Dr. Lydia Jennings' 50 Inspirational Indigenous Scientists

AISES thanks Dr. Jennings not only for her support for struggling students but also for her success in highlighting the talents of Indigenous scientists. Stay tuned as AISES shares more exciting news about Dr. Jennings in summer 2021.

Dr. Lydia Jennings’ 50 Inspirational Indigenous Scientists

  Mile 1. Dr. Karletta Chief, Diné, Hydrologist

  Mile 2. Dr. Selso Villegas, Tohono O’odham Nation, Toxicologist

 Mile 3. Dr. Marisa Elena Duarte, Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Information Sciences and Research  

  Mile 4. Dr. Naomi Lee, Diné, Biochemist

   Mile 5. Dr. Gregory Cajete, Tewa, Ethnobotanist 

  Mile 6. Dr. Ofelia Zepeda, Tohono O’odham Nation, Linguist

  Mile 7. Dr. Jani Ingram, Diné, Chemist

  Mile 8. Dr. Stephanie Russo Carroll, Ahtna, Public Health Policy and Indigenous Data Sovereignty

  Mile 9. Dr. Octaviana Valenzuela Trujillo, Yaqui, Ethnobotanist

  Mile 10 Dr. Rosalyn LaPier, Blackfeet Tribe, Ethnobotanist and Environmental Historian

  Mile 11. Dr. Timberly Roane, Lumbee Nation, Microbial Ecologist

  Mile 12. Dr. Suzanne Singer, Diné, Mechanical Engineer

  Mile 13. Dr. Max Liboiron, Métis/Michif, Geographer

  Mile 14. Aaron Yazzie, Diné, Mechanical Engineer

  Mile 15. Dr. Grace Bulltail, Crow Tribe, Civil and Environmental Engineer

  Mile 16. Dr. Carrie Nuva Joseph, Hopi Tribe, Environmental Scientist

  Mile 17. Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk Milligan-Myhre, Inupiaq, Microbiologist

  Mile 18. Dr. Melissa Nelson, Anishinaabe, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Métis, and Norwegian, Ecologist

  Mile 19. Dr. Twyla Baker, Three Affiliated Tribes, Geoscientist

  Mile 20. Dr. John Herrington, Chickasaw Nation, Retired NASA astronaut

  Mile 21. Dr. Otakuye Conroy-Ben, Oglala Lakota, Biochemist and Engineer

  Mile 22. Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Nation, Aerospace Engineer and Mathematician

  Mile 23. Dr. Margaret Hiza Redsteer, Diné, Geochemist and Hydrogeologist

  Mile 24. Dr. Serra Hoagland, Laguna Pueblo, Wildlife Biologist

  Mile 25. Dr. Kelsey Leonard, Shinnecock Nation, Hydro Scientist and Legal Scholar

  Mile 26. Dr. Ryan Emmanuel. Lumbee Nation, Ecohydrology and Water Governance

  Mile 27. Dr. Kathleen Johnson, Anishinaabe, Paleoclimatology and Geochemistry

  Mile 28. Dr. Daniel Wildcat, Muscogee Nation, Climate Impact

  Mile 29. Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, Potawatomi, Ethnobotanist

  Mile 30. Dr. Marco Hatch, Samish Indian Nation, Ecologist

  Mile 31. Dr. Crystal Tulley Cordova, Diné, Hydrologist

  Mile 32. Dr. Keolu Fox, Native Hawaiian, Indigenizing Biomedical Research

  Mile 33. Ciarra Green, Nez Perce Tribe, Science Educator and Environmental Steward

  Mile 34. Dr. Corey Welch, Northern Cheyenne, Ecologist

  Mile 35. Dr. Deborah McGregor, Anishinaabe, Indigenous Environmental Justice

  Mile 36. Althea Walker-Ortiz, Gila River Indian Community, Environmental Technology Management

  Mile 37. Dr. Nánibaa’ Garrison, Diné, Geneticist and Bioethicist

  Mile 38. Dr. Mary Jo Ondrechen, Mohawk Nation, Chemist and Computational Biology

  Mile 39. Dr. Samantha Chisholm Hatfield, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Environmental Sciences

  Mile 40. Dr. Kyle Powys White, Potawatomi, Environmental Justice

  Mile 41. Dr. Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear, Northern Cheyenne and Chicana, Sociologist

  Mile 42. Robbie Hood, Cherokee Nation, Atmospheric Scientist

  Mile 43. Dr. Ruth Hall, Three Affiliated Tribes, Ecologist

  Mile 44. Darryl Reano, Acoma Pueblo, Geoscientist

  Mile 45. Dr. Katrina Claw, Diné, Geneticist

  Mile 46. Dr. Belin Tsinnajinnie, Diné, Mathematician

  Mile 47. Dr. Dominique M. David-Chávez, Arawak Taíno, Indigenous Data, Ethics, and Research

  Mile 48. Dr. Clint Carroll, Cherokee Nation, Ethnobotanist

  Mile 49. Dr. Tommy Rock, Diné, Environmental Science and Toxicologist

Mile 50. Dedicated to Indigenous scholars of the future