Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a mission specialist for NASA. He is an Earth and planetary scientist.Selected by NASA as an astr

Is a mission specialist for NASA. He is an Earth and planetary scientist.Selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate in June 1987, Runco qualified for assignment as an astronaut mission specialist in August 1988. A veteran of three space flights (STS-44 in

Is a Hungarian computer scientist, professor of computer science at Rutgers University. He received

Is a Hungarian computer scientist, professor of computer science at Rutgers University. He received his Ph.D. in computer science in 1989 from the University of Chicago.[1]

Is a former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. He retired from the Air Force an

Is a former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. He retired from the Air Force and NASA on July 1, 2001.Lee was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in May 1984. In June 1985, he completed a one-year training and evaluation progra

Is an American astronaut. He first went into space as the pilot for STS-108 Endeavour December 5–1

Is an American astronaut. He first went into space as the pilot for STS-108 Endeavour December 5–17, 2001. He returned to space as the pilot of STS-121 Discovery July 4-17, 2006. On Kelly's third mission he served as commander of STS-124 Discovery May 31

Is an American aerospace engineer and research pilot and a NASA astronaut.Polansky received an Air F

Is an American aerospace engineer and research pilot and a NASA astronaut.Polansky received an Air Force commission upon graduation from Purdue University in 1978. He earned his pilot wings in January 1980 at Vance AFB, Oklahoma. From 1980 to 1983, he was

Is a former astronaut with NASA.Brown has been employed at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center since

Is a former astronaut with NASA.Brown has been employed at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center since 1980. Assigned as an engineer in the Flight Activities Section, he participated in the development of contingency procedures for use aboard the Shuttle and

A professor of psychology at Stanford University, who has studied attribution theory and confirmatio

A professor of psychology at Stanford University, who has studied attribution theory and confirmation bias.With frequent collaborator Lee Ross, and Robert Vallone, he authored the first study to identify the hostile media effect. With Ross and Charles Lord he also authored an important study on attitude change and what is now called disconfirmation bias. With Lord he later theorized attitude representation theory. He has also worked with Thomas Gilovich and Merrill Carlsmith.

An American psychologist and author. She is the developer of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), a t

An American psychologist and author. She is the developer of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), a type of psychotherapy that blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with eastern Zen practices.Linehan was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and later attended Loyola University in Chicago in 1968 where she graduated Cum Laude with a B.S in Psychology. Following earning her bachelors degree, she continued her education at Loyola University and was able to accomplish earning her M.A in 1970 and Ph.D. in 1971, both in Psychology. During her time at Loyola University, Linehan served as lecturer for the psychology program. After leaving Loyola University, Linehan started her post doctorate internship at The Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service in Buffalo, NY between 1971-1972. During this time, Linehan served as an adjunct assistant professor at State University College of Buffalo. From Buffalo, Linehan completed her Post-Doctorate fellowship in Behavior Modification at the State University of New York in Stony Brook.

Is an American astronaut and a veteran of five space shuttle missions.She worked mainly on orbiter d

Is an American astronaut and a veteran of five space shuttle missions.She worked mainly on orbiter displays and controls before being assigned as a flight engineer in 1980 and co-pilot on NASA administrative aircraft.

He shared a Nobel Prize in or Medicine in 1968 with Har Gobind Khorana and Robert W. Holley for des

He shared a Nobel Prize in or Medicine in 1968 with Har Gobind Khorana and Robert W. Holley for describing the genetic code and how it operates in protein synthesis. In the same year, together with Har Gobind Khorana, he was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University.

Was a French entomologist and ornithologist.Initially employed in commerce Mulsant wrote writes Lett

Was a French entomologist and ornithologist.Initially employed in commerce Mulsant wrote writes Lettres à Julie sur l'entomologie, suivies d'une description méthodique de la plus grande partie des insectes de France, ornées de planches… Letters to Julie o

A German sexologist and author.Dannecker was born in Oberndorf am Neckar. After his school he studie

A German sexologist and author.Dannecker was born in Oberndorf am Neckar. After his school he studied Industriekaufmann and later he studied as actor at a theatre school in Stuttgart. During this time Dannecker came out[1] and started to read literature on homosexuality. In 1966 Dannecker went to Frankfurt am Main, where he lived during the next years. In Frankfurt he began to study philosophy, sociology and psychology. In 1974 he and the psychoanalytican Reimut Reiche wrote Der gewöhliche Homosexuelle. From 1977 to 2005 Dannecker worked at the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft at the clinic of the university. He wrote articles and books on homosexuality, HIV/AIDS and sexual orientation. He also started workshops and meetings on film and LGBT topics

Is a former NASA Payload Specialist who flew on STS-58 aboard the Space Shuttle ColumbiaDr. Fettman'

Is a former NASA Payload Specialist who flew on STS-58 aboard the Space Shuttle ColumbiaDr. Fettman's first faculty appointment was 1982-1986 in the Department of Pathology of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State Un

American physicist, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton.

American physicist, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton. His parents were Jewish emigrants to the US from the Polish area of Russia.

English radio astronomer who developed revolutionary radio telescope systems (see e.g. aperture synt

English radio astronomer who developed revolutionary radio telescope systems (see e.g. aperture synthesis

Was a German explorer and ornithologist.Heuglin was born in Hirschlanden near Leonberg in Württembe

Was a German explorer and ornithologist.Heuglin was born in Hirschlanden near Leonberg in Württemberg. His father was a Protestant pastor, and he was trained to be a mining engineer. He was ambitious, however, to become a scientific investigator of unknow

Was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Within psychology, a scientific field dominated throughout much

Was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Within psychology, a scientific field dominated throughout much of the 20th century by male scientists, Mary Cover Jones stands out as a pioneer of behavior therapy—Joseph Wolpe dubbed her "the mother of behavior therapy"[1]. Mary Cover Jones studied psychology at Vassar College, from which she graduated in 1919, after which she went on to work with noted behaviorist John B. Watson during the 1920s.Her study of unconditioning a fear of rabbits, which she conducted at the Institute of Educational Research, Columbia University Teachers’ College on a three-year-old named Peter, is her most often cited work. Jones treated Peter’s fear of a white rabbit by “direct conditioning,” in which a pleasant stimulus (food) was associated with the rabbit. As the rabbit was gradually brought closer to him in the presence of his favorite food, Peter grew more tolerant,

Was an American developmental psychologist known for her work in early emotional attachment with "Th

Was an American developmental psychologist known for her work in early emotional attachment with "The Strange Situation" as well as her work in the development of Attachment Theory.While in England, Ainsworth joined the research team at Tavistock Clinic investigating the effects of maternal separation on child development. Comparison of disrupted mother-child bonds to normal mother-child relationship showed that a child's lack of a mother figure leads to "adverse development effects." In 1954, she left Tavistock Clinic to do research in Africa, where she carried out her longitudinal field study of mother-infant interaction.

Is a former NASA astronaut.Weber was born in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Bedford Heights, Ohio. Sh

Is a former NASA astronaut.Weber was born in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Bedford Heights, Ohio. She graduated from Bedford High School in 1980; received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering (with honors) from Purdue University, where she

Was a British archaeologist and anthropologist, who discovered the first skull of a fossil ape on Ru

Was a British archaeologist and anthropologist, who discovered the first skull of a fossil ape on Rusinga Island and also a noted robust Australopithecine called Zinjanthropus at Olduvai. For much of her career she worked together with her husband, Louis Leakey, in Olduvai Gorge, uncovering the tools and fossils of ancient hominines. She developed a system for classifying the stone tools found at Olduvai. She also discovered the Laetoli footprints. In 1960 she became director of excavation at Olduvai and subsequently took it over, building her own staff. After the death of her husband she became a leading palaeoanthropologist, helping to establish the Leakey tradition by training her son, Richard, in the field.

Is an American engineer and a former [[NASA] ]astronaut. She also served from 2004 to 2007 as NASA A

Is an American engineer and a former [[NASA] ]astronaut. She also served from 2004 to 2007 as NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate.Cleave was selected as an astronaut in May 1980. Her technical assignments have included: flight

Was an American philosopher.Mary Whiton Calkins started her career as a Greek instructor at Wellesle

Was an American philosopher.Mary Whiton Calkins started her career as a Greek instructor at Wellesley College, but developed an interest in psychology. She established a psychology lab at Wellesley, the first psychology lab at a woman's college. Studying with William James and Hugo Munsterberg at Harvard University, she wrote her dissertation on memory. She developed the paired-associate technique for studying memory.Her philosophical creed was expressed through her four principal statements which were shown in her books, The Persistent Problems of Philosophy (1907) & The Good Man and The Good (1918), that the universe contained distinct mental realities, and, although the mind was from a lower level of existence, it emerged from that level to one higher that answered to new special laws. This level of reality was ultimately personal & consciousness as such never happened impersonally.

A Japanese physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002.

A Japanese physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002.

Is a physical oceanographer and climate scientist

Is a physical oceanographer and climate scientist

Was a scientist and author of many books and papers relating to spectrophotometry and the solar cons

Was a scientist and author of many books and papers relating to spectrophotometry and the solar constant [1] besides works on theology[2]He was instrumental in publishing some of the earliest AM0 spectra, which is a model spectrum of the sun in space . The historic 1973 Thekaekara spectrum was the basis for ASTM E490[3] (American Society for Testing and Materials Standard Solar Constant and Zero Air Mass Solar Spectral Irradiance Table) from 1974 to 2000, when it was replaced by the most recent AM0 upgrade, in ASTM E490-00.