List of Iota Sigma Pi members

Iota Sigma Pi is an American honor society for women in the sciences, especially chemistry. It was created by the merger of three chemistry honor societies for women that were established in the early 20th century. Following are some of the society's notable members.

Notable members

NameChapterNotabilityCarolyn Bertozzichemist and winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in ChemistryEmmanuelle Charpentiermicrobiologist, biochemist, and co-winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in ChemistryLillian Coheninorganic chemistZada Mary Cooperpharmacist and professor at the University of IowaHenderson, Metta Lou. “Zada Mary Cooper: Grand and Glorious Lady of Pharmacy.” Pharmacy in History vol. 40, no. 2/3 (1998): 81. Jennifer Doudnachemist and co-winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in ChemistryKathryn Ferguson FinkbiochemistRuby HiroseCincinnatibiochemist and bacteriologistAllene Jeaneschemical researcherJoan Priscilla Kilbournmicrobiologist and educatorNell I. MondyUniversity of Texas at AustinbiochemistJin Kim Montclarebiomolecular engineerAgnes Fay MorganHydrogenchair of the home economics program at the University of CaliforniaNina RoscherPurduechemistGlenola RosechemistDiane Grob SchmidtRadiumchemistDorothy Martin Simonphysical chemistPaola S. TimirasendocrinologistHoylande Youngchemist

Honorary members The highest award from Iota Sigma Pi is the National Honorary Member which is given to female chemists who have made an exceptional and significant achievement in the field.

NameYearNotabilityFrances Arnold2020chemical engineer and winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in ChemistryBridgette Barry1999biophysicist and biochemistRuth R. Benerito1975scientist and inventorJeanette Grasselli Brown1987chemistEmma P. Carr1945chair of the chemistry department at Mount Holyoke CollegeMildred Cohn1988biochemistGerty Cori1949biochemist and winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineMarie Curie1921physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity, co-winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics, and winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize in ChemistryHelen Dyer1972biochemistGladys Anderson Emerson1966historian, biochemist, and nutritionistBarbara J. Finlayson-Pitts 2017atmospheric chemistEdith M. Flanigen1986chemistRosalind Franklin1982x-ray crystallographerHelen Murray Free1978chemist and educatorEllen Gleditsch1929radiochemistMary L. Good1983inorganic chemistVicki Grassian2020chemistIcie Hoobler1949biochemistDorothy Hodgkin1966chemist and 1964 winner of the Nobel Prize in ChemistryDarleane C. Hoffman1933nuclear chemistMarjorie G. Horning1985biochemist and pharmacologistSusan M. Kauzlarich2011chemistInes Mandl 1979biochemistJanet G. Osteryoung 1990chemistMary Engle Pennington1940bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineerGertrude Perlmann 1969biochemist and structural biologistFlorence R. Sabin1935medical scientistFlorence B. Seibert 1942biochemistJean'ne Shreeve1984chemistBetty Sullivan1972biochemistPatricia Thiel2008surface chemistLidia Vallarino1996inorganic chemist who was chemistry lecturer at the University of MilanElizabeth Weisburger1981chemistAngela K. Wilson2023professor in the Department of Chemistry of Michigan State University

See also

List of Iota Sigma Pi chapters

References