SOCIETY UPDATE

CELEBRATING

WOMEN IN

STEM

MARY JEANNE KREEK

Pioneering neurobiologist

and physician whose research

fundamentally shifted society’s

understanding of opioid

addiction and treatment.

Kreek competed in the 1954

STS and 1952–1953 ISEF.

MONIKA SCHLEIER-SMITH

MacArthur Fellow and professor

of physics at Stanford University

conducting groundbreaking

research on many-particle quan-

tum systems. Schleier-Smith

competed in the 2001 STS.

SUSAN SOLOMON

Leading atmospheric chemist

whose research helped identify

the causes of the Antarctic

ozone "hole." Solomon

competed in the 1972 ISEF.

LISA SU

First female CEO of Advanced

Micro Devices who also drove

AMD’s microchip technology,

making the company an

industry leader. Su competed

in the 1986 STS.

March is Women’s History Month, a time that not only celebrates

landmark contributions made by women but also encourages

the potential of bright young women to significantly impact

our future.

The Society for Science, publisher of Science News, is incredibly

proud of the vital and lasting scientific achievements the alumnae

of our student research competitions have made over the Society's

100-year history.

Join us in celebrating these extraordinary leaders and learn more about all of the notable

alumni who competed in the Science Talent Search (STS) and International Science and

Engineering Fair (ISEF) at http://www.societyforscience.org/alumni/notable.

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