Between 1988 and 2009, the number of girls taking physics in US high schools increased by 161%, while the number of boys was up 88%.
Mayim Bialik
Actress and Author of four books
Two of the four books were focused on the science, anatomy and mentality of the struggles of growing up for young girls and boys.
BS & PhD in Neuroscience
Danica McKellar
Actress, Educator Advocate and Mathematics Writer
Published five math-related books and articles targeting young girls interested in succeeding at the study of mathematics.
Awarded the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics Communications Award for her work.
BS in Mathematics
Kára McCullough Temple
Miss USA 2017
Prior to becoming Miss USA, McCullough Temple worked as an emergency preparedness specialist in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response.
BS in Chemistry
Ginni Rometty
Former CEO of IBM - 9th largest company in the world
Background in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Maria Goeppert Mayer
Physics Nobel Prize, 1963 discoveries in Nuclear Physics
PhD in Physics
Myriam P. Sarachik
Discovered Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling in large spin systems
PhD in Physics
Debbie Jin
JILA, Colorado 2018 Ben Franklin Medal in Physics
Cooled the world’s first fermionic condensate
PhD in Physics
Katharine Gebbie
Director, Physical Measurement Lab, National Institute of Standards and Tech
PhD in Physics
Katharine Blodgett
Inventor of non-reflective glass
First Physics PhD of Cambridge University
First female scientist hired by General Electric
PhD in Physics
Marissa Mayer
President and CEO of Yahoo, Youngest CEO of Fortune 500
MS in Computer Science
Ellen Kullman
Chairman and CEO of Carbon
BS in Mechanical Engineering
Ursula Burns
Former Chairman and CEO of Xerox
BS & MS in Mechanical Engineering
Indra Nooyi
Former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo
BS in Physics, Chemistry and Math
Helen Quinn
President, Contemporary Physics Education Project
Dirac Prize Winner
PhD in Physics
Mildred Dresselhaus
M.I.T Professor
Awarded the 2012 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience
Former President of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Physical Society (APS)
