Dr. Park, dean of the Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, is known for her research on sustainable energy and materials conversion pathways with an emphasis on integrated carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies.
The National Institutes of Health's series of grant cancellations in 2025 disproportionately impacted women scientists compared to their male peers. Although women lost less money overall, they had more active resources unspent at the time of cancellation, leading to a great portion of unrealized scientific output, particularly among women in early-career positions.
Dr. Aiken is the founding director of the the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She has conducted extensive research on nurse's education and work environments, providing the foundation for modern staffing policies around the world.
A longtime professor at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Zoghbi has made extensive contributions to the understanding of the genetic and molecular basis of neurological disease, including autism spectrum disorder. Her outstanding research has earned her the inaugural Nancy Lurie Marks Prize for Autism Research from the Lurie Autism Institute.
Ilaria Canavotto, Yulin Hswen, and Swati Srivastava are three of the five inaugural core faculty members at the University of Maryland's Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland.
A former New York City public school teacher, Dr. Litke has taught mathematics education at the University of Delaware for the past decade. Her research aims to improve learning opportunities for students and make mathematics classrooms more equitable and affirming spaces.
In 2024, 7.9 million women across the EU worked as scientists and engineers, up from 5.2 million women in 2014 and 3.4 million women in 2008. Across all economic activities, women represented 40.5 percent of scientists and engineers in the EU workforce in 2024.
Dr. Chambers is the William L. Giles Distinguished Professor in the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, where she has taught for the past five decades. She was recently honored by the Society for Toxicology for career-long dedication to advancing the field of toxicological science.
“We’re thrilled to be working with the highly skilled providers at Axia Women’s Health to ensure our students graduate with the relevant skills needed to deliver exceptional patient care with confidence and compassion,” said Julie Blumenfield, clinical associate professor and nurse-midwifery program at Rutgers School of Nursing.
Dr. Murphy shares the award with three other scientists for their combined work in "reconstructing and interpreting connectomes, the anatomical wiring diagrams of neurons and synapses that underlie how the brain processes information and controls actions."
The award recognizes exceptional early- to mid-career women researchers in technology (including science, engineering and mathematics), who through their research are driving a positive impact on society and the planet. The winners are Xiwen Gong and Zhen Xu of the University of Michigan and Ellen Roche of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
