Physics
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Ana Maria Rey
Columbian physicist and professor, who worked on the development of the atomic clock.
Location: USA
Timeline:
1976/77 - born
1999 - graduate Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá in physics
2000 - emigrated to America
2004 - Ph.D from University of Maryland
2004-05 - postdoctoral researcher at NIST
2005-08 - postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics at Harvard University
2008 - JILA associate fellow
2008 - joined University of Colorado Boulder
2012 - JILA fellow
2013 - MacArthur fellowship
2013 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
2014 - Early Career National Hispanic Scientist of the Year
2014 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award of the American Physical Society
2017 - professor at the University of Colorado Boulder
2019 - Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists (first Hispanic woman to win)
Details:
Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder
JILA fellow
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) fellow
American Physical Society fellow
Worked on the development of the atomic clock
References:
Wikipedia, “Ana Maria Rey.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Maria_Rey (Accessed: July 23, 2021)
University of Maryland, “UMD alumna Ana Maria Rey wins MacArthur Foundation "genius grant".” University of Maryland. http://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/features/1310 (Accessed: July 23, 2021)
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
American physicist known for research into dark matter and working in the NASA STROBE-X Probe Concept Study.
Location: USA
Timeline:
Details:
Only 83 Black women have achieved a Ph.D in physics in America (note that 1700 physics Ph.Ds are awarded per year)
Identifies as queer and agender
Only Black woman in the physics department at MIT
Columnist at New Scientist and Physics World
Convenor for Dark Matter: Cosmic Probes
Worked on NASA STROBE-X Probe Concept Study
Wrote the book “The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred”
Won the 2021 American Physical Society Edward A. Bouchet Award recipient
Won of Nature’s 10 people who helped shape science
2017 LGBT+ Physicists Acknowledgement of Excellence Award
References:
N. Pitney, “Meet The 63rd Black Woman In American History With A Physics Ph.D.” Huffington Post. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/chanda-prescod-weinstein_n_7574020 (Accessed: July 23, 2021)
C. Prescod-Weinstein, “Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Theoretical Physicist & Feminist Theorist.” Chanda Prescod-Weinstein. http://www.cprescodweinstein.com/ (Accessed: July 23, 2021)