Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter N

An American psychology professor known for her work on learning disability.Kaufman has taught learni

An American psychology professor known for her work on learning disability.Kaufman has taught learning-disabled children and worked as a school psychologist, learning disabilities specialist, university professor, and founder-director of several psychoeducational clinics. She also was a direct participant in the development and standardization of the McCarthy Scales and WISC-R.She has been married to psychologist Alan S. Kaufman since 1964. From 1974 to 1997, Kaufman and her husband trained school psychologists and clinical psychologists, and supervised graduate-student research, at the University of Georgia, the National College of Education in Evanston, Illinois, the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego, and the University of Alabama.

Is an Iranian scientist and inventor of the "invisibility cloak" or plasmonic cover.He received the

Is an Iranian scientist and inventor of the "invisibility cloak" or plasmonic cover.He received the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1999 for his work on "Fractional paradigm of classical electrodynamics." The Scientific American selected Nader Engheta as one of the top 50 leaders in Science and Technology for the year 2005-2006.

Ruled as Shah of Iran (1736–47) and was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty. Because of his milita

Ruled as Shah of Iran (1736–47) and was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty. Because of his military genius, some historians have described him as the Napoleon of Persia[3] or the Second Alexander.[4] Nader Shah was a member of the Turkmen Afshar tribe of northern Persia,[5] which had supplied military power to the Safavid state since the time of Shah Ismail I.[6] Nader rose to power during a period of anarchy in Persia after a rebellion by Afghans had overthrown the weak Shah Soltan Hossein, and both the Ottomans and the Russians had seized Persian territory for themselves. Nader reunited the Persian realm and removed the invaders.

Was a notable Japanese organic chemist and pharmacologist, best known for his study of ephedrine.Nag

Was a notable Japanese organic chemist and pharmacologist, best known for his study of ephedrine.Nagai continued his studies at Tokyo Imperial University and became the first doctor of pharmacy in Japan. He was sent under government sponsorship to Prussia in 1871 to study at the University of Berlin. He was the only civilian in a group of military students sent to study in Great Britain and France, and he traveled by way of the United States and Great Britain. While in Berlin, he resided at the home of Japanese diplomat Aoki Shuzo.

Was a co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada.She moved to Canada in 1947. In 1951, she b

Was a co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada.She moved to Canada in 1947. In 1951, she became ballet mistress for the National Ballet of Canada at the request of Celia Franca, the company's director. She and Franca founded the National Ballet School of Canada in 1959. Alumni include Frank Augustyn, Rex Harrington, Karen Kain, James Kudelka and Veronica Tennant. Her training was based on the Cecchetti method of classical dance.

Is a United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut.She graduated from Troy High School in Troy, Oh

Is a United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut.She graduated from Troy High School in Troy, Ohio, in 1977, then received a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, in biological science from Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, in 1980, a Master of S

She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1966 and later received her PhD in sociology from Brandeis U

She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1966 and later received her PhD in sociology from Brandeis University. She has written many influential books, including The Reproduction of Mothering: Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of Gender (1978); Feminism and Psychoanalytic Theory (1989); Femininities, Masculinities, Sexualities: Freud and Beyond (1994); and most recently The Power of Feelings: Personal Meaning in Psychoanalysis, Gender, and Culture (1999). She is widely considered the leading psychoanalytic feminist theorist and is a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association, often speaking at its Congresses. She spent many years as a professor in the departments of sociology and clinical psychology at the University of California, Berkeley.

An eminent scientist in India. He is the founding director of Indian Institute of Science Education

An eminent scientist in India. He is the founding director of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, Punjab, India. He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Annamalai University. Sathyamurthy moved to the United states to where he obtained his Ph.D degree at Oklahoma University in 1975. He further carried out postdoctoral research in nobel laurate J.C.Polanyi's lab. After that Sathyamurthy joined Indian Institute of Technology as a lecturer in 1978. Sathyamurthy became professor in 1985.

American entomologist noted for his work on neuroptera, megaloptera, hymenoptera, and acarina (mites

American entomologist noted for his work on neuroptera, megaloptera, hymenoptera, and acarina (mites). He started work on mites in 1880 with the USDA. In 1915 he authored the first comprehensive English handbook on mites: A Treatise on the Acarina, Or Mites (Smithsonian Institution, Proceedings Of The United States National Museum, 1905, 114 pages).

A psychotherapist and writer best known today for his work in the psychology of self-esteem. A one-t

A psychotherapist and writer best known today for his work in the psychology of self-esteem. A one-time associate of novelist Ayn Rand, Branden had a prominent role in promoting Rand's philosophy, Objectivism.For many years Branden was considered to be the leading figure in the Objectivist movement, second only to Rand herself. He was the leader of a group of Rand's closest associates known as The Collective, which also included his wife Barbara Branden and Alan Greenspan. Rand considered him to be her soul mate and designated him her "intellectual heir". In 1958 Branden founded the Nathaniel Branden Institute to promote Objectivism through guest lectures and educational seminars around the United States. The NBI became enormously successful, and soon had representatives all over the US and around the world.

American psychologist. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1909. He received a B.S. degree from t

American psychologist. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1909. He received a B.S. degree from the University of Washington (1931), an M.S. from Stanford University (1932), and a Ph.D. degree in Psychology from Yale University (1935).

Was an English vegetable anatomist and physiologist.Grew was the only son of Obadiah Grew (1607-1688

Was an English vegetable anatomist and physiologist.Grew was the only son of Obadiah Grew (1607-1688), Nonconformist divine and vicar of St Michaels, Coventry, and was born in Warwickshire. He graduated at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1661, and ten year

Is a former American astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. H

Is a former American astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. He is the first person to set foot on the Moon. His first spaceflight was aboard Gemini 8 in 1966, for which he was the command pilot. On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft together with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2.5 hours exploring while Michael Collins remained in orbit in the Command Module.

Is the founder and president of Akom Production Co., Ltd., in Seoul, South Korea. He founded Akom in

Is the founder and president of Akom Production Co., Ltd., in Seoul, South Korea. He founded Akom in 1985.In the 1970s, Shin worked as an animator at the DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, where he worked on the Pink Panther films. He is also credited with creating the glowing lightsaber blade used by Jedi Knights in the first Star Wars movie released and other subsequent Star Wars films.[

Is an Australian naturalist, underwater nature photographer, writer, publisher and educator. In 2007

Is an Australian naturalist, underwater nature photographer, writer, publisher and educator. In 2007 Coleman was inducted to the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame.

Was a Russian ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist of Ukrainian, German and Polish descent. Mik

Was a Russian ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist of Ukrainian, German and Polish descent. Miklukho-Maklai was born in a temporary workers camp near Novgorod, a son of a civil engineer working on the construction of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway. He attended a grammar school in Saint Petersburg, then went on to study at St. Petersburg University.

Was a Russian ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist of Ukrainian descent.

Was a Russian ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist of Ukrainian descent.

Is an Australian political scientist

Is an Australian political scientist

Is a British-born engineer and a NASA astronaut. His flight on the 2006 Discovery STS-116 mission ma

Is a British-born engineer and a NASA astronaut. His flight on the 2006 Discovery STS-116 mission made him the fourth Briton to go into space.Patrick was born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, England in 1964, and grew up in London. He became a Uni

Was a French antiquary interested in prehistoric research. He proposed the chronological prehistoric

Was a French antiquary interested in prehistoric research. He proposed the chronological prehistoric sequence stone age - Bronze Age - Iron Age. During the 18th century still, controversy was vivid as to whether thunder-stones had been made by men or were actually fossils. Mahudel, member of the Académie des Inscriptions [1], presented several of those stones and showed that they been evidently been cut by the hand of man. "An examination of them," he said, "affords a proof of the efforts of our earliest ancestors to provide for their wants, and to obtain the necessaries of life."

Was born in Versailles, France. He emigrated to the United States in 1816 and became a pioneering en

Was born in Versailles, France. He emigrated to the United States in 1816 and became a pioneering entomologist in the field of arachnology.124 spider species were first described by him, and as is custom in binomial naming, species are noted with the name and year of the person who first classified them. A few spiders of note Hentz classified are the Yellow sac spider and the Southern house spider.

Is an architect and computer scientist best known as the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachuse

Is an architect and computer scientist best known as the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, and also known as the founder of The One Laptop per Child association (OLPC).

Was a member of the golden pleiad of the Serbs from Herzegovina, theologian, historian and philologi

Was a member of the golden pleiad of the Serbs from Herzegovina, theologian, historian and philologist who was educated in Belgrade and Paris, monk who refused the title of a bishop, devoted lover of enlightenment and patriot.

Dutch-born American physicist. He received his Ph.D. from University of Leiden in 1948; while pursui

Dutch-born American physicist. He received his Ph.D. from University of Leiden in 1948; while pursuing his PhD at Harvard, Bloembergen also worked part-time as a graduate research assistant for Edward Mills Purcell at the MIT Radiation Laboratory[1]. He became a professor at Harvard University.

Was a Romanian physiologist, professor of medicine and the discoverer of insulin.

Was a Romanian physiologist, professor of medicine and the discoverer of insulin.