STEM – Science – Physics
Evelynn M. Hammonds (1953- )
Professor Hammonds is the Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and Professor of African and African American...
Sekazi Mtingwa (1949- )
Dr. Sekazi Kauze Mtingwa is an African American theoretical high-energy physicist and co-founder of the National Society of Black Physicists....
Hildreth “Hal” Walker, Jr. (1933- )
NASA scientist Hildreth “Hal” Walker, Jr. is most known for leading the team that used a laser to measure the...
Herman Branson (1914-1995)
Known for discovering the Alpha Helix, a common protein structure, Dr. Herman Branson was a pioneer in biophysics. Born on...
Warren Elliott Henry (1909-2001)
Dr. Warren Elliott Henry enjoyed a long and influential career in the field of physical chemistry, working in the public...
Joseph Salvadore Francisco, Jr. (1955- )
An internationally-recognized chemical physicist, Dr. Joseph Salvadore Francisco, Jr. played an important role in explaining the chemical reactions driving ozone...
Julius Henry Taylor (1914-2011)
Julius Henry Taylor was an American physicist, scholarly publisher, physics professor, and one of the first African Americans to receive a Ph.D. in...
Willie Hobbs Moore (1934 -1994)
Willie Hobbs Moore has the distinction of being the first African American woman to earn a doctorate in physics, granted...
Ronald Elbert Mickens (1943- )
Ronald Elbert Mickens is the Fuller E. Calloway Professor of Physics at Clark-Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. Born in Petersburg, Virginia, on February 7, 1943, he was the...
