Science Olympiad Scientists

physician, pioneer of the smallpox vaccine (the world's 1st vaccine), Father of Immunology

chemist, biochemist, author, founder of fields of quantum chemistry and molecular biology

scientist, contributed to electromagnetism and electrochemistry, diamagnetism

chemist, developed several gas-analytical methods, photochemistry, Bunsen Burner

geologist, evolutionary theory, natural selection theory,

system for heating up liquids to kill germs... pasteurization, treated milk for contamination

physicist, "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb", made numerous contributions to nuclear physics

Botanists, physician, zoologist, Father of Modern Taxonomy one of the Fathers of Modern Ecology

ornithologist, studied birds in their natural habitats, identified 25 new bird species

chemist, meteorologist, physicist, leader in development in atomic theory and color blindness

scientist, studied genetics, pea plant experiment, studied heredity, Mendelian Inheritance

developed the 1st successful steamboat, and the 1st practical submarine and torpedoes

uses for peanuts, botanist, inventor, slave, wanted better crops for a better life

philosopher, chemist, physicist, discovered hydrogen or "inflammable air"

marine biologist, conservationist, wrote Silent Spring, advanced global environmental movements

Famous for her work with radioactivity, and she discovered polonium and radium

physician, 1st to describe the circulation of blood and blood properties

Laboratory Burner

Large influence on chemistry and biology. "Father of Modern Chemistry"

aviation pioneer, 1st successful plane flight, invented aircraft controls

improvements to telescope, "Father of modern observational astronomy" astronomer

French physicist, founded classical electromagnetism, electric current unit is named after him

Produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength known as X-Rays or Rontgen Rays

Developed a "dot and dash code" also known as Morse Code

tradesmen, scientist, "Father of Microbiology", improved the microscope,

American Painter, Inventor, single-wire telegraph system, co-developer of the Morse Code

astronomer, laws of planetary motion, provided paved the foundation for Newton's gravity theory

Founding Fathers of America, theories on electricity, lightening rod, bifocals, Franklin stove

astronaut, 1st person to walk on Moon, aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, professor

created and built the world's 1st liquid-fueled rocket, professor, physicist, engineer

Theologian, clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, credited with the discovery of oxygen

inventor, mechanical engineer, improvements to the steam engine

chemist, invented a type of miner's lamp, discovered alkali earth metals, chlorine and iodine.

Chemist, emission spectra of heated elements, discovered caesium and rubidium,

Practical Electric Light bulb, 1st industrial research laboratory,

Andromeda Galaxy, showed recessional velocity of a galaxy increases w distance from earth.

physicist, astronaut, 1st American woman in space, teacher, youngest astronaut in space

physicist, studied optics, developed calculus, and made the Laws of Motion

Founder of Modern bacteria, founder of tuberculosis, cholera, anthrax, and disease study.

medical researcher, virologist, developed polio vaccine,

inventor of the cotton gin,

scientist, inventor, engineer, innovator, invented the 1st practical telephone