical chemist. She discovered artemisinin (also known as , ) and dihydroartemisinin, used to treat malaria, a brea ...

(born 1930), Chinese pharmaceutical chemist and malariologist

Colombia

* Diana Marcela Bolaños Rodriguez (born 1981), marine biologist studying flat worms and stem cell regeneration *

Ana Maria Rey Ana Maria Rey is a Colombian theoretical physicist and professor at University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado Boulder. She is also a JILA fellow, a fellow at National Institute of Standards and Technology, and a fellow of the Amer ...

(born 1976/1977), theoretical physicist *

María del Pilar Jiménez Alzate María del Pilar Jiménez Alzate is a Colombian biological researcher and recipient of a L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science award in the International Rising Talent category for the year 2000 for her research work in the area of mycoses, funga ...

, medical biological researcher

Croatia

Snježana Kordić Snježana Kordić (; born October 29, 1964) is a Croatian linguist. In addition to her Academic publishing, work in syntax, she has written on sociolinguistics. Kordić is known among non-specialists for her numerous Article (publishing), article ...

(born 1964), linguist *

Nina Marković Nina Marković is a Croatian-American physicist. Her work focuses on quantum transport in low-dimensional systems, superconductivity, nanostructures, and quantum computing. She received a Sloan Research Fellowship in 2004. Marković worked at D ...

, physicist and professor

Cuba

* Herminia Ibarra, economist

Czech Republic

Eva Syková Eva Syková (born 1944) is a Czech neuroscientist whose research focused on the origins, mechanisms and maintenance of ionic and volume homeostasis in the central nervous system and the role of extrasynaptic transmission, spinal cord injury. She ...

(born 1944), neuroscientist researching spinal cord injury

Denmark

Anja Cetti Andersen Anja Cetti Andersen (born 25 September 1965) is an astronomer and astrophysicist from Hørsholm, Denmark. Life She received her BSc in 1991, MSc in astronomy in 1995, and her PhD in 1999, from the University of Copenhagen. Her thesis was title ...

(born 1965), astronomer, astrophysicist *

Lene Hau Lene Vestergaard Hau (; born November 13, 1959) is a Danish physicist and educator. She is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics at Harvard University. In 1999, she led a Harvard University team who, by use of a Bose–E ...

(born 1959), physicist * Signe Normand (born 1979), biologist, ecologist, educator

Dominican Republic

Idelisa Bonnelly Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi (10 September 1931 – 3 July 2022) was a Dominican Republic, Dominican marine biologist who is considered the "mother of marine conservation in the Caribbean". She was the founder of the study of biology in the Dom ...

(1931–2022), marine biologist who created first sanctuary in the North Atlantic for humpback whales *

Aída Mencía Ripley Aída Teresa Mencía Ripley is an academic from the Dominican Republic. She is currently Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation and UNESCO Chairholder in Intersectional Gender Studies in Education and Psychology at Universidad Iberoamerican ...

, clinical psychologist

Finland

* Tuija I. Pulkkinen (born 1962), Finnish space scientist

France

Aurore Avarguès-Weber Aurore Avarguès-Weber (born 1983) is a French cognitive neuroscientist and ethologist who is researching the behaviour of bees at the Centre de Recherche sur la Cognition Animale in Toulouse. In 2015, for investigating the brain mechanisms o ...

(born 1983), cognitive neuroscientist * Hélène Bergès (born 1966), director of the Plant Genomic Resources Center (CNRGV), plant geneticist *

Mireille Bousquet-Mélou Mireille Bousquet-Mélou (born 12 May 1967) is a French mathematician who specializes in enumerative combinatorics and who works as a senior researcher for the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) at the computer science department ...

(born 1967), mathematician * Rut Carballido Lopez, Spanish-born microbiologist and research director in Paris *

Merieme Chadid Merieme Chadid (; born 11 October 1969 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan- French astronomer, explorer and astrophysicist. She leads international polar scientific programs and has been committed to installing a major astronomical observatory at the ...

(born 1969), Astronomer, Explorer and Astrophysicist *

Françoise Combes Françoise Combes (; born 12 August 1952) is a French astrophysicist at the Paris Observatory and a professor at the Collège de France where she has been the chair of Galaxies and cosmology since 2014. On 15 September 2017 the 'City of Success ...

(born 1952), astrophysicist *

Anne Dejean-Assémat Anne Dejean-Assémat (born 6 January, 1957) is a French molecular biologist working on the mechanisms leading to the development of human cancers. Professor at the Pasteur Institute and Research Director at Inserm, she heads the laboratory of Nu ...

(born 1957), biologist researching liver cancer * Catherine Feuillet (born 1965), French molecular biologist who was the first scientist to map the wheat chromosome 3B *

Françoise Gasse Françoise Gasse (; born 1942; died 22 April 2014) was a French paleobiologist, paleoclimatologist and paleohydrologist. She specialized in environmental phenomena and more specifically the study of lacustrine sediments from ancient lakes in Afr ...

(1942–2014), paleobiologist specializing in lacustrine sediments * Laurence Lanfumey (born 1954), French neuroscientist * Dominique Langevin (born 1947), physical chemist *

Claudine Rinner Claudine Rinner (born 1965) is a French amateur astronomer from Ottmarsheim in Alsace, France. She is an observer at Ottmarsheim Observatory and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, who received the Edgar Wilson Award for her discoverie ...

(born 1965), amateur astronomer *

Martine Tabeaud Martine Tabeaud (born 1951) is a French geographer and specialist in climatology. Since 1977, she has taught at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. She is a member of the Riclim research group (Climate Risks), and questions the geopolitic ...

(born in 1951) French geographer, specialist in climatology *Fabiola Terzi (born 1961), physician-scientist

Germany

*Andrea Ablasser (born 1983), German immunologist working in Switzerland *Katrin Amunts (born 1962), prominent neuroscientist involved in brain mapping *Ulrike Beisiegel (born 1952), German biochemist, researcher of liver fats and first female president of the University of Göttingen *Sibylle Günter (born 1964), theoretical physicist researching tokamak, tokamak plasmas *Hanna von Hoerner (1942–2014), astrophysicist *Eva-Maria Neher (born 1950), German biochemist, microbiologist *Nina Papavasiliou, immunologist *Elisabeth Piirainen (1943–2017), philologist *Ilme Schlichting (born 1960), biophysicist *Brigitte Voit (born 1963), chemist

Greece

* Lydia Kavraki, Lydia Kravraki, computer scientist, professor at Rice

Guadeloupe

*Dany Bébel-Gisler (1935–2003), Guadeloupean sociolinguist and ethnographer

Hungary

* Katalin Balázsi (born 1978), material scientist researching nanomaterials and ceramics

India

*Joyanti Chutia (born 1948), work spans both centuries, focusing on physics *Seetha Coleman-Kammula (born 1950), Indian chemist and plastics designer, turned environmentalist *Paramjit Khurana (born 1956), Indian biologist specializing in plant biotechnology *Shobhana Narasimhan (graduated 1983), Indian physicist, professor of theoretical sciences in Bangalore *Priyamvada Natarajan (graduated 1993), Indian-born American astronomer, educator *Manju Ray (1947–2021), Indian biochemist developing anticancer drugs *Seema Bhatnagar (born 1971), Indian scientist, working in the field of anticancer drug discovery

Indonesia

*Adi Utarini (born 1965), Indonesian public health researcher who works on disease control of dengue fever *Elizabeth A. Widjaja (born 1951), Indonesian researcher of bamboo taxonomy *Karlina Leksono Supelli (born 1958), Indonesian philosopher and astronomer *Pratiwi Sudarmono (born 1952), Indonesian professor of microbiology at the University of Indonesia *Rose Amal (born 1965), Indonesian-Australian chemical engineer *Soejatmi Dransfield (born 1939), Indonesia-born British plant taxonomist specializing in bamboos *Tri Mumpuni (born 1964), Indonesian independent researcher, social entrepreneur, philanthropist, social activist, and micro-hydropower inventor *Ritu Karidhal – Indian space scientist and Deputy Operations Director of India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan), also known as the "Rocket Woman of India".

Iran

*Maryam Mirzakhani (1977–2017), Iranian-American mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University *Saba Valadkhan (born 1974), Tehran Education:Columbia University an Iranian American biomedical scientist, and an Assistant Professor and RNA researcher at Case Western Reserve University *Alenush Terian, Ālenush Teriān (1920–2011), Iranian-Armenian astronomer and physicist and is called 'Mother of Modern Iranian Astronomy' *Mina Bissell, Mina J. Bissell, Iranian-American biologist known for her research on breast cancer *Pardis Sabeti, Pardis C. Sabeti (born 1975), Iranian-American computational biologist, medical geneticist and evolutionary geneticist *Roxana Moslehi, genetic epidemiologist, researching cancer and cancer precursors *Anousheh Ansari (born 1966), Iranian-American engineer and co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems *Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, AITF Strategic Chair in Information Security at the University of Calgary, Canada

Iraq

*Lihadh Al-Gazali (born 1950), geneticist, established a registry for congenital disorders in the United Arab Emirates

Israel

*Rachel Mamlok-Naaman, Israeli chemist *Osnat Penn (born 1981), Israeli computational biologist *Ada Yonath (born 1939), Israeli crystallographer *Idit Zehavi (born 1969), Israeli astrophysicist

Italy

*Maria Abbracchio (born 1956), Italian pharmacologist who works with purinergic receptors and identified GPR17; on Reuter's most cited list since 2006 *Daria Guidetti (born 1978), astrophysicist with the INAF *Chiara Nappi (born 1951), Italian particle physicist active in the US *Elisa Oricchio (born 1979), discovered that the protein EphA7 activates the tumor suppressor gene for patients with follicular lymphoma *Elisa Molinari, Italian physicist working on computational materials science and nanotechnologies, recognized "Fellow" of the American Physical Society.

Latvia

* Emīlija Gudriniece (1920–2004), Latvian chemist and academic

Luxembourg

*Christiane Linster (born 1962), behavioral neuroscientist

Madagascar

* Julie Hanta Razafimanahaka, conservation biologist

Morocco

(born 1969), astronomer, explorer, and astrophysicist * Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli (born 1954), known for her contribution to the proof of existence for the Higgs boson, Higgs Boson

Netherlands

* Corinne Hofman (born 1959), Dutch archaeologist

New Zealand

* Margaret Brimble (born 1961), chemist, researching shellfish toxins * Gillian Wratt (born 1954), botanist and Antarctic researcher

Nigeria

*Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye, pharmacologist *Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe (born 1962), geologist specializing in palynology and sedimentology *Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi, environmental biochemist, L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science, Oréal-Unesco award in 2013 * Grace Oladunni Taylor (born 1937), Nigerian chemist, 2nd woman inducted into the Nigerian Academy of Science *Omowunmi Sadik (born 1964), chemist, educator *Margaret Adebisi Sowunmi (born 1939), botanist and environmental archaeologist *Felicity Okpete Ovai (born 1961), engineer, civil servant, politician

Norway

*Tine Jensen (born 1957), psychologist specializing in psychological trauma

Pakistan

*Sara Gill, Pakistani transgender activist and physician

Peru

*Virginia Vargas (born 1945), sociologist, writer

Portugal

*Mónica Bettencourt-Dias (born 1974), biochemist and microbiologist *Maria Manuel Mota (born 1971), malariologist and executive director of the Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon

Russia

*Eugenia Kumacheva, Russian-born chemist, since 1995 teaching in Canada

Saudi Arabia

*Suhad Bahajri (graduated 1975), chemist *Samira Islam (active since 1971), pharmacologist, educator

Serbia

*Nataša Pavlović (graduated 1996), mathematician

Singapore

* Gloria Lim (born 1930), Singaporean mycologist, first woman Dean of the University of Singapore * Lisa Ng, virologist

South Africa

*Renée Hložek (born 1983), cosmologist and professor of physics *Valerie Mizrahi (born 1958), molecular biologist *Tebello Nyokong (born 1951), South African chemist and cancer researcher *Jennifer Thomson (born 1947), microbiologist

Spain

*Margarita Salas (1938–2019), biochemist, author *Cari Borrás, medical physicist *Mercedes Fernández-Martorell (born 1948), anthropologist, educator *María José García Borge (born 1956), nuclear physicist *Carme Torras (born 1956), computer scientist specialising in robotics *Carmen Vela (born 1955), microbiologist, ministerial official, writer

South Korea

*In-Young Ahn, Ahn In-Young, Antarctic researcher and benthic ecologist *Kyongae Chang, Chang Kyongae, (born 1946), astrophysicist *Cho Yoon-kyoung, interdisciplinary researcher *Sookyung Choi, Choi Sookyung, particle physicist *Kwang Hwa Chung, Chung Kwang Hwa (born 1948), physicist and president of the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Korea Basic Science Institute, and Korean Vacuum Society *Mikyoung Jun, Jun Mikyoung, statistician *Eun-Ah Kim, Kim Eun-Ah (born 1975), condensed matter physicist *Ju-Lee Kim, Kim Ju-Lee (born 1969), mathematician, educator, now in the United States *V. Narry Kim, Kim V. Narry (born 1969), biochemist and microbiologist *Hong Kum Lee, Lee Hong Kum, Antarctic researcher *Jung-Min Lee, Lee Jung-Min, medical oncologist and physician-scientist *Lim Hyesook (born 1963), electronics engineer, served as Ministry of Science and ICT, Minister of Science and ICT *Hee Oh, Oh Hee, (born 1969), mathematician *Hanhee Paik, Paik Hanhee, experimental quantum computing researcher *So-Jung Park, Park So-Jung (born 1972), chemist *Park Sukyung (born 1973), mechanical engineer, served as Office of the President (South Korea), Science and Technology Advisor to President Moon Jae-in from 2020 to 2022 *So-Young Pi, Pi So-Young (born 1946), physicist *Eun-Suk Seo, Seo Eun-Suk (born 1971), astrophysicist *Chunghee Sarah Soh, Soh Chunghee Sarah, sociocultural anthropology, sociocultural anthropologist *Yu Myeong-Hee (born 1954), South Korean microbiologist

Switzerland

*Silvia Arber (born 1968), neuroscientist *Anita Studer (born 1957), ornithologist and environmentalist

Taiwan

*Yu-Ju Chen, proteogenomics researcher *Chung-Pei Ma (born 1966), astrophysicist, now in the United States

Tanzania

*Agness Gidna, paleontologist

Trinidad and Tobago

* Michelle Antoine, neuroscientist * Jo-Anne Sewlal (1979–2020), arachnologist

Turkey

*Ayşe Erzan (born 1949), theoretical physicist

Ukraine

*Svitlana Mayboroda (born 1981), mathematician, educator, researching harmonic analysis and partial differential equations *Maryna Viazovska (born 1984), Ukrainian mathematician known for her work in sphere packing

United Kingdom

*Denise P. Barlow (1950–2017), British geneticist *Gillian Bates (born 1956), British botanist, educator, Fellow of the Royal Society (2007) * Alex Bayliss, British archaeologist *Sue Black (computer scientist), Sue Black (born 1962), British computer scientist *Jocelyn Bell Burnell (born 1943), astrophysicist who discovered radio pulsars *A. Catrina Coleman (born 1956), Scottish electrical engineer, educator *Mandy Chessell (born c.1965), British computer scientist with IBM *Jenny Clack (1947–2020), paleontologist, expert on the "fish to tetrapod" evolutionary transition *Bryony Coles (born 1946), British prehistoric archaeologist *Janet Darbyshire, British epidemiologist, CBE (2010) *Annette Dolphin (born 1951), British pharmacologist *Shahina Farid, British archaeologist, best known for her work as Field Director and Project Coordinator at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Turkey *Maria Fitzgerald (born 1953), British neuroscientist *Jane Goodall (born 1934), British primatologist and anthropologist *Monica Grady (born 1958), British space scientist *Emily Grossman (born 1978), British cancer researcher and science popularist *Helena Hamerow (born 1961), British archeologist and specialist in medieval archaeology *Joanne Johnson (born 1977), geologist, Antarctic scientist *Tara Keck (born 1978), American-British neuroscientist *Rachel McKendry (born 1973), chemist and digital public health pioneer *Linda McDowell (born 1949), British geographer, writer *Jane E. Parker (born 1960), British botanist who researches the immune responses of plants *Emma Parmee, British chemist who was one of the leads in the discovery and development of sitagliptin *Sarah Pett, British medical researcher, immunopathologist, and COVID-19 researcher *Tracey Reynolds (born 1970s), British sociologist *Margaret Stanley (virologist), Margaret Stanley, British virologist, OBE (2004) *Jean Thomas (biochemist), Jean Thomas (born 1942), Welsh biochemist, educator *Miriam Tildesley (1883–1979), English anthropologist *Karen Vousden (born 1957), British medical researcher *Christine Williams (nutritionist), Christine Williams (graduated 1973), British nutritionist, educator

United States

Astronomy

* Carolyn Porco (born 1953), American planetary scientist * Debra Elmegreen (born 1952), astronomer, educator * Jill Tarter (born 1944), American astronomer, educator * Joy Crisp (graduated 1979), American planetary scientist * Linda Spilker (born 1955), American planetary scientist * Lucy-Ann McFadden (born 1952), astronomer * Maria Zuber (born 1958), American planetary scientist * Martha P. Haynes (born 1951), American astronomer specializing in radio astronomy * Pamela Gay (born 1973), American astronomer *

(born 1972), Canadian-born space scientist * Sandra Faber (born 1944), American professor of astronomy * Amanda Bosh (fl 1990s), American observational astronomer * Luisa Rebull (fl 2010s), American astrophysicist

Other fields of study

*Athena Aktipis (born c.1981), American professor of evolutionary biology and psychology *Alice Alldredge (born 1949), American oceanographer and researcher of marine snow, discover of Transparent Exopolymer Particles (TEP) and demersal zooplankton *Ilkay Altintas (born 1977), Turkish-American supercomputing and high performance computing research scientist *Lera Boroditsky (born c.1976), Belarusian-American cognitive scientist *Stephanie Burns (born 1955), organosilicon chemist, business executive *L. Jean Camp (graduated 1988), computer security expert, professor *Lu Chen (scientist), Lu Chen (born 1972), Chinese-born American neuroscientist *Anne Churchland, American neuroscientist *Sylvia Earle (born 1935), marine biologist, explorer, author, and lecturer *Deborah Estrin (born 1959), American computer scientist, educator *Katherine Freese (born 1957), theoretical astrophysicist, American professor of physics *Elizabeth Gershoff, American professor of human development and family sciences *Candace S. Greene (graduated 1976), American anthropologist, National Museum of Natural History *Jane Grimwood, microbiologist, from 2000 worked on the Human Genome Project at Stanford *Lisa Gunaydin, neuroscientist and professor *Gail Hanson (born 1947), American experimental particle physicist, educator *Gabriele C. Hegerl (born 1962), climatologist researching natural variability and attribution of climate change *Patricia Hersh (born 1973), mathematician, educator, researching algebraic and topological combinatorics *Valerie Horsley, American biologist *Aletha C. Huston, American professor of child development *Shirley Ann Jackson (born 1946), American nuclear physicist *Alice K. Jacobs, American cardiologist, president of the American Heart Association (2004) *Deborah Jacobvitz, American ecologist *Karen C. Johnson (born 1955), American physician and clinical trials specialist who is one of Reuter's most cited scientists *Rosemary Joyce (born 1956), American archaeologist who uncovered chocolate's archaeological record and studies Honduran pre-history *Renata Kallosh (born 1943), Russian-born American theoretical physicist, educator *Dina Katabi (born 1970), professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT *Cynthia Keppel, nuclear physicist *Ann Kiessling (born 1942), American reproductive biologist, educator *Maria Kovacs, psychologist, educator *Cynthia Larive, American bioanalytical chemist *Emily Levesque (born 1984), American astrophysicist *J. Virginia Lincoln (1915–2003), physicist *Mariangela Lisanti (born 1983), American theoretical physicist *Anna Suk-Fong Lok, Chinese/American hepatologist, wrote WHO and AASLD guidelines for liver disease in emerging countries *Catherine A. Lozupone (born 1975), American microbiologist, working on the gut microbiome, who developed the UniFrac algorithm *Annie Luetkemeyer (born 1972), American physician and medical COVID-19 researcher *Silvia Maciá (born 1972), marine biologist *Carolyn M. Mazure (born 1949), medical researcher *Sally McBrearty, American palaeoanthropologist and Palaeolithic archaeologist *Lauren Meyers, American professor of integrative biology *Jill Mikucki (graduated 1996), microbiologist, Antarctic researcher *Barbara Haviland Minor, chemical engineer *Marianne V. Moore (graduated 1975), aquatic ecologist *Yolanda T. Moses (born 1946), anthropologist, educator *Catherine J. Murphy (born 1964), American chemist *Alison Murray (scientist) (graduated 1989), biochemist, Antarctic researcher *Elizabeth Nance, American chemical engineer *Anna Nagurney (active since 1996), Ukrainian-American mathematician specializing in operations management *Ann Nardulli (1948–2018), American endocrinologist *Elly Nedivi, American neuroscientist *Ann Nelson (1958–2019), American particle physicist *Anne B. Newman (born 1955), US geriatrics and gerontology expert *Lina Nilsson (scientist), Lina Nilsson, biomedical engineering *Karen Oberhauser (born 1956), conservation biologist working with monarch butterflies *Nataša Pavlović, psychologist *E. Gail de Planque (1944–2010), nuclear physicist specializing in environmental radiation *Eva J. Pell (born 1948), American biologist, plant pathologist *Helen Quinn (born 1943), Australian-born American particle physicist *Lisa Randall (born 1962), American particle physicist, educator *Rebecca Richards-Kortum (born 1964), American bioengineer, professor at Rice *Geraldine L. Richmond (born 1953), American physical chemist, professor at University of Oregon, previous president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science *Karin Rodland (born 1949), cancer cell biologist; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Laboratory Fellow of the U.S. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory *Una Ryan, (born 1941), Malaysian born-American, heart disease researcher, biotech vaccine and diagnostics maker/marketer *Omowunmi Sadik (born 1964), Nigerian-born chemist, Bioanalytical chemistry *Linda Saif (graduated 1969), American microbial scientist, researching virology and immunology *Sandra Saouaf, American immunologist researching autoimmune disease * Velma Scantlebury - see Barbados *Hazel Schmoll (1890–1990), American botanist *Christine Siddoway (born 1961), Antarctic geologist *Caroline M. Solomon, deaf oceanographer and winner of the 2017 Ramón Margalef Award for Excellence in Education *Carsen Stringer, American computational neuroscientist *Sharon Stocker, known for discovery of Griffin Warrior Tomb *Elizabeth C. Theil (graduated 1962), research into iron deficiency anemia *Sabrina Thompson (born 1985), American aerospace engineer and founder of fashion brand Girl in Space Club *Krystal Tsosie, geneticist and bioethicist known for promoting Indigenous data sovereignty and studying genetics within Indigenous communities *Kay Tye (born c. 1981), American neuroscientist *Gina G. Turrigiano, American neuroscientist *Lydia Villa-Komaroff (born 1947), American molecular biologist *Elisabeth Vrba (born 1942), American paleontologist *Nora Volkow (born 1956), Mexican-American psychiatrist *Catherine Walker (US scientist), Catherine Colello Walker, glaciologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute *Elizabeth M. Ward, American epidemiologist and head of the Epidemiology and Surveillance Research Department of the American Cancer Society *Rachel Ward (mathematician), Rachel Ward, American mathematician *Christina Warinner, American anthropologist best known for her research on ancient microbiomes *Petra Wilder-Smith (born 1958), American dentistry and cancer researcher *Phyllis Wise (graduated 1967), American biologist, educator *Catherine G. Wolf (1947–2018), American psychologist specializing in human-computer interaction *Kakani Katija Young (born 1983), American bioengineer *Hua Eleanor Yu, cancer researcher *Amy Proal (fl 2010x), American microbiologist

Venezuela

*Mayly Sánchez (born 1972), astrophysicist studying neutrinos, awarded the US PECASE Prize in 2011

Vietnam

*Phạm Thị Trân Châu (born 1938), biochemist * Hoang Thi Than (born 1944), Vietnamese geological engineer and archaeologist

Zambia

* Nsofwa Petronella Sampa, psychological counselor and HIV activist

Zimbabwe

*Idah Sithole-Niang (born 1957), biochemist focusing on cowpea production and disease

References

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