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  1. Senior Scientist, Dr. Denise Breitburg, directs the Marine & Estuarine Ecology Lab at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and has developed novel ways to investigate the impacts of dead zones and acidification on Chesapeake Bay fish and invertebrates. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Denise Breitburg

    • Date: January 28, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Senior Scientist, Denise Breitburg, directs the Marine & Estuarine Ecology Lab at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and has developed novel ways to investigate the impacts of dead zones and acidification on Chesapeake Bay fish and invertebrates. #Groundbreaker

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  3. Senior scientist, Dr. Cynthia Gilmour, is the Director of the Microbial Ecology Lab at the Smithsonians Environmental Research Center where studies microbes that produce methylmercury in order to reduce the risk of mercury pollution. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Cynthia Gilmour

    • Date: February 25, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Senior scientist, Dr. Cynthia Gilmour, is the Director of the Microbial Ecology Lab at the Smithsonian's Environmental Research Center where studies microbes that produce methylmercury in order to reduce the risk of mercury pollution. #Groundbreaker

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  5. Dr. Jennifer Whitten, postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies of the National Air & Space Museum, studies radar data to understand the surface geology of Venus, Mars, and the Moon. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Jennifer Whitten

    • Date: July 8, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Dr. Jennifer Whitten, postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies of the National Air & Space Museum, studies radar data to understand the surface geology of Venus, Mars, and the Moon. #Groundbreaker

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  7. Astrophysicist Dr. Catherine Espaillat, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, performs multi-wavelength analysis of full disks, pre-transitional disks, and transitional disks with the goal of expanding our knowledge of planet-forming disks.

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Catherine Espaillat

    • Date: May 13, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Astrophysicist Dr. Catherine Espaillat, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, performs multi-wavelength analysis of full disks, pre-transitional disks, and transitional disks with the goal of expanding our knowledge of planet-forming disks.

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  9. Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's Research Biologist, Dr. Nucharin Songsasen, leads the Conservation of Rare Canids program to study and conserve wild canids in zoos and in their natural habitats in South America and Southeast Asia. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Nucharin Songsasen

    • Date: April 1, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's Research Biologist, Dr. Nucharin Songsasen, leads the Conservation of Rare Canids program to study and conserve wild canids in zoos and in their natural habitats in South America and Southeast Asia. #Groundbreaker

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  11. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Gina Pragan

    • Date: November 14, 2018
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz

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  13. A woman works on a ceramic bowl at a desk. She is holding a tool that looks like a paint brush.

    Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dorothy Briggs

    • Date: May 6, 2020
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz

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  15. Botanist and suffragette, Mary Agnes Chase, led the Smithsonian's Herbarium, was the eminent expert on grasses, and at the age of 93, published a 3-volume index of U.S. grasses with over 80,000 species. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Mary Agnes Chase

    • Date: August 5, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Botanist and suffragette, Mary Agnes Chase, led the Smithsonian's Herbarium, was the eminent expert on grasses, and at the age of 93, published a 3-volume index of U.S. grasses with over 80,000 species. #Groundbreaker

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  17. The Smithsonian’s first paid female scientist and full-time curator, Mary Jane Rathbun, spent her life’s work on the classification of decapod Crustacea (shrimps, crabs and their near relatives) and wrote a 4-volume series on the crabs of America. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Mary Jane Rathbun

    • Date: September 23, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Smithsonian’s first paid female scientist and full-time curator, Mary Jane Rathbun, spent her life’s work on the classification of decapod Crustacea (shrimps, crabs and their near relatives) and wrote a 4-volume series on the crabs of America. #Groundbreaker

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  19. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Dr. Rachel Page studies predator/prey interactions, the sensory and cognitive ecology of foraging, and the effect of eavesdroppers on the evolution of their sexually advertising prey. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Rachel Page

    • Date: February 11, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Rachel Page studies predator/prey interactions, the sensory and cognitive ecology of foraging, and the effect of eavesdroppers on the evolution of their sexually advertising prey. #Groundbreaker

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  21. Materials scientist Dr. Odile Madden, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, studies the role of polymer-plasticizer interaction in plastic degradation and the characterization and reverse engineering of historic plastic artifacts. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Odile Madden

    • Date: January 27, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Materials scientist Dr. Odile Madden, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, studies the role of polymer-plasticizer interaction in plastic degradation and the characterization and reverse engineering of historic plastic artifacts. #Groundbreaker

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  23. Biologist Dr. Annette Aiello, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, manages the Institute's insect collections and researches the strategies insects use to thrive in tropical environments. #Groundbreaker

    Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Annette Aiello

    • Date: May 27, 2015
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Biologist Dr. Annette Aiello, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, manages the Institute's insect collections and researches the strategies insects use to thrive in tropical environments. #Groundbreaker

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