Norah Jones
Norah Jones is a singer, songwriter, and pianist whose distinctive blend of jazz, folk, country, and pop made her one of the most successful recording artists of the twenty-first century. The daughter of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar and American concert producer Sue Jones, she achieved a historic breakthrough with her debut album, Come Away With […]
Vidya Dehejia
Vidya Dehejia is a preeminent scholar of Indian and South Asian art history, formerly the Barbara Stoler Miller Professor Emerita at Columbia University. Her career of over 60 years has profoundly shaped the field through groundbreaking research and acclaimed exhibitions, including her highly celebrated showcases of Chola Dynasty bronzes. An expert in ancient Buddhist architecture […]
Sumita Mitra
Sumita Mitra is a chemist and inventor whose work transformed restorative dentistry through the application of nanotechnology. While working at 3M, she pioneered the use of nanoscale materials in dental composites, producing fillings and restorative products that outperformed previous materials in strength, longevity, and aesthetic quality. Her innovations were adopted worldwide and significantly improved dental […]
Gitanjali Rao
Gitanjali Rao is an inventor, scientist, and STEM advocate who gained international recognition for developing technologies to address real-world problems. As a teenager, she created a carbon nanotube-based device designed to detect lead contamination in water and later developed an AI-based application aimed at identifying and reducing cyberbullying. Her innovations highlighted the potential of young […]
Anima Anandkumar
Anima Anandkumar is a computer scientist and professor whose research has advanced machine learning, artificial intelligence, and scientific computing. At California Institute of Technology, she developed influential tensor-based algorithms that improved the efficiency and scalability of AI training. Her work has helped bridge theoretical advances and practical applications in deep learning, while also contributing to […]
Niki Parmar
Niki Parmar is a computer scientist and AI researcher who co-authored the Transformer architecture, one of the most influential breakthroughs in modern artificial intelligence. As a member of the team behind “Attention Is All You Need,” she helped develop a new neural network design that dramatically improved machine learning performance on language and sequence-processing tasks. […]
Swati Mohan
Swati Mohan is an aerospace engineer who played a key role in NASA’s Mars exploration program. As a guidance, navigation, and controls specialist on the Perseverance rover mission, she helped lead the systems responsible for the spacecraft’s journey and landing on Mars. Mohan became widely recognized as the voice guiding the public through Perseverance’s successful […]
Priya Natarajan
Priya Natarajan is an astrophysicist whose research has advanced understanding of dark matter, dark energy, and the formation of supermassive black holes. As a professor at Yale University, she has developed influential theoretical models that connect cosmological theories with observational data, enabling scientists to test how the universe evolves over time. Her work has helped […]
Dr. Nita Patel
Dr. Nita Patel is a vaccinologist and biotechnology leader best known for leading development of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. At Novavax, she directed a predominantly female research team that developed a protein-based vaccine platform, providing an alternative to mRNA vaccines during the global pandemic. Over a career spanning decades, Patel has contributed to the development […]
Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia
Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia is a biomedical engineer and physician-scientist whose work has helped bridge laboratory research and clinical medicine. At MIT, she pioneered microfabrication techniques that created more realistic models of human organ function, enabling scientists to study disease and test drugs with greater accuracy. Her innovations advanced pharmaceutical development and regenerative medicine, and she […]