Elmo Brady (1884-1966) was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the U.S. After receiving his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1916, Brady ...

Dorothy Phillips has achieved many firsts as a Black woman in the United States - the latest of which is to serve as ...

Clarice Phelps is a trailblazing scientist who gave new meaning to the phrase "having a seat at the table" when she became the first Black woman to help discover a new element on the periodic table.

Elmer Lucille Allen shattered barriers after becoming the first Black chemist at Brown-Forman. After retiring, the Louisville native then embarked on a second act as inspiring as her first by ...

A Mississippi State doctoral student in the Department of Sustainable Bioproducts is the winner of the recent Pitch Perfect competition held last semester and hosted by the National Organization for ...

and build a global community of Black chemists and their allies. #BlackInChem is a grassroots effort to help increase the visibility of Black chemists across the globe. The group is made up of women, ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Guillermo A. Ameer has won the Percy L. Julian Award given by the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE), ...