In honor of #HispanicHeritageMonth, we wanted to highlight 10 Hispanic and Latino scientists from history who have shaped chemistry as we know it today: bit.ly/2XkzfOj
Oswaldo Luiz Alves was among the first Brazilian scientists to develop, research, and teach nanotechnology. He also founded the Solid State Chemistry Laboratory at @unicampoficial. Learn more about him at bit.ly/3hE6289
Sara Borrell Ruiz was one of the first experts on sex hormones in Spain. She worked with the team that was developing the first oral contraceptive. Read more about Borrell at bit.ly/3lxSigx
Andrés Manuel Del Río discovered the only element to be unearthed in Mexico, in 1801. But it took 30 years before he was credited for finding vanadium. Learn more about Del Río at bit.ly/3nCr2zZ
Rebeca Gerschman was the first scientist to propose that free radicals can cause oxygen toxicity and cell death. She also developed the Gerschman-Marenzi method, to study potassium in the blood. Learn more about her at bit.ly/3tLoOzf#LatinXinSTEM
Luis F. Leloir made foundational discoveries about glucose metabolism and was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Learn more about Leloir at bit.ly/3hBeGo3
César Milstein was an Argentine Nobel laureate who studied enzymology and immunology and is best remembered for his research in antibody production. Learn more about Milstein at bit.ly/3lqtKG9
Luis Miramontes co-invented norethindrone, which would become the active compound base of the first synthetic oral contraceptive pill. Read more about Miramontes at bit.ly/2Xm1bSl
Mario Molina played with a chemistry set growing up. As an adult, he shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on understanding the formation and decomposition of ozone in the stratosphere. Learn more about Molina at bit.ly/3nD9uUc
Sarah Stewart was among the first to demonstrate a link between viruses and cancer and her work as key for the development of vaccines against human papillomavirus. Read more about Stewart at bit.ly/3hE5oHT
Evangelina Villegas contributed to cereal and nutritional science, and developed a high protein variety of corn, an important crop in her home country of Mexico. This grain helped prevent malnourishment, especially in children. Learn about Villegas at bit.ly/3Elu0i6
En honor al #MesDeLaHerenciaHispana, hemos compilado una lista de personajes históricos Hispanos y Latinos que han dado forma a la química tal como la conocemos hoy día: bit.ly/3Embp5O
Oswaldo Luiz Alves fue uno de los primeros científicos brasileños en desarrollar, investigar y enseñar nanotecnología. También fundó el Laboratorio de Química del Estado Sólido en @unicampoficial. Puedes obtener más información sobre él en bit.ly/3keAR5a#LatinXChem
Sara Borrell Ruiz fue una de las primeras expertas en hormonas en España. Trabajó con el equipo que estaba desarrollando el primer anticonceptivo oral. Lee más sobre Borell en bit.ly/3AgbVzI
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This month, in honor of Black History Month, we wanted to highlight 17 Black chemists you might have missed in class:
Winifred Burks-Houck was an environmental organic chemist and the first woman president of @NOBCChE. During her work at @Livermore_Lab she minimized threats to worker safety and limited the lab’s environmental impact. Learn more about her at ow.ly/UEyh50DnQEo#BlackInSTEM
Charles Drew, better known as the father of the blood bank, found that blood could be preserved longer once the plasma and the red blood cells were separated. A well-timed finding, since WWII was breaking out in Europe. Read more about Drew at ow.ly/CB5e50DnQOL#BlackInChem