Scientist/researcher Famous Names Starting with Letter T

Is a retired American astronaut and rear admiral in the United States Navy who flew on the Apollo 16

Is a retired American astronaut and rear admiral in the United States Navy who flew on the Apollo 16, STS-4, and STS-51-C missions. He had been scheduled to fly on Apollo 13, but was held back due to concerns about a potential illness (which he did not co

Surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia, was born at Grangemouth in Stirlingshire, Scotland

Surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia, was born at Grangemouth in Stirlingshire, Scotland. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, but the poverty of his family following his father's death led him to join the Army in 1811. He saw servi

A Scottish zoologist , entomologist and anthropologist.Annandale went to India in 1904 as Deputy Sup

A Scottish zoologist , entomologist and anthropologist.Annandale went to India in 1904 as Deputy Superintendent of the Natural History Section of the Indian Museum. He was a deputy director at the Indian Museum and in 1907 he became its director, succeeding John Anderson (1833-1900). He had travelled widely before his career in India and with H. C. Robinson he had undertaken the Skeat Expedition to the northern part of the Malay Peninsula in 1899.[1]

Is a retired Air Force Lieutenant General and a former NASA astronaut. He is one of only 24 people t

Is a retired Air Force Lieutenant General and a former NASA astronaut. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon.Stafford was selected among the second group of NASA astronauts in September 1962 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administra

Was a Welsh naturalist and antiquary.The Pennants were a Welsh gentry family from the parish of Whit

Was a Welsh naturalist and antiquary.The Pennants were a Welsh gentry family from the parish of Whitford, Flintshire, who had built up a modest estate at Bychton by the seventeenth century.

Was a Kenyan entomologist and environmental activist who directed research and scientific developmen

Was a Kenyan entomologist and environmental activist who directed research and scientific development in Africa.He founded the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) and helped to establish three institutions of learning: the Third

Is an American computer scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur with a focus on systems for knowledge

Is an American computer scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur with a focus on systems for knowledge sharing and collective intelligence. He did foundational work in ontology engineering and is well-known for his definition of ontologies in the context of

A Nobel Laureate in chemistry.

A Nobel Laureate in chemistry.

Was a French sailor who was lost in the surf on the south west coast of Australia in 1801, and presu

Was a French sailor who was lost in the surf on the south west coast of Australia in 1801, and presumed drowned. From Vasse's name is taken the name the Vasse for the land adjacent to where the incident occurred, and also a number of geographical features in the area including Vasse River and Vasse Inlet.

An Indian American computational scientist. He is well-known for his research in computational mater

An Indian American computational scientist. He is well-known for his research in computational materials science particularly focused on marangoni effect in solidification processes. His current research is concerned primarily with petascale computing and its application to grand challenge problems. He is currently the Associate Laboratory Director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Vice President of Science and Technology at the University of Tennessee and Professor at Georgia Tech's College of Computing.

Was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a scientific background in zoology and geography. H

Was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a scientific background in zoology and geography. Heyerdahl became famous for his Kon-Tiki expedition, in which he sailed 4,300 miles (8,000 km) by raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands.

Was a Russian plant ecologist. He was professor and head of the Department of Geobotany at Moscow St

Was a Russian plant ecologist. He was professor and head of the Department of Geobotany at Moscow State University until 1981. He was a father figure to generations of Russian plant ecologists. He conducted ground breaking studies in the regeneration of n

Was a Russian plant ecologist. He was professor and head of the Department of Geobotany at Moscow St

Was a Russian plant ecologist. He was professor and head of the Department of Geobotany at Moscow State University until 1981. He was a father figure to generations of Russian plant ecologists. He conducted ground breaking studies in the regeneration of natural plant communities – studies which remained largely overlooked in the West.He was born in Yaroslavl' and graduated from the Agronomy Department of the University of Yaroslavl' in 1924, he obtained his PhD in 1936 and a ’habilitation’ for a professorship in 1950. He worked at the State Institute of Grassland Research for more than 40 years, while lecturing plant ecology at Moscow State University.

He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine with Leland Hartwell and Sir Paul Nur

He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine with Leland Hartwell and Sir Paul Nurse for their discoveries regarding cell cycle regulation by cyclin and cyclin-dependent kinases.

Is the founder of the New Look chain of high street fashion stores in the United Kingdom. He is esti

Is the founder of the New Look chain of high street fashion stores in the United Kingdom. He is estimated to be worth in the region of half a billion pounds.[citation needed] He is also the eldest brother of author and broadcaster Dr Simon Singh. He is one of Britain's wealthiest people.

Was a Polish traveller and explorer.During World War II, he was a fighter pilot in No. 201 Squadron

Was a Polish traveller and explorer.During World War II, he was a fighter pilot in No. 201 Squadron of British RAF. After being shot down over France, he joined the French Resistance. For his actions, he was awarded the French Cross of War medal.For over twenty years, Halik and his wife hosted over three hundred TV shows and series for Polish Television. He also created over four hundred documentary films, wrote thirteen books and many press articles.

Is the founder and current Chairman and CEO of Philippine fast food chain Jollibee. He graduated fro

Is the founder and current Chairman and CEO of Philippine fast food chain Jollibee. He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in chemical engineering. Caktiong had initially planned an ice cream parlor when he founded Jollibee, then subsequently added additional dishes such as hamburgers, french fries, and fried chicken.

Is "one of Australia's leading social scientists and outspoken[1] public intellectuals

Is "one of Australia's leading social scientists and outspoken[1] public intellectuals

A fellow at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research.Dr. Ikuta has received his degree from Inte

A fellow at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research.Dr. Ikuta has received his degree from International Christian University, before moving to study neuroscience at Indiana University. He received Ph.D. (Neuroscience and Linguistics) from Indiana University in 2008.Dr. Ikuta is probably one of the very few scientist who investigates dopaminergic modulation in language processing. His study "Dopaminergic Modulation in Grammatical Processing: fMRI Study of Parkinson's Disease" pioneered in search for the molecular correlates for language progessing for which he received Ph.D..

Is a Japanese TV journalist best known for his trip to the Mir space station aboard a Russian Soyuz

Is a Japanese TV journalist best known for his trip to the Mir space station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in 1990.Born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from International Christian University, he became a reporter for the Japanese TV compa

Is an American Chemist and NASA astronaut. She specialized in chemistry in college and performed var

Is an American Chemist and NASA astronaut. She specialized in chemistry in college and performed various jobs while at NASA to include working with the Russian Space Agency in Russia, as well as spacecraft communications through her NASA training. Caldwel

Is a biomedical researcher

Is a biomedical researcher

Was an American entomologist.He was interested in the Lepidoptera of the Americas and the Philippine

Was an American entomologist.He was interested in the Lepidoptera of the Americas and the Philippines and published nine articles in the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia and a tenth in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, the last appearing in 1868. William Henry Edwards (1822-1909) regarded him as one of the best North-American specialists in the Rhopalocera.

Is a scientist who was a major figure in the missile and space programs of both the United States an

Is a scientist who was a major figure in the missile and space programs of both the United States and People's Republic of China. NASA documents commonly refer to him as H.S. Tsien.[1]

A Japanese scientist known for her discovery and research of Okazaki fragments. She and her husband

A Japanese scientist known for her discovery and research of Okazaki fragments. She and her husband Reiji collaborated on the research that led to the discovery of the Okazaki fragments.