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Michael Falk is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Physics at Johns Hopkins Un...
10/19/2026

Michael Falk is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Physics at Johns Hopkins University. His research focuses on utilizing computer simulations to understand what happens at atomic scales when materials are pushed out of equilibrium. Dr. Falk has worked for over a decade to bring to light issues of gender- and sexuality-based discrimination in STEM fields.

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Dr. Jane Rigby is an astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the James Webb Space Telescope Senior Projec...
10/16/2026

Dr. Jane Rigby is an astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the James Webb Space Telescope Senior Project Scientist. She was awarded the 2022 LGBTQ+ Scientist of the Year by Out to Innovate, which recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to their field through design, research, or management. When asked what advice she has for future LGBTQ+ scientists interested in research in this world and beyond, she offered: “Do fabulous science, be fabulous, and be kind.”

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Leslie Kerby was a stay-at-home mom of five kids when she realized she was a le***an. She upturned her life and is now f...
10/15/2026

Leslie Kerby was a stay-at-home mom of five kids when she realized she was a le***an. She upturned her life and is now finishing her PhD in nuclear engineering at the University of Idaho in Moscow. “I stand out in this field just because I am a woman,” says Kerby. “So being gay, you add that to it, I just stand out more.”

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Theoretical physicist Carlos Handy, the grandson of "Father of the Blues" W.C. Handy, was born in Havana, Cuba. He co-fo...
10/15/2026

Theoretical physicist Carlos Handy, the grandson of "Father of the Blues" W.C. Handy, was born in Havana, Cuba. He co-founded the Center for Theoretical Studies of Physical Systems at Clark Atlanta University, and also helped establish Texas Southern University's physics program and served as its first chair.

https://t.gsu.edu/4efYbbD

Yao-Yuan Mao is an astronomer studying dark matter and galaxy formation with large spectroscopic surveys and theoretical...
10/14/2026

Yao-Yuan Mao is an astronomer studying dark matter and galaxy formation with large spectroscopic surveys and theoretical models at the University of Utah, where they are an assistant professor. Dr. Mao also maintains the extensive Astronomy and Astrophysics Outlist, where q***r astronomers and astrophysicists can list their names to be visible to the community.

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Zaida Hernandez's parents fled El Salvador during their civil war in the 1980s, and she admires their drive and motivati...
10/14/2026

Zaida Hernandez's parents fled El Salvador during their civil war in the 1980s, and she admires their drive and motivation. “A big part of my motivation has been to make my family proud and give back to them as they have given me.”

https://t.gsu.edu/3RmvJt8

Savannah Garmon is a trans woman and theorist who studies open quantum systems in condensed matter and quantum optics. A...
10/13/2026

Savannah Garmon is a trans woman and theorist who studies open quantum systems in condensed matter and quantum optics. After earning her PhD at the University of Texas at Austin in 2007, she did postdocs in France, Denmark, and Canada before heading to Japan in 2012. Her first stint there was as a postdoc in Tokyo, and then last April she joined the faculty at Osaka Prefecture University. When she was harassed by colleagues in one of her postdoc groups, she “just toughed it out, and then left. It created a huge distraction.”

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"While searching for ways to study stellar radiation without relying on sight, Dr. Wanda Diaz Merced has developed a way...
10/13/2026

"While searching for ways to study stellar radiation without relying on sight, Dr. Wanda Diaz Merced has developed a way to represent complex data about our universe as sound."

https://t.gsu.edu/3ct1PF5

Jessica Mink is an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Among her many accomplishments are th...
10/12/2026

Jessica Mink is an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Among her many accomplishments are the development of several well-used pieces of astronomical software and a share of the credit for first discovering the rings of Uranus.

Dr. Mink is also open about her experiences as a trans woman, including an interview that she gave to WGLE-Ohio, which was shared by the American Astronomical Society's Committee for Sexual-Orientation & Gender Minorities in Astronomy here: https://t.gsu.edu/3Ei2ch4

"When César Lattes graduated from the Univ. of São Paulo in 1943, he was the only physics major in his class. Just a few...
10/12/2026

"When César Lattes graduated from the Univ. of São Paulo in 1943, he was the only physics major in his class. Just a few years later his research would be connected to two Nobel prizes and he’d be a national science hero in Brazil."

https://t.gsu.edu/3CIzFAI

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