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 and a few related fields.

Corrections? Additions? Please contact Jami at jhu dot edu

Last Updated March 4, 2008

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

Marty Baylor

Optical Physics

2007

UC Boulder

Carlton College

4

Valerie Bennett

CM Materials Microstructures

1999

Ga Tech

Morehouse College

5

Pamela Blakeslee

Condensed Matter

1997

MIT

Washington State University

6

Beth Brown

Astro

1998

Univ of Michigan

NASA Goddard /NSSDC

7

Denise Brown Anderson

Optical Materials

Univ of Alabama Birm.

Center for Naval Analysis

8

Sandra Brown

Condensed Matter

2000

MIT

Jones Day (Patent Law)

9

Hattie Carwell

Nuclear/Health Physics

Bennett (hon)

LBNL

10

Sonya Summerour Clemmons

Bio-Engineering

1999

UCSD

SSC Enterprises and MediVas, LLC

11

Anna J Coble

Biophysics, physics education

1973

Illinois

Howard University

12

Trina Coleman

2001

Hampton

Howard University

13

Chantale Damas

Space and Plasma Physics

1993

UCSD

Medgar Evers College

14

Theda Daniels-Race

Elect. Eng. (Electro Physics)

1990

Cornell

Louisiana State Univ

15

Marta Dark McNeese

Laser Biophysics

1999

MIT

Spelman

16

Tabbetha Dobbins

Materials Science and Nanoscience

2002

Pennsylvania State University

Lousiana Tech/Grambling State

17

Aprille Ericsson-Jackson

Aerospace (Mech) Eng

1995

Howard University

NASA Goddard

18

Aisha Fields

Optics

2004

Alabama A&M University

West African Development Project

19

Njema J. Frazier

Nuclear Physics

1997

Michigan State University

DOE National Nuclear Security Administration

20

Zelda Gills

Optics

1995

Georgia Tech

Avionics Engineering

21

Willetta Green-Johnson

Physics

1988

University of Chicago

Loyola University Chicago

22

Evelyn Hammonds

Hist of Sci

1993

Harvard

Harvard

23

Windy Hinton

Nuclear Physics

2001

Hampton

Norfolk State

24

Apriel Hodari

Optical Storage

2000

Hampton

Center for Naval Analysis

25

Jarita Holbrook

Astronomy & Astrophysics

1997

UCSC

University of Arizona

26

Nola Hylton

Applied Physics (MR imaging)

1985

Stanford

University of San Fransisco

27

Deborah Jackson

Quantum Computing

1980

Stanford

NSF

28

Kamili  Jackson

Mechanical Engineering

2004

Johns Hopkins Univ.

NASA

29

Shirley Ann Jackson

Particle Theory

1973

MIT

Rensselaer

30

Katherine G. Johnson

Math & Space Physics

b1918

West Virginia State

Retired

31

Elaine Lalanne

Nonlinear Optics

2003

NJIT/Rutgers-Newark

UMBC

32

Kim Lewis

Applied Physics

2004

Univ. of Michigan

RPI

33

Arlene P Maclin

Electrical Engineering

1974

Howard University

Norfolk State

34

Helen Major

Optics / Plasma Physics

2000

Howard University

Lincoln University (PA)

35

Fay Marks

Physics

Stanford

Retired from General Electric

36

Nadya Mason

Experimental Condensed Matter

2004

Stanford

UIUC

37

Sigrid McAfee

Condensed Matter Physics

1976

Polytechnic University of New York

Rutgers

38

Cynthia R. McIntyre

Condensed Matter Theory

MIT

Rensselaer

39

Willie Hobbs Moore

Physics (CM Theory)

1972

Univ of Michigan

deceased

40

Dara Norman

Astro

1999

Univ of Washington

Cerro Tololo Observatory

41

Gillian Reynolds

Condensed Matter Physics

1996

MIT

Dupont

42

Mercedes Richards

Astro

1986

Univ of Toronto

Penn State

43

Muchere C. Russ

Physical Chemistry

1975

Univ of Pittsburgh

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

Sophia Suarez

Physics

2004

CUNY

Howard University

48

Kandace Tanner

Biomedical Optics

2006

UIUC

PostDoc UC Irvine

49

Erica Thompson

Optical Physics

2001

Hampton Univ

Postdoc CalTech

50

Alicia Uzzle

Nuclear and Applied Physics

2002

Hampton

Apprentice School (Newport news VA)

51

Jami M. Valentine

Condensed Matter Physics

2007

Johns Hopkins University

US Patent and Trademark Office

52

Donna Washington Stokes

Physics (Magnetism)

1998

University of Houston

University of Houston

53

Shannon Watson

Experimental Condensed Matter

2005

William and Mary

NIST

54

Barbara A. Williams

Radio Astronomy

1981

Univ of Maryland

University of Delaware

55

Elvira Williams

Condensed Matter - Diffusion

1977

Howard University

Shaw University

56

Reva Williams

Astrophysics

1991

Indiana Univ

Bennett & U of Florida

57

Francine Wright Bellson

Physics

MS 1974

MIT