November is Native American Heritage Month: Time to recognize and honor the contributions of Native American people to life sciences and science as a whole. Click on individuals to learn more!
![Gregory A. Cajete, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/inclusion/files/2020/11/cajete_greg-280x386.jpg)
Gregory A. Cajete, PhD
A professor of Native American Studies and Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico
![Nancy B. Jackson, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/inclusion/files/2020/11/Nancy_Jackson-280x386.jpg)
Nancy B. Jackson, PhD
A chemist working in the field of energy research on heterogeneous catalysis and the development of alternative fuels
![Jennifer McLoud-Mann, PhD](https://sites.wustl.edu/inclusion/files/2020/11/Mcloud-mann-280x386.jpg)
Jennifer McLoud-Mann, PhD
Known for her 2015 discovery (with Casey Mann and David Von Derau), of the 15th and last class of convex pentagons to tile the plane
![Marcos A. Moreno](https://sites.wustl.edu/inclusion/files/2020/11/2016_MarcosMoreno-280x386.jpg)
Marcos A. Moreno
The first person from the Pascua Yaqui Reservation to graduate from an Ivy League University
![Mary G. Ross](https://sites.wustl.edu/inclusion/files/2020/11/Ross-Mary-280x386.png)
Mary G. Ross
The first female engineer in the history of Lockheed and one of the 40 founding engineers of the renowned and highly secretive Skunk Works project