| Black Women in Physics | |||||
| This list is a compilation of all of the African American women who have earned a Ph.D. in Physics, Astronomy or related fields. Corrections? Additions? Please contact Jami at jhu dot edu | |||||
| Last Updated March 3, 2007 | |||||
| Name | Research Field | Year | Graduate Institution | Present Job | |
| 1 | Claudia Alexander | Space Physics | 1993 | Univ of Michigan | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| 2 | Aziza Baccouche | Nuclear Physics | 2002 | Univ of Maryland | AZIZA Productions, Inc |
| 3 | Valerie Bennett | CM Materials Microstructures | 1999 | Ga Tech | Morehouse College |
| 4 | Pamela Blakeslee | Condensed Matter | 1997 | MIT | Washington State University |
| 5 | Beth Brown | Astro | 1998 | Univ of Michigan | NASA Goddard /NSSDC |
| 6 | Denise Brown Anderson | Optical Materials | Univ of Alabama Birm. | Center for Naval Analysis | |
| 7 | Sandra Brown | Condensed Matter | 2000 | MIT | Jones Day (Patent Law) |
| 8 | Hattie Carwell | Nuclear/Health Physics | Bennett (hon) | LBNL | |
| 9 | Sonya Summerour Clemmons | BioEngineering | 1999 | UCSD | SSC Enterprises and MediVas, LLC |
| 10 | Anna J Coble | Biophysics, physics education | 1973 | Illinois | Howard University |
| 11 | Trina Coleman | 2001 | Hampton | Howard University | |
| 12 | Chantale Damas | Space and Plasma Physics | 1993 | UCSD | Medgar Evers College |
| 13 | Theda Daniels-Race | Elect. Eng. (Electro Physics) | 1990 | Cornell | Louisiana State Univ |
| 14 | Marta Dark McNeese | Laser Biophysics | 1999 | MIT | Spelman |
| 15 | Gelonia Dent | Applied Mathematics | 2002 | Brown | IBM |
| 16 | Aprille Ericsson-Jackson | Aerospace (Mech) Eng | 1995 | Howard University | NASA Goddard |
| 17 | Aisha Fields | Optics | 2004 | Alabama A&M University | |
| 18 | Njema J. Frazier | Nuclear Physics | 1997 | Michigan State Univ | DOE National Nuclear Security Administration |
| 19 | Zelda Gills | Optics | 1995 | Ga Tech | Avionics Engineering |
| 20 | Willetta Green-Johnson | Physics | 1988 | University of Chicago | Loyola University Chicago |
| 21 | Evelyn Hammonds | Hist of Sci | 1993 | Harvard | Harvard |
| 22 | Windy Hinton | Nuclear Physics | 2001 | Hampton | Norfolk State |
| 23 | Apriel Hodari | Optical Storage | 2000 | Hampton | Center for Naval Analysis |
| 24 | Jarita Holbrook | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1997 | UCSC | University of Arizona |
| 25 | Nola Hylton | Applied Physics (MR imaging) | 1985 | Stanford | University of San Fransisco |
| 26 | Deborah Jackson | Quantum Computing | 1980 | Stanford | NSF |
| 27 | Kamili Jackson | Mechanical Engineering | 2004 | Johns Hopkins Univ. | NASA |
| 28 | Shirley Ann Jackson | Particle Theory | 1973 | MIT | Rensselaer |
| 29 | Katherine G. Johnson | Math & Space Physics | b1918 | West Virginia State | Retired |
| 30 | Elaine Lalanne | Nonlinear Optics | 2003 | NJIT/Rutgers-Newark | UMBC |
| 31 | Kim Lewis | Applied Physics | 2004 | Univ. of Michigan | RPI |
| 32 | Arlene P Maclin | Electrical Engineering | 1974 | Howard University | Norfolk State |
| 33 | Helen Major | Optics / Plasma Physics | 2000 | Howard University | Lincoln University (PA) |
| 34 | Fay Marks | Physics | Stanford | ||
| 35 | Nadya Mason | Experimental Condensed Matter | 2004 | Stanford | UIUC |
| 36 | Sigrid McAfee | Condensed Matter Physics | 1976 | Polytechnic University of New York | Rutgers |
| 37 | Cynthia R. McIntyre | Condensed Matter Theory | MIT | Rensselaer | |
| 38 | Willie Hobbs Moore | Physics (CM Theory) | 1972 | Univ of Michigan | deceased |
| 39 | Dara Norman | Astro | 1999 | Univ of Washington | Cerro Tololo Observatory |
| 40 | Gillian Reynolds | Condensed Matter Physics | 1996 | MIT | Dupont |
| 41 | Mercedes Richards | Astro | 1986 | Univ of Toronto | Penn State |
| 42 | Teri Robinson | Computational Chemistry | 2007 | Jackson State University | UCSB |
| 43 | Muchere C. Russ | Physical Chemistry | 1975 | Univ of Pittsburg | The CMR Group |
| 44 | Adrienne Stiff-Roberts | Photonics | 2004 | Univ of Michigan | Duke |
| 45 | Anouk Shambrook | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 2001 | UCSC | National Economic Development and Law Center, |
| 46 | Andrea Stith | BioPhysics | 2001 | Univ of Virginia | FASEB |
| 47 | Kandace Tanner | Biomedical Optics | 2006 | UIUC | PostDoc UC Irvine |
| 48 | Erica Thompson | Optical Physics | 2001 | Hampton Univ | Postdoc CalTech |
| 49 | Alicia Uzzle | Nuclear and Applied Physics | 2002 | Hampton | Apprentice School (Newport news VA) |
| 50 | Jami M Valentine | Condensed Matter Physics | 2007 | Johns Hopkins University | US Patent and Trademark Office |
| 51 | Donna Washington Stokes | Physics (Magnetism) | 1998 | University of Houston | University of Houston |
| 52 | Shannon Watson | Experimental Condensed Matter | 2005 | William and Mary | NIST |
| 53 | Barbara A. Williams | Radio Astronomy | 1981 | Univ of Maryland | University of Delaware |
| 54 | Elvira Williams | Condensed Matter - Diffusion | 1977 | Howard University | Shaw University |
| 55 | Reva Williams | Astrophysics | 1991 | Indiana Univ | Bennett & U of Florida |
| 56 | Francine Wright | ||||