I have to do a biography on an african american scientist..?

Question

I need to do a biography for school on an african american scientist. But they have to still be alive or have died no more than 10 years ago. Any ideas?

Answer 1

I like the preceding answerers,but how about not forgetting the one the only "Peanut Man"? do a search on that name..you will find it interesting......others know him as George Washington Carver

oops..my bad..im still waking up!!! I guess i didnt read the whole Question...Sorry!!

Answer 2

James West, acoustician

Lisa Stevens, zoo curator

Aprille Ericsson, aerospace engineer

Warren Washington, atmospheric scientist

Maydianne Andrade, evolutionary biologist

William M. Jackson, chemist

Bruce Ovbiagele, neurologist

Agnes Day, microbiologist

Estella Atekwana, geophysicist

Shaundra B. Daily, engineer and computer scientist

April Savoy, human-computer interaction researcher

Stephon Alexander, cosmologist

Answer 3

The internet is a wonderful tool for your project. For example, I googled "living African American scientists" and got this:

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=1&DocID=340

On the first page of that website, there is a link to this page with many links to living African American scientists:

https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html

Once you've picked your scientist and gotten all the information you can from these websites, do your own internet search to obtain many more details about your subject.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Theres 1000's I were given in a short internet search for. some are: Herman Branson George Washington Carver Emmett W. Chappelle Marie M. Daly Lloyd hall Ernest E. basically Samuel Lee Kountz, Jr. James Sumner Lee Dorothy McClendon Ruth Ella Moore Kenneth Olden Ida Owens Maurice Rabb Hyman Yates Chase Jewel Plummer Cobb Alfred O. Coffin Dale Emeagwali Mary kinds Harris Jehu Callis Hunter Ernest Everett basically James Sumner Lee Roger Arliner Kenneth Olden Thomas Nelson St. Elmo Brady E. Luther Brookes Edward M.A. Chandler John R. Cooper Lloyd hall James Harris Henry Aaron Hill John Edward Hodge John McNeile Hunter Elmer Samuel Imes Lovell A. Jones Percy Lavon Julian Ernest basically James Lu Valle Samuel Proctor Henry Cecil Edwin R. Russell Moddie Daniel Taylor Charles Turner Isiah M. Warner E. Oscar Woolfolk Edward Bouchet Robert Henry Bragg Herman R. Branson George R. Carruthers Ernest Coleman John William Coleman Stanley Peter Davis Meredith C. Gourdine John McNeile Hunter Elmer Samuel Imes Shirley Ann Jackson Katherine G. Johnson Roscoe L. Koontz Walter Eugene Massey Louis W. Roberts Lynn Ernest Roberts Earl Shaw John B. Slaughter Lawnie Taylor Herman Thomas J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr.

Answer 5

My boss. He is very humble. I've known him 25 years. His name is Dr. William C. Davis. He invented instant mashed potatoes, but since he was a researcher, at the time, he didn't get any credit. He discovered "Ribogalactan," it gives the creamieness to soft serve ice cream and yogurt. He also found "Stractan," a wood glue which has many uses. He did the research on different types of water, the most notable one being used in the making of "Dasani" water. He works at St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas as the Chair of Natural Sciences.

Answer 6

How about:

Aprille Ericsson-Jackson, First (African American) female to receive a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Howard University and First African American female to receive a Ph.D. in Engineering at NASA GSFC

or

Mae Jemison, First African-American woman to fly in Space

Answer 7

Dr. Warren Washington at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

Answer 8

Albert Einstein

He's the most famous African American scientist I can think of.

And yes he is an African American. First of all he became an American citizen. Secondly, all human life came from africa...that's where we all evoled from.