List of Graduate Women in Science members

Graduate Women in Science formerly known as Sigma Delta Epsilon, is an international organization for women in science. It was established in 1921 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States as a women's fraternity. Following are some of its notable members. Membership includes graduate students in the sciences, alumnae, and honorary members. The latter are professional women who had achieved recognition in the science.

NameChapter and yearNotabilityIsabella AbbottHonorary, 2001Phycologist and ethnobotanist at Stanford UniversityRuth M. AddomsBotanist at Duke UniversityVirginia ApgarHonorary, 1971Physician, obstetrical anesthesiologist, medical researcher, and inventor of the Apgar scoreBeulah ArmstrongGamma, 1924Mathematician and professor at the University of IllinoisGreen, Judy and Jeanne LaDuke. "Supplementary Material for Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PHD'S" (PDF). American Mathematical Society, 2009.Carrie Adeline BarbourIota, 1927Assistant professor and assistant curator of paleontology at the University of Nebraska State MuseumLela Viola BartonHonorary, 1964Botanist with the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Raven BaxterHonorary, 2023Science communicator and STEM educatorEmma BennBiostatistician, professor, and dean at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiMay BerenbaumHonorary, 2017Entomologist at the University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignLynne BillardHonorary, 1995Statistician and professor at the University of GeorgiaKatharine Burr BlodgettHonorary, 1951Physicist and chemist with General ElectricLouise Arner BoydHonorary, 1959Explorer of Greenland and the ArcticHazel BranchAlpha, 1921Entomologist and head of the Department of Zoology at Wichita State UniversityJean BrenchleyHonorary, 1986Microbiologist and professor at the Pennsylvania State University and Purdue UniversityMary BuntingHonorary, 1963Microbiologist, geneticist, and president of Radcliffe CollegeMargaret BurbidgeHonorary, 1985Observational astronomer and astrophysicistHelen CalkinsMathematician and professor at the Pennsylvania College for WomenMargery C. CarlsonHonorary, 1978Botanist and a professor at Northwestern UniversityAnnie Jump CannonHonorary, 1931Astronomer who co-created the Harvard Classification Scheme,Margery C. CarlsonHonorary, 1978Botanist and professor at Northwestern UniversityEmma P. CarrHonorary, 1934Spectroscopist and chair of the chemistry department at Mount Holyoke CollegeMarjorie CaserioHonorary, 1980Chemist and professor at the University of California, Irvine and the University of California, San DiegoMary Agnes ChaseHonorary, 1963Botanist with the United States Department of AgricultureMartha E. ChurchGeographer and the first female president of Hood CollegeCornelia ClappHonorary, 1931Zoologist, specializing in marine biology. at the Marine Biological LaboratoryJewel Plummer CobbHonorary, 1988Biologist and president of California State University, FullertonTeresa CohenMathematician and professor at Pennsylvania State UniversityNancy Cole Mathematician who contributed to Morse theoryRita R. ColwellHonorary, 1987Environmental microbiologistZada Mary CooperHonorary, 1963Pharmacist and a professor of pharmacy at the University of IowaKizzmekia CorbettHonorary, 2023Assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthEthaline Hartge CortelyouAlphaChemist and scientific technical writer who worked on the Manhattan ProjectMartha DoanHonorary, 1951Chemist and dean of women at Earlham College and Iowa Wesleyan CollegeMildred DresselhausHonorary, 2016Physicist, materials scientist, nanotechnologist, and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBernice DurandPhysicist, professor, and vice provost at the University of Wisconsin–MadisonHelen DyerHonorary, 1965Biochemist and cancer researcherSylvia EarleHonorary, 2008Marine biologist and oceanographer with the National Geographic and U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSophia EckersonHonorary, 1941Botanist, microchemist, and department chair at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant ResearchBernice EddyHonorary, 1967Virologist and epidemiologist at Northwestern University and Field Museum of Natural HistoryAlice Catherine EvansHonorary, 1931Senior bacteriologist at the National Institutes of HealthRuth FadenHonorary, 2003Founder of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of BioethicsMargaret Clay FergusonHonorary, 1931Professor of botany and head of the department at Wellesley College Edith M. FlanigenHonorary, 1994Chemist known for her work at Union CarbideHelen Murray FreeHonorary, 1994ChemistAline Huke FrinkNu, 1936Mathematician and professor at Pennsylvania State UniversityEloise GerryHonorary, 1956Research scientist with the U.S. Forest Service at the Forest Products LaboratoryLillian Moller GilbrethHonorary, 1949Psychologist, industrial engineer, and pioneer in applying psychology to time-and-motion studiesWinifred GoldringHonorary, 1966Paleontologist with the New York State MuseumMary L. GoodHonorary, 1988Inorganic chemist and Under Secretary for Technology in the US Department of CommerceAdele L. GrantAlpha, 1921Botanist who taught at the Missouri Botanical Garden, Cornell University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Huguenot Faculty in Wellington, South AfricaEsther GreisheimerHonorary, 1973Academic and medical researcherLois Wilfred GriffithsMathematician and professor at Northwestern University Beatrice HagenMathematician and professor at Pennsylvania State UniversityAlice HamiltonHonorary, 1931Physician and toxicologistLaura HareMedical doctor, naturalist, and conservationistAnna J. HarrisonHonorary, 1985Organic chemist and professor at Mount Holyoke CollegeHelen HartHonorary, 1967Plant pathologist and professor at the University of MinnesotaJanet W. HartleyHonorary, 1980Virologist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesMary Gertrude HasemanMathematician known for her work in knot theoryEdith HaynesProfessor of microbiology at the Indiana University School of MedicineNola Anderson HaynesMathematician and professor at the University of MissouriOlive HazlettMathematician and researcher at the University of IllinoisMarie Agnes HinrichsPhysiologist, zoologist, and professor at the University of Chicago, Southern Illinois University, and the University of IllinoisAriel HollinsheadHonorary, 1977Cancer researcher and professor at George Washington UniversityElizabeth E. HoodHonorary, 2019Plant geneticist and professor of agriculture at Arkansas State UniversityGrace HopperHonorary, 1989Computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiralNancy Hopkins Honorary, 2006Molecular biologist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Hope E. HoppsMicrobiologist and immunologist with the Food and Drug AdministrationDorothy M. HorstmannHonorary, 1973Epidemiologist, virologist, pediatrician, and professor at the Yale School of Medicine and the Yale School of Public HealthSusan B. HorwitzHonorary, 1995Computer scientist and academicAlice S. HuangHonorary, 1989Biologist who specializes in microbiology and virologyBarbara IglewskiHonorary, 1988Professor of microbiology and immunology and director of international programs at the University of Rochester Medical CenterJedidah IslerHonorary, 2018Professor of astrophysics at Dartmouth CollegeJanina JeffGeneticist and a senior scientist at IlluminaRoberta Frances JohnsonMathematician and professor at Wilson College, Colorado State University, and the University of ColoradoVivian Annabelle JohnsonPhysicist and professor at Purdue University“Related to the Association as a Whole. Society of the Sigam Xi, American Nature Study Society, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Alpha Graduate Scientific Fratering, Gamma Alpha Graduate Scientific Fraternity, Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women's Scientific Fraternity." Science, vol. 75, 1936 (1932): 171-2. doi:10.1126/science.75.1936.171.Madeleine M. JoulliéHonorary, 2011Organic chemist and professor at the University of PennsylvaniaFrances Oldham KelseyHonorary, 1988Pharmacologist and physician with the U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationMahin KhatamiOmicronProgram director and health scientist administrator at the