Tahani Amer
Tahani Amer is an American Muslim that works at NASA and grew up in a suburb of Cairo, Egypt. In 2001, Dr. Amer patented an invention that measures an object's ability to conduct heat through a thin material coating. Her invention can be used for testing how objects move through the air, for example, a car driving on the road or an airplane flying through the sky.
Abu al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi
Al-Zahrawi was a 10th-century Arab physician considered the best surgeon of his time and the author of Al-Tasrif, an illustrated encyclopedia of medicine and surgery. It was the first book of its size devoted solely to surgery, having had tremendous influence in the Islamic World and Christian Europe. After translation, it was the leading surgery textbook in Europe for nearly five hundred years.
Iqbal K. Ahmed
Dr. Iqbal K. Ahmed is a fellowship-trained glaucoma, cataract, and anterior segment surgeon recognized as a master eye surgeon.
Nergis Mavalvala
Nergis Mavalavala is a Pakistani-American quantum astrophysicist best known for her role in the first observation of gravitational waves. She describes herself as an "out, queer person of colour" and currently serves as the first female dean of the School of Science at MIT.