Scientist Spotlight: Frances Arnold

  Personal & Professional BACKGROUND Frances H. Arnold Meet Frances Arnold, the innovator behind direct evolution in bioengineering. Directed evolution is used in enzyme creation (which are used to speed up chemical reactions). An advantage of this process is...

Scientist Spotlight: Roger Tomlinson

  Personal & Professional BACKGROUND Roger Tomlinson Known by many as the ‘Father of GIS’, Roger Tomlinson was a prominent geographer and the inventor of computer based geographic information systems. His ideas for enhanced data visualizations...

Scientist Spotlight: Charles K. Kao

  Personal & Professional BACKGROUND Charles K. Kao Meet Charles Kao, the developer of fiber optic telecommunication technology.  For many years long-distance communications were constrained due to poor fibers which were unable to transmit light far enough....