Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is an Argentine space suit researcher, born in Cañuelas, Argentina.He was the team leader of the An

Is an Argentine space suit researcher, born in Cañuelas, Argentina.He was the team leader of the Ansari X Prize Team based in Buenos Aires and the payload manager of Project PADE, a group of seven Argentine experiments flown in the NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour in STS-108 mission, in December 2001.

Is the founder of modern Eastern Orthodox staretsdom. A Ukrainian by birth, Pyotr Velichkovsky was b

Is the founder of modern Eastern Orthodox staretsdom. A Ukrainian by birth, Pyotr Velichkovsky was born in Poltava, where his father Ivan was a priest. At the age of 17 he took monastic vows and went to Mount Athos, where he established a separate hermitage for himself and his followers.

Is a retired United States Air Force officer and an active NASA astronaut. She served as pilot on Sp

Is a retired United States Air Force officer and an active NASA astronaut. She served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions STS-92 and STS-112 and commanded mission STS-120.

Is an Italian astronaut. He received his Bachelor's degree in Aerospace engineering in 1988 and his

Is an Italian astronaut. He received his Bachelor's degree in Aerospace engineering in 1988 and his Master's degree in 1989 in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Polytechnic University in New York. Paolo Nespoli now lives in Verano Brianza (Milan). He is s

An Iranian university engineering professor.Prof. Jabehdar received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Ele

An Iranian university engineering professor.Prof. Jabehdar received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering From Tehran University (1959-1963), his M.S. degree in Electrical And Computer Engineering from University of California, Berkeley (1965-1966), and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical And Computer Engineering, from University of California, Berkeley (1966-1969)

Is a neuroscientist at Yale University. Rakic has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences U

Is a neuroscientist at Yale University. Rakic has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences USA, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Presidency of the Society for Neuroscience.[1] He was a co-recipient, with Thomas Jessell and Sten Grillner, of the inaugural Kavli Prize for Neuroscience in 2008.

Is a French computer scientist.Cousot is the originator of abstract interpretation, an influential t

Is a French computer scientist.Cousot is the originator of abstract interpretation, an influential technique in formal methods. In the 2000s, he has worked on practical methods of static analysis for critical embedded software, such as found in avionics.

Is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. At the time of his retirement from the

Is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. At the time of his retirement from the U.S. Army, Forrester had achieved the rank of colonel. Forrester is married and has 2 children.

English experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism

English experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism. He also made a major contribution in World War II advising on military strategy and developing Operational Research.

Is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the French Air Force and a former CNES spationaut. In 1985, he be

Is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the French Air Force and a former CNES spationaut. In 1985, he became the second French citizen in space, after Jean-Loup Chrétien, when he flew aboard NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-51-G.

A Canadian ecologist. He has studied plant population ecology and community ecology in wetlands and

A Canadian ecologist. He has studied plant population ecology and community ecology in wetlands and many other habitats in eastern Canada and Louisiana, U.S.A., where he now is a professor at the Southeastern Louisiana University.He began his formal training in biology in 1969 at York University in Toronto and finished his PhD at Dalhousie University with Evelyn C. Pielou. He has been professor of biology at the University of Guelph (1978-1982), University of Ottawa (1982-1999) and has held the Edward G. Schlieder Endowed Chair for Environmental Studies at Southeastern Louisiana University (1999 to present). Paul Keddy is a highly cited researcher[1]. He was among the 2007 recipients of the National Wetland Stewardship Award by the Environmental Law Institute.

Was a French-American traveler and anthropologist. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern

Was a French-American traveler and anthropologist. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas and the Pygmy people of central Africa. He later researched the prehistory of Scandinavia.

Was an American ecologist and writer. He was born in Bucyrus, Ohio. Sears attended Ohio Wesleyan Uni

Was an American ecologist and writer. He was born in Bucyrus, Ohio. Sears attended Ohio Wesleyan University (B.Sc. in Zoology, 1913; B.A. in Economics, 1914), the University of Nebraska at Lincoln (A.M. in Botany, 1915), and the University of Chicago (Ph.D. in Botany, 1922).Sears married Marjorie Lea McCutcheon on June 22, 1917, and their first child, Paul McCutcheon Sears, was born December 8, 1921. Two daughters were also born to the couple. Marjorie died October 31, 1982. Paul McCutcheon Sears died October 31, 1984.

American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield f

American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible.

He is one of the laureates for the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on the "enzymatic

He is one of the laureates for the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on the "enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)".

Is an oceanographer. While a civilian employee of the United States Naval Undersea Warfare Center, h

Is an oceanographer. While a civilian employee of the United States Naval Undersea Warfare Center, he flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-41-G as a Payload Specialist.

A psychologist who has been a pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressi

A psychologist who has been a pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions. He is considered one of the 100 most eminent psychologists of the twentieth century.[1] Ekman takes an evolutionary perspective, in that the development of human traits and states over time is the background to his research (Keltner, 2007).He received a Research Scientist Award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in 1971, which was renewed in 1976, 1981, 1987, 1991, and 1997. For over forty years, NIMH supported his research through fellowships, grants, and awards.

Was a French archaeologist. He was born in Paris in 1916 and graduated from École normale supérieu

Was a French archaeologist. He was born in Paris in 1916 and graduated from École normale supérieure. In 1967, he became professor of Greek language and civilization at the University Blaise Pascal at Clermont-Ferrand. He eventually became Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Athens. During his life as a scientist, Faure was connected with expeditions and studies of history, historical geography, and linguistics of the Mediterranean and Near East. Faure repeated with his friends the majority of Alexander the Great's military campaigns in the Near and Middle East.

American neuroscientist best known for his work on the molecular and cellular function of neurons. I

American neuroscientist best known for his work on the molecular and cellular function of neurons. In 2000, Greengard, Arvid Carlsson and Eric Kandel were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system.

Is a theoretical physicist and notable model builder in particle phenomenology. He is active in the

Is a theoretical physicist and notable model builder in particle phenomenology. He is active in the fields of high energy physics and cosmology and is Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Physics

American chemist who was known for his prodigious volume of work in the field of polymers, or macrom

American chemist who was known for his prodigious volume of work in the field of polymers, or macromolecules. He was a leading pioneer in understanding the behavior of polymers in solution.

Was an American astronaut who flew in space twice.Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, on July 25, 1932. Marr

Was an American astronaut who flew in space twice.Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, on July 25, 1932. Married to the former Suzanne M. Berry of Harborcreek, Pennsylvania. Two children: Matthew and Cynthia. Hunting and fishing are among his hobbies. His mother,

Swiss organic chemist best known for his work on vitamins. He and Walter Haworth won the Nobel Prize

Swiss organic chemist best known for his work on vitamins. He and Walter Haworth won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1937.

A Dutch Nobel prize winning atmospheric chemist.

A Dutch Nobel prize winning atmospheric chemist.

Was a French sinologist and explorer of Central Asia. Initially intending to enter the foreign servi

Was a French sinologist and explorer of Central Asia. Initially intending to enter the foreign service, Pelliot took up the study of Chinese and became a pupil of Sylvain Lévi and Édouard Chavannes. Pelliot worked at École française d'Extrême Orient in Hanoi, from where he was dispatched in 1900 to Beijing to search for Chinese books for the École's library. While there, he was caught up in the Boxer Rebellion and trapped in the siege of foreign legations