Lexin Chen
Recent Posts
Florence Nightingale: founder of modern nursing.
Her lifelong service to patients and reforms in healthcare and sanitation upheaved the reputation of the nursing profession...
Dr. Gladys West: Inventor of GPS
Dr. Gladys West played a pivotal role in the development of GPS: satellite positioning and satellite geodesy...
HeLa: Mother of Modern Medicine
HeLa is the immortal human cancer cell line used in scientific research. HeLa cells belong to Henrietta Lacks...
Challenges of female doctoral students in STEM
Although women receive about 53% of all doctorates in the United States, they are often underrepresented in STEM...
Black Women in STEM: Alice Ball
"Contribution of minorities are often overlooked and forgotten in history, but their presence gives a lot of inspiration to future generations."
Rosalind Franklin: Darkhorse in the discovery of the double helix
Miss Franklin said "No, we all stand on each other’s shoulder"