Happy #BHM! Each day for the month of February we will feature a black scientist and their noble contributions that changed the world. More here: livescience.com/amazing-black-… 
#1 James E. West (Born in 1931)
Inventor and acoustician.
Fields: Physics & Electrical Engineering
Work: West invented the foil electret microphone in 1962. Today, he is working on a device to detect pneumonia in infant lungs. More: livescience.com/amazing-black-…
Inventor and acoustician.
Fields: Physics & Electrical Engineering
Work: West invented the foil electret microphone in 1962. Today, he is working on a device to detect pneumonia in infant lungs. More: livescience.com/amazing-black-…
#2 Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806)
Mathematician, astronomer, farmer, and surveyor
Banneker's Almanac: The six volumes published between 1792 and 1797 included information about astronomy, medicine, future eclipses.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
livescience.com/amazing-black-…
Mathematician, astronomer, farmer, and surveyor
Banneker's Almanac: The six volumes published between 1792 and 1797 included information about astronomy, medicine, future eclipses.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
livescience.com/amazing-black-…
#3 Percy L Julian (1899-1975)
Chemist
Developed a number of patents, including for synthesizing the hormones progesterone & testosterone from soybean oil. He also developed a new, cheaper method for synthesizing the steroid cortisone #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #ScienceIsDiversity
Chemist
Developed a number of patents, including for synthesizing the hormones progesterone & testosterone from soybean oil. He also developed a new, cheaper method for synthesizing the steroid cortisone #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #ScienceIsDiversity
#4 Danielle Lee @DNLee5
Biologist
Lee is a founder of the National Science and Technology News Service, a media advocacy group to increase interest in STEM and science news coverage within the African-American community. #BHM #ScienceIsDiversity
More: livescience.com/amazing-black-…
Biologist
Lee is a founder of the National Science and Technology News Service, a media advocacy group to increase interest in STEM and science news coverage within the African-American community. #BHM #ScienceIsDiversity
More: livescience.com/amazing-black-…
#5 Alexandria Jones
Archeologist
"I am passionate about empowering future generations through the knowledge and perspectives only archaeology can provide.”
Archeologist
"I am passionate about empowering future generations through the knowledge and perspectives only archaeology can provide.”
#6 Vernard Lewis
Entomologist
Lewis also worked to promote diversity in entomology, and participated in outreach programs to introduce underserved youth to life sciences, insects and biodiversity. #BHM
Entomologist
Lewis also worked to promote diversity in entomology, and participated in outreach programs to introduce underserved youth to life sciences, insects and biodiversity. #BHM
#7 Annie Easley (1933-2011)
Before retiring in 1989, Easley added the role of equal employment opportunity counselor to her long NASA resume, dealing with issues of discrimination in the agency. #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
Before retiring in 1989, Easley added the role of equal employment opportunity counselor to her long NASA resume, dealing with issues of discrimination in the agency. #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM
#8 Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Marine Biologist
Johnson is a Brooklyn, NY native and earned her doctorate from Scripps Institute of Oceanography. In 2013, she invented a fish trap that reduces bycatch, which won @NatGeo's first Solution Search award. #BHM #BHM2021
Marine Biologist
Johnson is a Brooklyn, NY native and earned her doctorate from Scripps Institute of Oceanography. In 2013, she invented a fish trap that reduces bycatch, which won @NatGeo's first Solution Search award. #BHM #BHM2021
#9 Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Cosmologist
Since 2016, she's been the principal investigator for a project funded by the Foundational Questions Institute called Epistemological Schemata of Astro|Physics: A Reconstruction of Observers. #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth
Cosmologist
Since 2016, she's been the principal investigator for a project funded by the Foundational Questions Institute called Epistemological Schemata of Astro|Physics: A Reconstruction of Observers. #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth
#10 Brian Nord
Astrophysicist
Nord is the third and youngest Black physicist to hold a position at Fermilab, a U.S. Department of Energy lab that's been in operation since 1967. #ScienceIsDiversity #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2021
Astrophysicist
Nord is the third and youngest Black physicist to hold a position at Fermilab, a U.S. Department of Energy lab that's been in operation since 1967. #ScienceIsDiversity #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2021
#11 Mae Jemison
@maejemison is also a physician, a Peace Corps volunteer, a teacher, a jazz dancer and choreographer, and a founder and president of two technology companies. #BHM #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScienceDay
@maejemison is also a physician, a Peace Corps volunteer, a teacher, a jazz dancer and choreographer, and a founder and president of two technology companies. #BHM #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScienceDay
#12 Gladys West
In the 1960s, West participated in award-winning research that proved the regularity of Pluto's orbit relative to Neptune (for every two orbits that Pluto makes around the sun, Neptune makes three). #BHM
In the 1960s, West participated in award-winning research that proved the regularity of Pluto's orbit relative to Neptune (for every two orbits that Pluto makes around the sun, Neptune makes three). #BHM
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