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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan%20Folkes
Joan P. Folkes (born 1927) was a scientist who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1956. Along with Ernest Gale, she demonstrated that nucleic acids have an organizing or controlling role in protein synthesis. In his 2005 book, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger discussed the work of Folkes and Gale and how they revea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.%20Mark%20Pollard
Alan Mark Pollard (born 5 July 1954) is a British archaeological scientist, who has been the Edward Hall Professor of Archaeological Science at the University of Oxford since 2005. He is director of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Fellow of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue%20Murphy%20%28businesswoman%29
Susan Lee Murphy is an Australian business executive and engineer. She has worked at chief executive level in private industry and a government utility. Career Murphy graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering in 1979. She joined Clough Engineering in 1980 and, in 1998 be...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20Jessup
Elizabeth Redding Jessup is an American computer scientist specializing in numerical linear algebra and the generalized minimal residual method. She is a professor emerita of computer science at the University of Colorado Boulder. Education and career Jessup is one of three children of an Indianapolis tax attorney. Sh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%20Penn%20%28computer%20scientist%29
Gerald Penn is an American computer scientist specializing in mathematical linguistics and speech processing. He is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, a senior member of IEEE and AAAI, and a past chair of Association for Mathematics of Language. Education Penn received a B.S. in mathematics...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footprint%20%28company%29
Footprint is a materials science organization that engineers fiber-based packaging in an effort to address the environmental crisis of plastic pollution. Its plant-based fiber alternatives to plastic are made from sources like double-lined kraft. These can be compostable, biodegradable, and recyclable. Footprint's oper...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serena%20Dipierro
Serena Dipierro is an Italian mathematician whose research involves partial differential equations, the regularity of their solution, their phase transitions, nonlocal operators, and free boundary problems, with applications including population dynamics, quantum mechanics, crystallography, and mathematical finance. Sh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah%20Elfner
Hannah Elfner (born Hannah Petersen; October 12, 1982) is a German physicist who is Head of Simulations at the Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research and Professor of Physics at the Goethe University Frankfurt. She was named the 2021 Alfons and Gertrud Kassel Foundation Scientist of the Year. Early life and education...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per%20Osland
Per Osland is a Norwegian physicist specializing in theoretical particle physics. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Bergen. Education and career Osland earned a degree in physics from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1968, and completed a Ph.D. at the University of Trondheim in 1975. He became a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tam%C3%A1s%20Wittinghoff
Tamás Wittinghoff (born 9 September 1958) is a Hungarian civil engineer, politician, who has been the mayor of Budaörs since 1991. Career He received his degree from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Budapest University of Technology in 1984. Before the fall of communism, he worked as a construction engineer on wat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farshid%20Guilak
Farshid Guilak is an American engineer and orthopedic researcher. He is the Mildred B. Simon Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis and director of research at Shriners Hospitals for Children. He is also on the faculty of the departments of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas%20Dr%C3%A4ger
Andreas Dräger (; born 20 September 1980) is a German bioinformatician who leads the research group for Computational Systems Biology of Infections and Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens at the University of Tübingen. Education In high school, Dräger was fascinated by computer science and recent advancements in genet...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.%20Muthukrishnan%20%28computer%20scientist%29
S. ("Muthu") Muthukrishnan is a computer scientist of Indian origin, known for his work in streaming algorithms, auction design, and pattern matching. He is vice president of sponsored products, Amazon (company) Advertising. Previously, he was a professor of computer science at Rutgers University. Education Muthukr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise%20Forges
Françoise Forges (born 3 July 1958) is a Belgian and French economist known for her work in game theory. She is professor of economics at Paris Dauphine University. Education and career Forges was born on 3 July 1958 in Brussels, but is a French citizen. She studied mathematics at the Université catholique de Louvain,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Beier
Frank Beier is a German–Canadian orthopedist. He is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Research at the University of Western Ontario. Early life and education Beier was born and raised in Germany where he completed his Diploma of Biology and PhD at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg. He then traveled ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EZH
Ezh (Ʒ, ʒ) is a letter in the extended Latin alphabet, a variant of the Z/z with a tail Ezh or variation, may also refer to: Biology Enhancer of zest homologue, an enzyme family (EZH) and its related gene family (ezh) EZH1, an enzyme and gene EZH2, a histone-lysine N-methyltransferase enzyme Ezh2 gene Linguistic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles-Fran%C3%A7ois%20Boulduc
Gilles-François Boulduc (born 20 February 1675 in Paris; died 17 January 1741 in Versailles) was a French pharmacist and chemist. Biography Boulduc was the son of (1652-1729), apothecary and chemistry demonstrator at the Royal Academy of Sciences. Gilles-François apprenticed as a pharmacist, studied Descartes' physic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials%20Science%20and%20Engineering%20A
Materials Science and Engineering: A — Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing is a peer-reviewed scientific journal. It is the section of Materials Science and Engineering dedicated to "theoretical and experimental studies related to the load-bearing capacity of materials as influenced by their...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On%20the%20Shape%2C%20Location%2C%20and%20Size%20of%20Dante%27s%20Inferno
On the Shape, Location, and Size of Dante's Inferno is the title of two lectures by Galileo Galilei presented in 1588 upon invitation by the Florentine Academy. The lectures secured him a job as a lecturer of mathematics at the University of Pisa. Galileo attempted to mathematically map Dante's description of hell, try...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Hering
Carl Hering (Philadelphia, 19 March 1860 – 10 May 1926) was an American engineer involved in studies on electric batteries and electric furnaces. He also made discoveries on electromagnetic force. Biography He was one of the sons of Constantine Hering, pioneer of homeopathy in the United States. He studied mechanical...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurul%20Haque%20Miah
Muhammad Nurul Haque Miah (; 1 July 1944 — 20 February 2021) was a professor at Dhaka College and the head of its Department of Chemistry. He is renowned for writing high school and degree textbooks. Early life and education Muhammad Nurul Haque Miah was born on 1 July 1944 to a Bengali Muslim family in Sreepur, Gazi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20admissions%20tests%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom
In the United Kingdom there are various standardized tests for admission to university. Most applicants to universities in the UK take national examinations such as A-levels or Scottish Highers. Separate admissions tests are used by a small number of universities for specific subjects (particularly law, mathematics and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco%20Prado
Marco Antonio Maximo Prado is a Brazilian/Canadian neuroscientist. He is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Neurochemistry of Dementia and Deputy Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Neurochemistry. Early life and education Prado was born and raised in Brazil. He earned his Bachelor of Pharmacy from the Fluminense Federal Un...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0pek%20K%C4%B1ra%C3%A7
İpek Kıraç graduated from Koç School in 2002 and from Brown University Department of Biology in 2007. During her undergraduate studies at Brown University, she gained research experience at Cecil B. Day Laboratory for Neuromuscular Research at UMass Medical School led by Dr. Robert H. Brown, a leading researcher in ALS...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9ronique%20Gayrard
Véronique Gayrard is a French mathematician specializing in probability and statistical physics, with research topics including Hopfield networks, the long-term behavior of the random energy model and similar glassy systems, and metastability in reversible diffusion. She is a director of research for the French Nationa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pramod%20Dabir
Pramod Dabir (born October 5, 1984) is an American former tennis player. Dabir was ranked as high as fourth in the country for the 16s age group and had the top ranking in Northern California for the 18s, while growing up in Monta Vista. The son of engineers, Dabir studied electrical engineering at the University of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian%20Physical%20Society
The Norwegian Physical Society () is a professional society in Norway for physicists. Formed in 1953, its purpose is to promote research, public understanding and cooperation within physics. Its magazine, first published in 1939, is Fra Fysikkens Verden. The Chair of the society is Åshild Fredriksen. The society consi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingeborg%20Levin
Ingeborg Levin is a German professor in Geosciences at the Institute for Environmental Physics (IUP) of Heidelberg University. Her work with atmospheric measurements significantly contributed to the knowledge of greenhouse gas dynamics. She set up a global network that measures radiocarbon in carbon dioxide (), informa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam%20Violet%20Griffith
Miriam Violet Griffith (11 October 1911 - 9 May 1989) was an electrical engineer, technical author and an early user of ground source heat pumps. She was an expert in the area of heat pumps and was elected a fellow of the Institute of Physics. Early life Miriam Violet Griffith was born on 11 October 1911 in Carlisle,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra%20Poulovassilis
Alexandra (Alex) Poulovassilis is a Greek and British computer scientist who is a professor emerita of computer science and College Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. Her research interests have included information management, database schemas and their transformation, information visualization, and immersive l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett%20Dempster
Everett Ross Dempster (1903 – January 27, 1992) was an American geneticist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was chair of the Department of Genetics from 1963 to 1970. References 1903 births 1992 deaths University of California, Berkeley alumni University of California, Berkeley facult...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pang%20Chien-kuo
Pang Chien-kuo (; 19th of August 1953 – 11th of January 2022) was a renowned Taiwanese politician. Education Pang earned a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from National Chung Hsing University in 1975 and a master's degree in law from National Taiwan University in 1980. Pang obtained a Ph.D. in sociology from ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline%20Jakway
Jacqueline Halle Sinks Jakway (1928 - 25 March 2008) a professor of anatomy and cell biology. Background Jakway was born Jacqueline Halle Sinks in 1928 in Puerto Rico, later moving to Missouri Jakway attended Joplin High School in 1946, followed by attending Park College in Parkville, earning a BA in biology in 1950, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choreographic%20programming
In computer science, choreographic programming is a programming paradigm where programs are compositions of interactions among multiple concurrent participants. Overview Choreographies In choreographic programming, developers use a choreographic programming language to define the intended communication behaviour of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leondios%20G.%20Kostrikis
Leondios G. Kostrikis (born 1964) is a Cypriot biochemist and scientist from Cyprus and a Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Cyprus. Early life and career Kostrikis received his scientific education in biochemistry from New York University. In 1987, he received his B.Sc. degree, supported by a Fulb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%20Withrow
Alice Victoria Phillips Withrow (September 5, 1907 – April 28, 1998) was an American botanist, plant physiologist and researcher of plant photochemistry. Her focus of study was "the effect of light on the flowering and reproduction of plants" and along with her husband she developed a pioneering method of hydroponics. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena%20Vakali
Athena I. Vakali (born 1963) is a Greek computer scientist whose topics of research include social networks, cloud computing, smart cities, and content delivery networks. She is a professor of informatics at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Vakali earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Aristotle Universit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Mann
Ian R. Mann (born 6 June 1971) is a British space weather researcher. He is a Full Professor of physics at the University of Alberta and former Canada Research Chair in Space Physics. In 2020, Mann was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of how his "research has delivered transformative unde...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd%20Lowary
Todd Lambert Lowary (born 1966) is an American carbohydrate chemist. He is a professor of chemistry at the University of Alberta and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Early life and education Lowary was born in 1966 in Montana. While attending Columbus High School, Lowary participated in band and was chosen to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace%20Parraga
Grace–Eve Párraga (born 1961) is a Canadian lung-imaging scientist. She is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Lung Imaging to Transform Outcomes at the University of Western Ontario. Early life and education Parraga was born in 1961. She completed her Bachelor of Science and Master's degree in biochemistry from the Uni...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern%20triangle%20geometry
In mathematics, modern triangle geometry, or new triangle geometry, is the body of knowledge relating to the properties of a triangle discovered and developed roughly since the beginning of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Triangles and their properties were the subject of investigation since at least the ti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20A.%20McCormick
David Alan McCormick is an American neurobiologist. He holds one of two Presidential chair positions and is director of the Institute of Neuroscience at the University of Oregon and co-director of the Neurons to Minds Cluster of Excellence. Early life and education McCormick completed his joint Bachelor of Arts and Ba...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Segall
Paul Segall is a geophysicist best known for his studies on earthquake and volcanism. He is currently a professor in the department of geophysics at Stanford University. He has served in Board of Directors in Southern California Earthquake Center since 2007. He was elected to fellow of American Geophysical Union in 19...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Lord%20Otis
John Lord Otis (July 15, 1827 – March 14, 1894) was an American politician who served as a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the period of the American Civil War. Otis began working in a cotton factory at the age of 8 where he gained knowledge of mechanical engineering. On March 1, 1847, he married Ca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay%20Cheburkin
Nikolay Vsevolodovich Cheburkin (in Russian: Николай Всеволодович Чебуркин) (May 3, 1941, Orsk, Orenburg Oblast – December 20, 2021, Moscow) was a Russian scientist and inventor in the field of laser physics. He was the head of various research institutes and companies depending on the Ministry of Defence of the Russia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20M.%20Wassarman
Paul Michael Wassarman (born March 26, 1940) is an American biologist who has been Professor in the Dept. of Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai since 1996 (Chairman 2000-2007). His laboratory identified and characterised proteins that make up the zona pellucida ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa%20Shameel
Mustafa Shameel (; July 3, 1941 – May 13, 2013) was a Pakistani scientist and educator noted for his work in the fields of barobiology, phycochemistry and taxonomy of algae. He spent most of his five decades' academic career at the University of Karachi. Early life and education Mustafa Shameel was born on 3 July 19...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soraya%20de%20Chadarevian
Soraya de Chadarevian is a historian of molecular biology and a professor in the Department of History and the Institute for Society and Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has numerous publications on the history of molecular life sciences. Education Soraya de Chadarevian completed a five-year...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maths%20school
A maths school is a type of specialist free school sixth form college in England which specialises in the study of mathematics. Each maths school is sponsored by a university and, frequently, also a nearby established sixth form college or multi-academy trust. All students in a maths school must follow a course of stud...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courant%E2%80%93Snyder%20parameters
In accelerator physics, the Courant–Snyder parameters (frequently referred to as Twiss parameters or CS parameters) are a set of quantities used to describe the distribution of positions and velocities of the particles in a beam. When the positions along a single dimension and velocities (or momenta) along that dimensi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Waweru
Peter Waweru Kamaku (born 27 May 1982) is a Kenyan football referee, academic administrator and researcher. He has been a referee in Kenyan Premier League since 2013 and a FIFA listed referee since 2017. He is also a professor of pure mathematics at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Kenya. Earl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinna%20Rossi
Corinna Rossi (born 1968) is an Italian Egyptologist known for her works on Ancient Egyptian mathematics and Ancient Egyptian architecture, on the archaeology of the Kharga Oasis, and on related topics in the history of Egypt and the Levant. Biography Rossi was born in 1968 in Naples. She studied architecture at the U...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precociality%20and%20altriciality
Animals can go through certain changes. In the biology of birds and mammals, altricial species are those in which the young are underdeveloped at the time of birth, but with the aid of their parents mature after birth. Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of bi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd%20Ulrich%20Nienhaus
Gerd Ulrich "Uli" Nienhaus (born 1959) is a German physicist who is a professor and director of the Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). At the KIT, he is also affiliated with the Institute of Nanotechnology, Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems, and Institute of Physical Chemi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhrab%20Hossain
Suhrab Hossain is a Bangladeshi diplomat. He served as the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada and Pakistan and ambassador to Thailand and Uzbekistan. Early life Hossain completed his post graduate studies in biochemistry from the University of Dhaka. Career Hossain fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war as ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohini%20Ramachandran
Sohini Ramachandran is professor at Brown University known for her work in evolutionary biology and population genetics. Early life and education Ramachandran's parents were both professors. In the summer before her senior year of high school, Ramachandran completed a research project in plant genomics under the guid...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%20Qiu
Jane Qiu () is an independent science journalist based in Beijing, primarily focusing on geoscience and the environment. Education and career Qiu earned first-class honours in biology from the University of Essex in 1993. She coauthored the book RNA Isolation and Analysis in 1994, and completed a PhD in cancer geneti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrochem
Agrochem may refer to: Agrochemical, a chemical used in farming Agricultural chemistry AgroChem, Inc. Agrochemical F.C.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridovirus%20dwarf%20gourami%20disease
Iridovirus dwarf gourami disease is a widespread consequence caused by the poor genetics of the dwarf gourami, a popular fish in the aquarium trade. It is the result of severe inbreeding. Despite being unable to develop the disease, other gourami become prone to infection if a dwarf gourami in the tank gets the Iridovi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron%20adamsii
Rhododendron adamsii is a flowering plant species in the genus Rhododendron. The plant has been cultivated in the Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences since 1964. In the Buryat language R. adamsii is known as sagaan dali (сагаан дали) and is used to prepare a certain kind of herbal tea. Phytochemistry R. ad...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizanur%20Rahman%20%28Bangladeshi%20diplomat%29
Mizanur Rahman is a diplomat and the Bangladeshi ambassador to Oman. He is a former Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador of Bangladesh to Egypt. Early life Mizanur Rahman graduated from the University of Dhaka after graduate studies in physics. Career Mizanur Rahman joined the Bangladesh Foreign Ser...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20L.%20Antonelli
Peter Louis Antonelli (March 5, 1941 – February 15, 2020) was an American mathematician known for his work on mathematical biology, Finsler geometry, and their connections. Overview Antonelli was born on March 5, 1941, in Syracuse, New York, and became a student at Syracuse University, graduating in 1963. He complete...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia%20Phillips
Cynthia Phillips may refer to: Cynthia A. Phillips, American computer scientist at Sandia National Laboratories Cynthia B. Phillips (born 1973), American planetary scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and author of science popularization books Cynthia Kieras Phillips (1954–2015), American plasma physicist at the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arian%20Pregenzer
Arian Leigh Pregenzer (born 1953) is an American physicist specializing in nuclear security, arms control, and nuclear proliferation. She is retired from the Sandia National Laboratories. Education and career Pregenzer was an undergraduate at the University of New Mexico, where she studied a combination of physics, ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed%20Tharwat%20Hassan
Mohammed Tharwat Hassan is a professor of physics and optical sciences at the University of Arizona in the United States. Early life Mohammed Tharwat Hassan was born on March 30, 1983, in Fayoum, Egypt. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Cairo University  (Fayoum Branch). Then in 2009, he rec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagmar%20Sternad
Dagmar Sternad is a German-American scientist and engineer. Sternad is University Distinguished Professor of Biology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Physics at Northeastern University. She is also a core member of the Institute of Experiential Robotics at Northeastern University. Education Sternad completed ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettuce%20club
A lettuce club is a student organization that holds events in which members compete to be the first to finish eating an entire head of lettuce. Originating at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics, the phenomenon of lettuce clubs spread after being mentioned in a viral Tumblr post. Instances At colleges and uni...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanthanide%20trichloride
Lanthanide trichlorides are a family of inorganic compound with the formula LnCl3, where Ln stands for a lanthanide metal. The trichlorides are standard reagents in applied and academic chemistry of the lanthanides. They exist as anhydrous solids and as hydrates. Properties The anhydrous solids have melting points ra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20Journal%20of%20Radiology
The Japanese Journal of Radiology (formerly: Radiation Medicine) is a peer-reviewed journal, officially published by the Japan Radiological Society. It provides a forum for the publication of papers documenting recent advances and new developments in the field of radiology in medicine and biology. Editor-in-Chief i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Kramer%20%28engineer%29
Steven Lawrence Kramer is Professor Emeritus of Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Washington. Education Steve Kramer received his B.S. (1977), M.Eng. (1979), and Ph.D. (1985) in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Professional career Kramer joined the University of Washington fa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut%20Sies
Helmut Sies is a German physician, biochemist and university professor. He was the first to demonstrate the existence of hydrogen peroxide as a normal attribute of aerobic life in 1970, and he introduced the concept of Oxidative stress in 1985. He also worked on the biological strategies of antioxidant defense and the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Fleckenstein%20%28finance%29
Bill Fleckenstein is a financial columnist and former hedge fund manager. He is a 1979 graduate of University of Washington in mathematics. He contributes to Financial Sense. Publications References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American financial writers American hedge fund managers Univers...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra%20Chapman
Sandra C. Chapman CPhysis FInstP FRAS a British astrophysicist who is Professor of Astrophysics and Director of the Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics at the University of Warwick. Her research considers nonlinear physics and planetary magnetospheres. She was awarded the 2022 Royal Astronomical Society Chapman M...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone%20Gram
Lone Gram is Danish microbiologist known for her work in bacterial physiology, microbial communication, and biochemicals that originate from bacterial cultures. She is an elected member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and has received the Order of the Dannebrog. Education and career Gram's first m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD%20Patera%20%28mathematician%29
Jiří Patera (10 October 1936 – 3 January 2022) was a Czech-born Canadian mathematician and academic. He taught at the Université de Montréal and was known for his work in group theory, Lie groups, and cryptography. Life and career Patera attended secondary school in Děčín and subsequently studied theoretical physics a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Koppitz
Anna Koppitz (; 1895–1989) was a mid-century Austrian photographer. Early life and education Anna Koppitz was born Anna Arbeitlang, in Austria or Germany, in 1895. She studied photography at the Graphische Lehr und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna, founded by specialist in photographic chemistry Josef Maria Eder (1855–1944...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent%20Adams%20Renouf
Vincent Adams Renouf (December 15, 1876 – May 4, 1910) was an American professor of chemistry, history, and political economy in China from 1903 until his death in 1910, but is best known for having written the textbook Outlines of General History for Eastern Students, first published in 1908. Family background Vincen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%20Winter
Lisa Winter (born ) is an American engineer, roboticist, and television personality. She is best known for her work on the television series BattleBots, where she competed with numerous robots and is currently a judge. Early life Growing up in Wisconsin, from an early age Winter expressed an interest in robotics. In 1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pankaj%20Kumar%20Singh
Pankaj Kumar Singh (born 19 December 1962) was the 29th Director General of BSF, and an Indian Police Service officer of 1988 batch. He is the son of Ex BSF DG Prakash Singh. He has been appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor of India in Jan 2023 for a period of 2 years. Education Pankaj Kumar Singh holds degr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad%20Sal%20Moslehian
Mohammad Sal Moslehian (محمد صال مصلحیان) (born on 21 March 1966 in Mashhad, Iran) is an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. He is the President of the Iranian Mathematical Society for the period of 2021-2024 and an invited member of the Iranian Academy of Scien...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Bressloff
Paul C. Bressloff is a British applied mathematician, biophysicist and mathematical neuroscientist. As of 2022, Bressloff is currently a full professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah. Education Bressloff obtained an MA with First Class Honors from the University of Oxford in 1982, and obta...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Lauer
Ryan Lauer is an American politician serving as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from the 59th district. He assumed office on November 7, 2018. Early life and education Lauer is a native of Columbus, Indiana. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and biochemistry from Indiana Universit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard%20Zeidler%20%28mathematician%29
Eberhard Hermann Erich Zeidler (6 October 1940 in Leipzig, Germany – 18 November 2016 ibid) was a German mathematician, who worked primarily in the field of non-linear functional analysis. Life and work After attending the Leipzig Eberhard Zeidler began studying mathematics at the University of Leipzig in 1959. In 1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C5%82gorzata%20Klimek
Małgorzata Klimek (born 1957) is a Polish mathematical analyst and mathematical physicist known for her research on the fractional calculus and fractional differential equations. She is a professor in the Institute of Mathematics and Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science at Częstochowa Univ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy%20J.%20Moore
Joy Jittaun Moore is Professor of Biblical Preaching and serves as vice-president for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. Biography A native of Chicago, Moore grew up from South Side, Chicago. Her passion to teaching led her to earn a B.A. in Education and Mathematics at the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan%20Laufer
Stefan Laufer (born 16 December 1959 in Steinheim) is a German pharmacist and professor for pharmaceutical chemistry at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. Laufer is author of more than 500 publications, author of 15 book chapters and inventor of more than 43 patent families with over 347 international applicati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Langley-Evans
Simon Langley-Evans is a British scientist who is Emeritus Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of Nottingham. Education He obtained his BSc in Biochemistry and Microbiology from Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London in 1986. His PhD was from the University of Southampton (1990). Care...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonon%20polariton
In condensed matter physics, a phonon polariton is a type of quasiparticle that can form in a diatomic ionic crystal due to coupling of transverse optical phonons and photons. They are particular type of polariton, which behave like bosons. Phonon polaritons occur in the region where the wavelength and energy of phonon...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale%20Research%20Group
The Whale Research Group was a research group focused on the problem of whale collisions with inshore fishing gear off the coast of Newfoundland. The group was organized by Jon Lien in 1979 and was affiliated with the Biology and Psychology departments, the Naval Architectural Engineering department, and the Ocean Scie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory%20Horndeski
Gregory Horndeski is an American painter, physicist and mathematician, known mainly for the formulation of Horndeski's theory of gravitation. Life and education Gregory Walter Horndeski was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1948 and got his B.A. in physics at Washington University in St. Louis in 1970 and his PhD in applied...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band%20bending
In solid-state physics, band bending refers to the process in which the electronic band structure in a material curves up or down near a junction or interface. It does not involve any physical (spatial) bending. When the electrochemical potential of the free charge carriers around an interface of a semiconductor is dis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne%20Verlhac
Marie-Hélène Verlhac is a French cellular biologist, specialising in the final stages of oocyte development. She was the recipient of the French National Centre for Scientific Research's (CNRS) Silver Medal in 2021. Verlhac has been the director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB) (French: C...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choong-Seock%20Chang
Choong-Seock Chang is a South Korean physicist. Chang earned an undergraduate degree from Seoul National University in 1974, and pursued a doctorate at the University of Texas at Austin. After completing his studies in 1979, Chang undertook research in La Jolla and Carlsbad, California. In 1986, Chang was appointed a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michela%20Redivo-Zaglia
Michela Redivo-Zaglia is an Italian numerical analyst known for her works on numerical linear algebra and on extrapolation-based acceleration of numerical methods. She is an associate professor in the department of mathematics at the University of Padua. Education and career Redivo-Zaglia earned a degree in mathematic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ting-Kuo%20Lee
Ting-Kuo Lee () is a Taiwanese physicist. Lee earned a bachelor's degree in physics from National Taiwan University in 1971, and completed doctoral studies at Brown University in 1975. He pursued postdoctoral research at the City College of New York until 1979, then moved to the Institute for Theoretical Physics. From...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Francis%20Lee
John Francis Lee (September 19, 1918 – December 2, 1999) was the first president of Stony Brook University who served January 1, 1961 to November 9, 1961. He also served as the chairmen of the Mechanical Engineering Department at North Carolina State University and as president of International Development Services Inc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20Gurnett
Donald Alfred Gurnett (April 11, 1940 – January 13, 2022) was an American physicist and professor at the University of Iowa who specialized in plasma physics. Early life and education Gurnett grew up in Fairfax, Iowa. In his spare time he built and flew model airplanes with a club at the airport in Cedar Rapids. There...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sannoju%20Mukai
Sannoju Mukai (1898 - 1963) was a Japanese biochemist, emeritus professor at faculty of technology, Kumamoto University, and a professor of Keijo University. He is also father of Jun-Ichiro Mukai. Academic works Mukai made a contribution in Enzyme Chemistry by "On the activation of castor lipase by acids and the ps...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational%20audiology
Computational audiology is a branch of audiology that employs techniques from mathematics and computer science to improve clinical treatments and scientific understanding of the auditory system. Computational audiology is closely related to computational medicine, which uses quantitative models to develop improved meth...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive%20cardiac%20conduction%20defect
Progressive cardiac conduction defect (PCCD) is a rare inherited degenerative disease of a heart's electrical conduction system. Over time PCCD can lead to a complete heart block and might require a pacemaker implantation to treat it. Genetics Most commonly PCCD is inherited as a autosomal dominant defect and is caus...