Dr. Turner published on many different insect behaviours (in #bees, #cockroaches, #moths, #ants & more) but also studied vertebrates (such as his work on #bird & #lizard brains), all while teaching High School full time.
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Dr. Charles Henry Turner was from Ohio; he earned a BSc and MSc from the University of Cincinnati. He was the first African American to earn a PhD in #entomology, which was at the University of Chicago in 1907.
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Dr. Harris served in one of the first Black Marine Corps, the #Montfort Point Marines. His work on #Medfly used biological control & sterile males; Dr Harris developed an effective management system.
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Dr. Ernest Harris earned his PhD in #entomology after already having a vibrant in a career researching the impact of Mediterranean #fruit #fly on crops.
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Dr. Harris’s TATB spot test allows for fast detection of 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene! #chemistry
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Dr. Samuel Milton Nabrit earned a BSc from Morehouse College and a PhD from Brown Universiry studying #marine #biology! His thesis work focused on fins and regeneration in #fish.
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Dr. Willie Hobbs Moore was born in Atlantic City NJ, and went on to study protein spectroscopy and work on polymers. She was the African American woman to earn a PhD in physics!
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Dr. Brady wrote a series of pamphlets about #chemistry for #womeninSTEM, and taught/researched at Tuskegee University.
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Dr. St. Elmo Brady earned an MSc and PhD in #chemistry from the University of Illinois. He studied divalent oxygen atoms, and later went on to research #infrared #spectroscopy and organic acids.
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Dr. Edward Bouchet was from Connecticut, the first African American to earn a PhD in #Physics (in 1876!). His thesis focused on refraction (“On Measuring #Refractive Indices”).
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During WWII, Dr. Drew’s work on proper storage of blood led to development of a national blood bank in US (initially African Americans couldn’t give blood, then could only give plasma, and only to African American patients).
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Dr. Charles Drew studied transfusions and blood storage, earning an Masters of Surgery and MD from McGill university in Montreal and a PhD from Columbia University .
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Dr. Gipson jr’s research was broad, from NASA images to coal fields to ocean sediments.
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Dr. Mack Gipson Jr studied #geology and #soils.
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Dr. Lonnie N Standifer earned a PhD in #entomology and went on to study #bees, Hymenoptera! In particular, Dr. Standifer advanced our knowledge about chemicals that are toxic to bees, honeybee #toxicology.
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Dr. Chapelle’s test was that if #ATP is present, with #luciferin and #luciferase…..voila! #bioluminescence! His ATP fluorescent assay can detect the presence of life.
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Dr. Emmett Chapelle earned a PhD in #biochemistry. He pioneered the use of #luciferase and #luciferin (which in fireflies leads to flashing light signals) to detect life….
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Dr. Fisher studied the impact of UV on viruses. Dr. Fisher was also being a writer in the Harlem Renaissance, publishing several books and short stories. Fisher also composed music!
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Dr. Rudolf Fisher earned an MSc and then an MD, studying the use of energy like X-rays for medical treatment, #radiology.
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Louis Purnell especially loved working with #Cephalopods and #Nautiloids. He later became the first African American #curator at the National Air and Space Museum
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Louis R. Purnell became well known as a #Tuskegee Airman during WWII, before earning his Bachelors and working at the Smithsonian as a Museum Specialist of #invertebrate #paleontology and #paleobotany #collections.
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Washington Carver developed a #crop rotation method that allowed enrichment of the soil between rounds of cotton planting.
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George Washington Carver earned a PhD after being raised by parents who were enslaved. He studied #botany and best practices for #agriculture.
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Alice Ball turned chaulmoogra oil into its ethyl ester form which made it more easily applied. Her method became known as the Ball method. She died before her method became an injectable treatment for this disease.
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Alice Ball was an African American chemist who earned her MSc in chemistry. She worked on a method to treat leprosy (Hansen’s disease). scientificwomen.net/women/ball-a...
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Dr. Roger Airliner Young earned her PhD in 1940. Dr. Young studied #marine #biology and was the first African American woman to publish on #zoology in Science in 1924!
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Dr. Daly also explored the role of cholesterol in hypertension! Dr. Daly was from Queens NY, and became the first African American woman to earn a PhD in Chemistry, in the United States; she earned her PhD at Columbia in 1947! www.acs.org/education/wh...
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Dr. Marie Maynard Daly’s work in chemistry focused on nucleotide composition, and their relative proportions! Her work also focused on protein synthesis!
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