Wired

Series of illustrations.

Portrait of Dr. Ann McKee, neurologist and neuropathologist, focused on neurodegenerative disease.

Portrait of Dr. Jessie Christiansen. She’s an astrophysicist working at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at the California Institute of Technology.

Portrait of Dr. Paula Johnson. She is a cardiologist and the current president of Wellesley College. She is the first Black woman to serve in this role.

Portrait of Dr. Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski. She’s a Cuban-American theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the field of physics.

Portrait of Dr. Nergis Mavalvala. She’s a Pakistani-American astrophysicist. Mavalvala is best known for her work on the detection of gravitational waves.

AD: Alyssa Walker