Celebrate Black heritage during the month of February. Read about famous Black scientists below. Click on individuals to learn more!

Harold Amos, PhD

Harold Amos, PhD

The first African-American department chair of Harvard Medical School

Jasmine Brown

Jasmine Brown

2018 graduate of WashU, majored in Biology: Neuroscience track Earned her  M.Phil. at University of Oxford in History of Science Medicine and Technology

George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver

He was an agricultural scientist and inventor and the most prominent African American scientist of the early 20th century

Jewel Plummer Cobb, PhD

Jewel Plummer Cobb, PhD

A biologist, cancer researcher, professor, dean, and academic administrator

Ernest Everett Just, PhD

Ernest Everett Just, PhD

A pioneering African American biologist, academic and science writer

Nana-Agyeman Kusi

Nana-Agyeman Kusi

Senior at WashU, majoring in Computational Biology and Genomics

Marie Maynard Daly, PhD

Marie Maynard Daly, PhD

A biochemist with important contributions in four areas of research.

Ruth Ella Moore, PhD

Ruth Ella Moore, PhD

In 1933, became the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in the natural sciences

Hildrus Poindexter, PhD

Hildrus Poindexter, PhD

He was a bacteriologist who studied the epidemiology of tropical diseases

Charles Henry Turner, PhD

Charles Henry Turner, PhD

A research biologist, educator, zoologist, and comparative psychologist