Esquivel, Jessica
unknown · Contribution: 2020
Particle physicist
Co-founded the #BlackInPhysics social movement and Oyanova Enterprises
Portraits are AI-generated interpretations, not photographs.
Quick facts
- Born
- Contemporary figure
- Active since
- 2013
- Category
- Science & Medicine
- Best known for
- Co-founding the #BlackInPhysics movement
Impact on the world
Esquivel combines frontier physics research with organizing that has made the underrepresentation of Black scientists in physics newly visible and actionable.
Sources
- AIP (Honoring Black Excellence in the Physical Sciences)
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