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Alejandro Rodriguez Can we one day have paper-thin cell phones? Alejandro's work may just figure out how.
Alice White Alice went from a minority in her field to a leading researcher in exciting new technologies.
Alicia Soderberg Alicia once wanted to be an environmental scientist, but she fell in love with looking at the stars in the night's sky.
Carlos Gutierrez Carlos is a materials scientist inspiring students and finding materials to make devices work better.
Edward Thomas Edward admits that physics is hard, but there are many exciting projects that make all the work worthwhile.
Erin Scanlon Erin was mesmerized by physics in high school when given a classroom challenge.
Evelynn Hammonds Evelynn holds honorary degrees at Spelman College and Bates College.
Gabriela González Gabriela shapes minds as a professor and attempts to unlock the mysteries of Gravitational Waves as a researcher.
Gina Passante Gina first fell in love with physics in high school and carried this love into the college setting.
Haiyan Gao Great women scientists throughout history inspired Haiyan to follow in their footsteps.
James Kakalios James teaches physics with comic books and superheroes and consults for movies such as Watchmen.
Jax Sanders Jax learns new things everyday as an Assistant Professor of Physics that designs and improves gravitational wave detectors.
Julianne Pollard-Larkin Julie, a clinical medical physicist, researcher, and professor, helps treat cancer patients with thoracic tumors.
Keivan Stassun Keivan says the best thing about being a physicist is there’s no better way to impress the person sitting next to you on an airplane.
Kelle Cruz Kelle spends much of her time looking at small stars, but when's she not looking at stars, she's blogging and traveling.
Lisa Randall Lisa may be on her way to discovering the next dimension, and she wants to share it with physicists and non-physicists alike.
Luz Martinez-Miranda Luz is fascinated by the way optics problems relate to the real world. “There was something about lenses that made me want to study more,” she says.
Marta Dark McNeese Marta chose physics mostly because she was fascinated with optics, and a little bit because she was afraid of chemicals and disliked knives.
Michio Kaku In high school, Michio used 400lbs of scrap metal and his entire house's electrical supply to power his homemade atom smasher.
Nadya Mason Nadya went from gymnastics Olympic hopeful to research scientist.
Ramón Barthelemy Assistant Professor, PhD: Ramón is fighting for equality in physics. Find out how!
Ronald Mickens Ron's curious mind and passion for science led him to pursue a career as an educator and a physicist.
Shirley Ann Jackson Shirley has come a long way from her childhood fascination with the bumblebees in her backyard.
Steven Chu Steven won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics and works as the Secretary of Energy under President Barack Obama.