Ada Lovelace Day
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International celebration of women in science, tech, engineering & maths. Join us on Tues 8 Oct at the Royal Institution!
Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi was a marine biologist who pioneered the study of marine sciences in the Dominican Republic. She worked to protect ocean biodiversity and created one of the first sanctuaries for humpback whales. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi, Marine biologist
Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi was a marine biologist who pioneered the study of marine sciences in the Dominican Republic and created one of the first sanctuaries for humpback whales.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi was a marine biologist who pioneered the study of marine sciences in the Dominican Republic. She worked to protect ocean biodiversity and created one of the first sanctuaries for humpback whales. adalovelaceday.subst...
Valeria Correa Vaz de Paiva is a Brazilian mathematician, logician, computer scientist and computational linguist who introduced new ways to model linear logic in advanced programming languages. adalovelaceday.subst...
Dr Valeria de Paiva, Mathematician and computer scientist
Valeria Correa Vaz de Paiva is a Brazilian mathematician, logician, computer scientist and computational linguist.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Valeria Correa Vaz de Paiva is a Brazilian mathematician, logician, computer scientist and computational linguist who introduced new ways to model linear logic in advanced programming languages. adalovelaceday.subst...
Isabella Aiona Abbott was the first Native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science and a leading expert on Pacific marine algae. She discovered over 200 seaweed species and her work is still influential today. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Isabella Aiona Abbott, Phycologist and ethnobotanist
Isabella Aiona Abbott was the first Native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science and a leading expert on Pacific marine algae.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Isabella Aiona Abbott was the first Native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science and a leading expert on Pacific marine algae. She discovered over 200 seaweed species and her work is still influential today. adalovelaceday.subst...
Frances Wagner was one of the first women to carry out field research for the Geological Survey of Canada and became a distinguished expert in the use of micropaleontology to study marine geology. adalovelaceday.subst...
Dr Frances Wagner, Palaeontologist
Frances Wagner was one of the first women to carry out field research for the Geological Survey of Canada and became a distinguished expert in the use of micropaleontology to study marine geology.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Frances Wagner was one of the first women to carry out field research for the Geological Survey of Canada and became a distinguished expert in the use of micropaleontology to study marine geology. adalovelaceday.subst...
Nadine Caron is the first Canadian/First Nations (Ojibway) female medicine graduate from BCU and first to become a general endocrine surgeon. She advocates for improved public health for First Nations communities. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Nadine Caron, General and endocrine surgeon
Nadine Caron is the first Canadian female general endocrine surgeon and graduate of medicine from British Columbia University who is of First Nations descent (Ojibway).
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December 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Nadine Caron is the first Canadian/First Nations (Ojibway) female medicine graduate from BCU and first to become a general endocrine surgeon. She advocates for improved public health for First Nations communities. adalovelaceday.subst...
Jewel Plummer Cobb discovered how skin cells produce melanin and how they become cancerous. She also discovered that methotrexate was an effective treatment for some skin and lung cancers and childhood leukaemia. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Jewel Plummer Cobb, Cell biologist and cancer researcher
Jewel Plummer Cobb discovered how skin cells produce melanin and how they become cancerous.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Jewel Plummer Cobb discovered how skin cells produce melanin and how they become cancerous. She also discovered that methotrexate was an effective treatment for some skin and lung cancers and childhood leukaemia. adalovelaceday.subst...
Marie Maynard Daly co-discovered the link between high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and the clogged arteries that can cause heart disease and strokes. She also studied the damage that cigarettes have on the heart & lungs. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Marie Maynard Daly, Biochemist
Marie Maynard Daly was a biochemist who co-discovered the link between high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and the clogged arteries that can cause heart disease and strokes.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Marie Maynard Daly co-discovered the link between high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and the clogged arteries that can cause heart disease and strokes. She also studied the damage that cigarettes have on the heart & lungs. adalovelaceday.subst...
V Narry Kim is a biochemist and microbiologist who has developed new technology to reduce cancer cell proliferation by eliminating specific microRNAs. Her work may lead to new gene therapies. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof V Narry Kim, Biochemist and microbiologist
V Narry Kim developed new technology to eliminate specific microRNAs which reduce cancer cell proliferation.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
V Narry Kim is a biochemist and microbiologist who has developed new technology to reduce cancer cell proliferation by eliminating specific microRNAs. Her work may lead to new gene therapies. adalovelaceday.subst...
Fumiko Yonezawa was a theoretical physicist who studied amorphous materials, semiconductors and liquid metals. She used computational models to show how, at an atomic level, liquids become crystals or amorphous solids. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Fumiko Yonezawa, Theoretical physicist
Fumiko Yonezawa was a theoretical physicist who studied amorphous materials, semiconductors and liquid metals.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Fumiko Yonezawa was a theoretical physicist who studied amorphous materials, semiconductors and liquid metals. She used computational models to show how, at an atomic level, liquids become crystals or amorphous solids. adalovelaceday.subst...
Janaki Ammal crossbred sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield that could flourish in India's tropical climate. She was instrumental in saving the botanically diverse Silent Valley in India. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Janaki Ammal, Botanist and cytologist
Janaki Ammal crossbred Indian sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Janaki Ammal crossbred sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield that could flourish in India's tropical climate. She was instrumental in saving the botanically diverse Silent Valley in India. adalovelaceday.subst...
Firdausi Qadri is a Bangladeshi immunologist and infectious disease researcher. She developed an affordable oral cholera vaccine and the typhoid conjugate vaccine, and led mass vaccinations to prevent cholera outbreaks. adalovelaceday.subst...
Dr Firdausi Qadri, Immunologist
Firdausi Qadri developed an affordable oral cholera vaccine and the typhoid conjugate vaccine.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Firdausi Qadri is a Bangladeshi immunologist and infectious disease researcher. She developed an affordable oral cholera vaccine and the typhoid conjugate vaccine, and led mass vaccinations to prevent cholera outbreaks. adalovelaceday.subst...
Hailan Hu studies the neurological mechanisms behind emotional & social experiences. She discovered how ketamine acts to reduce depression in rats, paving the way for new approaches to treating mental illness. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Hailan Hu, Neuroscientist
Hailan Hu studies the neurological mechanisms behind emotional and social experiences and how they change the brain’s neural circuitry.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Hailan Hu studies the neurological mechanisms behind emotional & social experiences. She discovered how ketamine acts to reduce depression in rats, paving the way for new approaches to treating mental illness. adalovelaceday.subst...
Rukhmabai Raut was the second woman to become a practising physician in India. She studied at the Royal Free Hospital & London School of Medicine for Women, then became the Chief Medical Officer at the Women's Hospital in Surat.
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Dr Rukhmabai Raut, Physician
Rukhmabai Raut was the second woman to become a practising physician in India.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Rukhmabai Raut was the second woman to become a practising physician in India. She studied at the Royal Free Hospital & London School of Medicine for Women, then became the Chief Medical Officer at the Women's Hospital in Surat.
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Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American woman to become a licensed nurse and to work professionally as a nurse in the USA. She was one of only three to successfully graduate from her class of 42 women. adalovelaceday.subst...
Mary Eliza Mahoney, Licensed nurse
Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American woman to become a licensed nurse and to work professionally as a nurse in the USA.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American woman to become a licensed nurse and to work professionally as a nurse in the USA. She was one of only three to successfully graduate from her class of 42 women. adalovelaceday.subst...
Maryna Viazovska, Марина Вязовська, is a mathematician known for her work on sphere packing in various dimensions. In 2022, she became only the second woman to win the Fields Medal. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Maryna Viazovska, Mathematician
Maryna Viazovska is a mathematician known for her work in sphere packing and only the second woman to win the Fields Medal.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Maryna Viazovska, Марина Вязовська, is a mathematician known for her work on sphere packing in various dimensions. In 2022, she became only the second woman to win the Fields Medal. adalovelaceday.subst...
Katalin Karikó co-discovered that modifications to mRNA could prevent an immune reaction, allowing it to be used to order cells to make any protein. Her work laid the foundations for the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. adalovelaceday.subst...
Dr Katalin Karikó, Biochemist
Katalin Karikó is a biochemist whose work on RNA-mediated immune activation was essential for the development of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Katalin Karikó co-discovered that modifications to mRNA could prevent an immune reaction, allowing it to be used to order cells to make any protein. Her work laid the foundations for the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. adalovelaceday.subst...
Claudia J Alexander was a geophysicist and planetary scientist who worked for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she oversaw Galileo's plunge into Jupiter. Read & subscribe: adalovelaceday.subst...
Dr Claudia J Alexander, Geophysicist and planetary scientist
Dr Claudia J Alexander was a Canadian-American geophysicist and planetary scientist who worked for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Claudia J Alexander was a geophysicist and planetary scientist who worked for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she oversaw Galileo's plunge into Jupiter. Read & subscribe: adalovelaceday.subst...
Bertha Yeawas “Birdie” Parker Pallan was the first female Native American archaeologist. She discovered, excavated & documented the pueblo site of Scorpion Hill, and found evidence of early human habitation at Gypsum Cave. adalovelaceday.subst...
Bertha Parker Pallan, Archaeologist
Bertha Parker Pallan was the first female Native American archaeologist. In 1930, she discovered the earliest evidence of human habitation in North America at the Gypsum Cave dig.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Bertha Yeawas “Birdie” Parker Pallan was the first female Native American archaeologist. She discovered, excavated & documented the pueblo site of Scorpion Hill, and found evidence of early human habitation at Gypsum Cave. adalovelaceday.subst...
Flossie Wong-Staal, 黄以静, was a virologist and molecular biologist who was the first to molecularly clone HIV. She also created a map of its genes, which was crucial to proving that HIV causes AIDS. Read more and subscribe: adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Flossie Wong-Staal, Virologist and molecular biologist
Prof Flossie Wong-Staal was a virologist and molecular biologist who was the first to molecularly clone Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
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November 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Flossie Wong-Staal, 黄以静, was a virologist and molecular biologist who was the first to molecularly clone HIV. She also created a map of its genes, which was crucial to proving that HIV causes AIDS. Read more and subscribe: adalovelaceday.subst...
Edith Clarke was the first female professor of electrical engineering in the USA. She developed a method to calculate the maximum power that a power transmission line could carry and remain stable. Read more & subscribe: adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Edith Clarke, Electrical engineer
Edith Clarke was an electrical engineer who was the first woman to become a professor of electrical engineering in the USA.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Edith Clarke was the first female professor of electrical engineering in the USA. She developed a method to calculate the maximum power that a power transmission line could carry and remain stable. Read more & subscribe: adalovelaceday.subst...
Inge Lehmann discovered evidence of the Earth's solid inner core & molten outer core. Her work was confirmed by computer models decades later, but she did all her data collection & calculations by hand. More: adalovelaceday.subst...
Inge Lehmann, Seismologist and geophysicist
Inge Lehmann was a seismologist and geophysicist who discovered that the Earth has a solid inner core and a molten outer core.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Inge Lehmann discovered evidence of the Earth's solid inner core & molten outer core. Her work was confirmed by computer models decades later, but she did all her data collection & calculations by hand. More: adalovelaceday.subst...
Dr Elizabeth Rona was a nuclear chemist and expert on isotope separation & polonium preparation. She proved the existence of thorium 231, paving the way for mass spectrography, and co-developed the use of radioactive tracers. adalovelaceday.subst...
Dr Elizabeth Rona, Nuclear chemist
Dr Elizabeth Rona was a nuclear chemist who became an internationally renowned expert on isotope separation and polonium preparation.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Dr Elizabeth Rona was a nuclear chemist and expert on isotope separation & polonium preparation. She proved the existence of thorium 231, paving the way for mass spectrography, and co-developed the use of radioactive tracers. adalovelaceday.subst...
Maria Vasilievna Pavlova, Мария Павлова, was a palaeontologist who discovered several hoofed mammals & proved Hipparion was not the direct ancestor of modern horses, changing our understanding Eurasian horse ancestry. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Maria Pavlova, Palaeontologist
Maria Vasilievna Pavlova discovered several hoofed mammals from the Tertiary period and changed our understanding of the ancestry of horses in Eurasia.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Maria Vasilievna Pavlova, Мария Павлова, was a palaeontologist who discovered several hoofed mammals & proved Hipparion was not the direct ancestor of modern horses, changing our understanding Eurasian horse ancestry. adalovelaceday.subst...
Rita Levi-Montalcini was a neurobiologist who co-discovered nerve growth factor with Stanley Cohen. They both won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986. She was only the 4th woman to receive it. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Rita Levi Montalcini, Neurobiologist
Rita Levi-Montalcini was a neurobiologist who discovered nerve growth factor in collaboration with her colleague, Stanley Cohen.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Rita Levi-Montalcini was a neurobiologist who co-discovered nerve growth factor with Stanley Cohen. They both won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986. She was only the 4th woman to receive it. adalovelaceday.subst...
Biologist Danielle N Lee studies the connections between ecology, evolution and animal behaviour. She studies the African giant pouched rat's behavioural syndromes and the potential role of genetics in these behaviours. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Danielle N Lee, Behavioural Ecologist
Danielle N Lee is a biologist whose research focuses on the connections between ecology, evolution and animal behaviour.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Biologist Danielle N Lee studies the connections between ecology, evolution and animal behaviour. She studies the African giant pouched rat's behavioural syndromes and the potential role of genetics in these behaviours. adalovelaceday.subst...