100 cool female scientists
Fields:
biology
WOXOs:
Famous, Big Sister
First person from Sri Lanka to receive a PhD in marine mammal research. Conducted the first long-term study on blue whales in the northern Indian Ocean, former program manager at the International Union for Conservation of Nature and founder and director of the NGO Oceanswell. More
Fields:
biology
WOXOs:
Famous, Big Sister
Dr. Hayat Sindi is the first woman from the Persian Gulf to receive a PhD in biotechnology, she is co-founder of non-profit Diagnostics for all and the i2 Institute for imagination and ingenuity, a UN Goodwill Ambassador and in 2013 was one of the first 30 women appointed to the Shura Council, which advises the Saudi Arabian King. More