Notable Figures in Science Notable Figures in Science is a resource list and mini-series within the podcast where we showcase Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Women, and people within the LGBTQ+ community who have significantly impacted the world through science. Dr. John Francis “Planet Walker” Environmentalist, Teacher and Author Dr. Wangari MaathaiSocial, environmental, and political activist Dr. Charles H. TurnerZoologist, educator, and comparative psychologist Dr. Roger Arliner YoungZoologist, Biologist, and Marine Biologist Dr. Marie Maynard DalyAmerican Biochemist Dr. Rosalind FranklinChemist Dr. Joan Murrell OwensAmerican Educator and Marine Biologist Dr. Margaret CollinsAmerican Entomologist and Civil Rights Activist Hindou Oumarou IbrahimEnvironmental Activist and Geographer Rachel CarsonAuthor and Conservationist Dr. Har Gobind KhoranaBiochemist Dr. Mae JemisonEngineer and Astronaut Alice BallAmerican Chemist Dr. Harold AmosAmerican Microbiologist Dr. Daniel Hale WilliamsAmerican Surgeon DR. KATIE BOUMANAmerican Computer Scientist DR. CHIEN-SHIUNG WUPhysicist DR. BENJAMIN BANNEKERAmerican Inventor FLORENCE NIGHTINGALEStatistician, Nurse, and Social Worker BEN BARRESNeurobiologist ALAN TURINGMathematician and Logician BECK STRAUSSPlanetary Geophysist DR. BARBARA MCCLINTOCKGeneticist DR. EMMETT CHAPPELLEAmerican Inventor SANGHAMITRA BANDYOPADHYAYComputational biologist SHEN KUOScientist and Philosopher LUIS WALTER ALVARESPhysicist CAROLINE HERSCHELAstronomer JANE GOODALLPrimatologist and Scientist PERCY LAVON JULIANChemist and Entrepreneur FRED BEGAYNuclear Physicist HYPATIAAstronomer, Mathematician, and Philosopher EUNICE FOOTEWomen’s Rights Activist and Scientist KATHERINE JOHNSONAmerican mathematician