Written by: Muskan Srivastava

Written by: Muskan Srivastava

Lise was an Austrian-born physicist. She was a part of the team that discovered and explained nuclear fission and foresaw its explosive potential. 

Rachel Carson was a biologist, writer, and environmental activist. Most of Carson’s writing expressed her love of nature and concern for future generations.

Tu is a Chinese scientist and phytochemist known for her isolation and study of antimalarial substance, qinghaosu, later known as artemisinin, one of the world's most effective malaria-fighting drugs. 

Rosalind Franklin was a British chemist, best known for her role in the discovery of the structure of DNA, and for her pioneering use of X-ray diffraction.

Annie Jump Cannon was born on December 11th, 1863, in Dover, Delaware, U.S. She was an American astronomer who specialized in the classification of stellar spectra.

Chien was a Chinese-born American Physicist who provided the first experimental proof that the principle of parity conservation does not hold in weak subatomic interactions. 

Francois is a French virologist who was a corecipient, with Luc Montagnier and Harald Zur Hausen, of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.

Eugenie Clark was born on May 4th, 1922, New York, U.S. She was an American ichthyologist, who was noted for her research on poisonous fishes of the tropical seas and on the behaviour of sharks. Clark was also an avid marine conservationist. 

Hedy Lamarr was not only a famous Hollywood actress but also a brilliant inventor. During World War II, she co-developed frequency-hopping technology to prevent radio signals from being jammed—an idea that later became the foundation for modern technologies like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Her story shows that innovation can come from unexpected places and highlights the often-overlooked impact of women in STEM.