DHH Diverse Leaders and Various Careers: STEM

One of the founders of modern biology.

Director of School of Science, Technology, Accessibility, Mathematics and Public Health (STAMP) at Gallaudet University

Father of Astronautics

He was an American astronomer who made significant contributions to the field of astronomy, particularly in the study of double stars.

Shiran Zhavian is a Chemical Engineer, with experience as a Cell Therapy Processing Tech. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at Gallaudet University, and continued her education to pursue a Master of Science at Manhattan College.

As a fellow in the Rochester Postdoc Partnership program, Geo Kartheiser conducted research in the DeafxLab under the mentorship of Matthew Dye, Ph.D., an associate professor at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Together, they conducted a large-scale research study of neuroplasticity as a result of cochlear implant and sign language in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing college students. True to his background as an Educational

Deaf astronomer who classified 1/3 of a million stars

Professor of Biology at Gallaudet.

Dr. Manning is a deaf internationally recognized environmental scientist who specializes in climate change.

During his time in the RPP, Joshua Butler conducted research under the mentorship of Martin Zand, M.D., Ph.D., in the Rochester Center for Health Informatics at the University of Rochester Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

English astronomer. Made discoveries about the variable star Algol.

Tilly Edinger was one of the founders of paleoneurology, a field that uses fossils to study the evolution of the brain and nervous system.